FACULTY GOVERNANCE THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor

FACULTY GOVERNANCE & THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor P. Morgan Senate Executive Committee Chair August 25, 2011

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BABSON COLLEGE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (UP TO 45 MEMBERS, INCLUDES PRESIDENT) BOARD OF OVERSEERS (UP TO 100) PRESIDENT (Len Schlesinger) & CABINET FACULTY PROVOST (Shahid Ansari) & ACADEMIC COUNCIL Includes Dean of Faculty (Carolyn Hotchkiss), Graduate, Undergraduate & Executive Program Deans SENATE DEANS & CHAIRS COMMITTEE ELECTED APPOINTED

FACULTY SENATE, STRUCTURE & KEY ROLES IN SHARED GOVERNANCE General role is to represent the whole Faculty SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 5 elected Senators SENATORS (30 total) -one elected by each division -others elected “at large” Undergraduate Academic Policy Committee UAPC Graduate Academic Policy Committee GAPC Appointments Decision Making Board Faculty Workload & Compensation Committee FWCC President, Provost, Dean of Faculty and Program Deans are non-voting members of the Senate Elections Committee Babson Faculty Research Fund BFRF 5 Senate Standing Committees. Chairs are voting members. Babson Faculty Pedagogical Fund BFPF * This committee stands outside of the Senate and is the committee responsible for faculty promotion & tenure reviews • Will become an elected committee

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ivor Morgan Chair Mary Godwyn & Kankana Mukherjee Secretary & Treasurer (shared) SENATE George Recck Moderator Robb Kopp Vice-Chair

OTHER COMMITTEES HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE FACULTY LIBRARY COMMITTEE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD PERFORMING ARTS ADVISORY GROUP ALUMNI COMMITTEES BABSON EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE PRIORITIES PLUS ------ AD HOC Committees Number Unknown

GENERAL ISSUES ON GOVERNANCE 1. Faculty handbook: Covers a wide area of topics and is updated annually. Covers many faculty issues including promotion and employment. This may be accessed on the Babson Portal under “academic affairs links. ” 2. Policies & Procedures: Appendix A of the faculty handbook is titled “Policies and Procedures of the Board of Trustees Governing the Appointment, Tenure, Salary and Rank of Full-Time Faculty and the Appointment of Part-Time Faculty. ” Approved by the Board of Trustees, this is a compilation of the rules relating to faculty appointments, dismissals, tenure, academic rank and titles, salary scales, academic freedom and related matters. 3. Faculty Senate Bylaws: These describe the purposes of the faculty Senate, articulate the rules regarding organization, membership, elections, meetings, responsibilities and powers of senators, and of the Senate Executive Committee; and describe the relationship of the Senate to the Faculty. This may also be accessed on the Babson Portal under “academic affairs links. ”

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