COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
OF THE
ACADEMIC SENATE
AT
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
(Blue
Book)
April 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Shared University Governance
Executive
Committee of the Academic Senate
Standing
Internal Senate Committees -
General Descriptions
Internal
Committee
Assignment
Standing
External Senate Committees -
General Descriptions
Standing
Internal Senate Committees
Administrative and Budget Committee
Faculty Caucus
Planning and Finance Committee
Student Government Association
Standing
External Senate Committees
(Constitutionally-specified Standing Committee)
(Members elected are ratified by the Academic Senate)
(Standing University Committee - All Members are ex officio)
Panel of Ten (Administrative Selection Committee Chairperson
Panel
(The Panel of Ten is not an external committee of the Academic
Senate,
but its members are elected by the Senate.)
Student Center Complex Advisory Board
Student Center Performing Arts
Series Board
SHARED
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE*
(Approved by the Academic Senate 3/21/79)
Illinois State University, founded in 1857 as the first state-supported university in Illinois, has had a long history of worthy traditions and accomplishments. Most of the practices connected with the administration and policy forming activities of the University have grown up gradually as needs developed. This is true with respect to the system for faculty and student participation in university governance, including the system of faculty-student committees. The general catalogs of the University reveal a steady growth in the scope and amount of faculty and student participation in the administrative and policy-forming activities of the University.
In the early years of the University, this participation took the form of personal conferences. With the growth of the institution, a committee system was adopted as a more effective channel whereby faculty members could share in university policy-making, and whereby the administrative staff could have a systematic method of obtaining the ideas and advice of the faculty. Although faculty committees were listed in the University catalog for the first time in 1911, it is known that some existed before.
By vote of the faculty, the University Council was created and its bylaws were adopted in 1951. From that time until 1970, the Council was the central representative agency for faculty participation in University governance. In the 1970 Constitution of the University, which was adopted by the faculty and students with approval of the administration and the Board of Regents, the Academic Senate was created as the primary governing body of the University. In 1998, the new Board of Trustees approved a University Constitution. A revision, which was approved in 2001, reflected membership changes in the Academic Senate. When creating policy that affects the academic area broadly understood, the President will seek the advice of the academic community through its principle representative body, the Academic Senate
Within the limits established by legislative statute and the authority delegated thereby to the Board of Higher Education and the Board of Trustees, the Academic Senate shall be the primary body to recommend educational policies of the University, including those described below, and to advise the President on their implementation. Policies recommended by the Academic Senate shall be forwarded to the President for consideration. The President may approve or disapprove them, amend them or return them to the Academic Senate for further discussion before final consideration by the President. The Senate shall:
1. Recommend policy for the admission of students to the University.
2. Recommend policy for degree requirements, and the procedures for inaugurating, changing, or terminating degree programs.
3. Recommend policy for the annual calendar of the University.
4. Recommend policy for the adoption and standards of educational and academic conduct common to all elements of the University community.
5. Recommend policy for intercollegiate programs and activities.
6. Recommend policy with respect to student life and conduct.
7. Recommend policy for the evaluation of faculty members including academic administrators in connection with their appointment, promotion, remuneration, and retention.
8. Recommend policy to insure the protection of the rights and privileges of the various elements of the academic community, and establish procedures for the hearing of grievances.
9. Recommend policy and act on report of standing and ad hoc committees of the Academic Senate. Standing Committees shall be established by the By-Laws of the Senate which shall delineate the composition of and the procedures of each committee.
10. Recommend patterns of the academic community's self-government by exercising its authority to delegate responsibility to colleges or departments or committees.
11. Participate in the formulation of capital and operating budgets and requests to be submitted to the Board of Trustees.
12. Participate in the formulation of long range academic plans including those to be submitted to the Board of Trustees.
13. Participate in the formulation of long-range plans for campus buildings and physical facilities.
14. Participate in the formulation of the academic and administrative structure of the University.
15. Advise the President on any matter, at his or her request or on the initiative of the Academic Senate.
16. Participate in the formulation of policies governing the terms under which individuals and groups can use University facilities for out-of-class activities.
The Senate provides for the involvement of members of the academic community in its activities through a committee structure.
Four types of committees exist: Standing Internal Committees; Standing External Committees; Standing Mixed Committees; and Ad hoc Committees. Any member of the academic community may bring issues of concern to the Senate through an appropriate Senate committee or an individual senator.
The Academic Senate is the primary governing body at Illinois State University and provides for faculty and student participation in academic governance.
The voting membership of the Academic Senate consists of 29 elected faculty tenure/probationary tenure faculty members, one non-tenure track faculty, one faculty associate, 20 elected student members from the Student Government Association, and the President of the Student Body. The voting membership includes a representative of the Administrative Professional Council and a representative of the Civil Service Council.
The ex-officio, non-voting membership consists of: the President of the University, the Vice President and Provost, the Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs, the Vice President for Finance and Planning, the Associate Vice President of Graduate Studies, Research and International Studies, the Associate Vice President of Undergraduate Studies, the Chairperson of the Chairs Council, a representative of the Deans Council and the Student Trustee.
The officers of the Academic Senate are the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson/Student Body President, and Secretary. The Chairperson and Secretary must be faculty members; while the Vice Chairperson/Student Body President shall be a student representative.
Within the limits established by Illinois legislative statute, the Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Trustees, the Academic Senate is the primary body to recommend educational policy of the University and to advise the President on its implementation.
More detailed information on the structure and functions of the Academic Senate can be obtained from the By-laws of the Academic Senate and from the Illinois State University Constitution, Article V.
B. Executive Committee of the Academic
Senate
The membership of the Executive Committee consists of the President and the Provost of the University, six faculty members, and four students. The Chairperson, Vice Chairperson/Student Body President, and Secretary of the Academic Senate are automatically members of the Executive Committee. The remaining seven members are elected annually by and from the membership of the Academic Senate.
The Executive Committee expedites the business of university governance by:
1. Establishing the place, time, and agenda for all meetings of the Academic Senate;
2. Recommending faculty, student, and administrative members for all university committees which are subject to review and confirmation by the Academic Senate;
3. Recommending items for consideration to appropriate university committees; and
4. Performing any other duties assigned to it by the Academic Senate.
C. Standing Internal Senate Committees
Standing Internal Senate Committees are composed of Academic Senators. Each of these committees is delegated responsibility for a general policy area and may originate reports and recommendations. Other proposals for consideration by the Academic Senate are assigned to and reviewed by appropriate committees prior to action by the Academic Senate unless deemed of immediate importance. In reporting to the Senate, Standing Internal Committees may make a recommendation for or against passage of the proposal or may make no recommendation.
The Standing Internal Senate Committees are:
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Membership: 12 (6 faculty; 5 students; Provost or designee, Ex Officio, non-voting) Jurisdiction: Academic Programs and Policies |
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Membership: 10 (5 faculty; 4 students; Vice President for Finance and Planning or designee, Ex Officio, non-voting) Jurisdiction: Administrative Policies and Procedures and "Annual" Budget Concerns |
Faculty Affairs CommitteeMembership:
9 (4 tenure/probationary tenure faculty; 1 non-tenure track faculty;1
faculty associate member; 2 students, Provost or designee, Ex Officio,
non-voting) Jurisdiction: Faculty Problems and Concerns |
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Planning and Finance CommitteeMembership: 17 (6 faculty; 5 students; Chairperson of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, Provost or designee, Vice President for Finance and Planning, Ex Officio, non-voting, Civil Service Council Rep., AP Council Rep. Jurisdiction: Planning and Finance Concerns |
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Membership: 12 (6 faculty, 5 students, Provost or designee) Jurisdiction: Constitution, By-laws, Faculty Elections to External Committees, and Committee |
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Membership: Senate Faculty Liaison, 20 SGA student senators, President of Student Body, Student Trustee Jurisdiction: Student Problems and Concerns, student elections to external committees
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The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate makes assignments of Senators to the Standing Internal Senate Committees. The Faculty Liaison to the Student Government Association will also serve on another internal committee. The Student Trustee shall serve on the internal committee of his or her choice.
D. Standing External Senate Committees
Standing External Senate Committees are composed solely of non-Senators. These committees are usually delegated responsibility for a narrow policy area. They are responsible to the Academic Senate through the appropriate internal committees.
The external committees investigate and deliberate for the purpose of making reports and recommendations. They may break up into sub-committees, conduct hearings on matters under consideration, utilize expert non-voting consultants, and engage in other activities consistent with the Constitution or By-laws of the Academic Senate.
Committee members are appointed or elected by the Academic Senate upon recommendations of the Executive Committee. Faculty members are screened by the Rules Committee and student nominees by Student Government Association according to the prescribed procedure for each committee. Committee appointments are normally made in the spring and become effective May 1.
In the following committee codifications or descriptions, details are given on the structure and functions of each standing external Senate Committee. When necessary, titles have been revised to reflect current usage.
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Membership:
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Six (6)
Faculty |
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Five (5)
Students |
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Ex Officio,
non-voting: Vice President and Provost or designee |
Functions:
The Committee will:
1. Elect a faculty chairperson and a secretary. The Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee will annually select a member of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Senate to serve a one-year term on the Academic Planning Committee.
2. Review all issues, including policies, procedures, and proposals, which are relevant to academics, and provide findings and recommendations to the Senate.
Academic Planning Committee
Council for Teacher Education
Council on General Education
Honors Council
Library Committee
Reinstatement Committee
University Curriculum Committee
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
AND BUDGET COMMITTEE
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Membership: |
Five (5) Faculty |
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Four (4) Students |
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Ex Officio, non-voting:
Vice President for Finance and Planning or designee |
Functions:
The committee will:
1. Elect a faculty chairperson and a secretary.
3. Have jurisdiction over Administrative Policies and Procedures including:
a. Conduct an analysis of costs, staffing, and enrollment data for all new and expanded academic and administrative programs.
b. Provide oversight of the use of the Academic Impact Fund and make recommendations to the Provost and the Senate. In October, meet with the Provost's Office regarding all aspects of the fund, receive a report on searches authorized for permanent hires during that year and the enrollment, faculty, and other qualitative and quantitative data used to determine their distribution across colleges. Also at this time, receive a report regarding the cash flows over the previous calendar/fiscal year cycle (e.g. cy/fy09 in October 2010). Then draft annual recommendations.
c. Meet with representatives from the Vice President for Finance and Planning and Vice President for Academic Affairs early in the year prior to the October Board of Trustees meeting to receive a report on the operating budget for the current fiscal year. This would be an information item to the Planning and Finance Committee and the Senate.
d. Meet with representatives from the Vice President for Finance and Planning and Vice President for Academic Affairs early in the Spring to review more specific plans for the upcoming fiscal year operating budget requests.
e. Receive and review a report of the total athletic budget from the Director
of Athletics.
4. Have
jurisdiction over Annual Capital Planning and Budgeting:
To facilitate the participation of the Academic Senate in the formulation of
specific plans for campus facilities and grounds, the Administrative Affairs and
Budget Committee is directed to:
a. Receive from Facilities Services the capital budget for the current fiscal year in September. This would be an information item for the Planning and Finance Committee and for the Senate.
b. Meet with representatives from the Facilities Services department early in the year to receive, review, and if necessary, provide input to the executive summary of the preliminary capital budget for the next fiscal year.
c. Meet with a representative from Facilities Services in September to receive, review, and discuss the executive summary of the Internal Budget, listing all projects to be undertaken during that year.
d. Review with representatives from Facilities Services how the annual
facilities improvement projects implement the Comprehensive Physical Development
Plan (a.k.a. the Campus Master Plan) and provide advice and recommendations on
the University’s capital planning process.
5. Administer commentary on the President annually.
6. Annually review Academic Calendar issues as forwarded by the Executive Committee.
7. Be able to bring a given project to the full Senate for consideration at any
given time.
8. Collaborate closely with the Planning and Finance Committee to articulate
the relationships between annual operating and capital budgets and University
long-range plans and budgets.
9. Other tasks as assigned by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate.
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Four (4) Faculty |
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Two (2)
Students |
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One (1) Non-Tenure Track Faculty |
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One (1) Faculty Associate |
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Ex Officio,
non-voting: Vice President
and Provost or designee |
Functions:
The committee will:
1. Elect a faculty chairperson and a secretary.
2. Provide oversight of the use of Non-Tenure Track faculty.
3. Nominate faculty to any committees for which a request has been made by external constituencies for Senate faculty representation. These nominations are forwarded to the Faculty Caucus.
4. Provide
oversight of and receive reports from the following external committees of the
Senate:
Academic Freedom Ethics and Grievance Committee
Athletic Council (jointly with the Student Government Association)
Faculty Review Committee
5. Provide oversight and receive reports from the University Ombudsperson.
6. Other tasks as assigned by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate.
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Membership:
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Faculty
Senators (29) |
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Non-Tenure
Track Faculty Senator (1) |
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Faculty
Associate Senator (1) |
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Chair of
the Chair's Council |
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Ex Officio,
non-voting: Vice President and Provost or designee |
Functions:
The Caucus will:
1. Elect a secretary. The chair of the Senate will chair the Faculty Caucus.
2. Provide oversight of and make recommendations regarding Appointment, Salary, Promotion and Tenure (ASPT) proposals. Proposals to modify the ASPT policies may be initiated by the University Review Committee (URC) or the Faculty Caucus (FC). After consideration of a proposed modification, the URC will forward initial or revised wording to the FC. The FC may send a URC proposal back to the URC for further consideration. Final recommendations shall be made by the FC and transmitted directly to the office of the President. They do not require endorsement by the Senate as a whole.
3. Review annual promotion and tenure documents from the Provost’s office.
4. Advise the Provost on any salary increment programs.
5. Discuss and provide recommendations for other tenure-related issues not specifically given to the Faculty Affairs Committee.
6. Receive nominations from the Faculty Affairs Committee for faculty appointments to any committee for which a request has been made for Senate faculty representation. All faculty appointments must be communicated to the Academic Senate office.
7. Receive nominations from the Rules Committee for the external committee and vote on those nominations within the Faculty Caucus. All faculty appointments must be communicated to the Academic Senate office.
8. Meet as needed.
9.
Provide oversight of and receive reports
from the following external committees of the Senate:
University Review Committee
The faculty members of the Academic Senate Executive Committee will establish the place, time, and agenda for all meetings of the Faculty Caucus.
The Faculty Caucus may request reports from appropriate individuals/committees on topics of interest to the Senate such as Educating Illinois, the Green Team and the ISU foundation.
PLANNING
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
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Membership:
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Six (6)
Faculty |
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Chairperson of the Senate |
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Representative of AP Council |
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Representative of Civil Service Council |
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Ex Officio,
non-voting: Vice President for Finance and Planning or designee |
Functions:
The committee will:
1. Elect a faculty chairperson and a secretary.
3. Make recommendations to the Senate on all programs, procedures, policies and proposals that have a broad or long-range budgetary impact. The committee will:
a. Evaluate the progress made in allocating campus resources (both new and reallocated) to the University's highest priorities as defined in its academic and capital strategic plans.
b. Recommend changes in either the broad goals or directions in campus planning or in budget strategies aimed at achieving those goals.
c. Evaluate
the sources of funds available to the University including:
1) Study the effect on the budget of proposals requesting new or internally
reallocated resources.
2) Analyze policies and trends in the reallocation of resources.
3) Analyze the trend in new State resources and in tuition and fee income.
d. Analyze the trend in grant and local income, and Foundation income.
4. Actively participate in formulating the University’s Strategic Plan.
and Budget Committee and actively participate in formulating the Master
Plan.
curricular programs such as intercollegiate athletics, residential life,
and student life.
administrative, and capital plans and related fiscal plans and policies.
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Membership: |
Six (6)
Faculty |
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Five (5)
Students |
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Ex Officio,
non-voting: Vice President
and Provost or designee |
Functions:
The Committee will:
1. Elect a faculty chairperson and a secretary.
2. Review any proposed changes, and revise, as needed, the Bylaws and Blue Book of the Senate.
3. Review any proposed changes, and revise, as needed, the Illinois State University Constitution and submit any changes to the Senate, the President, and to the Board of Trustees.
4. Review proposed changes to the constitutions or bylaws of the external committees of the Senate and make recommendations to the Senate.
5. Review proposed changes to the college bylaws and to the graduate school bylaws and submit recommendations to the Senate.
6. Make recommendations regarding the University governance structure or on any governance issue and submit recommendations to the Senate.
7. Develop or revise the committee structure and/or functions of any new or existing external committee of the Senate, as well as of any other committee to be formed by the Senate, and submit recommendations to the Senate.
8. Make faculty nominations to external committees of the Academic Senate. These nominations will be voted on by the Faculty Caucus.
9. Other tasks as assigned by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate.
STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
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Membership: |
Faculty Liaison (Senate Faculty Member) |
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President of
Student Body |
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20 SGA Student Senators |
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Student
Trustee |
Functions related to the Academic Senate:
The Student Government Association will:
1. Review any issue related to student academic affairs, including policies, procedures or proposals, and make recommendations to the Senate.
2. Make recommendations regarding student governance and submit recommendations to the Senate as appropriate.
3. Monitor (jointly with the Academic Affairs Committee) the Academic Progress Alert System.
4. Appoint students to the external committees of the Senate. All student appointments must be communicated to the Academic Senate office.
5. Appoint students to any committee for which a request has been made for Senate student representation. All student appointments must be communicated to the Academic Senate office.
6. Monitor
and receive reports from the following external committees of the Academic
Senate:
Athletic Council (jointly with the Faculty Affairs Committee)
Director of Athletics (jointly with the Administrative Affairs and Budget
Committee)
Student Center Complex Advisory Board
Performing Arts Series Advisory Board
Student Code Enforcement and Review Board
Student Code Enforcement and Review Board Grievance Committee
Student Code Enforcement and Review Board University Hearing Panel
EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES
ACADEMIC FREEDOM ETHICS AND GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
Membership: 18
Election: Six (6) tenured faculty members per year, by the Faculty Caucus for three-year terms. Election to be held during Spring semester after new Academic Senate has been seated.
Each college will elect a non-tenure-track faculty member to a pool from which one Faculty Hearing Committee member will be chosen in cases where a complainant or respondent is a non-tenure-track faculty member. The pool shall be elected annually each fall.
The faculty associates will elect three faculty associates, at least one from Metcalf and one from U High, to a pool from which one preliminary Faculty Hearing Committee member will be chosen in cases where a complainant or respondent is a faculty associate. The pool shall be elected annually each fall.
Unexpired To be filled by the first eligible person of those who,
at the last election, received
Terms: the next highest number of
votes.
Ineligible College Deans, Department
Chairpersons, members of the Academic Senate
to Serve: members of the University Review Committee, members
of the Faculty
Review Committee, members of College Faculty Status Committees, and
Administrative
Personnel. DFSC members may serve on cases not involving their own departments.
Functions:
The AFEGC shall have Faculty jurisdiction over the following:
1. A complaint by a faculty member that the action of some person or persons, acting in an official capacity as an ISU employee or member of the Board of Trustees, has infringed on the faculty member's freedom of teaching, research, shared governance, or extramural activity (violations of academic freedom cases).
2. A complaint by a faculty member, an administrator, or an administrative body alleging that a faculty member or an administrator has violated the Code of Ethics, or other grievances by a faculty member, an administrator, or an administrative body against a faculty member or an administrator that are not based on the Code of Ethics, are not a violation of academic freedom, and are not covered ASPT policies and procedures.
3. A referral from the Faculty Review Committee in promotion and tenure cases where "the FRC believes that the basis of the appeal is an academic freedom or ethics violation."
4. A referral from the College Faculty Status Committee in performance evaluation cases where "the CFSC believes that the basis of the appeal is an academic freedom or ethics violation." In such cases, the CFSC retains its status as "the sole and final appellate body."
5. A complaint by a probationary faculty member, who has received a notice of dismissal for cause prior to the expiration of the faculty member's contract term, alleging that the basis of the dismissal is an academic freedom or ethics violation.
6. A complaint by a probationary faculty member, who has received a notice of non-reappointment, alleging that the basis of the non-reappointment is an academic freedom or ethics violation.
7. A complaint by a faculty associate against a faculty member or a non-laboratory-school administrator or a complaint by a faculty member or non-laboratory-school administrator against a faculty associate.
Reporting: To the Faculty Affairs Committee.
Membership: 15
Provost or Designee (Voting)
Director, University Assessment (Voting)
Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research, and International Studies (Voting)
Chairperson of the Academic Senate (Voting)
Senate Academic Affairs Committee Member (Voting)
Faculty Representatives from each college, dean appointment, confirmed by the Faculty Caucus,
College of Applied Sciences and Technology
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Fine Arts
Mennonite College of Nursing
Milner Library
Graduate student selected annually by the Graduate Student Association (Voting)
Undergraduate student selected annually by the Student Government Association (Voting)
Administrative assistant from the Office of the Provost (Non-Voting)
Functions:
1. To develop
and review, and report, at least biennially, a long-range academic plan,
including philosophical themes, new programs, program revisions, and outcomes.
2. To develop annually a five-year operation plan, including:
a. specific programmatic plans
b. enrollment projections by unit
c. faculty needs by unit
d. budget needs by unit
e. administrative organization
3. Request and
receive facilities reports in those areas affecting the Academic Plan.
4. To provide
an opportunity for contributions from the University community.
7. A
subcommittee consisting of the faculty member representing the Planning and
Finance committee, the faculty member representing Academic Affairs Committee,
one additional faculty member selected by the membership of the Academic Affairs
Committee, the Director of Planning and Institutional Research, and the
Provost's Designee will review program resources and advise the Academic
Planning Committee about how the program fits within the University strategic
plan. That information then subsequently may be reviewed and modified by the
Academic Planning Committee and subsequently included in the final program
review document.
8. The
committee will review and, if necessary, revise the program review process every
two years.
9. Other tasks as assigned by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate
Reporting: To the Academic Affairs Committee.
I. OPERATING PROCEDURES
A. The Athletics Council membership shall consist of:
Faculty – 8 non-administrative
NCAA Faculty Representative
Students – 6 (3 student-athletes, 3 non-athletes)
Alumni - 2
Director of Athletics - Ex officio, non-voting
Associate/Assistant Athletics Director - Ex officio, non-voting (as appointed by the Director of Athletics)
President’s Administrative Designee - Ex officio, non-voting (as appointed by the President)
Coaches - 2 - Ex officio, non-voting (as appointed by the Director of Athletics or on a rotation basis as determined by the athletics department)
B. FACULTY
The faculty shall be nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus to staggered 3-year terms each spring.
A minimum of three faculty members must be women, and a minimum of three faculty members must be men.
No more than one faculty member may be from the same department.
A faculty member will serve no more than two consecutive full terms.
C. NCAA FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
The NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative shall be appointed by the President and serves at the discretion of the President.
D. STUDENTS
The student members shall consist of the following: three student-athletes (at least one male, one female), 3 students who are non-athletes (at least one male, one female).
Students (non-athlete) shall be appointed by the Student Government Association to one-year terms each spring.
Student-athletes will be appointed to a one year term by the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and must be a current member of an Illinois State University varsity team.
E. ALUMNI
Alumni Representatives, an alumna and an alumnus, shall be selected by the President from a slate of nominees prepared by the Board of Directors of the Illinois State University Alumni Association in conjunction with the Alumni Director.
The term of service shall be three years, and representatives may serve consecutive terms.
F. EX OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Individuals holding the positions of Director and Associate/Assistant Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, President’s Administrative Designee, and two Coaches shall serve as ex officio, non-voting members of the Council. One coach shall be selected from sports other than basketball, football, and volleyball. One coach shall be a coach of a women’s team and one coach shall be the coach of a men’s team. These coaches may be selected to serve successive one-year terms.
G. COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON
The Chairperson of the Athletics Council will be elected from among the faculty members of the Council by the voting membership. The NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative shall not be eligible to serve as the Chairperson. The term of service shall be for one year, commencing on July 1. The Chairperson may be elected to consecutive terms.
The Chairperson shall invite, on an annual basis, the President to address the Athletics Council regarding interaction with the governing board and Director of Athletics as well as to articulate the annual charge for the Athletics Council.
H. COUNCIL SECRETARY
A secretary of the Athletics Council will be either elected by the members of the Council or appointed by the Director of Athletics as decided by the Council.
I. In the event of a vacancy in any of the positions, the vacancy shall be filled in a manner prescribed in A. through H.
J. In case a council member cannot serve out his/her term, that council member’s successor shall finish out the predecessor’s term.
K. All persons appointed or elected to the Athletics Council shall begin duties as soon as the Athletics Council is formed, but all terms of membership shall be calculated from July 1 following appointment and election.
II. COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
The Athletics Council is composed of the following committees:
Executive Committee
Committee on Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance
Committee on Academic Integrity
Committee on Fiscal Integrity
Committee on Equity and Student-Athlete Well Being
The Chairperson of the Council will chair the Executive Committee and will appoint the chairs and members of the other committees. The chair of each committee will be one of the voting members. All actions and recommendations of each committee shall be submitted for consideration and approval of the Athletics Council.
A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The members of this committee shall be the Chairperson of the Council, the Director of Athletics, and the Chairpersons of the four other committees. The function of the committee will be as follows:
1. Advise the Director of Athletics on the search procedures including the composition of search committees for major coaching positions.
2. Advise the Chairperson of the Athletics Council on the agenda for the meetings of the Athletics Council.
3. Represent the Athletics Council when necessary.
4. Perform other duties assigned to the committee by the Athletics Council.
B. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE AND COMMITMENT TO RULES COMPLICANCE
The Committee on Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance shall be composed of at least four voting members of the Council, at least one of whom should be a student-athlete. A member of the Director’s Staff, designated by the Director of Athletics will serve as an Ex officio, non-voting member of the committee. The function of the committee will be as follows:
1. Review the athletics mission statement with particular attention to athletics as an integral part of the educational program of the University.
2. Review and evaluate involvement of various campus units (e.g., Financial Aid, Admissions, Registrar, and Academic Advising) as it relates to institutional compliance with NCAA legislation.
3. Review ongoing efforts to provide compliance education to various constituencies, including student-athletes, athletics staff, booster groups, and other groups.
4. Be familiar with the Athletics Policy Manual and make suggestions related to Athletics Department policies, procedures and/or flow charts within that document as they relate to NCAA compliance.
5. Review the Athletics Department policies, procedures and/or flow charts related to the situation when possible non-compliance with NCAA regulations is noted.
6. Serve as a sounding board for the Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Certification related to compliance issues.
7. Report recommendations related to governance and rules compliance to the Athletics Council.
C. COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The Committee on Academic Integrity shall be composed of at least four voting members of the Council. The Chairperson of the Academic Integrity Committee must be a faculty member other than the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative. A member of the Director of Athletics’ Staff, designated by the Director of Athletics, will serve as an Ex officio non-voting member, and the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative shall be a voting member. The function of the committee will be as follows:
1. Review academic standards for athletic eligibility.
2. Review the academic progress toward graduation of student athletes.
3. Review academic support services for athletes (tutoring and advising).
4. Review the various sports’ schedules, class absences, and time away from campus of student-athletes.
5. Review academic issues as consistent with NCAA operating principles.
6. Review issues related to student-athletes welfare
7. Report recommendations on academic issues to the Athletics Council.
D. COMMITTEE ON FISCAL INTEGRITY
The Fiscal Integrity Committee will be composed of at least four voting members of the Council. A member of the Director of Athletics’ Staff, designated by the Director of Athletics, will be an Ex officio non-voting member of the committee. The functions of this committee will be as follows:
1. Review the institutional financing of intercollegiate athletics at Illinois State University and the expenditures of the athletics program.
2. Know and understand the internal policies which govern the financing of intercollegiate athletics as they relate to NCAA compliance.
3. Review the established policies and procedures that govern the expenditures for athletics to ensure they comply with NCAA guidelines.
E. THE COMMITTEE ON EQUITY AND STUDENT-ATHLETE WELL BEING
The Equity & Student-Athlete Well Being Committee of the Athletic Council shall be composed of at least four voting members of the Council, one of whom should be a student-athlete. A member of the Director’s Staff, designated by the Director of Athletics, shall be an Ex officio, non-voting member. The Chairperson of the Equity & Student-Athlete Well Being Committee must be a faculty member. The references to equity should be understood to include, but not be limited to, gender equity and minority interests in regard intercollegiate athletics. The function of the committee will be as follows:
1. Be aware of current federal and state regulations as well as NCAA and MVC guidelines on gender equity minority interests.
2. Review reports that focus on gender equity and minority interests.
3. Review the implementation of plans that pertain to gender equity and minority interests.
4. Review annually data and policies that related to gender equity and minority interests.
5. Report recommendations on gender equity and minority interests to the Athletics Council.
III. FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE
A. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Athletics Council is a standing committee of the Academic Senate and reports informationally to the Student Government Association members.
The Athletics Council shall serve as an advisory body to the Director of Athletics and the President, with primary advisory responsibility to the President, and shall submit all academic policy recommendations and all changes in function and structure to the Student Government Association of the Academic Senate and to the President. The Athletics Council shall review budgets and policies governing the Intercollegiate Athletics Program. In doing so, the Council shall strive for an athletic program which yields optimum education benefits for participating student-athletes, meets the concerns of the University, alumni, and community, and maintains a wholesome relationship with other universities which is consistent with the Mission Statement of the University and the Mission Statement of the Athletics Department.
The President shall delegate the management functions of the Athletics Department to the Director of Athletics. In addition, the Director of Athletics shall file a report of the total athletic budget with the Academic Senate Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee and the Academic Senate Student Government Association at the inception of each budget year.
B. SPECIFIC ADVISORY DUTIES
1. The Athletics Council shall serve as the liaison body between the Athletics Department and the University academic community.
2. The Athletics Council shall serve in an advisory capacity in maintaining appropriate standards and regulations governing eligibility for admission, participation, grants-in-aid, and conference/NCAA regulations.
3. The Athletics Council shall be informed of and make recommendations for institutional positions on significant legislative proposals before the NCAA or conference governing bodies.
4. The Athletics Council shall advise on all matters which involve changes in program direction, especially reduction or expansion of sports offerings.
5. The Athletics Council shall be sensitive to and shall respond to the concerns of the following constituency groups: student-athletes, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community.
6. The Council Chairperson shall annually forward a summary of Athletics Council actions to the President, the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate, the Student Government Association of the Academic Senate, and the Director of Athletics.
7. It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Athletics to publicly post meeting announcements and agenda for Athletics Council meetings.
8. The NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative shall represent the interests of the academic community in the athletic program and shall report annually to the President and the Student Government Association of the Academic Senate in regard to the programs.
Reporting: The Athletics Council is a standing committee of the Academic Senate and reports informationally to the Student Government Association members. (Section III.A.)
Membership: 30
Chairperson: Appointed by the Provost in consultation with the College Deans (2-year Term)
Ex Officio, voting: College Deans (or designee) - Seven (7)
University Curriculum Committee Chairperson (or designee)
University Accreditation Officer for Teacher Education
Provost (or designee)
Director of Clinical Experiences and Certification Processes
Chairperson of the Graduate Curriculum Committee (or designee) shall serve on an ad hoc basis
Members appointed/elected to the Council for Teacher Education: The confirmation of appointments and election of CTE representatives will be conducted at the first Senate meeting after August 20th of each academic year:
Appointed by the Provost (in consultation with the
college deans) and confirmed by the Academic Senate for staggered
three-year terms:
Four (4) faculty members from the
College of Education (each from a different
program area)
Three (3) faculty members from the College of Arts & Science
One (1) faculty member from the College of Applied Science
One (1) faculty member from the College of Business
One (1) faculty member from the College of Fine Arts
One (1) faculty member from Milner Library
One (1) faculty member from the Mennonite College of Nursing
Nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus for a three-year term:
One (1) faculty member
Nominated and elected by the Student Government Association for one-year terms:
Five (5) student members (enrolled full time and admitted to a professional education program - at least one graduate student.)
Functions:
1) To provide
leadership for the development and enforcement of academic standards that help
to meet the ISU goal of providing "undergraduate and graduate education which is
of the highest quality in the State of Illinois" as pertains to undergraduate
and graduate teacher education programs.
2) To review
state and national issues and trends in teacher education, making appropriate
recommendations to the University, colleges, and departments and serving as a
forum for university-wide discussion of reform issues.
3) To inform
systematically the University community about major issues, concerns, and
developments in teacher education at the local, state, and national levels.
4) To inform
the Illinois State Board of Education, accreditation bodies, appropriate learned
societies and other organizations at local, state, and national levels of issues
and concerns related to teacher education in general and to programs at ISU in
specific.
5) To develop
methods for involving public school personnel in CTE activities.
6) To work with
the Provost and the Academic Planning Committee, helping to specify the role of
teacher education within this multi-purpose institution, and participating in
University academic planning as it relates to teacher education. This planning
role includes:
7) Anticipating
needs for new programs or new initiatives.
8) Keeping the
Provost and the University’s academic planners aware of these anticipated needs.
9) Working with
the Provost’s office in seeking ways to request and to obtain funds to implement
new initiatives.
10) Working with
the Provost and the University’s academic planners in identifying the nature of
the ongoing changing role of teacher education in the mission of the University.
11) Advising the
Provost and University academic planners regarding teacher education programs
which have been designated for consolidation or elimination.
12) To seek
cooperation among departments and colleges to work for common educational goals.
13) To monitor
program requirements as mandated by the State or by accrediting bodies in
teacher education and to assure their timely implementation.
14) To request
entitlement program approval from the Illinois State Board of Education.
15) To establish
and monitor policies related to teacher education curricula within
the University.
16) To serve as a
curriculum committee within the University curricular process, reviewing and
approving teacher education curriculum proposals prior to their submission to
the University Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Council.
17) To assure that
students have the opportunity for due process in resolving problems related to
teacher education.
18) To develop or
assure the development of assessment plans related to teacher education as
mandated by the University, State, and NCATE or as advocated by the Council, and
to monitor the implementation of these assessment plans. This includes
designing, conducting, analyzing (or at least taking responsibility for seeing
that this is done), and reporting the results of these follow-up studies of
teacher education graduates to appropriate parties.
19) To formulate, monitor, and revise policies for the admission and retention of pre-service teachers and other education professionals.
Reporting: Council for Teacher Education reports to the Academic Affairs
Committee and to the Provost.
Membership: 16 voting members as follows:
Nine (9) faculty:
1 representative of College of Applied Science
3 representatives of College of Arts and Science
1 from Humanities
1 from Natural Sciences
1 from Social Sciences
1 representative from College of Business
1 representative from College of Education
1 representative from College of Fine Arts
1 representative from Milner Library
1 representative from the Mennonite College of Nursing
To serve on the Council on General Education, a faculty member must have taught in the general education program for at least one semester.
Terms: Faculty members shall serve staggered three-year terms, ensuring continuity from one year to the next. Three members shall be appointed or reappointed to the committee each year. Nominations for membership shall be made by the respective college for approval by the Faculty Caucus
Four (4) students - representative of at least two different colleges nominated and elected by the Student Government Association for 1-year terms.
Three (3) Ex Officio:
University Curriculum Committee Chairperson (or designee)
CAS Associate Dean and Director of General Education
Director of Honors Program
Officers: The Chairperson shall be elected by and from members.
Functions:
1. Ensures that the spirit of the Philosophy of General Education is maintained by the program.
2. Continually monitors the program, insuring that objectives of the program and the student outcomes are being met.
3. Makes recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding program modifications.
4. Approves course additions or deletions.
5. Consults with the Program Director regarding implementation of the program.
6. Reviews and approves or disapproves all proposals for new IDS courses and changes in existing IDS courses.
Disposition of Recommendations:
The committee is advisory to the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Academic Services and the Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate on changes in the program itself and other recommendations such as amendments and bylaws.
ECONOMIC WELL BEING COMMITTEE
(constituted only when
given a charge)
Membership: 9
Chairperson: A faculty member elected by the committee.
Nominated and elected by the Academic Senate for staggered three-year terms:
Five (5) faculty members (one of whom serves as Chair)
One (1) administrative representative (Director of Planning and Institutional Research)
Two (2) Civil Service representatives (nominated by the Civil Service Council)
One (1) Administrative/Professional staff representative (nominated by the A/P staff)
Functions:
1. To explore problems and study projects related to the financial interests of the faculty and staff such as pension, insurance, and other economic benefits.
2. To explain to the faculty and staff the result of its investigations and studies.
Reporting: The Economic Well Being Committee reports to the Faculty Affairs Committee. Reports of studies and recommendations are forwarded to the President.
Membership: Apportioned annually
Chairperson: Elected annually from among the elected members
Vice Chairperson: Elected annually from among the elected members
Secretary: Elected annually from among the elected members
Each of the following groups shall have one (1) member on the Faculty Review Committee:
College of Applied Science & Technology
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Fine Arts
Milner Library
Mennonite College of Nursing
In addition, each college with more than one hundred (100) tenured or
probationary tenure faculty shall have one additional member for every
additional one hundred (100) tenure or probationary tenure faculty or major
fraction thereof. These people will be elected at large by the tenure and
probationary tenure faculty of their respective group for staggered three-year
terms. They must be tenured full-time faculty members excluding those holding
administrative appointments. Faculty holding joint appointments across colleges
may only vote in the college responsible for their ASPT reviews. Members may
not serve for more than two consecutive terms.
Faculty members shall be eligible to serve on only one of the following elected bodies at a time: the University Review Committee, the Faculty Review Committee, a College Faculty Status Committee, or a Department Faculty Status Committee (ASPT I.C.). An FRC member from an appellant's department will not take part in the appellant's appeal. (ASPT III.C.)
The functions of the Faculty Review Committee are detailed in the Illinois State University Faculty Appointment, Salary, Promotion, and Tenure Policies. This document is available from the Office of the Provost or on the Provost website at: http://www.provost.ilstu.edu.
Reporting: To the Faculty Affairs Committee
Membership: 13
Chairperson: Elected by the Council from among its members.
Ex Officio, Non-voting: Executive Secretary, Director of Honors Program, appointed by the Provost
Six (6) Faculty Members:
Who must represent at least four of the seven colleges at the University;
Nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus for staggered three-year terms:
Six (6) Students (Honors Students Only)
Nominated and elected by Student Government Association for one-year
terms:
Functions:
1. To advise in the formulation of policy for the Honors Program.
2. To assist in the evaluation of the Honors Program.
3. To recommend the addition and/or deletion of Honors Courses.
Reporting: Recommendations and reports will be made to the Provost and to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate.
Membership: 12
Chairperson: Elected from among the members.
Ex Officio: Dean, University Libraries (Administrative Representative)
Associate Dean, University Libraries (Executive Secretary)
Nominated and elected by the Academic Senate for staggered three-year terms:
Five (5) faculty members from any of the colleges or Milner Library.
Nominated and elected by the Academic Senate for one-year terms:
Five (5) students
Functions:
1. To facilitate communication between the Library and members of the campus community in regard to the services and resources of Milner Library.
2. To support and assist the Library in enhancing the funding, services and resources of Milner Library.
3.
To advocate for the resources, facilities, and personnel that maintains and strengthens Milner Library's role as one of the finest libraries in the region.4. To advise the library faculty on student and faculty needs and perspectives on library policies.
5. To facilitate cooperation with the Friends of Milner Library.
6. To develop strategies for acquiring collections from campus faculty and staff as well as area citizens.
7. To share information with the University community and the larger community regarding the scope and quality of the collections and services available within Milner Library and through remote access.
8. To encourage the effective use of Milner Library and its collections by faculty, students and staff.
9. To regularly report to the Academic Senate.
Reporting: The Library Committee reports to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate and to the Provost.
Membership: 12
Chairperson: Coordinator, Student Academic Services – Office of Enrollment Management and Academic Services
Nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus for staggered three-year terms:
One (1) faculty member from the College of Arts & Sciences
One (1) faculty member from the College of Applied Science
One (1) faculty member from the College of Business
One (1) faculty member from the College of Education
One (1) faculty member from the College of Fine Arts
One (1) faculty member from Milner Library
One (1) faculty member from the Mennonite College of Nursing
Nominated and elected by the Student Government Association for one-year terms:
Three (3) students, no more than one (1) from any college.
Administrative Representative: Associate Dean, Office of Student Affairs
Functions:
1. To review the records of students who have been academically dismissed.
2. To advise the Provost concerning the reinstatement of these students for continued enrollment at the University.
3. Monitor the process and policy for probation and reinstatement and make recommendations for improvement to such when warranted.
Reporting: The Reinstatement Committee reports to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Senate
Membership: 11
Chairperson: Elected by the committee from among its members
Ex Officio, non-voting: Executive Secretary of the Student Appeals Board (appointed by Vice President of Student Affairs)
Nominated by the Faculty Caucus and appointed by the President for staggered three-year terms: Five (5) faculty members
Nominated and elected by the Student Government Association for one-year terms: Five (5) students
Functions:
1. The Student Appeals Board (SAB) serves as the appellate body for decisions made by both the University Hearing Panel (UHP) and the Student Grievance Committee (SGC).
2. SAB shall review and approve all bylaws created to carry out the Code of Student Conduct.
3. SAB shall conduct a regular review of the Code of Student Conduct.
4. SAB shall review, upon written request of students or University agencies, the rules and regulations affecting students established on the recommendations of any University agency to determine if such rules and regulations are consistent with the philosophy and intent of the Code of Student Conduct.
Reporting: An annual report summarizing the activities of SAB and other judicial agencies is submitted to the President and to the Academic Affairs Committee. SAB reports on all other matters to the Student Government Association.
STUDENT CENTER COMPLEX ADVISORY BOARD
Membership: 8
| Chairperson: Elected from among the student members.
|
| Ex Officio: Director from the Student Center Complex
(non-voting) |
| Nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus for staggered two-year terms: |
Two (2) faculty members
| Selected in accordance with Student Personnel Selection Code procedures for one-year terms: |
Four (4) student members: Two general student members selected by the Student Government Association, one Student Government Association member and one University Programming Board member selected by the University Programming Board.
| Appointed by the Alumni Board of Directors |
One (1) alumni member
Functions:
The purpose of the Student Center Complex Advisory Board will be to advise the Director of the Student Center Complex on all directives and procedures regarding the Student Center facility and operations which affect students, University and community groups, and potential lessees.
Reporting:
The Student Center Complex Advisory Board reports to the Student Government Association regarding functions.
STUDENT CENTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES (PAS) ADVISORY BOARD
The purpose of the Performing Arts Series is to provide arts and entertainment opportunities for the Illinois State and Bloomington-Normal communities. Braden Auditorium is the showcase facility for the Series. The Series also provides co-curricular opportunities for students by providing internships in music business and performing arts management.
Membership: 10
Membership of the PAS Advisory Board shall be as follows:
| Three (3) student members selected by SGA |
| Three (3) faculty or staff members approved by the
Faculty Caucus (of which at least two must be faculty, one of which shall be
from Fine Arts) - to serve staggered three year terms |
| Three (3) community members (proposed by Dean of Students and sent to Academic Senate for approval) - to serve staggered three year terms |
One staff member from the Dean of Students Office will serve as ex-officio, non-voting member.
Officers:
A chairperson and a secretary will be elected by a simple majority of the PAS Advisory Board membership.
Functions:
The primary function of the PAS Advisory Board shall be to make recommendations to the Dean of Students Office regarding the programming of performers and series formats.
The Board will also:
| Create and encourage activities that will enhance the
understanding and awareness of the Performing Arts Series in the larger
community |
| Assist with identifying, seeking and securing external
funding |
| Promote relations with other arts organizations |
| Assist with selection of students for the Braden Internship program |
Reporting:
The PAS Advisory Board reports to the Dean of Students Office and to the Student Government Association regarding policy and functions.
Membership:
5 faculty members and 2 alternate faculty members selected by the Rules
Committee and nominated by the Faculty Caucus. Faculty and staff serve three
year terms.
5 student members and 2 alternates are nominated by the Student Government Association. Student members serve one-year terms.
Executive Secretary of the Student Appeals Board (non-voting).
All voting members are appointed by the President based on these nominations.
Functions: The Student Grievance Committee reviews grievances concerning individual members of the university community, and when appropriate, facilitates the resolution of these grievances. A grievance is a complaint arising out of any alleged unauthorized or unjustified act or decision by a member of the University community that in any way adversely affects the status, rights, or privileges of any student.
The Student Grievance Committee reports annually through the Student Appeals Board to the Academic Affairs Committee.
UNIVERSITY
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Membership: 19
Chairperson: Elected annually by the entire committee among the faculty members of the committee. The Chairperson serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member on the Council on General Education and the Council for Teacher Education.
Vice Chairperson: Elected annually by the committee to act as Chairperson during the Chairperson’s absence and serve as liaison with the Academic Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate.
Recording Secretary: Elected annually by the committee to keep minutes of the meetings.
Executive Secretary: Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Academic Services, or that party's representative.
Elected annually by the Faculty Caucus for staggered three-year terms:
Four (4) or five (5) faculty members: Total of fourteen (14); two from each college, except four (4) from the College of Arts & Sciences and one (1) each from Milner Library and Mennonite College of Nursing.
Departmental Chairpersons and College Curriculum Committee members may not serve on the University Curriculum Committee
Elected annually by the Student Government Association for one-year terms:
Four (4) students
Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, the Recording Secretary, and the Executive Secretary.
Functions:
1. To coordinate the undergraduate curriculum in general.
2. To provide advice and consultation on any budget decision which would
affect funds for curriculum development.
3. To periodically review and analyze existing undergraduate courses and
programs and report recommendations to the Academic Senate.
4. To coordinate efforts in planning intercollegiate programs.
5. To provide consultation to departments, colleges, and other faculty
groups who are planning new additions to the undergraduate curriculum.
6. To study trends in curriculum nationally and on specific college
campuses.
7. To work with the Graduate Curriculum Committee as appropriate to
coordinate courses and programs.
8. To work with the Academic Planning Committee, the Council on General
Education, and the Council for Teacher Education to affect improvement and
changes as appropriate in all areas of the curriculum.
9. To communicate to the university community curriculum developments on and off campus.
10. To review and approve or disapprove of all proposals for new courses and programs and for changes in existing courses and programs. Minor changes in existing courses involving course title, content, prerequisites, or number within a given level need not be reviewed by the committee, if accepted by the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Academic Services.
11. To develop procedures for the evaluation of all curriculum proposals and communicate the procedures to the University community.
12. To provide the Academic Senate each year with a report of the
committee’s proceedings.
13. To assure the existence of the function of a curriculum committee in each college.
14. To hear appeals from an academic department or equivalent whenever the academic department disagrees with a decision of a college curriculum committee or dean on curriculum matters.
Membership: 32 (or more) members
20 (or more) faculty and staff members nominated by the Rules Committee and
elected by the Faculty Caucus. Faculty and staff serve two year terms.
12 (or more) student members must be nominated by the Director of Community Rights and Responsibilities (or her/his designee), based on the recommendations of the UHP Selection Committee. Students nominated to serve on the University Hearing Panel must be in both good academic and disciplinary standing with the University. Nominations by Community Rights and Responsibilities are forwarded to the Rules Committee for their recommendation. Students are elected by the Student Government Association based on the recommended list of nominees. Students may serve until graduation.
Functions: The University Hearing Panel serves as the body from which members are drawn to serve as disciplinary hearing panels for students who are accused of violations of the Code of Student Conduct, Residence Hall Policies or other violations of University Policy.
The University Hearing Panel reports annually to the Academic Affairs Committee
Membership: Apportioned annually
Chairperson: Elected annually from
among the elected members
Vice Chairperson: Elected annually from among the elected members
Secretary: Elected annually from among the elected members
Each of the following groups shall have one (1) member on the University Review
Committee:
College of Applied Science and Technology
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Fine Arts
Milner Library
Mennonite College of Nursing
Provost or Provost's designee, ex officio, non-voting
The URC shall comprise elected faculty members with tenure (as defined by the ASPT Policies, p. 1) and the Provost or the Provost's designee, who is an ex officio, non-voting member. Each college shall have a minimum of one member on the URC. Any college with more than one hundred faculty members shall have one additional member for each additional one hundred faculty members (or major fraction thereof). Members from each college shall be elected at large for staggered three-year terms by and from the faculty of each college. In addition, the URC shall include a faculty representative, subject to the qualifications, proportions, and term outlined for college representatives, elected by and from the faculty members of the Milner Library. Each college dean and the University Libraries Dean shall inform the Provost of individuals elected to the URC. No faculty member may serve for more than two consecutive terms on this committee.
The functions of the University Review Committee are detailed in the Illinois State University Faculty Appointment, Salary, Promotion, and Tenure Policies. This document is available from the Office of the Provost or on the Provost's website http://www.provost.ilstu.edu.
Reporting: To the Faculty Caucus of the Academic Senate
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARDS COMMITTEE
The Committee will review nominations for two awards, the Outstanding University Service Award and the Outstanding Service Initiative Award.
The Outstanding University Service Award may be awarded to up to three faculty whose service accomplishments are unusually significant and meritorious among their colleagues at Illinois State University.
The Service Initiative Award may be awarded each year to up to seven new faculty members who, early in their academic careers, have shown considerable promise in service. Normally, these awards will be given to faculty members with five or fewer years of University or College-level service. A candidate's service performance at Illinois State University will be given the greatest weight in the selection process.
The University Service Awards Committee will be composed of one faculty member from each college, one undergraduate student, one graduate student and one representative from the Provost’s Office.
| 1 faculty representative from each college is to be nominated by the Dean |
| 1 undergraduate student representative is to be nominated by the Vice-Chair of the Academic Senate |
| 1 graduate student representative is to be nominated by the Vice-Chair of the Academic Senate |
| 1 representative from the Provost's Office |
Each nomination is subject to approval by the Faculty Caucus of the Academic Senate
The college faculty representative appointments will be for a two-year term. The student appointments are for one year.
The Committee will inform the Provost of its selections and will report annually to the Faculty Affairs Committee.
CAMPUS
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A
Constitutionally-Specified Standing Committee
Membership: 8
Nominated and elected by the Faculty Caucus from its membership:
Three (3) faculty members: two faculty members for staggered two-year terms and the Chairperson of the Academic Senate
Nominated and elected by the Student Government Association for a one-year term:
One (1) student
Elected by the University Civil Service Council and ratified by the Academic Senate for a two-year term:
Two (2) Civil Service staff members
Nominated and elected by the Administrative/Professional Council, and ratified by the Academic Senate for a two-year term:
Two (2) Administrative Professional staff member
Functions:
The Campus Communication Committee (CCC) may:
1. Attend meetings of the Board of
Trustees.
2. Advise the Board of Trustees on
matters concerning university affairs.
3. In conjunction with the President, recommend to the Chair of the Board of
Trustees the agenda for the 8 AM "Discussion Hour with the Trustees" held before
Board meetings.
Reporting: CCC Academic Senate Members shall report to the Academic Senate at
regular meetings of the Senate and the Administrative/Professional Council and
Civil Service Council CCC members report to their councils.
ADMINISTRATIVE SELECTION COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSONS PANEL
(PANEL OF TEN)
The Panel of Ten is not an external committee of the Academic Senate, but its members are elected by the Senate. It is for this reason that a description of this body appears in the Academic Senate Bluebook entitled "Committee Structure of the Academic Senate".
Membership: 10
Nominations of tenured faculty members are made from each academic department/school. These, accompanied by a one-page vita for the nominee are sent to the Academic Senate Office for transmission to all Academic Senate Members before the election.
Beginning in the Spring of 1994, the election of this panel for a one-year term
will occur during the second April meeting of the Academic Senate following
standard Senate election procedures. Faculty members may not be elected to this
panel for more than three consecutive one-year terms nor shall a faculty member
serve as Chairperson of more than one selection committee during an academic
year. Panel members may not be members of the Academic Senate.
Functions:
Individual members of this panel shall be selected, by the appropriate appointing officer after consultations with his/her immediate supervisor, to be the Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the following positions:
1. Vice President and Provost
2. Vice President of Student Affairs
3. Vice President for Business and Finance
4. Vice President for University Advancement
5. College Deans
6. Academic Affairs Administrators that report directly to the Provost as defined in the Administrative Selection and Search Committee Policy, except in the case of internal and targeted searches.
Membership: 10
Chairperson: Chairperson, Academic Senate Planning and Finance Committee
Standing Membership:
Chairperson, Academic Senate
Three (3) members of the Senate Planning and Finance Committee
(2 faculty, including the Chairperson, 1 student)
Chairperson, Academic Senate Academic Affairs Committee
Chairperson, Academic Senate Faculty Affairs Committee
Chairperson, Civil Service Council
Chairperson, Administrative-Professional Council
Vice President and Provost
Vice President for Finance and Planning
Functions:
The Financial Exigency Committee is a standing committee, advisory to the President in the processes of identification and declaration of financial exigency, and the implementation of the University’s Financial Exigency Procedures.
(Financial Exigency Procedures may be found in the Board of Trustees Governing Documents: Policies)
College representatives will caucus each fall in order to designate at least one liaison to respective college faculty. The responsibility of the liaisons is to keep college faculty fully informed of Senate activities.
Amendments to Bluebook
April 21, 2010: Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee Functions – clarified AIF requests and budget meeting time.
March 24, 2010: Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee Functions –
changed Academic Calendar procedure.
November 18, 2009: “SCERB” language changed in Code of Student Conduct
November 2009. Now entitled Student Appeals Board.
November 4, 2009: Academic Planning Committee
appointments confirmed by the Faculty Caucus.
April 8, 2009: Revisions to Library Committee
section.
April 8, 2009:
Revisions to Athletics Council Bylaws/Blue
Book Section for Athletics Council.
April 9, 2008: Addition of SCERB Grievance Committee
March 26, 2008: Addition of SCERB University Hearing Panel.
February 20, 2008: Revisions to SCERB Section.
February 6, 2008: Addition of University Service Awards Committee to the Blue Book as an External Committee of the Senate.
April 11, 2007: General revisions throughout the Blue Book.
April 26, 2006: Student Center Policy and Programming Boards replaced by Student Center Complex Advisory Board and Student Center Performing Arts Series Board.
April 12, 2006: Academic Planning Committee Membership Composition Revision
October 12, 2005: Panel of 10 Membership – revised to: Tenured Faculty Only. Members selected to chair search committees for positions other than those listed below amended to: Academic Affairs Administrators that report directly to the Provost (other than those listed above)
April 13, 2005: Honors Council – Faculty representatives must represent at least 4 of the 7 colleges (Includes Milner Library).
April 13, 2005: Entertainment Committee and University Forum Committee replaced by University Programming Board – oversight: Office of Student Affairs.
April 21, 2004: Honors Council – Student representatives must be honor students.
April 7, 2004: Addition of functions 7 and 8 for the Academic Planning Committee; Confirmation/election of CTE representatives to be conducted by the Senate after August 20th of each academic year; SCERB membership increase from 1 student and 1 faculty alternate to 2 student and 2 faculty alternates.
March 24, 2004: Revisions to the Academic Planning Committee Membership.
Spring 2003: Various revisions made throughout the document by the Academic Senate Rules Committee and approved by the Senate.
May 2001: Council on General Education - Terms of membership
April 18, 2001: Revision of Internal Committee Structures
January 2001: University Review Committee - Members must have tenure.
January 2001: University Appeals Committee - Replaced by Faculty Review Committee beginning 2001-2002.
November 11, 2000: Addition of Senate Liaison Section
March 8, 2000: Shared Governance Section, pg. 3, paragraph 3, Added: "When creating policy that affects the academic area broadly understood, the President will see the advice of the academic community through its principle representative body, the Academic Senate."