Faculty Personnel Policies Council (FPPC)
Charge
The Faculty
Personnel Policies Council shall serve as the primary faculty
consultative body to the Academic Senate and the University administration
on matters of personnel policy development and administration
of policies governing personnel practices. The Faculty Personnel
Policies Council is subordinate to the Academic Senate, and, as
such, all policies and regulations recommended by the Faculty
Personnel Policies Council shall be presented to the Academic
Senate for approval, except for those matters that are specifically
delegated to the Faculty Personnel Policies Council.
Upon request
of the Academic Senate or University Administration, the Council
shall nominate members to serve on committees that require the
particular expertise of its membership.
The Council
shall not have initial jurisdiction with matters specifically
delegated to the colleges.
The scope
of the Faculty Personnel Policies Council's charge shall include,
but not be limited to, reviewing and recommending policies relating
to:
1. Appointment,
retention, tenure, and promotion or advancement of faculty
2. Layoff
3. Professional
ethics
4. Leaves
5. Discipline
6. Staffing
formula and workload for graduate and undergraduate teaching
7. Faculty
awards
and any other
academic personnel matters deemed appropriate for review by this
Council. The scope of the Faculty Personnel Policies Council's
charge is subject to the terms and conditions of the Collective
Bargaining Agreement.
The Faculty
Personnel Policies Council shall also be responsible for the administration
of those faculty awards programs assigned to it by policy or referred
by the Academic Senate.
Membership
Provost and
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee)
One (1) College
Dean, selected by the Deans
Two (2) tenured
full professors from the College of Liberal Arts, and one (1)
from each of the other Colleges, elected by secret majority ballot
One (1) full-time
tenured Librarian (equivalent to full professor), elected by secret
majority ballot
One (1) lecturer,
who shall serve for a period of one year, elected by secret majority
ballot of the lecturers, with full voting privileges
One (1) member
from the Academic Senate elected by the Academic Senate, who should
also be an elected member of the Council if possible; if an individual
with dual membership is not available, the Senator becomes a non-voting
member.
One (1)
Department Chair, either an elected member of the Council or a
Department Chair appointed by the Senate upon recommendation of
the Nominating Committee as a non-voting member if an elected
member is not available
One representative
from the California Faculty Association
Steering
Committee
The Faculty
Personnel Policies Council shall establish a Steering Committee
composed of the elected officers of the Council and the designee
of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The Steering
Committee shall be responsible for the planning and scheduling
of meetings, agenda setting, and transmittal of items to the Academic
Senate. The Steering Committee shall make appointments to subcommittees
and ad hoc committees of the Council.
Standing
Committees Reporting to the Council
The Standing
Committees of the Faculty Personnel Policies Council are the University
Awards Committee and the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee.
The Academic Senate shall approve the charge, size and mode of
selection of the membership of Standing Committees.
The Faculty
Personnel Policies Council may establish such additional subcommittees
as it deems necessary to the discharge of its responsibilities
under its charge.
The Council
shall select a Council Liaison who will attend Academic Senate
meetings and report back to the Council. The Council liaison should
be an Academic Senator if possible; if not, the Council shall
appoint a member who will become a non-voting member of the Senate.
The Chair
of the Faculty Personnel Policies Council is a voting member of
the Academic Senate Emergency Committee and the Resource Planning
Process Task Force.
Updated: 6/5/05