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FACULTY GOVERNANCE & THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor P. Morgan Senate Executive Committee Chair August 25, 2011. BABSON COLLEGE. B O O V A E R R D S E O E F R S. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BABSON COLLEGE. BABSON GLOBAL.
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FACULTY GOVERNANCE & THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor P. Morgan Senate Executive Committee Chair August 25, 2011
BABSON COLLEGE B O O V A E R R D S E O E F R S BOARD OF TRUSTEES BABSON COLLEGE BABSON GLOBAL For example Abu Dhabi Pakistan Chile
BABSON COLLEGE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE PRESIDENT (Len Schlesinger) & CABINET BOARD OF TRUSTEES (UP TO 45 MEMBERS, INCLUDES PRESIDENT) FACULTY SENATE PROVOST (Shahid Ansari) & ACADEMIC COUNCIL Includes Dean of Faculty (Carolyn Hotchkiss), Graduate, Undergraduate & Executive Program Deans BOARD OF OVERSEERS (UP TO 100) DEANS & CHAIRS COMMITTEE ELECTED ELECTED APPOINTED
FACULTY SENATE, STRUCTURE & KEY ROLES IN SHARED GOVERNANCE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 5 elected Senators President, Provost, Dean of Faculty and Program Deans are non-voting members of the Senate General role is to represent the whole Faculty SENATORS (30 total) • one elected by each division • others elected “at large” Undergraduate Academic Policy Committee UAPC Faculty Workload & Compensation Committee FWCC Senate Elections Committee 5 Senate Standing Committees. Chairs are voting members. Graduate Academic Policy Committee GAPC Babson Faculty Research Fund BFRF Babson Faculty Pedagogical Fund BFPF * Appointments Decision Making Board 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 PERFORMING ARTS ADVISORY GROUP BABSON EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE PRIORITIES FACULTY LIBRARY COMMITTEE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD ALUMNI COMMITTEES PLUS ------ AD HOC Committees Number Unknown
GENERAL ISSUES ON GOVERNANCE • 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.” • 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. • 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.”