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For a complete list of Councils of General Faculty and current members,
please visit the Dean of the
Faculty.
- Council on Graduate Studies
Functions: (1) To recommend to the faculties and the Trustees
principles and policies governing all aspects of graduate education. (2) To
review proposals for graduate degree programs and to forward them, with
recommendation, to the appropriate faculty or faculties of the College. Council
jurisdiction does not extend to those degree programs which are the exclusive
responsibility of the faculties of the Professional Schools. (3) To certify to
the appropriate faculties that candidates have met all requirements for the
granting of graduate degrees. (4) To submit a report to the General Faculty at
the end of each academic year.
Members: Dean of Graduate Studies; the Chair (or designate) of each
of the degree-granting graduate programs; one member for each of the three
Professional School faculties; two graduate students.
- Council on the Libraries
Functions: (1) To represent the faculty in maintaining the excellence
of the Library with respect both to its holdings and to its usefulness to the
educational community. (2) To advise the Librarian of the College on
formulation and implementation of policies for the acquisition, housing, and
preservation of library resources, on development of library services for the
benefit of the libraries' users, and on other matters of general library
policy. (3) To assist in the apportionment of the acquisitions funds of the
libraries, in keeping the Librarian of the College informed concerning library
needs for programs of instruction and research, and in providing liaison
between the Librarian of the College and the faculties of the College. (4) To
submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Members: The Librarian of the College; the Provost or his or her
representative; the Dean of College or his or her representative; six members
of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (two from each division, from different
departments) appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy); one member
from each of the three Professional Schools; and three students, two
undergraduates and one graduate. The Director of Academic Computing serves as a
non-voting member.
- Council on Honorary Degrees
Functions: (1) To represent the four faculties of the College in
conference with the President and Trustees on the award of honorary degrees.
(2) To cooperate with the Committee on Commencement in determining faculty
participation at Commencement and on similar occasions.
Members: Three members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (one from
each division) appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy, and one
member from each of the three Professional School faculties.
- Council on Sponsored Activities
Functions: (1) To propose and endorse internal policies regulating
the activities sponsored by agencies outside the College. (2) To propose and
endorse institutional positions in response to policies of external sponsoring
agencies as they affect the College. (3) To review periodically the scope and
impact of sponsored activities in relation to institutional purposes. (4) To
propose and endorse institutional policies with regard to patents, copyrights,
technology transfer, and the like. (5) To submit a report to the General
Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Members: The Provost, the Executive Vice President for Finance, the
Director of Sponsored Projects, the General Counsel, the Deans of the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences and the three Professional Schools or their duly appointed
representatives, and two members appointed by the Steering Committee from the
faculties of the Professional Schools, and two members from the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences delegated from the voting membership of the Committee on the
Faculty. The chair shall be appointed by the President from among the
members.
- Council on Computing
Functions: (1) To provide guidance to the Director of Computing on
matters related to institution-wide use of the Computation Center. (2) To
advise the General Faculty, the officers of administration, and the Board of
Trustees on questions of policy concerning the planning, allocation, and use of
all computer resources. (3) To be a forum for the exchange of ideas for
improving the effectiveness of the computing facilities. (4) To submit a report
to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Members: The Provost, the Dean of the Faculty, the Dean of the
College, the Executive Vice President for Finance (or their representatives);
the Director of Computing; four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (at
least one from each division) appointed by the Committee on Organization and
Policy; one member from each of the three Professional School faculties; two
undergraduate students and one graduate student. Non-voting members of the
Council shall include: the Manager of Humanities Computing, the Manager of
Social Science Computing, the Director of Computing for Mathematics and
Computer Science, and the Director of Library User Services.
- Council on Benefits
Functions: (1) To review with the President policies and
decision-making processes which bear on the benefits program at Dartmouth
College. (2) To review and evaluate the College's employee benefits program and
to make recommendations to the President with regard to the modification of
existing employee benefit plans and the design of any new benefit programs (3)
To receive from the Office of Human Resources on at least an annual basis a
report, complete with appropriate data and comparative information, regarding
a) responsiveness of the benefit plan to the needs of faculty and staff, b)
competitiveness with the plans of other institutions, and c) cost effectiveness
of Dartmouth's benefit plan. (4) To advise its constituent groups whenever
appropriate on changes being contemplated before the deadline for finalizing
them. (5) To submit a report to the General Faculty and other interested
parties at the end of the academic year.
Members: Four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (two drawn
from the voting membership of the Committee on Faculty and two appointed by the
Committee on Organization and Policy), one member from the Faculty of the Tuck
School, one member from the Faculty of the Thayer School, two members from the
Faculty of the Dartmouth Medical School, four representatives from API ranks
and eight members from APII and non-union service employee ranks. Members shall
serve on the council for a term of three years, with the terms of service
staggered. The chair shall be appointed by the President from among the
members. The Director of the Office of Human Resources, or his or her
representative, shall be a non-voting member and serve as staff to the
council.
- Council on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
Functions: (1) To foster and protect academic freedom for members of
the faculty. (2) To uphold standards and responsibility and to possibly be
involved in disciplinary action should there be sufficient cause for such
action.
From the OFDC
(Organization of the Faculty)
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