Academic Department Governance Sample Clauses

Academic Department Governance. A. Each academic department is encouraged to maintain or develop a Departmental governance document that defines the decision making process within the department on matters of curriculum and academic policy. This document should be periodically reviewed by the faculty in the department and is not grievable. Departmental governance documents may not contradict the provisions of this Agreement. Departmental governance documents shall not address issues that impact provisions of this Agreement and/or wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment.
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Academic Department Governance. A. Certain matters are the prerogative of the academic department, and in these matters the department chairperson and full-time faculty share responsibilities. Each academic department is to develop a shared governance document that describes its departmental participatory decision-making procedures. Upon the recommendation of the Department the document shall be submitted to the EPCC for approval by the UFS and submitted to the President and Xxxxxxx for administrative review. The document should be relied upon for guidance. B. The shared governance document should be periodically reviewed and reaffirmed or revised by the department and submitted by the department to the EPCC and the Faculty Senate and submitted to the President and Xxxxxxx for administrative review. C. The shared rights and responsibilities may include such matters as: 1. Recommendations of departmental academic goals. 2. Departmental curricular matters such as curriculum revision, requirements for major and minor and program development to be submitted to the Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee (EPCC). 3. Departmental budgetary matters (e.g., distribution of travel funds, procedure for library acquisitions, etc.). 4. Guidance on the participation on faculty selection committees. 5. Recommendations for pre-tenure review procedures; credential review and recommendation of part time faculty, mentoring of new faculty. 6. Development of course/program assessment plans, collection of assessment data, writing assessment reports, and reviewing assessment data (for program and institutional accreditation).
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Academic Department Governance. A. Each academic department is encouraged to maintain or develop a Departmental governance document that defines the decision making process within the department on matters of curriculum and academic policy. This document should be periodically reviewed by the faculty in the department and is not grievable. Departmental governance documents may not contradict the provisions of this agreement. Departmental governance documents shall not address issues that impact provisions of this agreement and/or wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment. B. This Academic Department document may address such issues as: 1. Departmental curricular matters such as curriculum revision, requirements for major and minor and program development to be submitted to the Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee (EPCC). 2. Departmental budgetary matters (e.g., distribution of travel funds, procedure for library acquisitions, etc.). 3. Guidance on the participation on faculty selection committees. 4. Development of course/program assessment plans, collection of assessment data, writing assessment reports, and reviewing assessment data (for program and institutional accreditation). 5. Procedures for adopting or revising common course syllabi and other common instructional materials. 6. Establishment and functioning of department committees. 7. Procedures for department meetings (e.g. frequency, etc.).
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