Membership
Rob Rutherford (Chair)
Connie Anthony
Andrew Davis
Anne Hirsch
Paulette Kidder
Joe Phillips
John Weaver
Isiaah Crawford (Provost)
Purview
Assists the Provost in maintaining and updating material in the Faculty Handbook. Amendments to the Handbook may be proposed in writing to this committee by any of the following: President, Provost, any departmental/academic unit by motion passed at a departmental/academic unit meeting, the Academic Assembly, the Deans’ Council, any full-time faculty member (including professional librarians and administrators holding academic rank) with the written endorsement of 10 additional faculty members as set forth in Sec. 13.1 of The Faculty Handbook.
Authority
Recommendatory to the President, through the Provost, for submission to the Board of Trustees.
Meetings
Twice yearly, or as needed.
Membership
The Faculty Handbook Revision Committee shall be a subcommittee of the Academic Assembly. The Vice President of the Academic Assembly will serve as the chair of the committee. Three faculty members of the committee will be appointed by the Academic Assembly, two faculty members will be appointed by the Provost and one member of the Deans’ Council will be selected by that body. The Vice President of the Academic Assembly will serve as one of the three Academic Assembly appointees. A designee of the Provost will serve on the committee ex officio and be a non-voting member. The four faculty members (other than the Vice President of the Academic Assembly) will serve three-year terms (Sec. 13.2).
Reports to
Provost
Minutes Distribution
Committee communicates its recommendations or decisions to the proposal initiator and to other concerned parties.
Chair or Contact Person/Telephone Number
Rob Rutherford/2501
History
The Faculty Handbook Revision Committee was formed upon the approval of the Faculty Handbook in 1986. Before the inception of the Faculty Handbook, a Statutes Revision Committee existed to make academic policy changes.