Senate Charter Amendment No.: 1011-01A
UNIVERSITY SENATE
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by: Governance Council
Date: October 2010
Amendment RE: Chair of CPCA
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
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That the proposed clarifying amendment of the University Senate Charter, as highlighted
in boldface on the following page, be adopted.
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That this amendment go into effect in Fall 2011.
To add modify the Senate Charter, adding X.7.1.7 as follows:
X.7. Council on Promotions and Continuing Appointments
X.7.1. Composition
X.7.1.1. At least eight and no more than twelve Teaching Faculty (of whom at least
four must be Senators), from a balance of academic disciplines including the
library.
X.7.1.2. One Professional Faculty member
X.7.1.3. One graduate student, who must be a Senator
X.7.1.4. One undergraduate student, who must be a Senator.
X.7.1.5. No more than 2 voting members selected from Faculty or Staff who are
not students or Voting Faculty.
X.7.1.6 Staff support for the Council shall be designated by the Provost. [added by
amendment 5/2/05]
X.7.1.7 The chair of the Council must have the rank of Professor
Rationale:
CPCA is the central mechanism at the University by which the Faculty through governance
recommends to the President insuring highly qualified individuals for promotion and continuing
appointment quality. It should set a high standard in terms of professional experience,
achievement, and rank required of its members, particularly the chair of that Council. The chair
of CPCA is influential in guiding the review and recommendation process by assigning cases to
reviewers and directing case discussions. Professors have the greatest experience and have
achieved an advanced rank through a peer review process and are therefore best able to
perform the duties of chair. Standard practice in the academy is that outside reviewers of a
tenure case be of equal or, preferably, higher rank than the candidate. If we do not hold that
standard within the promotion process at UA, we risk our reputation as an institution of higher
learning and quality research.
