Article IX. The Appointed Committees
General Education Curriculum Committee
Collegiate Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure
Collegiate Self-study Committee
Admissions Committee
Information Technologies Committee
Scholarship Committee
Student Appeals Committee
Teaching Awards Committee
Faculty Advisory Committee for Interdepartmental Studies
Committee to Resolve Student Grievances
Section 32. The General Education Curriculum Committee.
The General Education Curriculum Committee recommends to the Educational Policy Committee approval or rejection of courses submitted for General Education, performs periodic review of courses approved for General Education, and performs other activities as requested by the Educational Policy Committee or the Dean. General Education Curriculum Committee members are appointed by the EPC with the advice of the Dean and serve in an advisory capacity to that committee and the Dean.
The committee shall include six faculty members, two appointed from each of the College's three voting divisions. The term of appointment is for three years and these terms are adjusted so that two faculty members are newly appointed every year. The committee shall include a student member who has completed his/her General Education Program requirements. The term of the student member shall be one year.
The General Education Curriculum Committee has as its principal duties the following:
a. To review requests from departments or programs for approval of courses for General Education credit.
b. To review periodically each course approved for General Education credit.
c. To make recommendations to the Educational Policy Committee of courses that should be approved for General Education credit, following review of newly proposed courses and of previously approved courses.
d. To encourage instructors of each course approved for General Education credit to give special attention to the development of students' oral and written language skills.
e. To develop, review periodically, and when necessary suggest modification in the criteria statements and the guidelines that define the standards for courses to be approved in each area of General Education.
f. To develop, review periodically, and when necessary suggest modification of the procedures for approval and review of courses.
g. To undertake special review tasks as requested by the Educational Policy Committee.
h. To advise the Educational Policy Committee on possible improvements to the General Education Program and to prepare an annual report on its work for the Educational Policy Committee.
Section 33. The Collegiate Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure.
The duty of this committee shall be to review departmental recommendations for tenure and for promotion to the ranks of associate professor and professor, departmental recommendations for appointment with tenure, and departmental recommendations or decisions to deny tenure or promotion. The Dean shall consult the committee on every departmental recommendation before making a recommendation to the chief academic officer of the University. The procedures to be followed by the committee shall be determined by the Dean in consultation with the Executive Committee and shall accord with University policy.
Section 34. Collegiate Self-Study Committee.
When the University initiates a review of the College, an ad hoc committee shall be constituted to prepare the College's self-study. This committee shall be chaired by the Dean and shall include the associate deans of the College as ex officio members without voting privileges. The Dean, in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall appoint to the ad hoc committee six members of the Faculty of the College who represent its various disciplines. The ad hoc committee shall prepare the self-study according to the University's published guidelines and shall consult broadly with the College's departments, faculty, staff, and students and with other members of the University community it deems appropriate, as well as with the Executive Committee and the Educational Policy Committee. The self-study shall be approved by the Faculty Assembly before being submitted to the chief academic officer of the University.
The duties of the ad hoc self-study committee shall not include assessment of the Dean as executive officer of the College. The performance assessment of the Dean shall be undertaken by the internal review committee appointed by the chief academic officer of the University and consisting of faculty from outside the College.
Section 35. The Admissions Committee.
This committee shall be chaired by the Dean or an associate dean designated by the Dean and shall include four faculty members, a student representative, and the Director of Admissions (ex officio without voting privileges). Other professional staff members from the Office of Admissions may be invited to serve ex officio without voting privileges. The Dean or the associate dean who chairs the committee shall appoint the faculty members of the committee as provided under section 12, and the faculty members shall represent each of the three voting divisions of the College. The faculty members shall serve three-year terms, and the student representative shall serve at the invitation of the Dean or the associate dean who chairs the committee.
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To recommend standards for admission to the College.
b. To review and monitor the College's admission practices, including those for special categories of students.
c. To serve as a liaison between the Faculty of the College and the Office of Admissions in the recruitment of students who show promise of high academic achievement.
Section 36. The Information Technologies Committee.
The committee shall include six faculty members appointed by the Dean as provided under section 12. The associate dean for research and the College staff member responsible for technology support services shall serve as ex officio non-voting members. Two appointed faculty members shall represent each of the three voting divisions of the College. Faculty members shall be appointed for three-year terms. A member may be reappointed only after being off the committee for at least two years. The associate dean for research will chair the committee. Each year, the appointed members will select at least one graduate student and one undergraduate student to serve as voting members.
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To advise the Dean on collegiate planning for the introduction, support, and renewal of technologies for teaching, research, and administration.
b. To advise the Dean and the College's elected committees on the development of policy related to technologies for teaching, research, and administration.
c. To make recommendations to the Dean on the award of any competitively allocated funds for technology innovation and support.
d. To pursue partnerships with other technology groups at the University level and to ensure that the College has appropriate input on critical decisions.
Section 37. The Student Appeals Committee.
This committee shall be chaired by the Dean or an associate dean designated by the Dean and shall include three faculty members, the University Registrar (ex officio), and the Vice President for Student Services (ex officio). The Dean or the associate dean who chairs the committee shall appoint the faculty members of the committee as provided under section 12. The faculty members shall serve three-year terms.
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To consider and recommend to the Dean action regarding requests from students for exceptions to the rules, regulations, and requirements of the College.
b. To review petitions referred to it by the Dean regarding the probationary status of students.
Section 38. The Scholarship Committee.
The committee shall include three faculty members appointed by the Dean as provided under section 12 and one professional staff member from the Office of Academic Programs. The faculty members shall represent each of the three voting divisions of the College. Faculty members shall serve three-year terms. At the first fall meeting each year, the committee selects a chair from among the faculty members.
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To make recommendations to the Dean for the use of scholarships, loans, and awards that are supported by private gifts to the College.
b. To make recommendations to the Dean for naming and allocating scholarships supported by the General Scholarship Fund.
c. To review applications from continuing students for scholarships and to make recommendations to the Dean regarding the award of those scholarships.
d. To participate in efforts to increase the number of outstanding students who enroll at The University of Iowa.
Section 39. The Teaching Awards Committee.
The committee shall include six faculty members appointed by the Dean as provided under section 12. The executive associate dean and the associate dean for academic programs shall serve as ex officio non-voting members. Two appointed faculty members shall represent each of the three voting divisions of the College. Faculty members shall be appointed for three-year terms. A member may be reappointed only after being off the committee for at least two years. The associate dean for academic programs will chair the committee.
Each year, the appointed members will select at least one undergraduate student and will select at least one graduate student who has recently received a Teaching Assistant Award to serve as voting members. No member of the committee shall vote on a nomination from his or her department or on a nomination on which s/he has advised (see below, part b).
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To work with the associate deans and departmental executive officers to broaden the pool of candidates for various teaching awards.
b. To strengthen the quality of the nominations for teaching awards by advising nominators during the preparation of the nomination forms.
c. To recommend to the Dean the development of new categories for teaching awards based in the College.
Section 40. The Faculty Advisory Committee for Interdepartmental Studies.
The committee shall include at least three CLAS faculty members, representing the various disciplinary areas of the College, who shall be appointed by the Dean or the associate dean designated by the Dean as provided under section 12. Representatives from the Tippie College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Nursing, which support the pre-approved plans of study for this major, shall also be invited to serve on the Committee. Faculty members shall serve three-year terms.
The duties of this committee shall be as follows:
a. To oversee the requirements, pre-approved study plans, policies, and outcomes assessments for the bachelor of arts program in interdepartmental studies.
b. To review the qualifications of and approve the appointment of adjunct faculty to teach courses for the interdepartmental studies major.
c. To review the proposals submitted by students seeking approval for an individualized plan of study within the interdepartmental studies major.
Section 41. The Committee to Resolve Student Grievances.
The committee shall be convened when students have grievances concerning grading issues or charges of academic misconduct that have not been resolved by a department or the College to the student's satisfaction. The committee shall consider evidence and recommend to the Dean or the associate dean who chairs the committee appropriate action in cases involving grading issues or charges of student plagiarism, cheating, falsification of laboratory experiments, and other instances of academic dishonesty.
The committee shall consist of two faculty members from outside the department in which the instance of alleged academic misconduct or the grading grievance occurred. In instances of alleged academic misconduct, the committee shall also include a student member. The members shall be appointed by the Dean or the associate dean designated by the Dean as provided in section 12.