Faculty recently approved a number of changes to the
faculty manual. The changes:
— Add language that
requires the administration to inform the FEC of any changes that it makes
in the faculty manual;
— Limit appointments to
liaison committee for athletics, campus facilities and library to
staggered three-year terms;
— Permit the FRB may form
subcommittees as AAC does;
— Add a legislative
flowchart for FRB following the model of AAC's Flowchart;
— Grant faculty status to
the director of Schaffer Library;
— Require the Faculty
Appeals Committee to consult the chair of the Faculty Executive Committee
and the Vice President for Academic Affairs about questions of FAC
procedure;
— Clarify what happens in
the event of a faculty override of a presidential veto. (It requires a
two-thirds vote of faculty in residence; chair of the FEC is to forward
the amendment to the trustees.); and
— Increase staff
representation to two on the Planning and Priorities committee.