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Bylaws: A Faculty Advisory Board
for Administration consisting of five tenured members of the Faculty elected
for staggered five-year terms, with at most one member from any one Department or
Program, and including at least one member each from the School of Arts and Sciences
and from the School of Engineering. The Board shall elect its own Convener annually.
The Board shall represent the Faculty in communications with the President, Provost,
Associate, Assistant and Vice Provosts, major Deans, and in general whatever individual
or group is appropriate, in matters concerning the administration of Arts, Sciences and
Engineering. The Board shall respond to requests for consultation from the President,
other administrators, and from faculty, concerning the selection and performance of
individual University administrators whose duties substantially affect the Faculty, its
departments, programs, students and committees. It may also initiate inquiries at its
own discretion. The Board shall have the authority of the Faculty to solicit from faculty,
administration and others whatever information it deems appropriate for these inquiries.
In general, the Board shall not consider matters falling within the jurisdiction of
other Faculty standing committees, departments, programs or similar established bodies.
However, the Board may initiate actions relating to such matters when questions concerning
administrative procedures and/or quality of performance present themselves.
In the event that the administration or the faculty require consultation with regard
to an urgent situation when it appears necessary to make decisions not already provided
for by faculty vote or governed by generally accepted precedent, the administration or
the faculty shall address itself to this Faculty Advisory Board. The Board may itself
initiate inquiry for urgent situations if it deems necessary and shall report its
findings to the faculty.
The Board shall respect the rights of privacy of individuals and the confidentiality
of information entrusted to it to the maximum extent provided by law. |