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Faculty Committees and Panels
Faculty and faculty-student committees carry a considerable share of the responsibility for creating and implementing College policies. Standing faculty committees are permanent committees created by a vote of the faculty. Change in their composition or charge requires faculty approval. Standing faculty committees have either elected or appointed faculty members. Faculty members on the Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP), the Faculty Steering Committee, the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), the Faculty Review Panel, and the divisional representatives of the Faculty Compensation Committee are elected by a vote of the faculty. Faculty are appointed to all other standing committees. Each spring faculty are asked to indicate their preferences for assignments to non-elective standing committees. The President, acting through the Dean of the Faculty, in consultation with the Faculty Steering Committee, then appoints faculty to those standing committees. The at-large members of the Faculty Compensation Committee, however, are appointed directly by the Faculty Steering Committee.
Standing Committees and Panels with Elected Faculty Membership
The group composition of each committee is indicated by the three numbers that appear after the title: the first represents the number of faculty; the second the number of ex officio administrators, the third the number of student members. Ex officio members, unless otherwise indicated, are voting members. (See Voting Membership for eligibility information.)
Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP) (3-3-0)
Faculty Steering Committee (6-0-0)
Committee on Educational Policy (7-4-6)
Faculty Compensation Committee (8 to 10-0-0)
Faculty Review Panel (12-0-0)
Standing Committees with Appointed Faculty Membership
The group composition of each committee is indicated by the three numbers that appear after the title: the first represents the number of faculty; the second the number of ex officio administrators, the third the number of student members. Ex officio members, unless otherwise indicated, are voting members.
Committees Dealing with Student Life and Academic Standing
Committee on Academic Standing (CAS) (6-4-0)
Discipline Committee (8-1-8)
Honor System Committee (4-1-8)
Committee on Undergraduate Life (CUL) (5-3-6)
Athletics Committee (6-0-0)
Committees Dealing with Resource Planning and Policy Issues
Committee on Priorities and Resources (CPR) (4-4-3)
Information Technology Committee (ITC) (4-5-3)
Library Committee (3-4-3)
Chapin Library Committee (3-2-0)
Other Standing Committees and Panels
Calendar and Schedule Committee (3-3-3)
Winter Study Program Committee (5-1-4)
Lecture Committee (4-0-4)
Childcare Committee (4-4-0)
Non-Standing Committees and Panels
The group composition of each committee is indicated by the three numbers that appear after the title: the first represents the number of faculty; the second the number of ex officio administrators, the third the number of student members. Ex officio members, unless otherwise indicated, are voting members.
Faculty also serve on non-standing committees and panels, several of which are described below. The function of the Advisory Committee for the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences are described in the section on Research Support. For committees and policies that deal with issues of safety and public health see Safety and Public Health.
The Faculty Interviewing Panel (6-0-0)
Committee on Diversity and Community (CDC) (8-2-8)
Campus Environmental Advisory Committee (CEAC) (4-3-6)
Honorary Degrees Committee (3-2-4 and Trustees)
Science Executive Committee (11 to 13-0-0)
College and Community Advisory Committee (3-5-3)
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