A. Membership and Organization of Faculty Assembly at UCD are described
below.
1. Membership of Faculty Assembly shall include
a. representatives
from each college/school/library as specified in the Bylaws
b. chairs
of all standing committees and their subcommittees who are not otherwise
members of the Assembly
c. two
faculty from the non-tenure-track faculty at UCD selected by the non-tenure-track
faculty
d. one
representative of the retired faculty of UCD selected by the retired
faculty
e. the
Chancellor and Vice Chancellors of UCD as ex-officio, non-voting
members
f. two
UCD students as ex-officio, non-voting members as specified
in the Bylaws
2. Officers shall include a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary. Candidates for
all offices must be members of the UCD Faculty. Terms of office are
specified in the Bylaws. A maximum of two officers shall represent a
college/school/library.
3. Recall
of Officers and Committee Chairs may be approved by a vote
of two thirds of the members of the Assembly eligible to vote. In the
event of recall, a new election shall be held as soon as possible by
Faculty Assembly or by the committee in question to replace the recalled
officer or chair for the remainder of the term in question.
4. The
Executive Committee of Faculty Assembly shall consist of the
Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary and the chairs of all standing committees.
For the year following the election of a new Faculty Assembly Chair,
the immediate past chair shall be a member of the Faculty Assembly Executive
Committee.
a. the
Executive Committee shall meet at least once between meetings of Faculty
Assembly and during the summer as needed. It shall have the authority
to speak for the Assembly at any time on emergency matters that must
be addressed before the Assembly can be convened.
b. the
primary functions of the Executive Committee shall be to ensure that
all units of the campus are appropriately represented in the activities
of Faculty Assembly and the systemwide governance structure and that
faculty governance plays a significant role in the decision-making
processes at UCD.
B. Meetings, Quorum, Notices, Reports, and Attendance are outlined
in the following sections.
1. Meetings
of Faculty Assembly shall be held at least eight times during
the academic year and on the call of the Chair.
2. A
quorum for both the Assembly and the Executive Committee shall
consist of a majority of the eligible members. Proxy voting shall not
be permitted. Meeting procedures are specified in the Bylaws.
3. Notices
of motions for all substantive matters of new business shall
be made by written notice. Motion procedures are specified in the Bylaws.
4. Committee
reports by all Faculty Assembly committees shall be made to
the Assembly regularly. Reporting procedures are specified in the Bylaws.
5. Attendance of members of Faculty Assembly shall be regular, and members may become
ineligible to serve due to unexcused absences from meetings. Ineligibility
procedures are specified in the Bylaws.
C. Election of the members of Faculty Assembly, Faculty Assembly officers,
and Faculty Assembly Committees are specified in the Bylaws.
D. Functions
of Faculty Assembly, as the executive body of the UCD Faculty,
shall be to initiate advice and recommendations to the Chancellor or other
appropriate administrative officials at UCD for submission to the Board
of Regents or its designee(s) on matters within the jurisdiction of the
Assembly which are related to educational policy, internal operations,
and external operation of the University. Each such recommendation shall
indicate its legislative history, that is, where it originated; whether
it was approved by the UCD Faculty, the Faculty Assembly, one or more
Assembly committees, or the faculty of one or more college/school/library;
and the final votes taken on the recommendation by any of these bodies.
E. Jurisdiction of the Faculty Assembly includes all faculty governance matters affecting
UCD.
F. Joint
Responsibility with the University requires that the Faculty
Assembly take the initiative for establishing, by mutual agreement with
the Chancellor, procedures governing the form and nature of consultation
that occurs between them, the nature of the issues on which consultation
is required, and matters for which notice of impending action shall be
given. The agreement shall provide for a basic budget to cover staff support,
office expenses, travel, and appropriate operation of faculty governance,
including stipends for officers and standing committee chairs, so that
only appropriate variations need be negotiated from year to year. Both
Faculty Assembly and its committees and the officers of the University
shall communicate with each other through appropriate channels.
G. Faculty
Assembly Committees shall include the following Standing Committees:
1. The
Academic Personnel Committee (APC) shall serve as the primary
faculty consultative body to Faculty Assembly and UCD’s administration
on matters of personnel policy development and the administration of
policies governing personnel practices.
2. The
Budget Priorities Committee (BPC) shall serve as the primary
faculty advisory body to the Chancellor and Faculty Assembly on matters
associated with budget as they affect both instructional and administrative
programs.
3. The
Diversity Committee (DC) shall serve as the primary advisory
body to Faculty Assembly and UCD’s administration on matters related
to diversity policy at UCD. The DC shall constitute and maintain appropriate,
specialized subcommittees that focus on the goals and needs of specific
campus groups.
4. The
Educational Policy and Planning Committee (EPPC) shall serve
as the primary advisory body to Faculty Assembly and UCD’s administration
on matters related to educational policy and planning at UCD.
5. The
Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching, and Scholarship Committee (LETTS) shall serve as the primary advisory body to Faculty Assembly
and UCD’s administration on matters related to the implementation
and support of faculty enhancement of learning opportunities for students,
the use of educational technology, the improvement of teaching, and
the enhancement of faculty research and creative activities at UCD.
H. Membership
and Organization of Faculty Assembly Committees are described
in the Bylaws. Each college and school and the Library shall be represented
on all standing committees. Terms of committee members are specified in
the Bylaws and shall be staggered. The chair of Faculty Assembly shall
be an ex officio member of all Faculty Assembly committees.
I. Officers
of Standing Committees shall be elected by their respective committees
and shall include a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary. The officers
may select a Parliamentarian. The Chair shall convene the committee and
ensure its proper functioning. The Vice Chair shall serve in the place
of the Chair. The secretary shall record and preserve appropriate minutes
of discussions and actions taken by the committee and transmit these regularly
to the Assembly Office for appropriate storage and to the succeeding Secretary
of that committee.
J. Meetings of committees shall be held at least eight times during the academic
year, September to May.
K. Other
University-wide Committees that affect faculty affairs may be
established or approved as necessary by the Executive Committee with consent
of Faculty Assembly. Faculty Assembly shall provide appropriate oversight.
Subcommittees of standing and other committees shall be established according
to specifications in the Bylaws. Standing committees shall be created
or dissolved only by constitutional amendment (see Article VIII).
L. Terms
of Office for Faculty Assembly Committee officers are specified
in the Bylaws. These terms shall be staggered to ensure committee continuity.
A maximum of two officers shall represent a single college, school, or
the Library.
M. A
Quorum for a Committee Meeting shall consist of the majority
of the voting members.
N. Functions
of Committees shall be to act as the official faculty advisory
bodies for Faculty Assembly or its standing committees with regard to
matters within their purview at the University level as listed directly
below. Committees shall continuously evaluate university policies, procedures,
standards, and the work of non-Assembly committees within their purview.
Committess shall make recommendations regularly to Faculty Assembly or
its standing committees for appropriate changes or improvements prior
to being submitted to the University administration or the Board of Regents
or its designee(s). Reports shall be made regularly by the committees
to Faculty Assembly. Actions of the committees are subject to approval
by Faculty Assembly. Committees may create subcommittees and attend to
other matters not specifically elaborated but clearly within their purview.
Additional responsibilities shall be specified in the Bylaws.
O. Reports by standing committees and subcommittees shall be made to Faculty Assembly,
to the Executive Committee, or to standing committees. Oral or written
reports shall be made by the committee chair, as requested by the Chair
of Faculty Assembly. An annual written report of the activities of the
committee, suitable for publication on the Web, shall be made at the end
of the academic year and be published on the Web by the beginning of the
following academic year.