Brown University Task Force on Faculty Governance Minutes of Meetings

Minutes of The Task Force on Faculty Governance

May 22, 2002

Attending: Nancy Amstrong, Russell Church, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Richard Fishman, Peter Gromet, John Savage, Rajiv Vohra, and Michael White.

Reports were given by the following individuals at the indicated universities

Member	Institutions
Nancy Amstrong	*Cornell	Dartmouth
Russell Church	Brown	*Stanford
Richard Fishman	*Duke	Williams
Peter Gromet	Amherst	*Berkeley
Rajiv Vohra	*Chicago	*Columbia
Michael White	Princeton	*Penn

After reviewing these universities, we decided that the large universities identified with an * do not provide good models for Brown.

Here are some highlights of schools that do provide good models:

DARTMOUTH
Has a weak Provost and strong Dean of the Faculty (DoF) who works with three associate deans that represent divisions within Arts and Sciences.

Major faculty committees:
Committee Advisory to President
Members: DoF + 6 tenured profs appointed by President for 3 years + 2 profs appointed from list determined by Faculty vote

Charge: Recommends on appointments, promotion, tenure, leaves Responds to issue brought by President Consults with President on issues raised by Faculty Chooses a member of COP (below) as alternate to President as presiding officer at Faculty meetings.

Committee on Organization and Policy (COP)
Members: DoF + 9 faculty (3 elected from each division)

Charge: Recommends on general policies affecting Faculty Recommends to Faculty changes in rules of governance Appoints Faculty committees and hears committee reports

AMHERST
It's most important committees are the Committee of Six, the Committee on Educational Policy, and the Priorities and Resources Committee.

Committee of Six
Members: Six faculty of all ranks, elected by direct ballot for 2 years
Chaired by President, no vote
Secretary is Dean of Faculty, no vote

Charge: Advises President Recommends on tenure and promotion Nominates faculty to other elected committees, Appoints faculty to other committees Sets Faculty meeting agendas Reviews recommendations of other committees Reviews cum laude degrees for uniformity

Committee on Educational Policy
Charge: Among other things, advises on FTE allocation

Priorities and Resources
Charge: Includes reporting to trustees

WILLIAMS
Its key elected committees are Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP), Faculty Steering Committee (FSC), Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), Faculty Review Panel, and Faculty Compensation Committee (FCC).

Faculty are appointed to all other committees. Each spring faculty specify their preferences for non-elective standing committees. The President through the Dean of the Faculty in consultation with the FSC appoints faculty to these committees.

FCC has divisional representatives and at-large members, the latter appointed by the FSC. FCC has 8 faculty, 10 administrators serving ex-officio

PRINCETON
More information on Princeton is being sought. However, we do have a description of the "Committee of Three," which handles appointments, promotions, tenure, and salaries, and the Budget Priorities Committee that handles the annual budget.