Background to the Charge

The UUCC is the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

The UUCC shall be composed of one full-time faculty member from each college (chosen annually by each college’s curriculum committee), the Associate Dean in charge of undergraduate programs from each respective college, one faculty-member-at-large from the full-time faculty (appointed by the Senate Agenda Committee), one representative from the Student Government Association, and non-voting members from the Registrar’s Office and the Library. The Chair of the UUCC shall be the Provost, or their designee. The Chair will vote only in the event of a tie.

The UUCC is charged by the Faculty Senate to “consider and make recommendations to the Senate concerning any proposals for undergraduate curriculum changes.” The UUCC is “the Senate’s designee in considering interdepartmental and inter-college disputes arising from matters concerning courses or programs offered or proposed.”

Committee Charge

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Committee Charge

The Graduate Council is a sub-committee of the Faculty Senate established to formulate, review, and recommend for adoption general academic policies and regulations for the creation and governance of graduate programs at Northeastern University.

Background to the Charge

1. The Committee will maintain regular communications with University-wide planning committees;
2. The Committee shall undertake questions concerning enrollment management policy, admission goals and standards, and policy regarding recruitment and retention of students; and
3. The Committee shall prepare annual recommendations concerning improvements in admission standards, recruitment practices, enrollment management practices, and related areas.

Committee Charge

1. The EAPC shall continue to monitor the policies and practices of Enrollment Management (EM) and investigate the impact they have on undergraduate and graduate admissions at each college/school.
2. In Spring 2019, the EAPC shall collaborate with the Vice President for Enrollment Management to lead the discussion in the Faculty Senate of the strategies and processes that shape the undergraduate student cohort, including follow up on the implementation of the 2016-2017 EAPC Senate resolutions.
3. The EAPC shall work with EM and the colleges to monitor the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Senate resolutions intended to enhance the combined major experience.
4. The EAPC shall collaborate with the Provost’s Office to map potential overlap among graduate programs and, if warranted, make recommendations for improving current policies and practices.
5. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

This Committee is concerned with the rights and status of faculty personnel, including standards of tenure, promotion, and advancement for University faculty; and questions of professional development, academic freedom, and economic welfare.

Committee Charge

1. The FDC shall examine the appropriateness of the current GEO policies and practices for faculty leaders of Dialogue of Civilizations courses, and, if warranted, make recommendations for improving these policies and practices.
2. The FDC shall collaborate with the staff at the Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) and with faculty members to assess the impact and effectiveness of recent efforts to increase the dissemination of information concerning faculty accomplishments in teaching, research and professional activities, and, if warranted, make recommendations for improving these efforts.
3. The FDC shall undertake a study of the practices and procedures related to course buyout using overhead return funds and, if appropriate, make recommendations.
4. In collaboration with the FTNTTFC, the FDC shall explore the option of FTNTTFC sabbaticals and present a review of policy/process at other institutions and recommendations for Northeastern.
5. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

According to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the Financial Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Senate charged with two general functions:

1. This Committee is concerned with all questions related to financial affairs of the University, including institutional surveys, reviews and recommendations on budgeting, and financial policies of the University.
2. This Committee shall prepare annual recommendations for the improvement of faculty salaries and fringe benefits.

Committee Charge

1. The FAC shall follow up on the implementation of the 2016-2017 Senate resolution on procedures for establishing match-mates for each college/unit.
2. The FAC, in collaboration with the FTNTTFC, shall explore sources of more granular match-mate data for FTNTT faculty than is currently available to Northeastern’s faculty cohort.
3. The FAC shall examine the total faculty compensation, given the yearly increases in the cost of benefits (especially health insurance), in comparison to salary raises.
4. Based upon the findings in charge 3 and a review of match-mate institutions, FAC is requested to make recommendations for merit raises for full time faculty at the University.
5. The FAC shall carry out an analysis of all implications of divestment of University endowment holdings in fossil fuel industries and of possible divestment of those holdings.
6. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

The Committee shall be concerned with policy issues involving libraries’ strategic planning, infrastructures and resource adequacy, collections development and maintenance, program and service development, and other matters of concern to the faculty as the institution strives to achieve and retain status as a top teaching and research university. This Committee shall also act as a forum for discussion on matters related to the Libraries and may act as an advocate for the University Libraries.

Committee Charge

1. The LPOC shall work with the incoming Dean of Libraries and Vice Provost for Information Collaboration to define committee charges and then implement them.
2. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

1. This Committee shall be concerned with all questions relating to the development, maintenance, security, and availability of information systems and infrastructures.
2. The Committee periodically reviews information systems priorities, policies, resources, and operations and, based on these reviews, makes recommendations concerning activities that may improve operations or enhance the seamless flow of data and information to the communities that depend on it.
3. The Committee also makes recommendations to the Senate Agenda Committee, the administrative head of Information Systems, or to others in the administration (as appropriate) on matters concerning operations, resources, or policies.

Committee Charge

1. The ITPC shall work with the incoming ITS Vice President to ensure that, as a matter of policy, ITPC, along with ITS, has a formal role in the planning and evaluation process related to the design and delivery of ePaws and any other ongoing and future institutional software planning and rollout that will have a direct effect on teaching and research.
2. The ITPC, working jointly with ITS and the Research Computing Advisory Committee, shall develop a set of recommendations regarding IT services and staffing to broaden and deepen ITS support for research computing, and present the plan to the Senate by Dec 2018.
3. Given that ITS and the Provost’s Office are in the midst of an outside consultant review of cloud
4. storage architecture and planning across the University, the ITPC shall collaborate with ITS, and other relevant Senate committees to return in Fall 2018 to the 2016-2017 approved Senate resolution on backup, and the 2017-2018 charge to multiple standing committees to coordinate with ITS and other stakeholders to design a comprehensive backup/data storage plan for academic and research computing and develop an appropriate strategy to implement it.
5. The ITPC shall work with ITS and the ad-hoc Co-op Evolution Assessment Committee to provide an assessment of the rollout of the new IT plan for supporting Co-op Evolution by the end of the fall semester.
6. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise

Background to the Charge

The Committee will review and assess the direction and implementation of the University’s research mission, advocate for its needs, review periodically and make recommendations on its research resources, infrastructures, and policies, serve as a research “ombuds-body” to address structural impediments and faculty complaints, and work with the Provost, the Senior Vice President for Administration & Finance, the Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement, and the President to insure the best possible environment for research and scholarship.

Committee Charge

1. The RPOC shall collaborate with the Senior Vice Provost for Research and his designees in NU Research Enterprise Services (NURES)  to develop a set of recommendations regarding (a) enhanced communication and synchronization between the pre-award, finance and compliance areas of the unified Research Administration group, (b) faster response to faculty, particularity in the areas of contracts with corporate sponsors (including subcontractors) and compliance, (c) facilitation of necessary personal interaction while maintaining the efficiency of the mandatory University Prior Approval Form, and (d) development of metrics to monitor effectiveness of pre-award and post-award processes, and present the plan to the Senate by December 2018.
2. The RPOC shall undertake a study of the current process for university-level seed funding of faculty research with a focus on the priorities, expected outcomes, and actual outcomes, and, if appropriate, make recommendations to enhance this set of processes.
3. The RPOC shall undertake a study of the current mechanisms to foster faculty-mentored undergraduate research, and, if appropriate, make recommendations to enhance this set of processes.
4. In collaboration with the Provost’s Office, the RPOC shall review research policies specific to NU hubs outside Boston, including policies to incentivize faculty to carry out research at non-Boston hubs.
5. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

According to Faculty Senate legislation for Standing Committees, the Full-time Non-tenure-track Faculty is to be charged with reviewing and making recommendations on matters affecting this population of the Northeastern University community.

Committee Charge

1. The FTNTTFC shall follow up on the status of the implementation of the 2016-2017 Senate resolution on FTNTT governance rights, including an evaluation of criteria for leadership positions (e.g., Chairs, Unit Heads, etc.)
2. The FTNTTFC shall follow up on the status of FTNTTFC professional development and support at all levels of the university.
3. In collaboration with the FDC, the FTNTTFC shall explore the option of FTNTTFC sabbaticals and present a review of policy/process at other institutions and recommendations for Northeastern.
4. The FTNTTFC, in collaboration with the FAC, shall explore sources of more granular match-mate data for FTNTT faculty than is currently available to Northeastern’s faculty cohort.
5. The FTNTTFC shall monitor the status of college elections for Senators, specifically their policies regarding the distribution of NTT and TT/T faculty senators, and, if appropriate, make recommendations.
6. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Background to the Charge

1. The Committee shall be concerned with questions of basic academic and research policy on an institutional level. Items to be dealt with should concern teaching loads, research procedures, academic requirements, classroom instruction, and all matters that pertain to classroom and laboratory activities.
   

2. The Committee shall also consider any academic matter or proposed program brought before the Senate that deals with relationships between the Colleges or involves more than one College.

Committee Charge

1. The APC, in collaboration with the Provost’s Office, shall provide an assessment of workload policy implementation to the Faculty Senate, focusing on how well each workload policy adheres to the process and guidelines provided by the adopted Workload Policy documents and how effectively each policy has been implemented in the unit.
2. The APC shall consider extending administrator review to additional categories of administrator than fall within the current AEOC process, and possibly propose appropriate review processes.
3. The APC shall review the relationship of the experiential PhD programs to existing PhD programs, and, if appropriate, make recommendations for improved alignment.
4. Other priorities, to be determined by the Senate Agenda Committee, may be charged as they arise.

Committee Charge

1). The Co-op Evolution Evaluation Committee shall ensure that the Senate remain fully informed about the Co-op Evolution plan and provide a means of communication with the colleges.

2). The Co-op Evolution Evaluation Committee shall provide a comprehensive assessment of the new search process, including feedback from employers, students and co-op coordinators. The Committee should provide this report, along with any recommended adjustments, to the Faculty Senate in February 2019.