Senate Bill No.: 0405-10
UNIVERSITY SENATE
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by:
Governance Council
Date:
March 14, 2005
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY
SENATE
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT BE
ADOPTED:
1. Section SX.7.3 of the Senate Charter, which identifies the role of the Council on
Promotions and Continuing Appointments (CPCA), shall be revised. The original clause
is given below, followed by the clause with proposed changes noted in bold italics.
Original:
SX.7.3. The Council shall examine all files containing documents pertaining to
individual applications for promotion and/or continuing appointment prior to their
being transmitted to the President, to determine that they conform to the Guidelines
Concerning Promotion and Continuing Appointment. If a file is found to deviate
from the Guidelines, the Council shall direct that remedies be made if feasible, and
shall otherwise note the deficiencies and their possible effect on the
recommendation, and so advise the President, the Provost, the dean, the chair
(where applicable), and the candidate.
Revised:
SX.7.3. The Council shall examine all files containing documents pertaining to
individual applications for promotion and/or continuing appointment prior to their
being transmitted to the President, to determine that they conform to the Guidelines
Concerning Promotion and Continuing Appointment. If a file is found to deviate
from the Guidelines, the Council shall direct that remedies be made if feasible, and
shall otherwise note the deficiencies and their possible effect on the
recommendation, and so advise the President, the appropriate Vice President, the
dean (where applicable), the chair (where applicable), and the candidate.”
2. That this be forwarded to the President for approval.
3. That this change take effect immediately upon approval.
Rationale:
In response to the charge contained in the resolution passed at the December 6, 2004
meeting of the University Senate, the Governance Council has examined the Faculty
Bylaws and the Senate Charter to identify inconsistencies with the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) concerning procedures for promotion and continuing
appointments at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE). The
Governance Council solicited input from the general faculty by means of a Senate
broadcast and considered this input in its deliberations.
The Governance Council has detected no inconsistencies with respect to Faculty Bylaws.
With respect to the Senate Charter, Section SX.7.3 refers to reporting to the office of the
Provost (and Vice President of Academic Affairs). The proposed change reflects the
procedure stipulated in the MOU whereby CPCA transmits cases to the Vice President of
CNSE rather than to the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
The Governance Council has concluded that, with the above exception, the language in
the Charter pertaining to the role of CPCA is sufficiently general such that no further
amendments are required to satisfy the Council’s charge to resolve inconsistencies.
However, the Council recognizes that the procedures stipulated in the MOU for cases
from CNSE deviate from current practices of CPCA. The Governance Council
recommends that the Senate, in the course of its current consideration of governance
practices, clarify the role of CPCA.
