Academic Department Chairs and the Directors of the Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, and Women's Studies interdisciplinary programs are ineligible for election to the two regular elected committees, and ineligible for appointment to the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee. The Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Appeals Committee is the committee to which a faculty member who is denied reappointment, promotion or tenure may appeal. Members are elected by the faculty. Two professors, two associate professors, two assistant professors. No more than one member from any department.
Every election is for a full term.
Occasionally the Committee on Governance may adjust the length of a full term to avoid holding a special, mid-year election or to ensure that the terms of the members of the committee are staggered. Persons who will become candidates for tenure or promotion to full professor during the following year are not eligible for election. Members of the Committee on Appointments, Promotion and Tenure are not eligible for election.