Faculty Senate Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee
(FS Bylaws, Article 3.2)

Membership of Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee

3.2 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee

3.2.1 Composition

The membership of the committee shall be appointed by the president of the Faculty Senate and approved by the Faculty Senate. One faculty senator will be appointed to the committee to represent each of the Colleges of Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. A faculty senator representing University Libraries and a faculty senator representing the College of Law may be appointed upon their expression of interest in service on the committee. Other faculty senators may be appointed to the committee to a maximum of twelve (12) members.

3.2.2 Duties

The committee shall advise the Faculty Senate on matters and issues concerning:

Representation of the faculty in the governance of the university;

Compensation and benefits for faculty not covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement;

Faculty participation in the development of university policies, procedures, and practices which advance the academic mission of the university and a learning environment throughout the university;

Collective and individual faculty prerogatives in university policies and procedures;

Standards and procedures of accountability concerning faculty ethics and responsibilities and adherence to those standards and responsibilities;

The climate of academic freedom for the university community and policies, procedures, and practices of the university as they affect academic freedom;

Specific academic freedom issues which warrant Senate attention;

The administration and effectiveness of the faculty grievance processes.

Meets upon the call of the chair.



MEMBERSHIP

2023-2024

Faculty-BUS-MKTG

Reza Rajabi

Faculty-EDU-ETRA

Cindy Campbell

Faculty-EET-TECH

Fall-Mahdi Vaezi
Spring-TBD

Faculty-HHS-FACS

Fall-Charline Xie
Spring-TBD

Faculty-LAS-WLAC

Dennis Brain

Faculty-VPA-

Contact Us

University Council
Altgeld Hall 103

Benjamin Creed
President, Faculty Senate
Chair, University Council
bcreed@niu.edu

Pat Erickson
Administrative Assistant
pje@niu.edu

Linda Saborío
Faculty Advisory Council to the IBHE
lsaborio@niu.edu

Carrie Kortegast
Faculty Personnel Advisor
ckortegast@niu.edu

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