Motion 5
To Revise the
Standing Committee on the Academic Code
November 19, 2002

 

 

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 Graduate School. The amendments also add annual reporting requirements and specify that the chair of the Committee must be a member of the faculty. This Motion is presented to amend the charge of the Standing Committee on the Academic Code and insert it in the proper place in the Faculty Rules & Regulations.

MOTION

 

Part 1

Motion to amend the Faculty Rules, effective immediately, for the purpose of amending the charge of the Standing Committee on the Academic Code by removing the charge of the Standing Committee on the Academic Code currently found in the Faculty Rules and Regulations as Part I, Section 3, II, A and inserting the following charge in Part I, Section 2  of the Faculty Rules and Regulations:

G.          Standing Committee on the Academic Code

1.     Charge

To hear cases involving charges of Academic Code violation, to determine guilt or innocence, and to determine penalty for the guilty.

2.     Membership

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 Graduate School.

3.       Reporting

The Committee reports annually in writing to the Faculty and to the Dean of the College, Graduate School, or Biology and Medicine, as appropriate, for administrative action.

4.       Chair and Staffing

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.