Highlights 9/9/2004
The adhoc university-wide governance committee, which is investigating the ramifications of
potential increased autonomy of school and college governance, has been meeting weekly all
summer. Minutes and a draft report will shortly be available on the link below.
The Committee on Ethics in Research has drafted a new policy on misconduct in research and
scholarship that is being circulated to appropriate councils and should be available for review by
the senate in October.
The University Life Council, in the wake of last year’s senate approval of a one-year calendar
change to include the Muslim holiday of Eid, is investigating the larger question of what criteria
should be used in granting religious holidays, if any.
