Senate standing committees - 9/4/2003

Faculty Senate Standing Committees
Committee Charges for Academic Year 2003/2004
(Bold Type are Additions to Standard Annual Charges)
Approved by Faculty Senate on 4 September 2003

1. Academic Regulations and Standards Committee

a. Act as an appeal board for students placed on scholastic probation or suspension.
b. Act as final review board in case of student grade appeals
c. Review and recommend academic regulations concerning grading, grades on transcripts,
admission standards, test-out programs, etc.
d. Review criteria for scholastic status: probation, suspension, honors, etc.
e. Forward reports regarding student and faculty personnel matters to the appropriate
administrator with a copy to the Senate President for inclusion in the Senate locked file
(see Duties of President, paragraph 8).
f. Forward recommendations to the Senate Executive Committee for appropriate action.
g. Examine the practices of "dual credit" courses in cooperation with the vice president for academic and student affairs, and recommend policy, rules and/or guidelines for its continuation/implementation.
h. Investigate the possibility of adding a grade designation (in addition to
A, B, C, D, F, W, and I) of IP, standing for "In Progress", for students
enrolled in specific courses which may extend beyond a single
semester, addressing the following questions:
 What specific courses (such as internships, research projects, dual credit, and developmental courses) could benefit from an IP designation?
 How do other institutions with an IP, or similar designation, manage their continuing courses and what regulations on the IP designation would best benefit our institution?
 What impact would this change have on faculty load?

2. Curriculum Committee

a. Consider proposals for major changes in the curriculum (excluding changes in General
Studies curriculum structure and/or philosophy) and for continuous development of the
quality of the curricula in the various divisions and departments.
b. Review proposals regarding curriculum, other than those treating General Studies
curriculum structure or philosophy, and make recommendations on each to CGAC.
Included within the report will be the rationale and justification for the committee's recommendation.
c. Request and hold a conference with the originators of a proposal before making any
recommendations if such conference is required for all proposals (excluding General
Studies proposals) involving addition or deletion of courses and/or programs.
d. Forward informational reports to the Senate regarding all proposals affecting curriculum
prior to submitting their recommendation to CGAC. (June 1986 Faculty Senate)
e. Maintain a central file documenting all transactions involving programs.
f. Examine committee practices and procedures, recommending changes for simplification or greater efficiency, if appropriate.


3. Evaluation of Faculty Committee

a. Annually provide information and recommendations regarding interpretation and
comparison of current and past student evaluation data to the Faculty Senate and the
Promotion and Tenure Committee.
b. Periodically review and recommend procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
peers, department chairs and the college administration. (May 1998)
c. Conduct a continuing study of faculty evaluation at Missouri Western State College.
d. Provide information regarding interpretation of evaluation data.
e. Determine the factors that impact a measure of teaching effectiveness (e.g., class size, upper vs. lower division courses, etc.).


4. Fringe Benefits Committee

a. As part of its annual report to the Faculty Senate, make recommendations for the
upcoming fiscal budget regarding improvements in benefits for the Instructional Faculty
of Missouri Western State College, and justify these recommendations with appropriate
data.
b. Upon its appointment in the Spring Semester, study available institutional
recommendations for the next two institutional budgets, the first of which will go into
effect during the next calendar year after the committee's appointment.
c. Investigate MWSC's benefits afforded to retiring faculty Professor Emeriti.


5. Grievance Committee

a. To accept written grievances in a form consistent with the form attached to these
procedures as Attachment 1 and to serve a copy of that grievance upon those persons
identified as Respondents in the grievance. (June, 2003)
b. To determine whether the grievance is timely or whether the grievance raises a claim
governed by these faculty grievance procedures. Such determination shall be made
according to a majority vote of the committee officers. (June, 2003)
c. To appoint, through action of its officers, a panel of five of its members from whom the
three member Hearing Board shall be selected. The officers shall resolve objections
concerning Committee members sitting on the Hearing Board. (June, 2003)
d. To implement the recently revised grievance policy.


6. Professional Leave Committee

a. Make recommendations regarding granting of sabbatical leaves to faculty applicants.
b. Explore ways of improving opportunities for professional and/or sabbatical leave
(short-term or long-term) and make recommendations for implementation.
c. Monitor the fulfillment of the obligations incurred by persons receiving leave monies. (July 1992)






7. Promotion/Tenure Committee

a. Review quality of instruction, professional activity, and quality of service of all promotion and tenure candidates and make recommendations to the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs to award or deny promotion and tenure.
b. Make a continuing study of promotion and tenure policy and make recommendations to
the Faculty Senate for improvement of Missouri Western State College promotion and tenure policy.
c. Promote consistency in the application of the promotion and tenure guidelines.
d. Strive for fair and equitable treatment of all promotion and tenure candidates.
e. Keep confidential all reviews of candidates.
f. Work with the vice president for academic and student affairs in assessing the newly implemented "Active Career Award" program, and propose recommendations/improvements if appropriate.
g. Work with the vice president for academic and student affairs to arrange
tenure and promotion time tables that will eliminate the overalp between
promotion and tenure time tables (pp 88 & 96 of 2002-2003 policy guide).


8. Salary Committee

a. As part of its annual report to the Faculty Senate, make recommendations for the
upcoming fiscal budget regarding improvements in salary for the Instructional Faculty of
Missouri Western State College, and justify these recommendations with appropriate data.
b. Upon its appointment in the Spring Semester, study available institutional budgets and
previous Salary Committee reports in order to make recommendations for the next two
institutional budgets, the first of which will go into effect during the next calendar year
after the committee's appointment.
c. Work with the college president, as appropriate, in developing a system of distributing salary parity among faculty.


9. Scholarship Committee

a. Work with the academic departments in determining need and criteria for scholarships.
b. Act with the Director of Financial Aids in determining the distribution of scholarships to
individual applicants.
c. Support and augment the efforts of Missouri Western State College Foundation and the
President of the College in their attempts to secure donations for scholarships.




Note: Charges for General Studies Committee will be formulated in 2004.