The Faculty has established seven standing committees:

Academic Standards Committee
Academic Program Assessment Committee
Curriculum Committee
Faculty Affairs Committee
Faculty Development Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Faculty Personnel Committee

Duties of the Committees include

Academic Standards Committee: 

Academic Program Assessment Committee

• Conduct annual reviews of the assessment plans of all academic programs.
• Recommend changes for the improvement of these assessment plans.
• Assist academic programs in the ongoing development of effective assessment plans.
• Monitor findings of assessment plans to ensure their use to improve academic programs.
• Maintain awareness of assessment best practices.

Curriculum Committee

• Carefully examining all proposals for new courses, course changes, and course deletions.
• Carefully examining proposed new majors, new degrees, new concentration, and new programs.
• Carefully examining changes in general education requirements and departmental programs.
• Establishing appropriate deadlines for new proposals which ensure sufficient time for full evaluation of the proposal.

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Faculty Affairs Committee

• General oversight of the faculty governance system, including directing proposals to the correct faculty committees, administrative offices, and other groups for consideration
• Establishing agenda for general faculty meetings, including administrative reports, administrative proposals, committee proposals, and other business
• Providing a review of all proposals to be brought to the faculty, and to seek clarification when necessary, prior to placing that issue on the agenda of a faculty meeting
• Receiving and reviewing various reports of faculty committees, etc.
• Coordinating revision of the Faculty Handbook.
• Managing elections to various faculty committees, etc. This duty also involves appointing short term replacements when necessary, and appointing any needed ad hoc committees.
• Establishing rules and procedures for the committee system.
• Advising the president on procedural issues not covered by current rules

Faculty Development Committee

• Developing and promoting programs to enhance faculty development and scholarship, including both teaching related and research related development programs
• Establishing guidelines for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants-in-time, faculty development grants, research grants, etc.
• Reviewing proposals for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants for teaching and research, and make recommendations to the Dean regarding the proposals which should be funded
• Allocating funds for clusters and task forces
• Encouraging dissemination of faculty research and creative efforts
• Encouraging submission of external grant proposals
• Serving as an advocate for both research activities and development of teaching skills
• Coordinating the Summer Scholar program

Faculty Grievance Committee

• Acting as a hearing board for complaints by faculty regarding from alleged adverse treatment in violation of College policies or alleged infringements of faculty rights or privileges
• Making findings and recommendations for formal grievance hearings. Those recommendations are provided to the grievant, the respondent, the Dean of the College, and the President.

Faculty Personnel Committee

• Making recommendations to the President regarding all proposals for reappointment, promotion, and granting of tenure, following procedures in the Faculty Handbook.
• Supervising the system for faculty evaluations
• Recommending guidelines and procedures for the system involving appointments, reappointments, promotions, leaves, tenure, and retirement
• Recommending policies regarding faculty workloads and equity
• Reviewing general personnel problems

For the "Guide to Assembling an FPC Dossier" go to the Academic Affairs webpage.