THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

Senate Document Number     2005S

 

Date of Senate Approval      03/03/05  

 

 

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

 

Executive Committee Document  2:     Changes in Faculty Handbook Editor (Revision of SD3485)

 

 

Effective Date:  Immediately

 

The Executive Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate Secretary serve as Editor of the Faculty Handbook.  The Senate Secretary will be responsible for updating and maintaining the Handbook. The Chair of the Faculty Senate supervises the Senate Secretary in this as in all other matters.

 

Delete:            

 

10.5.1 Faculty Handbook Editor (formerly 10.9.6) (SD4385)

 

Duties:  Action by the Faculty Senate, on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, specified appointment of a faculty member as editor of the Faculty Handbook. The editor is responsible for maintaining the Handbook through annual revisions and reports both to the VCAA and the Chair of the Faculty Senate.

Appointed by:  the Faculty Senate with approval of the VCAA

Term of Appointment:  2 years, renewable

 

Replace with: 

 

10.5.1 Faculty Handbook Editor    (SD2005S)

 

The Senate Secretary shall act as the Faculty Handbook Editor. The editor is responsible for maintaining the Handbook through annual revisions and reports to the Chair of the Faculty Senate. 

 

 

Add:

On first page of Faculty Handbook directly under the title

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE FACULTY HANDBOOK

 

Edited by Name of Senate Secretary, Faculty Senate Secretary. Comments can be sent to e-mail address of Senate Secretary.

 

 

Rationale:

The Senate Secretary keeps electronic versions of the Senate Documents. The Faculty Handbook is now an electronic document and the Secretary can efficiently make needed revisions of Senate actions. The Senate Secretary shall also make revisions required by actions of the Office of the President and Academic and Student Affairs. We recommend that this arrangement be reviewed in Spring 2007 and periodically thereafter to assure that the workload of the Secretary is equitable and that the necessary coordination with Academic and Student Affairs is taking place.

 

Since 1986, we have had a policy that called for the appointment of a Faculty Editor but in fact revisions were handled on an ad hoc basis until recently. A review of the policy in Fall 2004 by the Executive Committee and the Provost’s office led to the conclusion that this could be handled efficiently by the Senate Secretary freeing faculty member for other tasks.