University Governance

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR FACULTY SENATE

 

RATIONALE:  FacEx recommends the following changes:

 

(1) FRPR (Faculty Rights, Privileges, and Responsibilities) Committee. Delete the FacEx representative on FRPR as no longer necessary and replace with faculty member.

 

2) Faculty Rights Board. Clarify that the five faculty on the FRB must be tenured.  Modify the rule that the member with a law degree be specifically from Law School faculty and expand it to include tenured faculty with a J.D. degree in any KU school.

 

3) Research.  Delete the representative from KUMC. KUMC has not filled this position for many years.

 

4) SPPT (Standards and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure). Add two ex-officio members as recommended by the FY-10 SPPT Committee: the Vice Provost for Faculty Development and a representative from the Faculty Executive Committee.

 

5) UCSL (University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves). Delete the FacEx representative as no longer necessary.  

 

UNIVERSITY SENATE CODE

ARTICLE XV.    STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY SENATE

Section 1.   Committees Identified

     The Faculty Senate shall have the following six standing committees:

(1)  Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities

(2) Research

(3)  Faculty Rights Board

(4)  Faculty Compensation

(5)  Restricted Research

(6)  Standards and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure

 

 Section 2.  Membership

                       The Committee on Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities shall be composed of seven eight members of the Faculty serving staggered three year terms., and one member of the Faculty Executive Committee serving a one-year term.

 

      The Faculty Rights Board shall be composed of five tenured members of the faculty. One member from the School of Law  with a Juris Doctorate degree,  and two members from the faculty at large, and a representative from the AAUP shall serve staggered three-year terms.  A representative from the Faculty Executive Committee shall serve a one-year term. Members of the Faculty Rights Board are not eligible to hold consecutive three-year terms. Nominations for the AAUP  one three-year seat on the committee will be sought from both the Executive Committee and at-large membership of the University of Kansas Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).  The Faculty Rights Board shall also include one member of the Faculty Executive Committee serving a one-year term.  All positions shall be filled through faculty governance appointment, by nominations of at least three qualified individuals per position.  In the event that an AAUP representative is not selected to fill a three-year term, the Faculty Executive Committee shall appoint an additional member from the Faculty to a one-year term on the Faculty Rights Board, and nominations will be sought from the AAUP Executive Committee and at-large membership to fill that seat in the succeeding year.

 

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The Committee on Research shall be composed of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies; twelve members of the Faculty serving staggered three‑year terms, with not more than one member of any department; one representative from the University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City campus) appointed by the appropriate body; one graduate student member elected by the Executive Committee of the Graduate Student Council, who shall participate only in the policy-making functions of the committee; and the Associate Vice Provost for Research who shall  be a non‑voting member and who shall serve as  secretary of the committee.

 

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      The Committee on Standards and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure shall be composed of six members of the faculty serving three-year staggered terms.  The Vice Provost for Faculty Development and a representative from the Faculty Executive Committee shall serve as ex-officio, non—voting members of the committee.

 

 

 

FACULTY SENATE RULES AND REGULATONS

ARTICLE VIII.

      8.2.4     All applications for sabbatical leave shall be referred to the University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves (UCSL) for evaluation.

UCSL shall be a committee of eleven  ten, chaired by the Provost, who shall vote only in cases of ties.  The Faculty Executive Committee shall name one of its members to serve for one year.  Nine members of the faculty shall be appointed to staggered three‑year terms by the Faculty Executive Committee by virtue of delegation from the Chancellor. The Faculty Executive Committee shall take care that the membership of UCSL is broadly representative of the faculty.