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Common use of The Academic Institution Clause in Contracts

The Academic Institution. The Faculty 1. The faculty has primary responsibility for such fundamental areas as curriculum, subject matter and methods of instruction, research, faculty status, and those aspects of student life which relate to the educational process subject to the powers of the Board of Trustees, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education as specifically stated in the law of the State of New Jersey. a. College Committee recommendations shall be brought before the General Faculty for discussion and approval or rejection. The General Faculty shall be defined as all full-time faculty members holding academic rank, all full-time Program Coordinators, all full-time Teaching Specialists, Clinical Coordinator of Dietetic Program, Program Development Specialist, Coordinator of Academic Foundations, Director of College Skills Center, Assistant Registrar, Counselors, Librarians, Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Registrar, Director of Admissions, Placement and Transfer Director, Director of Financial Aid, Director of E.O.F., Information Specialist, Director of Project Trio, Assistant to the President, Research and Development, Veteran's Coordinator, Evening-Weekend Administrator, and the President of the College. b. Voting procedures shall be by secret ballot at the place of meeting and shall be counted by the Association's Elections Committee immediately following the meeting at which the vote by Faculty members holding academic rank was taken. The President of the College shall name one representative to said Committee for the purpose of counting votes taken at a General Faculty meeting. The College President shall then act upon the recommendations of the Faculty. All items voted on by the General Faculty will be placed on the agenda of the next General Faculty Meeting with the President's decision. In the case of an adverse decision the College President shall discuss the reasons for his/her decision with the General Faculty prior to the implementation of said decision. c. When a committee decision is reversed by the administration, the administration shall notify the committee in writing of the decision, including reasons for said decision. 2. No later than September 30 of the new academic year, the Association President and the College President shall appoint jointly the Faculty and administrative members to serve on each of the college committees. Student members of the committees are to be named by the Student Government Association Senate no later than October 15th of the new academic year. 3. The Faculty sets the requirements for the degrees offered in a curriculum or program and determines when the requirements have been met, and authorizes the President and the Board to grant the degrees thus achieved. 4. Faculty status and related matters are shared responsibility. The Faculty in each academic department shall annually elect three of its tenured members to serve as a committee which shall share equal responsibility with departmental chairpersons who shall be a member of it, and with the President or his/her designee, in the interviewing and selection of new faculty in that academic department. a. At least one of three members shall be present for any interview for selection of new Faculty and the results shall be reported to other committee members by the departmental chairpersons. b. Committee members shall be tenured faculty. Any department not having at least three tenured members will ask non-tenured faculty members in that department to be on the committee. 5. The responsibility of the Faculty for such matters is based upon the fact that its judgment is central to general educational policy. Furthermore, scholars in a particular field or activity have the chief competence for judging the work of their colleagues; in such competence it is implicit that responsibility exists for both adverse and favorable judgments. Likewise, there is the more general competence of experienced faculty having a broader charge.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Academic Institution. The Faculty 1. The faculty has primary responsibility for such fundamental areas as curriculum, subject matter and methods of instruction, research, faculty status, and those aspects of student life which relate to the educational process subject to the powers of the Board of Trustees, the Commission on Higher Education, Trustees and the Board of Commissioner on Higher Education as specifically stated in the law of the State of New Jersey. The Faculty have the primary responsibility to develop and implement assessment of Course and program level student learning outcomes. a. College Committee recommendations shall be brought before the General Faculty Assembly for discussion and approval or rejection. The General Faculty shall be defined as all full-time faculty members holding academic rank, all full-time Program Coordinators, all full-time Teaching Specialists, Clinical Coordinator of Dietetic Program, Program Development Specialist, Coordinator of Academic Foundations, Director of College Skills Center, Assistant Registrar, Counselors, Librarians, Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Registrar, Director of Admissions, Placement rejection and Transfer Director, Director of Financial Aid, Director of E.O.F., Information Specialist, Director of Project Trio, Assistant to follow the President, Research and Development, Veteran's Coordinator, Evening-Weekend Administrator, and procedures set forth in the President Constitution of the College. b. Voting procedures shall be by secret ballot at the place of meeting and shall be counted by the Association's Elections Committee immediately following the meeting at which the vote by Faculty members holding academic rank was taken. The President of the College shall name one representative to said Committee for the purpose of counting votes taken at a General Faculty meeting. The College President shall then act upon the recommendations of the Faculty. All items voted on by the General Faculty will be placed on the agenda of the next General Faculty Meeting with the President's decision. In the case of an adverse decision the College President shall discuss the reasons for his/her decision with the General Faculty prior to the implementation of said decision. c. When a committee decision is reversed by the administration, the administration shall notify the committee in writing of the decision, including reasons for said decisionAssembly. 2. No later than September 30 of the new academic year, the Association President and the College President shall appoint jointly the Faculty and administrative members to serve on each of the college committees. Student members of the committees are to be named by the Student Government Association Senate no later than October 15th of the new academic year. 3. The Faculty sets the requirements for the degrees offered in a curriculum or program and determines when the requirements have been met, and authorizes the President and the Board to grant the degrees thus achieved. 4. Faculty status and related matters are shared responsibility. The Faculty in each academic department shall annually elect three of its tenured members to serve as a committee which shall share equal responsibility with departmental chairpersons who shall be a member of it, and with the President or his/her designee, in the interviewing and selection of new faculty in that academic department. a. At least one of three members shall be present for any interview for selection of new Faculty and the results shall be reported to other committee members by the departmental chairpersons. b. Committee members shall be tenured faculty. Any department not having at least three tenured members will ask non-tenured faculty members in that department to be on the committee. 5. The responsibility of the Faculty for such matters is based upon the fact that its judgment is central to general educational policy. Furthermore, scholars in a particular field or activity have the chief competence for judging the work of their colleagues; in such competence it is implicit that responsibility exists for both adverse and favorable judgments. Likewise, there is the more general competence of experienced faculty having a broader charge.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement