Committee Structure, Page 2

6. ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Academic Policy #S09-222

1.  The All-University Enrollment Management Committee shall consist of the following members:

• the chairs of the Academic Senate and of the Senate's Educational Policies Council and Student Affairs Committee;
• three faculty members elected by the Academic Senate from the faculty at large, to overlapping three-year terms; these members may succeed themselves for any number of terms;
• two members appointed by the Vice-president for Academic Affairs;
• the Associate Vice-president for Enrollment Planning and Management; and
• two students designated by the Associated Students.

2.  The committee shall choose its chair from among its members at its first meeting of each academic year.  The first meeting of each academic year shall be called by the chair of the academic senate in consultation with the vice-president for academic affairs.

3.  The committee shall meet at least once in the fall semester to review current enrollment patterns and projections and to discuss whether changes in policies and procedures are likely to be needed.  The committee may be called to meet as frequently as situations require.

4. The committee shall:

• advise the president on all aspects of enrollment management, including the calendar for the applications process and changes in the campus's enrollment target;
• review and recommend to the Academic Senate regarding proposals from individual programs seeking impaction, including supplementary procedures for maintaining a diverse student body; and receive and review annual reports from impacted programs on their success in maintaining a diverse student body and on the need for the continuation of impaction;
• collect and disseminate best practices developed by departments and programs to manage enrollments, whether through impaction or through other measures;
• review and recommend to the Academic Senate regarding proposals to limit undergraduate applications from outside the historical service area of SFSU;
• review and recommend to the Academic Senate regarding proposals to change the proportions among lower-division, upper-division, or graduate students, or among degree programs or professional programs; and
• recommend to the Academic Senate regarding any changes in this policy or in related policies.

5.  The Enrollment Management Committee is not intended to function as the presidential advisory group mandated for each campus by the Board of Trustees in its resolution of September 18, 2002.

7. FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

Academic Policy #S05-233

Charge:

The Faculty Honors and Awards Committee promotes, selects, and recognizes SFSU faculty with a distinguished track record of teaching, professional development, and service.  The establishment of these awards and honors will serve two goals; first, to honor an individual faculty member for his/her accomplishments and second, to honor the SFSU faculty as a whole by selecting from our ranks a few individuals each year that exemplify the accomplishments for which all faculty strive.

The committee is charged to:

• Develop internal awards that, at minimum, include a Distinguished Teaching Award, a Distinguished Professional Achievement and Growth Award, and a Distinguished Contribution to Community Award.
• Develop and identify the criteria, the eligibility requirements, the nomination process for each type of award, and procedures for determining awardees. Determine an appropriate recognition vehicle/ceremony for the announcement of nominees and recipients for each award (e.g., Honor’s convocation, graduation).
• Review, adopt, and publicize the criteria and timeline for awards
• Develop a timetable that will allow for timely decisions on awards made by the committee.
• Provide a report that lists each award given by this committee to the Academic Senate.
• Prepare and forward the names and information packets of SFSU award recipients to nationwide award outlets (e.g., Wang, Carnegie Foundation).
• When necessary, make improvements to the selection process with review by the Faculty Affairs Committee, and the University Research Council.

Membership:

The Faculty Honors and Awards committee shall consist of seven members:  five faculty selected by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate and two people appointed by the Vice President of Academic Affairs.   All committee members shall serve three year staggered terms.

Organization:

The Faculty Honors and Awards Committee shall hold at least two meetings per semester.  The committee’s annual reports and updates shall be addressed to the President, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate, and the Academic Senate.  The committee shall elect its own chair each year from among the committee members.

8. GRADUATE COUNCIL

Charge:

1. The Graduate Council shall serve as the primary advisory body to University-wide administrators in the area of graduate studies and graduate programs.
2. The Graduate Council shall serve the University's graduate advisors and coordinators by providing a forum for communication among all those who are involved in supervisory of co-ordinative efforts with post-baccalaureate education on departmental, divisional, College or University-wide levels.
3. Although the Academic Senate's Educational Policies Committee has the major policy recommending function for the University in the area of educational policies, the Graduate Council may initiate policy recommendations related to graduate studies and graduate programs, which it will refer to EPC. EPC may elect to use the Graduate Council as a sub-committee to which it can refer requests for new graduate programs, changes in graduate programs, or other policy issues related to graduate studies. Among specific charges that fall within the jurisdiction of EPC that may be delegated to the Graduate Council for recommendation are: the establishing of criteria for adoption or modification of degree programs (or special non-degree programs); the general scope and relative size of priority of program; general University academic standards for post-baccalaureate work; admissions policy; student course load; faculty work load in respect to graduate-level courses; and grading standards, within the framework of pertinent Title V code provisions.

Membership:

• Eight representatives, one from each College
• Two representatives elected by the Academic Senate
• One representative appointed by the Educational Policies Council
• One graduate student selected by Associated Students
• Dean of Graduate Studies or designee

College reps and Senate reps shall serve staggered two-year terms. EPC rep and grad student will each serve for one year.

9. HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE

Academic Senate Policy #S91-171

Charge:

BACKGROUND - All earned degrees granted in the California State University are awarded "upon recommendation of the faculty." All honorary degrees are granted by the Trustees of the California State University following the procedure outlined in the Trustees' Guidelines for Awarding Honorary Degrees. These Guidelines specify that all recommendations originating in any of the campus committees shall be submitted through the President, and that the President shall establish a committee to review the recommendations and assist in the compilations of materials in support of the campus nominations.

In October, 1989, the California State University Academic Senate, in its resolution "Campus Faculty Involvement in Awarding Honorary Degrees," AS-1898/FA, recommended that "at least three faculty selected according to procedures established by the campus Senate will serve on the campus committee."

SCOPE AND CRITERIA - In the CSU, honorary degrees may be awarded for the following purposes: to recognize excellence and extraordinary achievement in significant areas of human endeavor, within which are embodied the objectives and ideals of the California State University; to honor meritorious and outstanding service to the California State University, collectively, or to its campuses, individually, to the State of California, to the United States, or to humanity at large; to recognize men and women whose lives and significant achievements should serve as examples of the California State University's aspirations for its diverse student body. Nominees for honorary degrees must be distinguished in their respective fields, and the eminence of persons nominated must be widely recognized. Nominees must have demonstrated intellectual and humane values that are consistent with the aims of higher education, and with the highest ideals of the persons' chosen fields.

Membership:

• One representative from the Alumni Council (appointed by that group)
• Three representatives of the teaching faculty elected in an all-University election;
• Two representatives appointed by the President of the University
• One representative appointed by Staff Council
• One student representative appointed by Associated Students
• One representative appointed by the SFSU Retirement Association

10. INTERDISCIPLINARY COUNCIL, ALL-UNIVERSITY

Academic Senate Policy #S85-74

Charge:

The University Interdisciplinary Council shall

1. Exercise academic leadership in developing and fostering interdisciplinary efforts for the benefit of the University as a whole.
2. Serve as the collaborating, cooperating, communicating body for all existing interdisciplinary efforts across campus.
3. Consult with colleges on the form and characteristics of their interdisciplinary centers.
4. Review and comment on all new, cross-college interdisciplinary curricular proposals both undergraduate and graduate in an advisory capacity to the Associate Provost and the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee.
5. Consult with the Segment III committee, Relationships of Knowledge, in the development of criteria for evaluating proposed sub-sets of interdisciplinary minors and other interdisciplinary packages for meeting general education requirements. Consult subsequently with this committee in the review of specific proposals.
6. Support faculty who wish to engage in the creation and implementation of interdisciplinary activities whether a single instance such as a team-taught course, a research proposal, or a total curriculum. The Council requires access to budgetary resources, including faculty time when necessary, to carry out this function.
7. Publicize and represent the University's interdisciplinary activities to the campus at large and to interested publics.
8. Recommend changes in the University's procedures that facilitate interdisciplinary activities, e.g., FTE accounting, budget review, personnel evaluations, registrations, class schedule construction, etc.
9. Conduct periodic reviews of interdisciplinary activities of students and faculty at San Francisco State University and report findings to the President. Special attention should be devoted to the maintenance of high educational quality.

• Eight representatives, one from each College elected University-wide to serve three-year terms
• Chair of Educational Policies Council or designee
• Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee
• Dean of Graduate Studies or designee
• Dean of Undergraduate Studies

11. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, ALL-UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON

Academic Senate Policy #S87-151

Charge:

The All-University Committee on International Programs is charges to perform the following functions:

1. Advise the Director of International Programs.
2. Formulate curricular and policy recommendations to be forwarded to the Academic Senate through its standing committees and to other all-university committees such as the Graduate Council, the General Education Council or the Interdisciplinary Council as appropriate.
3. Represent the faculty on matters concerning international programs.
4. Elicit support from the faculty and administration for international programs.
5. Facilitate coordination of inter-college and all-university projects which enhance the University's international programs.
6. Develop plans for new international education projects, in cooperation with departments, schools or colleges.
7. Collect, compile and transmit information about the University's international programs:

• Receive reports from the units which operate international programs abut the activities of these programs.
• Collect and compile whatever additional information about the operation of the University's international programs the Committee deems necessary to fulfill its charge.
• Inform the campus community about opportunities provided by international programs.
• Bring any problems or concerns regarding the operation of international programs to the attention of whichever university offices or committees have responsibility for resolving such problems or concerns.
• Report annually to the Academic Senate.

• Eight representatives, one from each College
• Two representatives elected from the Student Affairs area (one specifically from the area of Admissions and Records)
• One representative appointed by Vice President for Academic Affairs
• One representative from the Academic Senate
• One representative selected by Associated Students
• Director of International Programs

12. LIBERAL STUDIES COUNCIL

Academic Senate Policy #S86-96

Charge:
 

• Plan, review and recommend academic policies for the Liberal Studies Program;
• Serve as the primary curricular review and recommendation body for Liberal Studies, including course and program proposals intended to meet program requirements;
• Assist in the formulation and implementation of plans for:

•  advising
•  articulation between Colleges, with Elementary Education and with community colleges
•  evaluation of the Liberal Studies Program

• Serve as an advisory body to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost and relevant College Deans on matters important to the smooth functioning of the Liberal Studies Program; and
• Serve as a forum for the dissemination of information and the discussion of issues relative to the Liberal Studies Program; in particular to establish regular channels of communication with Liberal Studies faculty and advisors.

LIBERAL STUDIES COUNCIL

Academic Senate Policy #S11-96 (Formerly #S01-96, #S86-96, #S82-96)

• MEMBERSHIP

Voting Members	Colleges or Departments
2	Each College except Business and Extended Learning
All	Liberal Studies tenured and tenure-track faculty members
1	Liberal Studies Program Advising Coordinator
Non-Voting Member
1	Dean of Undergraduate Studies, or designee (ex-officio)

The plan for membership of the Liberal Studies Council is intended to assure that both the Colleges involved in the program and the four Liberal Studies Areas are represented. The selection method for college representatives will be determined by the relevant college for the area or department involved.

The term of each college representative is to be two years.  Colleges should attempt to stagger their representatives’ terms.  Members may serve successive terms.

Given the complexities of the Liberal Studies Program, representatives to the Council are expected to devote considerable time and effort to making the program work well.  In recognition of this workload, colleges and departments should recognize this assignment as a major part of a faculty member’s non-teaching load and as important in personnel considerations.

SELECTION OF CHAIR

The Chair of the Liberal Studies Council is to be elected by the membership of the Council in the spring of each year for service in the following academic year. Assigned time should be given to this position consistent with the arrangement for chairs of comparable committees on campus.

THE STEERING COMMITTEE

The Steering Committee will consist of the Chair of the Liberal Studies Council, the Liberal Studies Program Director, and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.  The Steering Committee will schedule meetings, prepare agendas, seek the Council’s responses to initiatives and inquiries and follow up on actions approved by the Council.  If some provisional action is needed before the Liberal Studies Council can convene, the Steering Committee is empowered to act on the Council’s behalf.

ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL

Actions by the Council are to be normally directed to the Provost’s representative, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, for implementation as may be appropriate, or for review through normal approval channels and, when appropriate, for forwarding to the Academic Senate.

A quorum consists of eight voting members present at a duly called meeting of the Council.

ROLE OF PROVOST’S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE

The Dean of Undergraduate Studies is the Provost’s representative to the Council and shall function in the ways specified above.  The Dean shall represent the needs and interests of the Liberal Studies Program to the Provost and Academic Deans. In addition, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies is expected to provide staff support for meetings of the Council.

STATUS OF THE COUNCIL

The Liberal Studies Council is an All-University Committee.  It reports annually to the Senate on its activities.