2. Autonomous faculty committees
b. Faculty Professional Relations Committee
- Duties. To fulfill the duties
defined in Section 607 of the Code. The Committee shall be authorized
to hear, mediate and advise with respect to the adjustment of grievances
of members of the faculty. The power of the committee shall be solely
to hear representations by the persons directly involved in a grievance,
to mediate voluntary adjustment by the parties, and to advise adjustment
by the administration when appropriate. "Grievances" within
the province of the committee's power shall include matters directly
related to a faculty member's employment status and institutional relationships
within the constituent institution. However, no grievance that grows
out of or involves matters related to a formal proceeding for the suspension,
discharge or termination of a faculty member, or that is within the
jurisdiction of another standing faculty committee, may be considered
by the committee. To review, revise, and distribute the grievance procedures.
- Membership. Eight faculty members elected for two-year staggered
terms. All professorial ranks must be represented (i.e., assistant,
associate, and full
professor). Persons excluded from this committee include those having emeritus
status, administrators, department chairpersons, and those holding concurrent
membership on the Faculty Hearings Panel or the Reappointment, Tenure, and
Promotion Committee. Members may not succeed themselves.
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