A total of 56 senators serve on 教师参议院, representing all the degree-granting colleges, academic units with deans from the 雅典 and regional campuses. 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):
Elections are held by secret ballot each year. At least two weeks prior to the date of the election, 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. All tenure-track faculty members with faculty status are eligible to vote for members, and all instructional faculty are eligible to vote for the instructional senators in their college or regional campus. All clinical faculty are eligible to vote for clinical faculty in their respective colleges. Rules of Election are provided in the 教师手册, Constitution of the 教师参议院 of bet8九州登录入口, Bylaws of the 教师参议院 of bet8九州登录入口.
Elections are held in the second half of March each year.
Senators are elected for three-year terms to replace those whose terms of office have expired. Senators are permitted to serve two terms in succession (i.e.(六年).
Newly elected senators assume office on April 1. 任期将于7月31日届满.
是的. Procedures for recalling faculty senators are provided in the 教师手册, Constitution of the 教师参议院 of bet8九州登录入口.
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. The Senate has primary control over curriculum and academic policies. It is an advocate for faculty views on all other University policies and practices. 作为大学管治的重要伙伴, the Senate provides representatives to all relevant University committees, 董事会, 特别工作组. The 教师参议院 provides a forum for the bet8九州登录入口 faculty to participate in discussion about their concerns.
The 教师 Senate has a number of functions. As stated in Article 3 of the Constitution of the 教师参议院, 教职员评议会的工作如下:
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. The 教师参议院’s standing committees formulate resolutions from broad-based discussion, 寻求参议员的意见, 成分, 以及其他利益相关方. 教师参议院 resolutions may fall into three categories: resolutions of position (i.e., Sense of the Senate), resolutions of handbook policy, and resolutions of non-handbook policy.
Are resolutions introduced and approved at the same meeting?
NO. According to the bylaws of the 教师参议院 of bet8九州登录入口, 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.
Can faculty members who are not senators introduce proposals?
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. The matter will be discussed and scheduled for a vote at the next regular Senate meeting or, 如果参议院愿意, at a special meeting called for the purpose of considering the petition or other matters.
Where can I find information about the work of the senate?
Information about the work of the faculty senate can be found on the Senate 网站. Meeting materials including meeting agendas, 会议总结, 会议纪要, 等待决议, and final resolutions are available to the public.
The 教师 Senate holds at least one regular meeting each month during the calendar year, 除了六月, 七月和八月, unless members are notified of an exception. Meetings are at a regular and specified time, 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, meetings or portions of meetings may be closed to various persons or groups. 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, and the business to be transacted during the closed period.
The Chair presides over all meetings of the 教师参议院. In their absence, the Vice-Chair presides over the meetings.
The parliamentary authority for conducting Senate meetings is the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.