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Update on faculty representation formula for committees, proposed amendments, division entitlements, and rationale for changes. Your input is valued.
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Faculty Forum – Representation Formula 27 February 2008
Call for Committees • In your mailbox this week • Thank you for your service • Please consider volunteering, especially for any committee
Current Census • 1310 tenured and tenure-track faculty • Increase of 44 from06-07 • Largest: A&S (479), Medicine (202), CAFNR (136), Engineering (101) • Smallest: Graduate School (15), Health Professions (19), Nursing (21), Law (29) • All others 30< x < 100
Faculty Council Representation • No more than 30 members on Council • All divisions entitled to 1 representative (14 total) • 1-75 -> 1 rep., 76-125 -> 2 reps, rest apportioned for each 50 or major fraction thereof • A&S 9, Med 4, CAFNR 3, Eng 2, Vet Med 2 • Currently, the faculty bylaws name the represented divisions.
Ballot item • Shall the Collected Rules & Regulations (CRR 300.010.H.2) be amended to read: • “All colleges and schools that are headed by a Dean who reports to the Provost for academic affairs shall be entitled to voting representation”.
Rationale • Several divisions named in the bylaws no longer exist or have been renamed. • Several divisions (e.g., Health Professions) are now free-standing entities. • New system would not require amending the bylaws when new schools or colleges are created, or name changes occur.
Consequences • All units retain representation except School of Natural Resources which would be represented through CAFNR, instead of having its own representative. • Consistent with other Schools within colleges, e.g., Music and Accountancy • CAFNR would retain 3 Council representatives. • 3 + 1 now; 3 in the immediate future.