Senate Document #5

                    Institutional Development Committee
                               Document #1

                                 1985-86

The Institutional Development Committee recommends the following changes to
SD 35 (1981-82) on the University Planning Council: 

1.  Change the composition of the Planning Council

    Proposed composition

    4 Faculty from the Senate (IDC)
    2 Faculty elected by the Senate from the Faculty at large
    3 Administrators appointed by the Chancellor plus the University 
      Planning Officer
    1 Non-voting ex-officio member:  the University Librarian


    Rationale:
    The current membership of the University Planning Council
    consists of 6 faculty (all voting members), 3 voting members from
    the Administration, and 1 ex officio member from Institutional
    Research. The proposal converts the ex officio member into a
    voting member, and then, adds the University Librarian as an ex
    officio member. The proposal is being made so that all 4 major
    areas of the Administration can have representation: 

			1) Academic Affairs
			2) Student Affairs
			3) Financial Affairs
			4) University Relations

     Each of the above areas has a vice-chancellor overseeing the
     respective area. 

     The request for this change originated with the Chancellor, and
     was agreed to by the University Planning Council.  The Council
     feels that with adequate administrative representation it can be
     more effective in evaluating the broad and diverse proposals that
     it encounters.  Note that the role of the IDC (which sits on the
     Planning Council), insuring that proposals are brought to the
     Senate if needed, will continue. 

     The Planning Council felt that the University Librarian is an
     important resource member due to the centrality of the library in
     a university, and recommends that the Librarian be an ex officio
     member. 

     The two appoint faculty representatives are now to be elected by 
     the Senate to provide increased elected faculty membership without
     increasing the Council membership unncessarily.

2.  Clarifying to Whom the Planning Council Reports

    Add to Document #35 on page 2 at the end of the section 
    entitled "On-Going Planning Process" the following statement:

    The Faculty Senate Executive Commitee will review all Planning 
    Council recommendations, reporting to the Senate and forwarding 
    recommendations from the Planning Council for Senate action as 
    deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee.

    Amend the sentence of this section which begins "The Council's 
    recommendations ..." to read as follows:

    The Council's recommendations will then be forwarded to the 
    Executive Committee.

    Rationale:
    The Planning Council was conceived as an extension of the
    Institutional Development Committee of the Faculty Senate which
    is why all IDC members are on the Planning Council and the Second
    Vice Chairman of the Faculty chairs the Planning Council. It was
    always intended that Planning Council should work closely with
    the Faculty Senate.  The procedure outlined here has in fact been
    the norm and this provision merely formalizes what has been the
    practice.  It is assumed here that the EC will judge for the
    Faculty which matters are significant enough to require formal
    Senate review.