Senate Document #4, 1979-80

              Charge of The Institutional Development Committee


The Institutional Development Committee reports primarily to the
Faculty Senate but, because of the language in the Tenure Policies
and Regulations, it reports directly to the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs on matters in which the Vice Chancellor acts after
consultation with the Committee.

The Institutional Development Committee interprets the tenure
document as indicating the following areas with which it should
be concerned:

(a)  The candidate review process.

(b)  The long range implications of the allocations of the
     institution's resources.

(c)  The exercise of initiative in selecting topics for consideration
     that deal with these concerns.

The following charge will fulfill the Committee's obligation to both
the Senate and the tenure document.

1.  The Committee will act as the standing long range planning committee.
    It will assume primary responsibility for addressing these campus-
    wide activities.

    (a)  Self-evaluation for purposes of Southern Association
         Accreditation.

    (b)  The five year plan required by the general administration.

    (c)  Special evaluations or studies that are required of the
         Institution.

These studies will frequently involve specialized expertise and may 
take more than one year to accomplish.  Since the Institutional
Development Committee is reformed each year it is expected that it will
sometimes be necessary to appoint, with Senate approval, ad hoc
committees which will include appropriate expertise and can function 
for as long as the activity requires.  The ad hoc committees will work
with, and will report to the Senate through, the current Institutional
Development Committee.

2.  The Committee will address its obligation to the concern over long
    range allocation of resources by consulting with the Vice Chancellor
    for Academic Affairs on:

    (a)  Allocation of new faculty positions.

    (b)  Establishment of new administrative positions.

3.  The committee will address its obligation to the candidate review
    process by joining with the Faculty Welfare Committee in interviewing
    candidates.  It will report to the Vice Chancellor for Academic 
    Affairs on the potential of the candidate for contributing to 
    overall university community.  

4.  The Committee will meet its obligations to exercise initiative as
    follows:

    When the Committee recognizes an activity which is likely to have
    an impact on one of the concerns of the committee, it will bring
    it to the attention of the Senate.  Any further action by the
    Committee will be as directed by the Senate. 


(Adopted by Faculty Senate, 10/17/79.)