Task Force on Faculty & Shared Governance
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- Last updated on September 27, 2004 by Sarah Holloman. Copyright 1999-2004 Rice University
ISSUES UNDER DISCUSSION
Standing Committees
Committees dealing primarily with faculty issues (e.g., Undergraduate Curriculum, Library, Examinations and Standing) would be named by the Senate and would be expected to report to the Senate. Committees dealing primarily with University issues (e.g., Admissions, Athletics) would be appointed by the President, after consulting with the Faculty Senate, and would be expected to report to the President. Currently, all committees are appointed by the President after seeking advice from the Faculty Council's Committee on Committees, but there has been a haphazard process of holding meetings, filing reports, and reviewing the performance of the committees. Committee chairs should have served previously on the committee, and the term of the chair should be limited.
Question 4. Does this sound like a reasonable approach to appointing committees?
POSTED FACULTY COMMENTS
(Posted according to date received)
Date: September 14, 2004 by Moshe Vardi <vardi@cs.rice.edu>
Yes, but there should be clearer guidelines for committee chairs on what is expected of them. They should have to write an annual report. Some committees never meet.
Date: September 17, 2004 by Meredith Skura <skura@rice.edu>
The current ssystem was designed for a very different sort of Rice. The suggested changes would serve us much more effectively.
Date: September 22, 2004 by Gale Stokes <gstokes@rice.edu>
It seems very reasonable to split the committee appointments as suggested in this proposal. Things that pertain primarily to the faculty should be the responsibility of the senate, and to the university as a whole should be the responsibility of the president.
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