Article V. The Executive Committee

Section 21. Membership.

[Current Membership]

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the Dean and of nine members elected from and by the Faculty. Three members shall be elected from each of the three voting groups.

The associate deans shall be designated ex officio non-voting members of the Executive Committee.

Section 22. Duties.

The duties of the committee shall be as follows:

a. To confer with and assist the Dean in the formulation of collegiate administrative decisions and judgments. The agenda of the committee shall be set jointly by the Dean and the committee. Ordinarily the Dean shall consult the committee on at least the following:

1. Departmental reviews, and major problems of departments between reviews.
2. General policy governing the review of departmental executive officers.
3. Establishment of or change in professional positions in the Office of the Dean.
4. Reviews of the College.
5. Major items of budget policy falling within the jurisdiction of the Dean.
6. Major changes in the organization of the College and in collegiate administrative policy.

b. To assist and advise the Dean in the conduct of College business as specifically designated in other sections of this Manual.

c. To confer with the Dean on matters of policy regarding the professional welfare of the Faculty.

d. To review the standing and reputation of the College and its individual departments and units and to make recommendations to the Faculty for improvement.

e. To supervise codification of all existing rules and regulations of the Faculty.

f. To act upon proposals for the establishment or disestablishment of programs or departments.

g. To confer with the chief academic officer of the University whenever a new Dean is to be appointed and to assist in ascertaining and transmitting the faculty attitudes regarding the candidate or candidates being considered.

h. To consult with the chief academic officer of the University when an interim or acting dean is to be appointed. The Committee shall nominate candidates from among the tenured full professors of the College and advise on the candidates' qualifications.

i. To conduct such other business as may be assigned to it, except that it shall not assume or be asked to assume authority on any matter clearly delegated elsewhere. The committee shall advise the Dean regarding the referral of any problems and responsibilities to an appropriate committee, when such matters are not clearly within the province of any committee.