Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-2 - University Sentate › Section 3339-2-02 - The enabling act of university senate and faculty assembly

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
University senate is the primary
				university governance body where students, faculty, staff, and administrators
				debate university issues and reach conclusions on the policies and actions to
				be taken by the institution. It is the legislative body of the university in
				matters involving educational programs, requirements, and standards; faculty
				welfare; and student conduct. The board of trustees delegates to university
				senate primary responsibility for curriculum, programs, and course offerings
				and advisory responsibility on all matters related to Miami
				university.
Faculty assembly is comprised of all
				members of the faculty who hold tenure or a tenure-track position; all
				librarians who hold the rank of assistant librarian, associate librarian, or
				principal librarian; and all members of the faculty who hold the rank of
				lecturer (including the senior rank) or clinical/ professionally licensed
				faculty (including the senior rank) (lecturers and clinical/ professionally
				licensed faculty are members of the faculty assembly for the purpose of
				qualifying them to serve on the university senate. Membership in faculty
				assembly does not qualify lecturers or clinical professionally licensed faculty
				to serve on committees whose membership is restricted to faculty in
				tenure-eligible ranks). Faculty assembly hears reports from its committees and
				from the president, the chair of university senate, and university vice
				presidents. It may propose, debate, and recommend matters for senate
				consideration or for presentation to other officials or administrative bodies.
				It may also challenge and refer back to senate any senate action. Faculty
				assembly has the right of initiative and referendum.
The board of trustees reserves the
				right to consider, approve, modify, or reject actions taken by the university
				senate or faculty assembly.
(A)
								University senate membership
(1)
									University senate
			 shall comprise sixty-nine voting members and shall have the following
			 composition:
(a)
										Ten members of faculty assembly elected by members of
			 faculty assembly, university-wide, by single transferable vote, as specified in
			 the bylaws of university senate;
(b)
										Thirty-four
			 members of faculty assembly apportioned to the college and schools, regional
			 campuses, and library (hereinafter referred to as divisions) and elected by
			 majority vote by members of faculty assembly within those divisions on the
			 basis of representational units as specified in the bylaws of university
			 senate;
(c)
										The provost of the university (who shall be the chair
			 of university senate) and seven other administrators and/or unclassified staff
			 members appointed by the president of the university as indicated in the bylaws
			 of university senate;
(d)
										One classified staff member, appointed by the
			 classified personnel advisory committee and one unclassified staff member,
			 appointed by the unclassified personnel advisory committee;
(e)
										Eleven
			 undergraduate students, one of whom shall be the student body president, and
			 ten of whom shall be selected as provided by associated student
			 government;
(f)
										Two undergraduate students, one each from the Hamilton
			 and Middletown campuses, selected as provided by the Miami university Hamilton
			 student government association and by the Miami university Middletown student
			 advisory council; and
(g)
										Two graduate students selected as provided by the
			 graduate student association.