1. EL PLAN SEXENAL LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA
1.3. EL PROBLEMA DE LA TIERRA LA REFORMA AGRARIA
1. Overview
a. The Faculty who comprise an academic department or equivalent unit constitute the primary authority on academic matters such as the department’s curriculum and its major and minor programs.
i. In such matters the influence of the department chair and of the dean (if the latter happens to be a member of the department) extends only so far as their status as departmental Faculty.
b. The Faculty of a department or equivalent unit also constitutes the primary judge of the qualifications of its members; thus peer evaluation is an essential element in the appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure of department members.
2. Departmental bylaws
a. In conformity with policy adopted by the Board of Trustees in January 1981, the Faculty of each department or equivalent unit is organized in accordance with bylaws developed by its Faculty under guidelines for the governance of academic units.
b. Copies of departmental bylaws are available from the department office and the Shared Governance website.
CHAPTER VII L. 3. c. Although departmental bylaws vary, certain policies and procedures for faculty participation
in departmental governance must be followed by all departmental faculties.
d. Departmental bylaws must be approved by faculty who are accorded voting rights in accordance with Departmental bylaws and reviewed by the Provost or designee for consistency with the Faculty Manual.
e. It is strongly recommended that departmental bylaws be reviewed by the Faculty Manual Editorial Consultant for consistency with the Faculty Manual before being distributed to the Faculty for consideration. Departmental bylaws that are inconsistent with the Faculty Manual or other applicable policies may require revision.
f. Departmental bylaws must contain a statement that any provisions within them that contradict the Faculty Manual are null and void.
g. Several other requirements for Departmental bylaws are distributed throughout the Faculty Manual; the Faculty Manual Editorial Consultant is available to support departments in Bylaw revisions.
h. In the event of a Faculty Manual revision or college bylaw revision that requires departmental bylaw revision, departmental bylaws shall be revised for consistency within two calendar years of the publication of the revised Faculty Manual or approval of the revised college bylaws, and ideally within one calendar year.
i. During this period, the Faculty Manual takes precedence.
ii. The Faculty Manual Editorial Consultant may suggest recommended phrasing in response to changes in the Faculty Manual.
3. Departmental faculty meetings
a. Since the will of the department with regard to academic matters is most properly established in formal assemblages, the department chair shall conduct a regular meeting of the departmental faculty at least once in each of the long semesters.
b. Minutes of departmental faculty meetings shall be forwarded to the dean of the college or the equivalent administrator for the dean’s or equivalent administrator’s information. 4. Departmental Curriculum Committee
a. Each academic department, or school if appropriate, shall have a standing committee as a curriculum committee.
b. At the discretion of the Faculty and in accordance with departmental bylaws, a department or school may establish separate undergraduate and graduate curriculum committees. c. Each department’s undergraduate curriculum committee elects its own chair, who also serves
CHAPTER VII L. 5. d. The elected chair of the department’s graduate curriculum committee represents the
department on the college graduate curriculum committee.
e. A department that chooses to maintain a single curriculum committee elects its own chair who serves as the representative to the college curriculum committee (if there is only one) or to the college undergraduate curriculum committee and delegates to that committee the authority to name the department’s representative to the college graduate curriculum committee.
5. Standing faculty Advisory Committee
a. Each department or equivalent unit shall have a standing advisory committee of regular faculty members, chaired by the department chair, the composition and membership of which shall be approved by the regular faculty of the department.
b. In small departments the faculty may elect to have the entire regular faculty serve as the advisory committee.
c. This committee shall advise the chair on matters which the chair brings to it. 6. Other departmental committees
a. If approved by the department chair and the departmental Faculty, other standing committees may be established.
b. These committees shall forward recommendations to the chair and report to the departmental faculty at regular intervals.
c. Ad Hoc committees may be established at the department chair’s discretion.
d. All departmental committees must be established in ways consistent with college bylaws and with the Faculty Manual.
7. Membership on departmental committees need not be confined to regular faculty except as noted in CHAPTERVIID.3. of the Faculty Manual; Faculty, special faculty, student and/or staff representation shall be provided for wherever appropriate.
a. Each department shall elect representatives to the college curriculum and other committees in accordance with procedures established in the college bylaws.