CON Rules of the Faculty Organization: Difference between revisions

         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>'''Policy:''' '''1100 (4.1)'''</big></td>

         <td width="60%">Faculty Policies - Committees</td>

         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">General Faculty Organization</div></td>

                 <td>Revised: January &amp; April 1999<br />Revised: January 2000<br />Revised: November 2001<br />Revised: April 2006<br />Revised: April 2007<br />Revised: March 2008<br />Revised: May 2010<br />Revised: November 2011<br />Revised: November 2012<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/9240|March 2013]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/9530|May 2015]] ([[Special:Diff/9240/9530|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12843|December 2017]] ([[Special:Diff/9530/12843|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/13910|May 2022]] ([[Special:Diff/12843/13910|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/16554|September 2024]] ([[Special:Diff/13910/16554|changes]])<br />Revised: September 2025 (administrative) ([[Special:Diff/16554/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>

<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Faculty governance is defined as a collaborative partnership between faculty and administration with shared power in policy formulation and implementation in the domains of curriculum, teaching, research, faculty practice, service, and faculty status.  Faculty accept responsibility, accountability and active decision making for curriculum, teaching, research, practice, service, and faculty status (Faculty status refers to the privileges and responsibilities associated with a faculty position; Bylaws of the Board of Regents University of Nebraska 2.12.1.).  The shared governance components shall be the General Faculty Organization (GFO) and Executive Council (EC).  Refer to Policy 1201. for details of the Executive Council.</p>

 

==Section 1.  Faculty Component==

         <td colspan="3">The faculty acts through GFO and standing or special committees to carry out its governance responsibilities.</td>

==Section 2.  General Faculty Organization==

         <td colspan="3">Rules. <span style="text-decoration:underline; font-style:italic;">Robert’s Rules of Order</span> has been adopted to direct function of the GFO, standing and special committees.</td>

                     <td>receiving, considering, and acting upon reports and recommendations from the standing committees and special committees of the GFO.</td>

                     <td>preparing and prioritizing agenda to accomplish GFO business with inclusion of items suggested by faculty members; an item placed on the agenda for action (vote) requires that the item and essential supplemental information be circulated to faculty one (1) week prior to the GFO meeting. Non-circulation of a proposal will allow discussion, but no action can be taken until the next meeting;</td>

                     <td>establishing special committees or task forces as needed;</td>

                     <td>preparing notices of special meetings of the GFO; and</td>

                     <td>serving as GFO representative on the Evaluation and Effectiveness Committee (EEC).</td>

            

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                     <td>presiding at meetings of the GFO or FCC in the absence of the chairperson;</td>

                  

                  

                     <td>Collaborates with the Academic Programs support staff for recording, distributing, and filing the minutes of GFO meetings</td>

      

         <td colspan="3">PhD Affairs Committee<br />Professional Graduate Affairs Committee<br />Promotion and Tenure Committee<br />Undergraduate Affairs Committee<br />Internal Affairs Committee<br />External Affairs Committee</td>

         <td colspan="3">Chairpersons of all standing committees, except for PhD Affairs Committee, who have special bylaws for selection, shall be elected by the membership of each committee at the end of the Spring semester and prior to the start of the next academic year. The role of chairpersons is to implement committee bylaws, represent the standing committee bylaw implementation and viewpoint at GFO meetings, disseminate information, review/revise policy/procedures every five (5) years or as needed, bring items for a vote to the GFO and ensure that policy/procedure revisions are implemented at the system level working with the associate deans. </td>

         <td>Provide a formal mechanism for divisions, committees, and EC to discuss issues/proposals in shared domains and disseminate this information throughout the CON.</td>

         <td> Council composition: The Council will be composed of the chairpersons from all eleven (11) standing committees, one (1) elected representative from each division, and the GFO chairperson-elect. The Dean serves as an ex-officio member.</td>

         <td>An important function of FCC members is to facilitate communication between FCC and the faculty they represent.</td>

         <td>The subgroup of FCC for Rules of the Faculty Organization will consist of the GFO chairperson-elect, the five (5) division representatives, and an appointed member from FCC who will serve as the chairperson of this group. </td>

         <td>The subgroup for Rules of the Faculty Organization will review all new or revised rule changes to assure the consistency and integrity with the CON rule documents as a whole; this will be completed prior to a change of rules vote by the GFO. FCC as a whole may serve as a consultant regarding these changes in rules. Other policies/guidelines are reviewed/revised by the specific standing committee that is listed as the Responsible Reviewing Agency and taken to the appropriate faculty for approval. GFO chairperson/FCC chairperson is contacted when standing committee policies/guidelines need to be brought to the faculty for consideration to be placed on the agenda to be considered for approval.</td>

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==Section 3.  Students==

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         <td colspan="3">Students participate in governance through representation on CON committees. Students may serve for up to two (2) years. Students shall attend meetings and bring forth items for discussion working with a faculty liaison. Students serving must be in good standing per policy in accordance with the University Student Code of Conduct. </td>       

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