Resolution on a Proposed Addition to the Rutgers Policy Library Recognizing the New Brunswick Faculty Council

Be it resolved that the New Brunswick Faculty Council requests that the following addition be made to the Rutgers University Policy Library in order to recognize the Faculty Council.

Section __._ New Brunswick Faculty Council

__._.1 New Brunswick Faculty Council Membership, Organization and Procedures

A. Faculty eligible to participate in Council elections and to serve as voting Council delegates (such faculty are henceforth referred to in this document as "faculty members") shall include all full-time tenured , tenure-track and clinical faculty who are appointed on faculty lines in faculties, schools, or libraries based in New Brunswick/Piscataway. It shall also include faculty members in dual-campus faculties whose principal offices are in New Brunswick/Piscataway. In addition, annual and part-time faculty shall elect two representatives to the Council.

B. Delegates to the New Brunswick Faculty Council shall be elected by appropriate disciplinary units within the schools, libraries and independent research institutes of Rutgers University in New Brunswick/Piscataway as well as annual and part-time faculty in the manner described in the Bylaws of the New Brunswick Faculty Council. These Bylaws shall be submitted to the Board of Governors for approval and, in the event the Bylaws are amended, shall be submitted for approval of the amended version

__._.2 Duties and Powers of the New Brunswick Faculty Council

A. The New Brunswick Faculty Council (NBFC) shall concern itself with all matters pertaining to the educational, scholarly and service missions of the University in New Brunswick/Piscataway. In particular, the NBFC shall study and make recommendations concerning academic policies and procedures established by the various units at New Brunswick/Piscataway and on relevant University-wide matters impacting the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus. The NBFC shall, in addition, have such other powers as the Board of Governors may delegate to it.

B. The NBFC may provide advice to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs on matters of broad educational and research policy, which matters include but are not limited to: (a) budget priorities and allocations and general planning; (b) the establishment or dissolution of units of the University at New Brunswick/Piscataway; (c) special affiliations and programs; (d) regulations affecting students and faculty, such as those concerning academic freedom, equal opportunities, and personnel practices and procedures.

C. The Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs or an appropriate representative shall regularly inform the New Brunswick Faculty Council and/or its Executive Committee of current and contemplated actions concerning the areas described above.