常见问题

教职工参议院共有56名参议员, 代表所有授予学位的学院, 学术单位与院长从雅典和地区校园. Forty-seven (47) senators are elected by the tenure-track faculty and 9 are elected by the non-tenure-track faculty (instructional and clinical faculty).

Representation of tenure-track faculty is proportional to the numbers of faculty members eligible to serve on the 教师参议院. 除了, each degree-granting college or until headed by a dean and having a tenure-track faculty member is entitled to have at least one representative on senate. 对于非终身教职员工, each 雅典 campus college with a minimum of twenty (20) eligible instructional faculty members will elect one or more senators to represent that college; all colleges on the 雅典 campus with fewer than twenty (20) instructional faculty shall be combined to elect at-large senator(s) from those colleges to serve on 教师参议院; all instructional faculty on regional campuses shall combine to elect at-large senators from the instructional faculty of regional campuses to represent those faculties. Clinical faculty from HCOM and CHSP shall elect at least one at-large senator from among their ranks to represent those faculty.

Because representation is proportional to the numbers of faculty members eligible to serve on the 教师参议院, senate representation by academic units may vary year-to-year depending upon the number of faculty members eligible to serve on the 教师参议院.

2022-2023学年, the following provides the number of senators per academic unit (in alphabetical order of academic unit):

• 文理学院:17名(15名终身教授，2名教学)
• 商学院:5名(4名终身教授，1名教学)
• 美术学院:4名(3名终身教授，1名教学)
• 健康科学与职业学院:3名(2名终身教授，1名教学)
• 传统骨科医学院:3名终身教授
• 巴顿教育学院:4名(3名终身教授，1名教学)
• 罗斯工程学院:4名终身教授
• 斯克里普斯传播学院:4名终身教授
• 沃伊诺维奇领导与公共事务学院:1名终身教授
• 区域校区-奇利科斯:1个终身教职
• 区域校区-东部:1个终身教职
• 区域校区-兰开斯特:1个终身教职
• 南区校区:1个终身教职
• 区域校区-赞斯维尔:2个终身教职
• 地区自由职业者:2名教师
• 雅典 At-Large: 1个终身职位
• 临床人员:1名临床人员

选举每年以无记名投票的方式进行. 至少在选举日期前两星期, the Senate Elections Committee (normally consisting of the 执行委员会) circulates a call for nominations of eligible faculty members for the senate. The Elections Committee draws up a ballot listing all eligible nominees who have agreed to stand for election. 所有具有教职资格的终身教职员工都有资格投票选举成员, and all instructional faculty are eligible to vote for the instructional senators in their college or regional campus. 所有临床教员都有资格投票选出各自学院的临床教员. 选举规则载于教职员手册, newbb电子平台教务委员会章程, newbb电子平台教务委员会章程.

选举在每年3月下半月举行.

Senators are elected for three-year terms to replace those whose terms of office have expired. 参议员可以连续任职两届.e.(六年).

新当选的参议员将于4月1日就职. 任期将于7月31日届满.

是的. 召回教员参议员的程序在教员手册中有规定, newbb电子平台教务委员会章程.

是的. 有一份参议员名单和联系方式 t学院参议员 网页.

The 教师参议院 is an elected representative body that acts on behalf of all faculty on matters related to university planning, 治理, 资源分配. 参议院对课程和学术政策有主要控制权. 它倡导教师对所有其他大学政策和做法的看法. 作为大学管治的重要伙伴, 参议院为所有相关的大学委员会提供代表, 董事会, 特别工作组. The 教师参议院 provides a forum for the newbb电子平台 faculty to participate in discussion about their concerns.

教务委员会有许多职能. 如教务委员会章程第三条所述, 教职员评议会的工作如下:

1. 制定与大学学术事务相关的政策, 建议校长通过教务长批准;
2. 根据学校的政策和程序处理所有教员的申诉事宜 教师 手册;
3. Initiates policies relating to the rights and responsibilities of faculty members incident to their employment by the University, 建议校长通过教务长批准;
4. 接收, 行为上, and transmits to the President through 教务长 the views of the Senate with respect to proposals initiated by the President, 教务长, or other individuals or groups regarding policies relating to University-wide academic matters, 的更改和添加 教师 手册, and policies relating to the rights and responsibilities of faculty members incident to their employment by the University;
5. 的初始化更改和添加 教师 手册 建议校长通过教务长批准; and
6. Acts as official channel of faculty opinion on all matters that have a bearing on academic excellence.

1. 执行. The 执行委员会 of the 教师参议院 consists of the elected officers of the 教师参议院: Chair, 副主席, 和秘书. 执行委员会还包括两名任命的常任参议员.
2. 教育政策及学生事务(EPSA). The Educational Policies and Student Affairs Committee is a standing committee of 教师参议院. 它考虑与课程相关的问题, 教育政策(包括目录语言), 以及与学生有关的更广泛的问题. The committee also forms the primary link between the 大学课程委员会 and 教师参议院.
3. 财务及设施(F .&F). 财务及设施委员会是教务委员会的常设委员会. 它考虑与资源分配和设施有关的问题. F主席&F是预算规划委员会的学院参议院代表之一.
4. 专业关系(中国). The Professional Relations Committee is a standing committee of 教师参议院 and oversees grievances not related to Promotion and Tenure. The Professional Relations Committee also considers a broad range of issues related to faculty.
5. 晋升和终身职位(P .&T). 晋升和终身教职委员会是学院参议院的一个常设委员会, 并负责监督与晋升和终身职位有关的申诉. The committee also considers a broad range of issues related to promotion and tenure policies and procedures.

The resolution process is the method most often used by the 教师参议院 in carrying out the functions specified in Article 3 of the Constitution of the 教师参议院. 学院参议院常务委员会通过广泛的讨论制定决议, 寻求参议员的意见, 成分, 以及其他利益相关方. 教职员参议院的决议可分为三类:立场决议(1).e., Sense of the Senate), resolutions of handbook policy, and resolutions of non-handbook policy.

决议是否在同一次会议上提出和通过?

NO. 根据newbb电子平台教务委员会的章程, no final action on a main motion or resolution introduced at a regular or special meeting may be taken at that same meeting. 然而, this rule may be suspended by a two-thirds majority of those voting at any regular or special meeting.

非参议员的教员可以提出提案吗?

是的. Any ten (10) faculty eligible to vote in Senate elections may present any matter they wish to the Senate at a regular meeting. 该问题将在下次参议院例会上讨论并投票表决, 如果参议院愿意, 在为审议请愿书或其他事项而召开的特别会议上.

我在哪里可以找到有关参议院工作的信息?

关于教务委员会工作的信息可以在参议院找到 网站. 会议材料，包括会议议程, 会议总结, 会议纪要, 等待决议, 最终的决议对公众开放.

教务委员会在一年中每月至少举行一次例会, 除了六月, 七月和八月, 除非成员收到异常通知. 会议在固定的时间举行, usually 7:10 on the first or second Monday of each month (depending on how the academic calendar for each year falls).

是的. 然而, 对于特殊情况, 会议或部分会议可能不对不同的个人或团体开放. Closing a meeting or a portion of the meeting may be accomplished by either an announcement by the chair (and/or 执行委员会) or by a motion from the floor. Any motion or recommendation to close a meeting must specify the person(s) to whom it is closed, 关闭的原因, 以及在关闭期间要交易的业务.

主席主持教务委员会的所有会议. 在他们缺席时，由副主席主持会议.

The parliamentary authority for conducting Senate meetings is the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.