The Medical Faculty

Membership

The faculty consists of all individuals with faculty appointments in the School of Medicine. Voting is restricted to faculty members with appointments of 50 percent time or more.

Duties the faculty is responsible for:

• approving changes to Medical Faculty Bylaws
• electing four members at-large to the Faculty Council and members from their departments
• electing members to the standing committees of the faculty (see below)
• establishing criteria for academic promotion and/or tenure within University regulations and guidelines
• establishing general goals for educational programs including admission, advancement, and graduation
• making recommendations to the Executive Dean on policies for the allocation of resources

Process

The business of the faculty is usually conducted through the formal committees and groups that comprise the faculty governance structure. The entire faculty, however, assembles to conduct business under three circumstances.

The Annual Meeting is required in September of each year with at least one month's notice of time, place and agenda. The meeting considers formal reports presented by each of the standing committees and the Executive Dean.

Special Meetings may be called by the Executive Committee, the Faculty Council, Executive Dean, Executive Vice Chancellor, or a group of at least 20 voting faculty members. A group of faculty seeking to call a special meeting of the entire faculty must present a signed petition. Special meetings require at least one week's notice of time, place and agenda.

Emergency Meetings may be called by the Executive Committee with two day's notice to deal with a specific and urgent issue.

A quorum of 20 percent of the voting faculty is required to conduct business at meetings of the full faculty.

Further Information

Office of the Executive Dean keeps lists of faculty and is responsible for logistics and agendas of faculty meetings

This page last updated 09.27.00