Bylaws of the Faculty
Purdue University School of Science
SECTION
The faculty of the Purdue University School of Science,
Indiana University-Purdue University,
The VOTING FACULTY shall consist of members of the
The NONVOTING FACULTY shall consist of members of the
As appointments by the Trustees, resignations, retirements, and terminations occur, the Dean of the School of Science (see Section III.2) shall communicate to the Secretary of the Faculty (see Section IV.2) changes to the list of the name, rank, tenure and voting status of each person holding an academic appointment.
SECTION II.
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE FACULTY
Legislative authority means the power to establish general
policies and to determine procedures for their implementation subject to the
approval of the Board of Trustees of Indiana University and
In accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana and, in particular, the authority granted to the Trustees of Indiana University and Purdue University to delegate to the faculty and to university officials such authority as they may possess, such delegation being always revocable and the exercise of delegated authority remaining at the Trustees' pleasure and subject to their approval, these Bylaws confirm and establish in the faculty the responsibilities and duties herein specified.
In accordance with long-standing
Without implied limitation on the general legislative authority of the Voting Faculty by failure of enumeration below, the Voting Faculty's legislative responsibilities and duties related to academic policies are:
a) standards for student admission, placement, and academic standing,
b) curriculum, course content, and examination procedures,
c) grading and student evaluation, grading appeals
In addition to these, the Voting Faculty has interests, legislative responsibilities, and duties overlapping those of administration in the following areas:
d) student conduct and discipline,
e) student grievances against faculty,
f) faculty appointment/reappointment, promotion, and tenure,
g) faculty status, conduct and discipline,
h) faculty grievances,
i) the privileges and general welfare of the faculty,
j) appointment and retention of academic administrative officers,
k) class scheduling and the academic calendar,
l) administration of libraries,
m) research and public service,
n) academic organization/reorganization,
o) physical facilities and budgeting insofar as they relate to academic objectives, and
p) all other policies and procedures affecting the faculty and its academic mission.
SECTION III.
ADMINISTRATION
The faculty recognize that the
The faculty recognize that the Dean of the
The faculty recognize that the Department Chairs are the chief administrative officers of the Departments. The Department Chair, together with the faculty and staff who are appointed by, act on behalf of, and are responsible to the Chair, shall comprise the Department's Administration.
The faculty request of the Dean that he/she shall:
a) be the chief administrative officer of the
b) allocate budgetary resources to the Departments and the Dean's Office,
c) approve or disapprove of all faculty appointments and reappointments,
d) collaborate with the Steering Committee in the appointment of an ad hoc committee to revise The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment as necessary,
e) in the Fall of each year, articulate to the faculty the major issues to be considered by the Dean's Administration over the coming year,
f) at least once each academic year, call a
convocation of the faculty to report on the state of the
g) request that the Steering Committee add agenda items for Faculty Assemblies,
h) communicate to the faculty all matters concerning the responsibilities, duties, and academic and professional welfare of the faculty that come before the School of Science and the university,
i) communicate to the Secretary of the Faculty the name, rank, tenure and voting status of each person holding an academic appointment as appointments by the Trustees occur,
j) represent, or designate a representative to, each standing committee of the faculty, except for the Unit Committee on which the Dean must serve, and
k) appoint a member of the Dean's staff to serve as Staff Aide for a one year term.
The faculty recognize the responsibilities and duties of the Dean's Administration as including but not be limited to:
a) carrying out the policies adopted by the Voting Faculty within its authority to act,
b) proposing procedures to the faculty for implementing each policy,
c) obtaining from the faculty of each Department certification of students who are to graduate,
d) proposing policies to the faculty for its consideration, and
e) communicating to the faculty through the President of the Faculty (see Section IV.1) and the Steering Committee (see Section VI.2.a) all administrative decisions that have an academic impact.
The Dean's Administration shall be evaluated on behalf of the faculty in prescribed academic years by the Subcommittee for Administrative Review (SAR), which will consist of the Departmental Steering Committee Representatives, the President of the Faculty, and the Secretary of the Faculty. While the mechanism for this evaluation may vary, the mechanism must:
a) be approved by the SAR,
b) be based on input from the Faculty,
c) evaluate the Dean's Administration in the context of the tasks for which it is responsible, and
d) be able to produce results by July 1 at the end of the prescribed academic year.
Each Department's Administration will also be evaluated in prescribed academic years by the SAR on behalf of the faculty of the respective Departments. While the mechanism for this evaluation may vary, the mechanism must:
a) be approved by the SAR,
b) be applied to all Departments,
c) be based on input from the Faculty of the respective Departments,
d) evaluate the Chair's Administration in the context of the tasks for which it is responsible, and
e) be able to produce results by July 1 at the end of the prescribed academic year.
The Dean will be reviewed by the SOS in his or her third full academic year in the role of Dean. Because the University conducts a campus-level review of the Dean on a five-year cycle, additional internal reviews by the SOS shall be conducted with appropriate timing so that the Dean is reviewed at least once every three years, either by the University or internally by the SOS, but not twice in successive years. The SAR will actively promote faculty involvement in the campus-level reviews of the Dean.
Assistant Deans, Associate Deans, and Department Chairs will be reviewed in the same years as the Dean's (internal and campus-level) reviews, but no sooner than 2 years after assumption of the position under review. In the event that this exception would result in a period longer than three years without review, the SAR may schedule an interim review for an Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, or Department Chair.
The full internal SOS reviews will consist of both a quantitative component and a qualitative component. In addition to these reviews, a brief review that consists essentially of the quantitative component of the full review will be applied annually for the Dean and for each Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, and Department Chair, but no sooner than one year after assumption of the position under review.
The SAR will determine the most appropriate means for analyzing the data and for communicating the results in a constructive and collaborative manner. If subgroup analyses are deemed appropriate by the SAR, then reasonable steps must be taken to preserve anonymity, especially for small demographic subgroups within the respondent sample.
The SAR shall provide a summary of the evaluation of the Dean's Administration to the Dean and to the faculty. The SAR shall provide a summary of the evaluation of each Chair's Administration to the Department Chair, the faculty of the respective Department and to the Dean.
The SAR will meet during the fall semester to formulate and modify the review instruments; however, an attempt should be made to minimize changes in order to allow comparisons of faculty responses over time. The SAR may consult each administrator under review for items that he or she would like to add to the evaluation (e.g., to obtain feedback on specific initiatives or roles that are unique to that person’s position).
Following each review, one copy of the final report for each administrator will be archived in a secure manner in the Dean’s Office by the Dean’s designee. Archived reports of the Dean and of Assistant and Associate Deans will be available to all faculty. Archived reports of Department Chairs will be available to faculty of the respective Departments and to members of the Steering Committee.
The President of the Faculty shall be a member of the Voting Faculty. The President's term of service shall be one year, to commence August 1 prior to the start of the Fall Semester upon completion of the term as Secretary. The President shall:
a) communicate to the faculty all matters concerning the responsibilities, duties, and academic and professional welfare of the faculty that come before the School of Science and the university,
b) preside over Faculty Assemblies,
c) preside over meetings of the Steering Committee, and
d) perform other duties appropriate to that office and the desires of the faculty.
Should the President be temporarily or permanently unable to perform the duties of that office, the Past-President will assume the position of the President. Should the Past-President be unable to do so, the Secretary of the Faculty will assume the position of the President. Should the Secretary of the Faculty be unable to do so, the Steering Committee will elect one of its Department Representatives to assume the position of the President in the interim, for the remainder of the term, or until such time as a mail ballot is conducted to elect a new President from among the Voting Faculty, whichever is shorter.
The Secretary of the Faculty shall be the Secretary of the Steering Committee and President-Elect of the Faculty, and shall be elected by the Voting Faculty at the last regularly scheduled meeting of the academic year. In the absence of a meeting at the scheduled time because of unforeseen circumstances, a mail ballot shall be conducted. The Secretary of the Faculty's term of service shall be one year, to commence August 1 prior to the start of the Fall Semester after the Secretary of the Faculty's selection, and upon completion of this term the Secretary of the Faculty shall assume the position of President of the Faculty. The Secretary of the Faculty shall:
a) maintain
a roster of the faculty of the
b) have prepared and distributed the agenda of all Faculty Assemblies as prescribed in these Bylaws,
c)
have prepared, distributed, and verified
ballots (including mail ballots) for all elections conducted by the
d) have prepared and distributed minutes of all Faculty Assemblies within ten days after each assembly,
e) maintain permanent records of all legislation passed by the Voting Faculty, of all resolutions adopted, of all matters under current consideration, and of all actions taken by the Dean's Administration to implement legislation passed by the Voting Faculty,
f) each year have compiled and distributed to the faculty a list of the members of the standing and ad hoc committees of the faculty,
g) have maintained a collection of the minutes of the standing and ad hoc committees of the faculty, and have caused them to be deposited in the appropriate archives,
h) in the absence of the President and Past-President, preside over Faculty Assemblies and the Steering Committee, and perform other duties appropriate to that office and the desires of the faculty,
i) be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Steering Committee,
j) maintain a record copy of these Bylaws and The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment, and transmit copies of approved amendments and revisions to the Bylaws to the Dean of Faculties of the University and the President of the IUPUI Faculty Council for information, and
k) maintain the official copies of the operating procedures of the standing committees.
Should the Secretary of the Faculty assume the position of President of the Faculty as stated in Subsection 1 or be temporarily or permanently unable to perform the duties of the Office of Secretary, the Steering Committee will elect one of its Department Representatives to assume the position in the interim, for the remainder of the term, or until such time as a mail ballot is conducted to elect a new Secretary of the Faculty from among the Voting Faculty, whichever is shorter.
The Past-President shall be a member of the Steering Committee. The Past-President’s term of service shall be one year, to commence August 1 upon completion of the term as President. The Past-President shall:
a) be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Steering Committee,
b) upon invitation of the Dean represent the faculty on the School of Science Chairman's Council,
c)
maintain contact with the
d) serve as an interim Secretary of the Steering Committee in the absence of the Secretary from a regularly scheduled meeting, to prepare and distribute minutes of that meeting, and
e) in the absence of the President, preside over Faculty Assemblies and the Steering Committee, and perform other duties appropriate to that office and the desires of the faculty.
Should the Past-President be temporarily or permanently unable to perform the duties of that office, the Steering Committee will elect one of its Department Representatives to assume the position in the interim, for the remainder of the term.
The Dean is requested to appoint a member of the Dean's office staff to assist the President and the Secretary of the Faculty in the execution of their duties and responsibilities to the faculty.
SECTION V. FACULTY
ASSEMBLIES
Regular Faculty Assemblies shall be held at least once each semester at a date and time set by the Steering Committee.
Special Faculty Assemblies may be called by the Steering Committee, or any member of the faculty who has obtained the signatures of 15% or more of the members of the Voting Faculty in support of such a meeting. If such a meeting has been requested, the President, in consultation with the Steering Committee, shall call such a special meeting within ten regular class days after the request is received, with notice being given to the faculty at least three regular class days prior to the meeting date. The issue of the petition shall be the sole order of business of the special meeting.
At least once each academic year the Dean shall call a
convocation of the faculty to report on the state of the
Faculty Assemblies shall be open to all faculty members, and to other persons invited to attend by the Steering Committee or by the President. Members of the press shall be admitted only by invitation of the Steering Committee or by a majority vote of the Voting Faculty. A representative of the IUPUI News Service, or officially-recognized student newspapers, and any student representative approved by the Steering Committee will normally be invited to attend.
At any Faculty Assembly, the Voting Faculty may declare itself in executive session, excluding all visitors not explicitly designated for attendance at the executive session. It may also exclude Nonvoting Faculty.
The normal order of business at each regular Faculty Assembly shall be:
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes of the Last Faculty Assembly
3. Acceptance of the Agenda
4. Reports offered by the Dean's Administration and Officers of the Faculty
5. Business Agenda for the Day
6. Reports of Committees
7. Adjournment
(Memorial Resolutions may appear on the Agenda in any position chosen by the Steering Committee.)
a) Preparation and Distribution. The agenda for each regular Faculty Assembly, as prepared by the Steering Committee, shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Faculty to the members of the faculty at least one week before that meeting or convocation. In the case of special Faculty Assemblies, the agenda shall be available to members of the faculty at least three days before that meeting. The agenda shall indicate what issues and documents are to be dealt with, what committees are to report, and what petitions are to be presented. Documents for faculty consideration that involve a change of regulations shall clearly show a comparison of the existing and proposed new regulations. Allotments of time for presentation of reports or documents may be indicated at the discretion of the Steering Committee.
b) Modification. The agenda prepared by the Steering Committee may be modified either by consent or by a majority vote of the Voting Faculty present and voting, except that only subjects specifically listed in the announced agenda for a special Faculty Assembly may be considered at that meeting. However, prior to a vote being taken on any item of business at any Faculty Assembly which was not included on the agenda provided by the Steering Committee for that Faculty Assembly, the Voting Faculty may postpone action on that item until the next regular or (appropriate) special Faculty Assembly if at least 20% of the Voting Faculty present request postponement.
On matters that cannot be adequately resolved by voting of departmental representatives to the Steering Committee, votes may take place at a Faculty Assembly.
a) Quorum. A quorum of the Faculty Assembly shall consist of 25% of the Voting Faculty.
b) Majority. A simple majority of the Voting Faculty present and voting at any Faculty Assembly shall suffice to prevail and a simple majority of those ballots returned in a mail ballot shall suffice, unless otherwise specified in the Bylaws.
c) Mail Ballot. Any member of the Voting Faculty may move to have a mail ballot on any issue requiring a vote of the Voting Faculty.
1. With each mail ballot the Secretary of the Faculty shall have provided a self-addressed envelope for the return of the ballot. To insure secret balloting, the envelope shall have a provision for a member's vote-validating signature that shall be separate from the ballot.
2. The Steering Committee shall specify a date and time by which the mail ballot must be cast. This date shall be at least 14 days and at most 30 days after distribution of the ballots and the minutes of the Faculty Assembly at which the issue was discussed. No ballots received after the specified date shall be counted.
3. When a ballot is returned, the Secretary of the Faculty shall have noted that the member whose signature appears on the envelope has voted. No ballot shall be accepted without a validating signature.
4. Ballots shall be counted by the Secretary of the Faculty. Ballots shall be held for recount by the Steering Committee, should the Steering Committee so choose.
d) Destruction of Ballots. After a vote on any issue before the Faculty Assembly or any faculty committee has been made and accepted, a motion may be made to destroy the ballots. If such a motion is made and passed, the ballots shall be destroyed by the Secretary of the Faculty.
e) Reconsideration. If twenty members of the Voting Faculty shall make known, either by vote at a Faculty Assembly or by written petition to the President, that they wish an item which was previously considered by the Steering Committee on behalf of the faculty or by a faculty committee to be reconsidered at a Faculty Assembly or referred to the Voting Faculty by mail ballot, then the matter shall be handled in whichever of these manners is chosen by the petitioners. If both reconsideration and a mail ballot are sought by separate groups of the Voting Faculty, then reconsideration at a Faculty Assembly shall precede such a mail ballot. This provision for reconsideration does not include personnel decisions of the Academic Promotion and Tenure Committees.
f) Academic Degrees. No faculty member shall be entitled to vote to confer a degree on himself or herself.
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of Faculty Assemblies, except as specifically provided in the Bylaws.
SECTION VI.
COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY
a) Membership.
Any member of the Voting Faculty may serve on any committee of the faculty,
and, unless otherwise specified below, only members of the Voting Faculty may
serve on committees of the faculty. Further, beyond matters judged to be
confidential and not appropriate for general discussion outside the committee,
the members of each committee are expected to communicate and consult with the
faculty in their Departments and the faculty of the
b) Committee Chairs. Unless otherwise specified in these Bylaws each committee shall elect its own chair as its first order of business at its first meeting of each academic year. That member whose name is first in alphabetical order of the members of the committee shall act as convener for the first meeting of the academic year unless otherwise specified in these Bylaws. Any faculty member representing a Department on any committee is eligible to chair that committee. (Unless otherwise specified, this excludes the Dean or any designee of the Dean, unless as a faculty member, that person is also a designated Department representative.) The chair should, if possible, be a member with previous experience on the committee to insure continuity.
c) Subcommittees. Within the boundaries of its authority, each standing committee shall have the power to establish subcommittees. The membership of a subcommittee may be drawn from outside the parent committee or from outside the School of Science or the university, but the chair of a subcommittee shall always be a member of the parent committee.
a) The Steering Committee
1.
Membership. The voting members of this
committee shall consist of the President, the Dean or the Dean's designee, and
one representative from each Department in the
2.
Duties and Responsibilities. This
committee shall serve as the primary legislative body of the
i. serve as representatives of the Faculty with higher administration or the Trustees,
ii. receive, review, initiate or make recommendations concerning proposals relating to the general welfare of the Faculty,
iii. receive, review, initiate or make recommendations concerning proposals relating to administrative practices and policies,
iv. review the long-range plans of the School and advise the Dean on them,
v. call special Faculty Assemblies as necessary,
vi. propose an agenda for each Faculty Assembly,
vii. conduct mail ballots as necessary,
viii. receive, review, initiate or make recommendations concerning budgetary matters and the School's financial health in accordance with current university policies, and
ix. collaborate with the Dean in the appointment of an ad hoc committee to revise The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment as necessary.
b) The Undergraduate Education Committee
1. Membership. This committee shall consist of
the Dean, or the Dean's designee, and one representative from each Department
in the
2. Duties and Responsibilities. Among its responsibilities this committee shall:
i. receive, review,
initiate, or make recommendations to the Faculty concerning matters related to undergraduate
academic policy within the
ii. approve or disapprove of
all undergraduate courses to be added, dropped or significantly changed in the
iii. conduct a continuing
review of the undergraduate educational policies of the
iv. communicate with the Graduate Education Committee as needed.
c) The Nominations and Awards Committee
1. Membership. This committee shall consist of the Dean, or the Dean's designee, and one representative from each Department in the School of Science. Department Representatives may be selected from members of the VOTING FACULTY or the NONVOTING Faculty.
2. Duties and Responsibilities. Except as noted elsewhere, this committee shall:
i. solicit nominations from the faculty for any position which is to be filled by a vote of the Voting Faculty, and provide nominees for unit representatives to and encourage at-large representatives for the Indiana University Faculty Council, the IUPUI Faculty Council, and other such positions at the appropriate times, taking care to obtain the consent of any nominee to have his/her name placed in nomination,
ii. appoint a member of the Voting Faculty to any elected position or office of the Faculty which falls vacant prior to an election in due course, provided that the Committee shall report its action to, and seek the approval of, the Voting Faculty at the next regular Faculty Assembly. Persons appointed to such vacancies and confirmed by a vote of the Voting Faculty shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Should the Voting Faculty fail to confirm the Committee's appointee, the Voting Faculty shall proceed at once to elect a replacement to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term,
iii. at the request of the Dean publicize, solicit applications, review applications, and select those to be funded for School of Science grants and awards,
iv. at the request of the Dean publicize and solicit applications for awards in teaching, research, and service for faculty and students as are to be made by the School of Science, review applications and select recipients,
v. publicize, solicit applications for, and choose School of Science and university scholarship nominees.
d) The Unit Committee
The Unit Committee considers all candidates for promotion and tenure in the School of Science after they have been considered by the appropriate Department Primary Committee(s) but before they are considered by the Dean of the School of Science. The committee shall ensure that the faculty member has been treated fairly in case of a negative decision. In each Department, either the Voting Faculty will elect the representative to the Unit Committee, or the Primary Committee will elect this representative if the Primary Committee itself is elected by the Voting Faculty. The membership, duties, and responsibilities of the Unit Committee are described in The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment. The chair of this committee shall, if possible, have previous experience on a Primary Committee, a School of Science Unit Committee, and the IUPUI Promotions and Tenure Committee to insure continuity.
e) The Library Committee
1. Membership. This committee shall consist of the Dean, or the Dean's designee, a representative from the library staff designated by the Dean, and one representative from each Department in the School of Science. Department Representatives may be selected from members of the VOTING FACULTY or the NONVOTING Faculty.
2. Duties and Responsibilities. This committee, in consultation with the Faculty, shall advise the Dean s Administration and the library staff on library matters which affect the School of Science.
f) The Assessment Committee
1. Membership. The Committee will consist of one faculty representative from each department who will have voting privileges on the Committee. One Associate Dean will serve as a non-voting liaison to the Committee from the Dean’s Office. The Committee will also select one of its voting members as a representative to the IUPUI Program Review and Assessment Committee.
2. Duties and Responsibilities. This committee shall:
i. facilitate the assessment of student learning at School and department levels,
ii. provide the Associate Dean for Academic Programs with an annual
report from each department, which the Associate Dean will collate into the
annual School of Science assessment report to be submitted to the IUPUI Program
Review and Assessment Committee, and
iii. provide the IUPUI Program Review and Assessment Committee with whatever information it requests.
g) The Research Committee
1. Membership. This committee shall consist of
the Dean, or the Dean's designee, and one representative from each Department
in the
2. Duties and Responsibilities. Among its responsibilities this committee shall:
i. make
recommendations to the Faculty and to the Dean concerning research policies
within the
ii. review Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and other research proposals on behalf of the School,
iii. review proposals for all new school and campus research centers to be housed in the school, and review existing research centers as requested by the Dean or other campus administrators, and
iv. communicate with the Graduate Education committee as needed.
h) The Graduate Education Committee
1. Membership. This committee shall consist of
the Dean, or the Dean's designee, and one representative from each Department
in the
2. Duties and Responsibilities. Among its responsibilities this committee shall:
i. receive, review,
initiate, or make recommendations to the Faculty concerning matters related to
graduate programs within the
ii. approve or disapprove of
all graduate courses and programs to be added, dropped or significantly changed
in the
iii. conduct a continuing
review of the graduate education policies of the
iv. communicate with the Research Committee and the Undergraduate Education Committee as needed.
a) The Council of Liberal Arts and Science
1. Membership. The School of Science members of the council are appointed by the President of the Faculty and the Dean of the School of Science. This council may be chaired by the Deans or the Deans' designees.
2. Duties and Responsibilities. This council shall design and facilitate collaboration between the Schools of Liberal Arts and Science including, but not being limited to, the areas of curriculum, marketing, relationships with the Undergraduate Education Center, and relationships with other schools of the university.
The President of the Faculty, the Steering Committee, or the Voting Faculty present and voting at a Faculty Assembly may establish such ad hoc committees as they see fit, save that no ad hoc committee shall be established without a specific term and mandate.
SECTION VII.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
Committees that are necessarily chaired and/or organized by the Dean or his designee, that have fiscal responsibilities or student members are Administrative Committees.
Any member of the VOTING FACULTY may serve on any administrative committees, and unless otherwise specified below, only members of the VOTING FACULTY may serve on administrative committees. These representatives shall exercise the legislative authority of the Voting Faculty as appropriate for that committee.
a) The Academic Appeals Committee
Committee members may be selected from members of the VOTING FACULTY or the NONVOTING Faculty. This Committee shall advise the Administration on matters of student grievances against faculty in the School of Science, and matters of student conduct and discipline.
b) The Technology Committee
Membership. Voting members of the committee shall consist of the Dean, or the Dean’s Designee, two undergraduate students, and one representative from each Department in the School of Science. Department representatives may be selected from members of the VOTING FACULTY or the NONVOTING Faculty. A second Dean’s designee may also be a nonvoting member of the committee. The committee shall be chaired by the Dean or Dean’s first designee.
1. be a forum for the discussion of the use of technology in teaching, research, and service,
2. advise the administration on school-wide policies regarding the use of technology in teaching, research, and service,
3. advise the administration on the trends and uses of technology in teaching, research, and service,
4. establish and review annually a technology plan for the School of Science, and
5. advise the administration on the expenditure of funds allocated to the School of Science for teaching, research, and service.
SECTION VIII.
DOCUMENTS
Amendment to and revision, including deletion, addition, or substitution, of these Bylaws shall require a mail ballot of the Voting Faculty. Amendment and revision shall require a two thirds majority vote of the ballots returned. Approved amendments and revisions shall become a part of this document or replace this document, as appropriate, and copies of them shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Faculty to the Dean of Faculties of the University and the President of the IUPUI Faculty Council for information.
Each standing committee of the faculty (other than the Unit Committee) will prepare and maintain (through continual review) a document describing its operating procedures. Amendment to and revision of each such document must be approved by the Voting Faculty via the Steering Committee.
Each administrative committee is also encouraged to prepare and maintain (through continual review) a document describing its operating procedures.
The operating procedures of the Unit Committee are described in The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (see Subsection 3 below).
The Voting Faculty will approve standards and procedures concerning faculty promotion and tenure. Details of the School of Science promotion and tenure process (including those relating to the Department Primary Committees) are described in The Purdue University School of Science in Indianapolis' Criteria and Documentation Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment. Amendment to and revision of this document shall be at the recommendation of an ad hoc committee of full professors in the School of Science, appointed by the Dean with consultation of the Steering Committee and/or the Chair's Council. This committee shall consult with the faculty, but, because promotion, tenure, and reappointment are not rights delegated to the faculty, approval of amendments to and revision of this document remain the right of those university officials to whom such rights have been delegated by the Boards of Trustees of Indiana University and Purdue University. Approved amendments and revisions to this document shall become a part of or replace this document, as appropriate, and copies of them shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Faculty to the Dean of Faculties of the University and the President of the IUPUI Faculty Council. The chair of an ad hoc committee to revise the promotion, tenure, and reappointment document should, if possible, have previous experience on a Primary Committee, a School of Science Unit Committee, the IUPUI Promotions and Tenure Committee, and the IUPUI Faculty Council.
This document replaces the previous School of Science Bylaws, dated April 30, 2004.