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FACULTY GOVERNANCE & THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor P. Morgan Senate Executive Committee Chair August 25, 2011.

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1 FACULTY GOVERNANCE & THE ROLE OF THE SENATE Ivor P. Morgan Senate Executive Committee Chair August 25, 2011

2 BABSON COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES B O O V A E R D S E O E F R S BABSON COLLEGE BABSON GLOBAL For example Abu Dhabi Pakistan Chile

3 BOARD OF OVERSEERS (UP TO 100) BOARD OF TRUSTEES (UP TO 45 MEMBERS, INCLUDES PRESIDENT) PRESIDENT (Len Schlesinger) & CABINET PROVOST (Shahid Ansari) & ACADEMIC COUNCIL Includes Dean of Faculty (Carolyn Hotchkiss), Graduate, Undergraduate & Executive Program Deans DEANS & CHAIRS COMMITTEE FACULTY SENATE BABSON COLLEGE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ELECTED APPOINTED

4 FACULTY SENATE, STRUCTURE & KEY ROLES IN SHARED GOVERNANCE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 5 elected Senators SENATORS (30 total) -one elected by each division -others elected “at large” General role is to represent the whole Faculty President, Provost, Dean of Faculty and Program Deans are non-voting members of the Senate Undergraduate Academic Policy Committee UAPC Graduate Academic Policy Committee GAPC Faculty Workload & Compensation Committee FWCC Babson Faculty Research Fund BFRF Senate Elections Committee 5 Senate Standing Committees. Chairs are voting members. Appointments Decision Making Board This committee stands outside of the Senate and is the committee responsible for faculty promotion & tenure reviews Babson Faculty Pedagogical Fund BFPF * Will become an elected committee

5 Ivor Morgan Chair Mary Godwyn & Kankana Mukherjee Secretary & Treasurer (shared) George Recck Moderator Robb Kopp Vice-Chair SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SENATE

6 HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE PERFORMING ARTS ADVISORY GROUP BABSON EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD ALUMNI COMMITTEES FACULTY LIBRARY COMMITTEE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE PRIORITIES OTHER COMMITTEES PLUS ------ AD HOC Committees Number Unknown

7 GENERAL ISSUES ON GOVERNANCE 1.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.” 2.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. 3.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.”

8 WELCOME TO BABSON!!


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