Spring, 2003

Preamble
This Constitution of the Faculty of the University of Colorado Denver provides a system for participation of faculty at the University of Colorado Denver in the governance of the university as specified in the Laws of the Regents of the University of Colorado and the University of Colorado Faculty Senate Constitution. These documents enumerate the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of faculty, including the preservation of academic freedom. Within this framework, this Constitution specifies the rights and responsibilities of faculty at the University of Colorado Denver.

The faculty and administration at the University of Colorado Denver derive authority and responsibility from the Board of Regents. The variety and complexity of campus governance requires collaborative relationships among the regents, the president, the chancellor, other campus administrators, faculty, staff, and students. These principles are itemized in Article I.B.

Procedural aspects of these principles are elaborated in the associated Bylaws of the Faculty of the University of Colorado Denver, hereinafter designated as the Bylaws.

I. Definitions and Principles (Definitions, Participation, Faculty Governance Service, Procedures)

II. The UCD Faculty (Membership and Organization, Meetings, A Quorum, Motions, Functions, Procedures, Mail Ballots, Initiatives, Referenda)

III. Faculty Assembly (Membership and Organization of Faculty Assembly; Meetings, Quorum, Notices, Reports, and Attendance; Election; Functions of Faculty Assembly; Jurisdiction; Joint Responsibility with the University; Faculty Assembly Committees; Membership and Organization of Faculty Assembly Committees; Officers of Standing Committees; Meetings, Other University-wide Committees; Terms of Office; A Quorum for a Committee Meeting; Functions of Committees; Reports

IV. Powers and Responsibilities of the Faculties of the Colleges, Schools, and Library (Faculty participation and responsibilities, Collaboration with Administration, College/School/Library rules)

V. Resolution of Jurisdictional Disputes (Disputes over Faculty Governance, Disputes over Administrative Decisions)

VI. Procedural Standards (Robert's Rules of Order, voting, rules and/or bylaws, maintaining files, other groups not specified in constitution)

VII. Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws (Procedures for amending the constitution and Bylaws)

VIII. Adoption and Enablement