Resolution 0304-03R
Resolution
For discussion at the November 3, 2003, Senate meeting
Submitted by Professor Michael Range
Whereas the Policies of the Board of Trustees of the State University of
New York (Article IX, Title A, Sect. 1.a) include specific requirements
of consultation with a presidential search committee in the appointment
process of a chief administrative officer, and
Whereas said policies state that "reflecting the significance of the role
that faculty are expected to play in academic governance, the faculty
should predominate among the non-council constituencies on the search
committee," where faculty means academic teaching faculty, and
Whereas the Chair-Elect of the Senate is the duly elected representative
of the faculty on the University Council of the University at Albany,
The Senate of the University at Albany hereby resolves:
1. To confirm that the Chair-Elect of the Senate of the
University at Albany, as the faculty representative on the
University Council, enjoys the full confidence and
support of the Senate;
2. To request that the University Council include the
duly elected faculty representative as a member of the
search committee to be formed for the purpose of
finding a new chief administrative officer for the
University at Albany;
3. To request that the University Council appoint
additional teaching faculty to the presidential search
committee in a number at least consistent with the
policies of the Board of Trustees, so as to ensure the
strongest possible faculty participation in the search
process;
4. To request that said faculty committee members be
selected in consultation with the Senate of the
University at Albany, with the Chair-Elect or his or her
designee to serve as liaison between the University
Council and the Senate;
5. To request the search committee to reveal publicly in
a timely manner the names of the finalists; and
6. To direct the Chair of the Senate to transmit this
resolution to George M. Philip, Esq., Chair of the
University Council, and to SUNY Chancellor Robert L.
King.
The Resolution passed with a unanimous vote.
