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ARTICLE 39 - FACULTY COUNCIL
39.1 Faculty Council.
The Faculty Council shall be established and
maintained to carry out its functions in accordance with
this Article.
39.1.1 Purpose.
The Faculty Council shall serve as the faculty'
s college-wide forum on all subjects brought before
it, but particularly academic matters of the college.
The Council may have responsibilities that have been
clearly chartered and do not involve dealing with the
College, such responsibility being that of the
Association. Within this context the Council may
provide recommendations to the administration/College
and the Association.
39.1.2 Specific
Responsibilities. The Council may have specific
responsibilities, and these shall include grading
policy and the campus-wide student evaluation
instrument.
39.1.3 Referendum
Capability. The Faculty Council may refer issues
on academic policies of the college to a vote in which
the whole faculty may participate. The Faculty Council
shall be responsible for defining and ensuring timely
college-wide debate and subsequent voting process, and
for formulating the results.
39.1.4 Faculty Council Rules
and Membership. Rules and membership of the
Faculty Council shall be set in a charter in
accordance with the current bylaws of the Council and
adopted by a majority vote of the faculty.
39.2 Relation of other Bodies
to the Faculty Council. The Faculty Council shall
have a relation to other entities of the college
governance structure.
39.2.1 College
Council. The Faculty Council shall have
representation on the College Council and shall make
regular reports to the College Council concerning
Faculty Council activity.
39.2.2 LCCEA. The
president of the Association shall be an ex-officio
non-voting member of the Faculty Council and shall
make regular reports to the Council on the activity of
the Association.
39.2.3 Academic
Committees. The Faculty Council will work with
academic committees to establish regular
communications processes to enhance coordination of
thought and effort.
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