Introduction

This edition of the Manual of Procedure of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences incorporates amendments ratified by a ballot of the faculty in March 2007 and approved by the University President and the Provost in May 2007. The amendments were approved by vote of the Faculty Assembly before being forwarded to the entire faculty for ratification.

The first edition of this Manual was adopted by the faculty on December 7, 1949, and approved by the President on February 11, 1950. Subsequent editions appeared in 1960, 1969, 1983, 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

Preface

The major objective of a manual of procedure of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is to facilitate the work of administration and faculty in the realization of the purposes of the College. This manual should

1. promote effective cooperation between administration and faculty by providing definite agencies for free discussion of matters of common concern,
2. define and regularize structure and operating procedures,
3. define and distribute responsibility, and
4. provide for the accumulation of recorded experience.

In pursuit of these purposes and within the legal framework of the Code of the State of Iowa and subject to the authority of the Iowa State Board of Regents the following Manual of Procedure has been formulated.