SUMMARY:
Part 1 of this
motion modifies the membership, reporting requirements, and chairmanship of the
Standing Committee on the Academic Code to make the committee more responsible
to the Faculty. Part 2 authorizes the immediate adoption of these changes.
RATIONALE:
The amendments to the Standing Committee on the Academic Code,
proposed by the Task Force on Faculty Governance and recommended by the Faculty
Executive Committee, are noted in italics. The amendments specify the method of
election of the faculty members of the committee and that the two members from
among the deans must be one each from the College and the
To hear cases involving charges of Academic Code violation, to determine guilt or innocence, and to determine penalty for the guilty.
Six faculty members
nominated by the Faculty Executive Committee and elected by the Faculty to
serve staggered three-year terms, and two deans, one each representing the
College and the
The Committee reports annually in writing to the Faculty and to
the Dean of the College,
Chaired by the Dean of the College or his/her
representative. The Vice Chair shall be a faculty member elected in
his/her third year on the committee. The
committee is staffed by the office of the Dean of the College.
Part 2
Motion to authorize changes in the charge of the Standing Committee on the Academic Code immediately upon ratification of this motion.