Faculty Personnel Policies Committee
I. FUNCTION
A. To review current faculty personnel policies on a continuing basis.
Such a review would include, but not be restricted to, policies regarding: terms of employment; promotion and tenure; contract status; early retirement; temporary and adjunct contracts; non-tenure track, full-time faculty contracts; and faculty evaluation procedures
B. To review proposed faculty personnel policy changes in the Faculty Guide for submission to the Faculty Senate
C. To advise the Faculty Senate on proposed personnel policy changes to the Faculty Guide and other related faculty personnel matters
II. POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Reports to the Faculty Senate
III. MEMBERSHIP
A. Composition (11 members)
Two faculty members from each college and L/AE
Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment (ex-officio/non voting.)
B. Selection
Faculty members nominated by the FS Committee on Committees and confirmed by the Faculty Senate
C. Selection of Chair
Shall select the chair from its membership
D. Term of Service
Two years (staggered). After serving for two consecutive terms, a member will be ineligible to serve for a period of one year. Exceptions may be made by the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees or the Faculty Senate Elections Committee.
IV. COMMENTS
Whenever possible, a second-year committee member should be selected as chair. A first year committee member may be selected to serve as co-chair.
Business may be conducted via e-mail if that business would not entail/merit discussion. If a committee member cannot be present at a meeting, that member may make nominations or vote via phone by calling either the Faculty Senate office professional or the chair of the Personnel Policy Committee prior to the meeting at which the nominations are being made or the vote is being taken.
The committee chair is responsible for creating and maintaining a Procedures Manual, a copy to be kept in the Faculty Senate Office.
REVISED 9/2006; REV 4/2011; REV 12/2011