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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SHARED GOVERNANCE Proposed: October 28, 2008
The Faculty Assembly is established by and operates under the Statutes of Northwestern University. Article I: Authorization Section 2: Membership Section 3: Officers Section 4: Bylaws
BYLAWS OF THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY Article I: Functions Section 1: Discuss and deliberate upon matters of general University interest, including all teaching and research activities, and campus life. Section 2: It shall consider, make recommendations, and pass resolutions on any matters referred to it by the President of the University, the Board of Trustees, or the Faculty Senate. Section 3: On its own initiative it may submit recommendations and resolutions to the Board of Trustees on any matter affecting the general interests of the University. Article II: Membership Section 2: Membership also includes administrators with a faculty appointment within the University. Section 3: While the Faculty Senate is the elected, representative body of the faculty, when the Faculty Assembly is convened with a quorum (10% of membership), it becomes the ultimate legislative body of the faculty at Northwestern University. Article III: Officers Section 2: The University President will represent the Faculty Assembly to the Board of Trustees or its Executive Committee. Article IV: Executive Committee Section 2: The Executive Committee will publish an agenda one month prior to the meeting of the Faculty Assembly. Section 3: The Executive Committee will be available to convene on an emergency basis in addition to regularly scheduled, quarterly meetings. Article V: Meetings Section 2: Additional meetings can be called by petition of at least 100 members of the Faculty Assembly. The faculty must be given a minimum of two weeks notice for all such special meetings with agendas made available at least one week in advance. Section 3: There is no required quorum for the Faculty Assembly to meet. However a quorum consisting of 10% of the membership is necessary to pass resolutions. Section 4: The Faculty Senate Chair in consultation with the Executive Committee shall determine the order of business in any meeting of the University Assembly. Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of the meetings except as the Faculty Assembly may prescribe. Section 5: All recommendations and resolutions made by the Faculty Assembly will be reported to the full faculty within a week following a meeting. Section 6: Additions to the agenda may be submitted not later than one week prior to the Faculty Assembly meeting with a petition of 75 signatures. Article VI: Amendments
THE FACULTY SENATE
The Faculty Senate is established by and operates under the Statutes of Northwestern University Article I: Authorization
Section 2: Membership Section 3: Presiding Officer Section 4: Bylaws
THE BYLAWS OF THE FACULTY SENATE Article I: Functions Section 2: The Faculty Senate will strive to protect academic freedom, the faculty appointment and promotion processes, the tenure system, and encourage excellence, equity, and diversity within the faculty, student body and university as a whole. Section 3: The Faculty Senate will consider and make recommendations concerning retired faculty, faculty salary and benefits policies, and improvement of the intellectual and social environment for faculty and students. Section 4: The Faculty Senate will consider and make recommendations concerning student life, including athletics, and co-curricular activities. Section 5: The Faculty Senate will represent the faculty in any revisions to the Faculty Handbook, and have a consultative role in developing criteria for reviewing senior university administrators, and in supervising the evaluations of their performances. Section 6: The Faculty Senate shall be responsible for selecting a slate of faculty candidates to serve on Presidential and Provost Search Committees. The Search Committees will include faculty members from this slate. Section 7: When appropriate, the Faculty Senate will constitute a Committee on Cause for individual faculty members. Section 8: The Faculty Senate will recommend candidates for honorary Degrees to be transmitted through the President to the Board of Trustees.
Section 9: On its own initiative the Faculty Senate may submit recommendations and resolutions to the Board of Trustees, transmitted through the provost and President, on any matter affecting the interests of the University. Article II: Membership Section 1: Each department in the College and in the several Schools of the University shall elect one of its members to the Faculty Senate. In addition, the non-tenure track faculty of each school shall elect one non-tenure track faculty member as its representative. Tenured and tenure track faculty are eligible for election immediately upon their University appointment. Non-tenure track faculty are eligible for election after one year. Section 2: Faculty Senate members will serve for three years, with the exception of the immediate past chair who may at his or her discretion serve as ex officio member for a fourth year. Section 3: Each year one third of the members will be chosen in elections supervised by the Faculty Senate in conjunction with the appropriate academic departments. Elections for the following academic year must be completed before the end of the spring quarter. Section 4: If an elected member misses three consecutive meetings without notice the Executive Committee may request that the member’s department replace that member with a temporary appointment to serve out the remainder of the academic year while organizing an election for the member’s replacement. Section 5: If an elected member must miss up to a year of service due to professional or personal reasons, the Executive Committee has the discretion to request that the member’s department appoint a one-year replacement. Section 6: Except under pressing personal and professional circumstances, all members of the Faculty Senate are expected to serve on one of the Faculty Senate’s Standing Committees. Section 7: Faculty Senate members may be elected for two consecutive terms. After a two year absence they may be re-elected to serve again. Section 2: The Chair Elect must be selected from Faculty Senate members who are serving in the first year of their elected term. Section 3: The Chair Elect and the Chairs of the Standing Committees must be selected at the last regular Faculty Senate Meeting in the spring quarter. Section 4: The Executive Committee will serve as a Committee on Committees to take chair nominations from the Standing Committees and present them to the Faculty Senate for confirmation. Section 5: When directed by the Faculty Senate, the Executive Committee may propose meeting with the Broad of Trustees or its Executive Committee to discuss matters relevant to the well being of the University. Article IV: Meetings Section 2: The agenda for the meetings must be conveyed to the Faculty Senate five business days before the regularly scheduled meetings. The agenda for special meetings must be sent to the Faculty Senate at least one day in advance of the meetings. Section 3: The order of business in any meeting of the Faculty Senate shall be determined by the Chair in consultation with the Executive Committee. Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of the meetings except as the Faculty Senate may prescribe. Section 4: Fifty one percent of the voting members of the Faculty Senate constitute a quorum. Only members present at the time of the vote are eligible to vote on any question or motion. In the absence of a quorum, discussion may occur at the discretion of the chair, but no action may be taken except adjournment to a specified future time. Faculty Senate Members may attend via teleconference or video conference if pressing circumstances prohibit attendance. Such attendance may be used to help constitute a quorum. Section 6: All resolutions of the Faculty Senate must be promptly communicated to the membership of the University Assembly. Article V: Committees Section 1: Faculty Senate Standing Committees
Section 2: University Standing Committees
Section 3: Special Faculty Committees
Article VI: Bylaws Article VII: Standing Rules Section 2: The Standing Rules may be suspended or changed by a majority vote of the Faculty Senate. Section 3: The Standing Rules must be consistent with the University’s Statutes and the Faculty Senate’s Bylaws. Article VIII: Transition
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