THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE



                                    FACULTY SENATE







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                                       Senate Document Number  _1588S____ 



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                                       Date of Senate Approval _1-28-88__





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      Signature of Senate Chair _________________________ 



      Action of Vice Chancellor:



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                     Approval ________________________  Date ______________



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      Statement of Faculty Senate Action:





      FWDC Document #8                                   28 January 1988



                             UNIVERSITY TEACHING COUNCIL





      The University Teaching Council (UTC) is hereby established for

      the purpose of serving the relevant needs of the institution

      with respect to teaching.  This will be an institutional committee

      composed of faculty members and administrators. 



        I.  THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS AS FOLLOWS:



            A.  To encourage and facilitate improvements in methods

                and techniques of teaching on the part of all members

                of the UNCA faculty.


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            B.  To encourage and facilitate participation in

                Institutional research and development regarding

                teaching activities when such programs transcend

                the normal activities of institutional or

                administrative offices.



            C.  To aid faculty and administrators in identifying and

                pursuing sources of funds for improvement of teaching.



            D.  To serve as an advisory board regarding guidelines for

                all grant proposals regarding teaching, especially

                those which involve continuing matching funds on the

                part of the institution.



            E.  To advise the administration on matters relevant to

                the encouragement and support of improved teaching.



            F.  To award intramural funds for the support of teaching

                as they become available.



            G.  To participate in the selection process, including

                formulation of job description and hiring criteria,

                for personnel involved in fund-raising and grantmanship

                of such a nature as to be of concern to this Council;

                and to provide continued counsel regarding the

                responsibilities and activities of such personnel.



            H.  To establish mechanisms for the recognition of

                superior teaching in the form of additional awards

                and acknowledgements.  The duties of this Council

                shall include the determination of the recipient 

                for the Distinguished Teaching Award.  The committee

                shall follow the current guidelines for selecting a

                recipient of that award until or unless the committee

                shall propose amendments to the Senate to those

                guidelines.



            I.  To develop seminars and other methods, both intramural

                and extramural, for the exchange of ideas concerning

                pedagogy.



            J.  To work with University Relations to seek outside

                funding to support current and future activities of

                the UTC.



       II.  COMPOSITION OF THE TEACHING COUNCIL



            The University Teaching Council shall be composed as

            follows:



            A.  Five members of the Council shall be faculty members,

                at least two of which will be former recipients of

                the Distinguished Teaching Award, with one representative

                from each of (1) the arts, (2) management and accounting,

                education, physical education, (3) the humanities, (4)


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                mathematics and the natural sciences, and (5) the social

                sciences.  These members shall be recommended by the

                Chair of the Faculty Senate subject to the approval of

                the Faculty Senate.  The term of appointment shall be

                for two years, except that in the first year three members

                shall be elected for two years and two members for one-

                year terms.  Those members who will serve one-year terms

                shall be selected by lot.  One member of the FWDC shall

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                sit as an ex officio member of the UTC.



            B.  Two additional members of the Council shall be admini-

                strators appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academic

                Affairs.  At least one of these appointments must be

                from the area of Academic Affairs.



      III.  OFFICERS



            A.  The officers of the Council will be Chair and Secretary,

                elected by the Council on an annual basis from the

                faculty representatives on the Council.



       IV.  DATE EFFECTIVE



            A.  The University Teaching Council will be effective

                following its appointment in Spring of 1988.