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- "There are two primary documents that are generally accepted as
standards against which the condition and conduct of a university are
measured: The AAUP 1940 Statement
of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure and The AAUP 1966 Joint
Statement of Government of Colleges and Universities. Both faculty and administration
consider these documents as essential roots for university
governance."
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- "This Statement was directed primarily to governing board members
and presidents under an assumption of "shared responsibility and
cooperative action" among the components of an institution. It is the academic underpinning for
the widely held notion of "shared governance" in American
higher education."
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- "The Statement is a joint statement of the AAUP, the American
Council on Education (ACE), and the Association of Governing Boards
(AGB), who 'recognized the Statement as a significant step forward in
the clarification of the respective jobs of governing boards, faculties,
and administrations'."
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- At the April 2006 BoT meeting, Mr. McWhorter openly challenged the
faculty as to why the Senate hasn't adopted the 1966 Statement along
with the 1940 Statement.
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- The Governing Board:
- "The board plays a central role in relating the likely needs of the
future to predictable resources; it has the responsibility for
husbanding the endowment; it is responsible for obtaining needed capital
and operating funds; and in the broadest sense of the term, it should
pay attention to personnel policy."
- "One of the governing board's important tasks is to define the
overall policies and procedures of the institution."
- "The governing board of an institution of higher education, while
maintaining a general overview, entrusts the conduct of administration
to the administrative officers - the president and the deans - and the
conduct of teaching and research to the faculty. The board should undertake appropriate
self-limitation."
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- The President:
- "The president shares responsibility for the definition and
attainment of goals, for administrative action, and for operating the
communications system which links the components of the academic
community."
- "It is the duty of the president to see to it that the standards
and procedures in operational use within the college or university
conform to the policy established by the governing board and to the
standards of sound academic practice.
It is also incumbent on the president to ensure that the faculty
views, including dissenting views, are presented to the board."
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- The Faculty:
- "The faculty has primary responsibility for such fundamental areas
as curriculum, subject matter and methods of instruction, research,
faculty status, and those aspects of student life which relate to the
educational process. On these
matters the power of review or final decision lodged in the governing
board or delegated by it to the president should be exercised adversely
online in exceptional circumstances, and for reasons communicated to the
faculty.”
- "The faculty sets the requirement for the degrees offered in
course, determines when the requirements have been met, and authorizes
the president and board to grant the degrees thus achieved."
- "Faculty status and related matters are primarily a faculty
responsibility; this area includes appointments, reappointments,
decisions not to reappoint, promotions, the granting of tenure, and
dismissal."
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- "The governing board and president should, on questions of faculty
status, as in other matters where faculty has primary responsibility,
concur with the faculty judgment except in rare instances and for
compelling reasons which should be stated in detail."
- "The faculty should actively participate in the determination of
policies and procedures governing salary increases."
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