Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3359 - University of Akron › Chapter 3359-10 - Governance Structure and Bylaws; Rules of the University Council; Bylaws of Faculty Senate › Section 3359-10-02 - The university of Akron bylaws of the faculty senate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Name. The name of this body is the
			 faculty senate of the university of Akron.
(B) Duties. As delegated by the board of
			 trustees of the university, the faculty senate is the legislative body of the
			 faculty regarding its academic mission and is empowered to:
(1) Formulate suitable rules, requirements,
			 and procedures for the admission, government, management, and control of the
			 students, courses of study, granting of degrees and certificates, and other
			 internal affairs of the institution necessary to meet the objectives of the
			 university, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, in accordance
			 with the established policies of the board.
(2) Review and offer recommendations
			 concerning proposals for the creation, abolition, or rearrangement of colleges,
			 departments, schools, or divisions of instruction, proposals from
			 university-wide committees, and such other matters as may be referred to the
			 senate by the president of the university. Such proposals shall be forwarded to
			 the executive committee for inclusion on the agenda of senate
			 meetings.
(3) University-wide
			 committees created by the senate shall report to the senate unless otherwise
			 indicated by the senate.
(a) Committee
			 recommendations for senate action shall be distributed to the members of the
			 senate at least seven days before the senate meeting at which the
			 recommendation is to be considered. All messages shall include a statement of
			 the rationale for the recommendation.
(b) No committee recommendation that was not
			 distributed in accordance with the foregoing requirement shall be considered by
			 the senate unless the senate consents to its consideration by majority
			 vote.
(4) All legislation
			 introduced in the faculty senate shall be designated as such; and if passed,
			 shall be forwarded to the president, with the exception
			 of changes to curriculum. Within forty-five days of receipt of the
			 legislation, the president shall:
(a) Forward
			 the legislation to the board of trustees, or
(b) Forward the legislation to the
			 appropriate vice president; or
(c)
			 Put the legislation into effect if the president deems it unnecessary to send
			 the matter to the board, or
(d)
			 Disapprove and return the legislation to the senate with explanation for the
			 president's rejection; and
(e)
			 Notify the senate of the disposition of the legislation, indicating whether the
			 legislation has been approved, referred to the board of trustees, referred to
			 the appropriate vice president, or returned to the senate for reconsideration
			 or amendment. In the event that the president refers legislation to the board
			 of trustees, the president shall notify the faculty senate of the board of
			 trustees' eventual disposition of the legislation.
(5)
									Curriculum change
			 proposals that are approved by the faculty senate shall be forwarded to the
			 office of academic affairs. The executive vice president and provost or their
			 designee shall, within two weeks, approve or disapprove any curriculum change
			 proposals forwarded to it by the faculty senate and shall inform the originator
			 of the proposal and the faculty senate of their decision. If a proposal is
			 disapproved, a statement of the reason(s) for the disapproval shall be
			 included. If the executive vice president and provost, or their designee, is
			 unable to approve or disapprove a proposal within two weeks, they shall notify
			 the chair of the faculty senate of such inability, the reason(s) therefor, and
			 the date by which they expect to act on the proposal.
(6)
			 The senate shall elect a representative to the Ohio faculty council, who serves
			 in that capacity along with the chair of the senate.
(a) Senate members who are full-time teaching
			 members of the faculties of the colleges are electors of the senate
			 representative. Any full-time faculty member may be elected.
(b) The election shall be conducted by secret
			 ballot.
(c) The representative
			 shall be elected bienially by
										 the senate. The term
			 of office shall be for two years. There shall be no limit on the number of
			 terms a person may serve.
(d) The
			 representative, if not already a member of the senate, shall become an
			 ex-officio, non-voting member.