Graduate Council 2016-17

1. Graduate Council 2016-17 Organization, Responsibilities, and Procedures

2. What is Graduate Council? Graduate Council is a committee of the Academic Senate which is comprised of 12 faculty members (one from each School) and the Senate’s Graduate Council Analyst. The Council oversees all academic matters related to graduate education at UC Irvine. • Ex officio non-voting members include the Dean of Graduate Division, the Chair of the Subcommittee for International Education and the Chair of the Academic Program Review Board. • Non-voting members also include three Graduate Student representatives appointed by AGS, and Consultants from the Library and Graduate Division.

3. Graduate Council’s Duties, Powers and Privileges - Bylaw 330 • Graduate Councils shall: • Make recommendations to the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs, according to procedures adopted by the Division concerning: • Qualifications of departments and groups of departments for initiating new programs leading to existing graduate degrees, and • New graduate degrees. • Coordinate the procedure of various departments and schools on the campus concerned, as it relates to degrees higher than the Bachelor's degree. • Set policy and standards for: • Admission to graduate status in accordance with the provisions of Bylaw 311.C.1; • Appointment of graduate students as Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Graduate Student Researchers, and recipients of University Fellowships; (Am 8 Mar 72; Am 12 2004) • Appointment of postdoctoral scholars or their academic equivalent and for their enrollment by the Graduate Division.1 • At its discretion, limit the study lists of graduate students who are employed.

4. Bylaw 330 continued… • Recommend the award of fellowships and graduate scholarships, including honorary traveling fellowships, according to the terms of the various foundations. • Appoint committees in charge of candidates' studies, who shall certify for every candidate, before recommendation for a higher degree, that the candidate has fulfilled the requirements for that degree; supervise the conduct of examinations for higher degrees; admit qualified students to candidacy for higher degrees. • Make final reports to the Division concerning the conferring of graduate degrees.

5. Bylaw 330 continued… • Make rules governing the form of presentation and the disposal of dissertations. • Report and make recommendations to the Division on matters pertaining to graduate work.

6. Bylaw 330 continued… • Advise the Chancellor concerning relations with educational and research foundations. In accordance with the provisions of Senate Bylaw 20, a divisional Graduate Council may re-delegate any of the authority vested in it only as may be provided by the divisional bylaws.

7. How can I contribute? • Participation • Show up (on time). • Come prepared to meetings. • Read the agenda items. • Provide written and verbal summary of item you are assigned to review. • Contribute meaningful and appropriate commentary to the Council. • Sign up for a subcommittee or board in your capacity as a Graduate Council member.

8. Important items to know about: • Confidentiality • Members are not to share confidential discussions that take place during a meeting or distribute confidential documents with anyone outside of the Graduate Council. If members are unclear on what is confidential they should ask the Graduate Council Chair and Analyst prior to sharing or disseminating information of any kind. • Voting • Voting outcomes are public (i.e. what agenda items were approved) but voting specifics are kept confidential (i.e. who voted on what). *AGS reps, Ex Officio members and Consultants and the Senate Analyst do not vote. • Executive Session • Executive Sessions is a tool designed to conduct business in a civil and organized way. It can be called by the Chair when it’s determined that a conversation must be held where only members of the Graduate Council can be present. This would include the faculty voting members and the Senate Analyst.

9. Conflict of Interest In the university, the term “conflict of interest” refers to financial or other personal considerations that may compromise a faculty member’s professional judgment in administration, management, instruction, research, or other professional activities. Conflicts of interest have the potential to bias, directly or indirectly, important aspects of the councils’ work, including their recommendations about academic personnel decisions, proposals for degree programs and academic units, budgetary and planning decisions, faculty grants programs, and other areas of shared governance. Senate council/committee members must always keep potential conflicts in mind and recuse themselves where a conflict of interest arises.

10. Senate Recusal policy Senate council/committee members must recuse themselves in the following circumstances: The Senate council/committee member has, or has had, a family relationship with the applicant, such as that of a current or former significant other, partner, or spouse, or child, sibling, or parent. The Senate council/committee member has a personal financial interest in the outcome of the action item. The Senate council/committee member believes that his or her recusal is necessary to preserve the integrity of the review process. Upon joining the Senate council or committee, each member will be informed of this recusal policy and will be expected to abide by it.

11. Senate Recusal policy continued… Comment In carrying out their work, Senate council/committee members are expected to rely on their academic expertise, experience, and judgment, and so professional agreements or differences of opinion are not by themselves a basis for recusal. Grey Areas In “grey areas” where a Senate council/committee member is uncertain regarding recusal, he or she may disclose the potential grounds for recusal to the Senate council or committee Chair. The Chair may then determine whether the member should recuse himself or herself, or the Chair may seek the advice of other council/committee members in making this determination. The Chair or members may suggest that a member abstain from voting when a conflict of interest exists. The Chair should consult the whole council/committee regarding potential grounds for his or her own recusal. In making its determination regarding recusal in grey areas, the council/committee will take into account the fact that, by design, each member brings valuable and unique expertise to the council/committee as a whole.

12. Distinction of roles and purview • Graduate Council has authority over: graduate education, degree programs, courses, admissions, fellowships, employment, rules governing dissertations, graduate degrees, etc. • Graduate Division is an administrative unit that provides support to Schools and graduate students. Graduate Division works in close collaboration with the Provost, senior administrators, School Deans and Graduate Council in managing graduate education. • The Dean, Associate Deans, and Graduate Division implement policies and guidelines established by the Graduate Council. • Examples of these policies include: • Academic Disqualification policy • Leave of Absence policy • Admissions policies • Fellowship guidelines

13. Graduate Council, 2015-16

14. Graduate Council, 2016-17 • School of the Arts - Jayme Lee Smith • School of Biological Sciences – Jennifer Martiny • School of Business – Mireille Jacobson • School of Education - Carol Booth Olson • School of Engineering - Lizhi Sun • Health Sciences - Lorraine Evangelista • School of Humanities - Bonnie Kent • School of Information and Computer Sciences – Rina Dechter • School of Law – David Min • School of Physical Sciences – Francois Primeau • School of Social Ecology – Susan Charles, Chair • School of Social Sciences – PriyaRanjan

15. Graduate Council Meeting dates, 2016-17

16. What keeps us busy most of the time • Reviewing proposals for new grad degree programs • Reviewing modification requests for existing grad degree programs • Reviewing changes to graduate policies • Reviewing new and revised graduate courses • Conducting periodic reviews of all existing graduate programs

17. Academic Program Reviews Facilitated by the APRB and Senate Analyst

18. OFFICERS ChairWilliam Parker Chair Elect/SecretaryMaria Pantelia ParliamentarianDan Hirschberg STANDING COMMITTEES Councils Academic Personnel (CAP) Ginny Richards Educational Policy (CEP) Tony Smith Faculty Welfare (CFW) Jean- Daniel Saphores Graduate Council (GC) Susan Charles Planning and Budget (CPB) James Steintrager Research, Computing and Libraries (CORCL) Raju Metherate Teaching, Learning, and Student Experience (CTLSE) Renee Link Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools (CUARS)Ann Sakai Committees Committees on CommitteesRoxane Cohen Silver Privilege and TenureGreg Evans Rules and JurisdictionDan Hirschberg Scholarly Honors and AwardsOlivier Civelli Subcommittees AssessmentJustin Shaffer CoursesJames Brody International EducationFrank Wilderson Programs and PolicyTBD Boards Academic Program Review BoardGopi Meenakshisundaram Campuswide Honors Program BoardNatalie Komarova Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors and Financial AidTravis Huxman Senate Leadership for 2016-17

19. ACADEMIC SENATE ∙ IRVINE DIVISION DIVISIONAL SENATE ASSEMBLY 63 members Ex Officio Divisional Chair ∙ Chair Elect-Secretary Chairs of Councils (8) ∙ Chairs of the Faculties of the Division (12) ∙ Divisional Representatives to the U-wide Assembly of the Academic Senate (4) ∙ President of the University Elected Members Representatives of the Faculties of the Division (36) Quorum= 40% of voting members Chair of the Division CABINET 10 members Chair, Chair Elect-Secretary, Council Chairs COUNCILS Academic Personnel ∙ Educational Policy ∙ Graduate Council ∙ Planning & Budget ∙ Research, Computing, & Libraries ∙ Faculty Welfare · · Teaching, Learning & Student Experience · Undergraduate Admissions & Relations with Schools BOARDS & SUBCOMMITTEES Academic Program Review ∙ Assessment ∙ Campuswide Honors Program ∙ Courses ∙ International Education ∙ Programs and Policy ∙ Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors & Financial Aids COMMITTEES Committee on Committees ∙ Privilege & Tenure ∙ Rules & Jurisdiction ∙ Scholarly Honors & Awards Joint Senate/Administrative Task Forces Special Senate Ad Hoc Committees

20. 2016-17 ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC SENATE – IRVINE DIVISION CHAIR CHAIR ELECT-SECRETARY Administrative Organization WILLIAM PARKER MARIA PANTELIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NATALIE B. SCHONFELD Assembly, Cabinet, Privilege & Tenure, and Special Committees COUNCIL ANALYSTS Council on Planning and Budget (CPB); Council on Research Computing and Libraries (CORCL); Committee on Committees (COC); Senate Elections LYNN HARRIS JULIE KENNEDY RACHEL MANGOLD WENDY CHAMORRO Administrative support for Senate Chair, Chair- Elect, & Exec. Director Budget, Personnel and Purchasing Information Management Senate Calendar Assists with: CAP & APRB MICHELLE AUCOIN ADRIANA COLLINS THAO NGUYEN CFW; CTLSE; Scholarly Honors and Awards; BUSHFA; Distinguished Faculty Lectures; Campuswide Honors Program; Emeriti Affairs Subcommittee Council on Academic Personnel (CAP) Ad Hoc Committees to CAP Graduate Council Council on Educational Policy (CEP); Programs and Policy; Subcommittee on Courses; Assessment Committee; Non-Degree Program Reviews Senate Cabinet; Assembly; Council of Undergrad Admissions and Relations with Schools (CUARS); Committee on Rules and Jurisdictions (CRJ); Senate Manual Academic Program Review Board (APRB) Subcommittee on International Education (SCIE)