II. CAMPUS GOVERNANCE
The
Education Law* established the Board of Trustees and charged it with the
responsibility for and the conduct of the University. The Trustees, in turn,
have promulgated Policies that represent a constitution providing basic principles
of policy and organization. These Policies vest authority in the Chancellor of
the University and in campus presidents. The Policies delineate the
responsibilities of the President, in general to "administer the college
for which he or she serves" and to "promote its development and
effectiveness."
Article X of
the Policies, among its other provisions, empowers and directs the faculty to
develop by- laws for the conduct of its affairs. Substantive actions taken in
the course of that conduct are advisory upon the President and are a
recognition of the President's legal authority. Furthermore, the provisions in
those by- laws concerning consultation--how, when, where, and in what form the
President consults with the faculty--are subject to the President's approval.
It is understood, of course, that by- laws often contain procedures for
consultation among faculty in addition to provisions for presidential
consultation with faculty. The latter alone is addressed in Article X.
When the
President accepts provisions of local by- laws concerning consultation, the
Trustees, through Article X, as well as the Chancellor, respect this
endorsement. These provisions become thereby part of local policy, and provide
a framework for campus governance.
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*Education
Law 354 and 355
FACULTY BYLAWS
(Current as of November 2007)
PREAMBLE
These Bylaws
are enacted by the voting faculty of the State University of New York at
DEFINITIONS
Terms. As used in these Bylaws, unless
otherwise specified, the following terms shall mean:
a. SUNY.
b. The President. The President of the
c. The Provost. The Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs at the State
d. Faculty.
1. The Chancellor, the President, and all members of the academic
staff of the State University of New York at
2. Members emeriti.
e. Voting Faculty.
The Chancellor, the President, the Provost, and all faculty members
having academic rank (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor,
Instructor, Librarian, Associate Librarian, Senior Assistant Librarian, and
Assistant Librarian) and term or continuing appointment; the foregoing includes
administrative appointees with concurrent academic rank and Bartle
Professors. There shall be a five-year
limit to the voting status of Bartle Professors from the time of their initial
appointment as Bartle Professor. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in April 1997) Persons having temporary
academic appointments or qualified academic rank may be included in the Voting
Faculty upon the recommendation of the appropriate academic units and with the
approval of the Provost.
f. Faculty in Residence.
Those members of the faculty whose duty assignments require their
presence on campus and those faculty who will be on campus without duty
assignments but declare their wish at the beginning of the semester to be listed
in residence.
g. Academic Year.
For the purposes of these Bylaws, the academic year shall be designated
as beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 of the following calendar
year.
h. Academic Subdivisions.
Organizational entities below the level of the State University of New
York at
1. Academic Units.
The constituent schools of the State University of New York at
2. Academic Sub-units. Departments
in departmentalized schools; any program with its own personnel berth that is
temporarily housed in the
i.
* As of the fall semester of 2006, the
constituent schools of the State University of New York at
POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Title A.
Legislative Powers
The voting
faculty shall have the power to legislate as necessary for performance of its
responsibilities as determined by the Board of Trustees.
The voting
faculty is responsible, individually and collectively, for the maintenance of
academic standards, including requirements for admission subject to the State
University of New York at
The faculty
shall participate in the process of appointment of senior-level academic
administrators, such participation normally to be in the form of membership on
search committees.
In general
the Bylaws, policies, and procedures established by the Faculty Senate shall be
binding on the legislative bodies of academic subdivisions. Similarly, the Bylaws, policies and
procedures of the legislative bodies of schools and colleges shall be binding
on any academic subdivision within them.
ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES
Title A.
Faculty Meetings
1. Regular and Special Meetings. The President shall call and preside over a
meeting of the faculty once a semester and, at his/her discretion, may call
other meetings. He/she shall call
special meetings if petitioned to do so in writing by at least 15 percent of
the faculty in residence.
2. Agenda. Agenda
for each regular or special faculty meeting must be announced and proposals for
action must be distributed to the faculty at least 72 hours before the meeting.
3. Quorum. A quorum
for regular or special meetings shall consist of two-fifths of the voting
faculty in residence.
4. Secretary of the Faculty. The Secretary of the Senate shall serve as
Secretary of the Faculty.
5. Procedures Committee.
The Procedures Committee of the Faculty Senate shall also serve as the
Procedures Committee of the Faculty and shall assist the President in
developing the agenda for meetings of the Faculty. In general its responsibilities shall be the
same as outlined in Article III, Title B. 9. a. of these Bylaws.
6. Faculty Minutes.
Under the direction of the Secretary of the Faculty, minutes of each
faculty meeting shall be prepared and distributed to the faculty. In addition, permanent files will be kept by
the President, the Director of Libraries (file housed in the University
Archives), and the Secretary of the Senate.
7. Procedures.
Procedures of the faculty meetings shall conform to the most recent
edition of
Title B. Faculty Senate
1. Powers and Functions.
There shall be a Faculty Senate empowered to act for and to represent
the voting faculty of the State University of New York at
2. Qualifications of Elected Members. All voting faculty having at least one year
of full-time faculty experience at this institution at any time they take
office shall be eligible for election to the Faculty Senate.
3. Representation. Representation shall be by academic unit and
by academic sub-unit.
a. The President and the Provost shall be members of the Senate ex
officio and shall not be counted as representing an academic unit or sub-unit.
b. Election
of senators shall be by academic unit in non-departmentalized units, and by
academic sub-unit in departmentalized units.
Administrative officers with concurrent academic rank shall be counted
as members of the respective academic units or sub-units to which they have
been assigned, and are eligible for election as senators. Units
or sub-units having at least 5 and fewer than 11 members shall elect one
senator. Units or sub-units having at
least 12 but no more than 19 members shall elect 2 senators. Units or sub-units having more than 19 but no
more than 27 members shall elect 3 senators. Units or sub-units having more
than 27 but no more than 35 members shall elect 4 senators. Units or sub-units
having more than 35 members shall elect 5 senators. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in November 2007) Units or sub-units having fewer than 5 members
may elect one senator or may, by mutual agreement, combine with another
sub-unit for the purpose of representation on the Faculty Senate. If either option is chosen, the sub-unit must
notify the Secretary of the Faculty Senate, in writing, of its decision to
exercise this option; this notification must be given prior to the next
scheduled election. (See Article
III.B.6.b. below.) Such sub-units that
do not choose one of these options will not be represented on the Faculty Senate. (See Article I.h. above.) (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in
December 2004)
c. The Professional Employees Council may designate a professional
employee to serve as non-voting liaison with the Faculty Senate with the right
of full participation in debates.
d. The Graduate Student Organization may designate a graduate student
to serve as non-voting liaison with the Faculty Senate with the right of full
participation in debates. (Approved
by faculty in mail ballot in March 2001)
e. The Student Association may designate an undergraduate student
to serve as non-voting liaison with the Faculty Senate with the right of full
participation in debates. (Approved
by faculty in mail ballot in March 2001)
f. The Faculty Senate shall include the faculty member who is the
elected representative to the SUNY-wide Faculty Senate, and this representative
shall not be counted against the number of representatives allotted to his/her
academic unit or sub-unit.
4. Presiding Officer.
The presiding officer shall be the Chairperson of the Senate (also
serves as Chairperson of the Procedures Committee, see Section 9) or in his/her
absence the Vice Chairperson of the Senate.
In the event of the absence of both of the above, the presiding officer
pro tem shall be the Chairperson of the Executive Committee or his/her
designee.
5. Executive Committee. There shall be an Executive Committee of the
Faculty Senate.
a. Duties.
i. To report to the Faculty Senate on matters of concern to the
faculty that have come to its attention.
The Executive Committee shall have the discretion to:
(a) Refer questions or requests it may receive for consideration
to the appropriate faculty committee.
(b) Make
recommendations to the Faculty Senate on pending legislation.
(c) Consider matters in confidence when appropriate.
(d) Establish and maintain communication with appropriate policy
making individuals and groups.
ii. To present faculty interests and views, and strengthen the
role of the faculty in university policy making.
b. Composition. The Executive Committee shall consist of seventeen (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in March 2006, May 2007) members of the State University of New
York at
i. Nine from Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, distributed as
equally as possible among the divisions of the School; such distribution to be
determined by the Committee on Committees.
Each division shall be considered a separate constituency for the
purpose of this Article.
ii. Two from the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and
Applied Science. (Approved by faculty in
mail ballot in March 2006)
iii. Six (Approved by faculty in
May 2007), distributed one each from the Library; Health, Physical Education
and Athletics; Decker School of Nursing; School of Education; College of Community and Public
Affairs; and School of Management.
iv. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Senate and the
Faculty Senator representing the faculty to the SUNY Faculty Senate shall be ex
officio voting members of the Executive Committee and, if not already a member
of the Executive Committee, the size of the Executive Committee shall be
(temporarily) increased. (Approved by faculty in
mail ballot in March 2006)
v. If one of the academic units listed in parts B.5.b.i. or
B.5.b.ii or B.5.b.iii (Approved by faculty in
mail ballot in March 2006) has fewer than 8 voting faculty, that unit will not have a member
on the Executive Committee and the size of the Executive Committee will be
reduced accordingly. Such a unit may
send a non-voting observer from among its voting faculty to Executive Committee
meetings. (Approved by
faculty in mail ballot in December 2004)
c. Officers. The
Executive Committee shall elect its own chairperson, who shall serve for a
two-year term. (Approved
by faculty in mail ballot in May 2000)
d. Faculty Senate Membership. Faculty elected to the Executive Committee
need not have been elected to the Faculty Senate prior to their election to the
Executive Committee. Once elected to the
Executive Committee one automatically becomes a member of the Faculty
Senate. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in
December 2004)
6. Election.
a. Executive Committee.
The annual election for members of the Executive Committee shall be in
March.
i. Nominations for election shall be by petition within each of
the constituencies defined in 5. b. above.
(a) Each constituency shall nominate candidates from the
constituency to a number at least twice as many as the constituency's
membership on the Executive Committee. Nominating petitions must be signed by
10 percent of the constituency, or 15 constituents, whichever number is
smaller.
(b) Should the number of candidates nominated by any constituency
be insufficient, the Executive Committee shall nominate from among the entire
constituency additional candidates in order to reach the minimum required
number.
ii. Elections shall be by constituencies. A written ballot shall be submitted to each
faculty member listing all the nominees from the constituency. The faculty
member may vote for no more than the number to which the constituency is
entitled. When more than one nominee is to be elected from the constituency,
voters are to rank order their preferences. In such cases each nominee will
receive a total vote based upon rank orders, as follows: Rank 1 is accorded the weight of 3 votes;
Rank 2 is accorded 2 votes; Rank 3 or less is accorded 1 vote. Within each constituency those nominees
receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.
b. The annual election for the remaining members of the Faculty
Senate shall be in
i. From a list of those eligible to serve, each department in a
school that is organized by departments; Health, Physical Education and Athletics; schools
that are not organized by departments, and the Library shall elect the
appropriate number of representatives.
(a) The appropriate number of representatives shall be obtained by
subtracting the number of representatives elected from a department or school
to the Executive Committee from the total number of representatives allocated
to the department or school.
(b) If a department in Harpur College of Arts and Sciences should
have a greater number of members elected to the Executive Committee than is
apportioned to the department from 3. g. of this Article, all members elected
to the Executive Committee will be permitted to serve and the maximum number of
Faculty Senators shall be increased accordingly.
ii. The method for all regular and special elections shall be
determined by the Committee on Committees and approved by the Faculty Senate.
iii. If a representative is unable or unwilling to meet regularly
with the Senate, the delegation of which he/she is a member may declare the
seat vacant. Three unexcused absences during one year shall be considered an
unwillingness to meet regularly with the Senate. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in May
2000)
iv. If a seat becomes vacant for any reason, the constituency
represented shall hold a special election to fill the vacancy. If a seat is
vacant because a representative is not in residence, the representative shall,
upon returning, reclaim his/her seat for the unexpired portion of his/her
term. An interim replacement will, in
this case, be elected by the constituency represented.
c. Term of Office.
The term of office of each member of the Faculty Senate (including the
Executive Committee) is two years beginning the September l after
election. The terms of the Chairperson
of the Faculty Senate and the Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall be
automatically extended for a third year upon election to the chairperson
position. Furthermore, a member of the
Faculty Senate (including the Executive Committee) may be re-elected to the
Senate (including the Executive Committee) for one additional term. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in
December 2004) If a faculty member has
served for two consecutive terms, (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in December 2004) he/she may not be re-elected until one
year after the expiration of the previous term of office. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in May
2000)
7. Quorum. A quorum shall consist of one-half of the
voting members.
8. Power of the Faculty to Rescind, Repeal, or Amend an Action
of the Faculty Senate. Any action of
the Faculty Senate may be rescinded, repealed, or amended by the voting faculty
provided:
a. A motion to consider an action of the Senate carried by a
majority vote of the voting faculty present at any faculty meeting.
b. Thereafter, a substantive proposal concerning the action being
considered is discussed and approved, after which mail ballots and copies of
the proposal are distributed to the entire voting faculty.
c. A majority of those voting support the proposal, provided that
at least two-thirds of the voting faculty vote.
d. Nothing in this section abrogates the power of the Faculty
Senate to rescind, repeal, or amend its own actions.
9. Procedures and Elected
Officers.
a. Procedures. There
shall be a Committee on Procedures, consisting of the Chairperson of the Senate
as Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson of the Senate, and the Secretary of the
Senate.
i. This committee shall receive items for the agenda, and shall
organize and present the agenda for each Senate meeting. Copies of the agenda and proposal for action
shall be distributed to members of Faculty Senate constituencies in residence
at least 72 hours before regular Senate meetings.
ii. The Committee shall appoint a Parliamentarian who normally
will not be a member of the Senate. It
shall be the duty of the Parliamentarian to meet with the Senate and the faculty
and to advise on matters of parliamentary procedure.
iii. Procedures shall conform to
iv. Unless otherwise specified in these bylaws, ex officio members
of committees and subcommittees are voting members. Committee and sub-committee chairs have the
right to vote or to break tie votes (their choice) but not both. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in
December 2004)
b.
Elected
Officers. The Senate shall elect during the May meeting
of the Senate the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson, and the Secretary of the
Senate.
i. Chairperson. The
Chairperson shall be elected for a two-year term from among the returning
Voting Faculty members of the Senate.
The election shall be held during the second year of the term of the
chairperson of the Executive Committee. (Approved by faculty in mail ballot in March 2001) The duties of the Chairperson shall be:
(a)
To preside over meetings of the Senate.
(b) To serve as an ex officio voting (Approved by
faculty in mail ballot in March 2006) member of the Executive Committee.
(c) To assume such other duties as may be delegated to him/her by
the Senate Bylaws.
ii. Vice Chairperson of the Senate. The Vice Chairperson shall be elected from
among the returning Voting Faculty members of the Senate. The Vice Chairperson
shall perform the duties of the Chairperson during his/her absence and shall be
an ex officio voting member of the Executive Committee. (Approved by faculty in
mail ballot in March 2006)
iii. Secretary of the Senate. The Secretary of the Senate shall be elected
from among the returning members of the Senate.
The duties of the Secretary of the Senate shall be:
(a) To be responsible for the minutes and the records of the
Senate.
(b)
To send out notices of meetings and agenda.
(c)
To perform such duties as the Senate may prescribe.
10. Nominating Committee.
a. The members of the Executive Committee whose terms are expiring
will serve as the Nominating Committee of the Senate.
b. The Nominating Committee shall prepare, for the succeeding
academic year, a slate of nominees for Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and
Secretary of the Senate.
c. The Committee shall submit its slate of nominees in writing to
all Senators at least 10 days before the May meeting of the Senate. Additional nominations may be made by a
petition of five members of the Senate and shall be submitted to the
Chairperson of the Nominating Committee at least five days before the May
meeting. The complete slate shall be circulated with the agenda for the May
meeting. If there is more than one nominee for an office, voting for that
office shall be by secret ballot.
11. Meetings.
a. The Senate shall hold regular meetings in September, December,
February, and May of each academic year.
Additional meetings shall be called by the Procedures Committee as
agenda items warrant. Special meetings
may be called by the Chairperson of the Senate or Vice Chairperson, or by
petition of at least 15 percent of the Senate. Written notice of all Senate
meetings shall be given to all members of Faculty Senate constituencies at
least 72 hours in advance. If 72-hour
notice has not been given, a waiver of this requirement may be moved and passed
by a two-thirds vote at the meeting.
b. Members of Faculty Senate constituencies have the right to
attend all meetings of the Faculty Senate as observers. Upon recognition by the Chair, any faculty
member may address the Senate.
c. No provision here
abrogates the right of the faculty to meet as a full faculty.
12. Minutes. Under
the direction of the Secretary, minutes of each Senate meeting shall be
prepared and distributed to members of Faculty Senate constituencies. In addition, permanent files shall be kept by
the President, the Director of Libraries (file housed in the University
Archives), and the Secretary of the Senate.
FACULTY COMMITTEES
Title A.
Scope
Nothing in
this Article IV shall apply to any of the committees established pursuant to
Article VII of these Faculty Bylaws.
Title B.
Types of Committees
1. Committees of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate determines the charges and
compositions of these committees, which may be either standing or ad hoc and
which may be designated as task forces, commissions, or the like. These committees report to the Senate to
provide information or to propose action as appropriate. Changes in the
appendix which lists committees and charges are not changes in the Faculty
Bylaws and require approval only of the Executive Committee and of the Faculty
Senate, subject to normal prerogatives of rescission by the voting faculty
(Article III. Title B. 8.).
2. Joint Committees.
These committees are formed through cooperation between or among the
President, the Provost, other officials or appropriate bodies, and the Faculty
Senate. Any of the foregoing may
initiate the establishment of such a committee.
These committees may be either standing or ad hoc, and may be designated
as task forces, commissions, or the like.
The charge and composition of each joint committee are determined
cooperatively by the Faculty Senate and the other officials or bodies
involved. Joint committees report to the
Faculty Senate and to the other officials or bodies to provide information or
to propose action as appropriate. These
committees shall carry out the responsibility of the faculty as stated in The
Policies of the Board of Trustees: to participate significantly in the
initiation, development and implementation of the educational program.
3. University-Wide Committees with Faculty as Members. The President, the Provost, or other
University officials may bring together groups from various University
constituencies for special purposes. The
committees may be designated as task forces, committees, commissions, or the
like, and may include faculty among their members. Administrators who convene such University
committees shall consult with the Faculty Senate concerning their charge and
composition. Faculty members on such
committees who formally represent faculty governance will be chosen from lists
provided by the Faculty Senate. Other
faculty members may also be chosen by the committee’s convener to serve on
these groups. The chair of each group
will be appointed by its convener. These
committees are responsible to their conveners.
The work of each group should be shared with the Faculty Senate and the
University community.
Title C. General Provisions
1. Committee Membership.
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee shall select the faculty
membership of the committees of the Faculty Senate and of joint
committees. The membership of committees
shall be reported to the Faculty Senate in a timely manner, and shall be
included in the Minutes of the Senate.
2. Ex Officio Members.
The President and the Provost, or their designees, shall be non-voting
members of all standing committees of the Faculty Senate, except the
Professional Standards Committee. With
the agreement of the President, the Faculty Senate may exempt any committee
from this provision.
3. Term of Office.
The term of office of members of standing committees shall be two years,
unless otherwise specified, and shall begin on the first day of the academic
year following the election. Terms of
office may be successive. Approximately
one-half of the membership of each committee shall be elected each year. If a committee member cannot serve or fails
to serve for any reason, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee may designate a
replacement.
4. Date of Election.
Standing committees are to assume their charges on the first day of the
academic year for which they are elected.
The Executive Committee shall elect standing committees by the May 1
prior to the academic year in which such committees are to assume their
charges.
5. Committee Chairs.
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee shall designate the chairs of the
committees of the Faculty Senate. Chairs
of joint committees shall be determined cooperatively by the Faculty Senate and
the other officials or bodies involved.
The committee chair of each standing committee shall call a meeting
within the first month of the new academic year.
6. Reports. Each
committee of the Faculty Senate and each joint committee shall submit an annual
report, with a summary of its activities for the academic year, by June
15. All such reports shall be received
by the Faculty Senate and placed on the agenda of the first meeting of the
following academic year for purposes of information or proposed action.
7. Listing. The list
of standing committees, both of the Faculty Senate and joint, together with
their respective charges and compositions, shall be published as an Appendix to
the Faculty Bylaws.
Title D. Committee on Committees
There shall be a Committee on
Committees that shall assist the Executive Committee in the election of
standing committees of the faculty and that shall provide advice as appropriate
on nominations for ad hoc, joint, and University-wide committees with faculty
as members. The Committee on Committees
is not a standing committee of the Faculty Senate, but shall instead report to
the Executive Committee. The Executive
Committee shall elect the membership of the Committee on Committees.
EXTRAMURAL REPRESENTATION
OF THE VOTING FACULTY
Title A. Faculty Senate of SUNY
1. Election. The
voting faculty, in conjunction with the professional employees, shall, by
secret ballot, elect its representatives to the Faculty Senate for a three-year
term. The faculty representative shall
be elected from a slate of two or more candidates nominated by the Committee on
Committees. In like manner, one
alternate shall be elected.
2. Duties. The
Senator or his/her alternate shall represent the voting faculty of the State
University of New York at
Title B. Special Representation
The Chairperson of the State
University of New York at Binghamton Faculty Senate shall be the official
representative of the voting faculty, and in his/her absence, the Vice
Chairperson of the Senate. In the event
of the absence of both of the above, the official representative shall be the
Chairperson of the Executive Committee or his/her designee.
FACULTY ORGANIZATION FOR
INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES
Title A. General Organization
1. Academic Units and Sub-units. In order to fulfill its educational and
instructional responsibilities as defined in Article II. Title B of these
Bylaws, the academic staff shall be organized by academic units and sub-units
based on academic function. All academic staff shall be assigned to an academic
unit or sub-unit by the President after consultation with the appropriate faculty
of that academic unit or sub-unit.
2.
a. A search committee, consisting of members elected by the unit
faculty and such other members whom the President may appoint, shall examine
the credentials of prospective candidates and submit recommendations to the
President.
b. Should the Office of Dean or Director become vacant, or in the
3. Sub-unit Chairpersons or
Director of Sub-units.
a. Department Chairpersons and Program Directors. Department Chairpersons and Program Directors
shall be appointed by the President in accordance with the Policies of the
Board of Trustees. To assist the
President in selecting such officers, the department or program shall institute
appropriate consultative procedures. The
term of office shall be three years and renewable. Whenever such an officer is not in residence
or cannot serve for any other reason, an acting Chairperson or Director shall
be appointed in accordance with the above procedures.
4. Governance.
a. The faculty of each academic unit shall, by a majority vote,
establish Bylaws for discharging those functions within its jurisdiction. The Bylaws and any amendments thereto shall
be submitted to the Faculty Senate for review and appropriate action.
b. The faculty of each sub-unit may collectively decide upon
procedures for discharging its functions and responsibilities. These procedures, if approved by a majority
of the voting members of the sub-unit, shall be adopted as sub-unit Bylaws. The Bylaws of the sub-unit are subject to
review and approval by the academic unit to which the sub-unit belongs. If the procedures for the sub-unit are not
codified, the sub-unit must operate within the policies and procedures
established by the academic unit.
5. Order of Faculty Business. Normally faculty business
shall proceed from lower to higher levels of faculty organization, but nothing
in this Article shall contravene the right of any individual or academic unit
or sub-unit to bring business to any level of faculty organization or to any
administrative officer.
Title B.
Establishment and Elimination of Academic Units and Sub-units
Except as mandated by the SUNY Board
of Trustees, the establishment of a new academic unit or sub-unit at the State
University of New York at Binghamton or the elimination of an academic unit or
sub-unit shall require review by the Faculty Senate. Upon completion of its review, the Faculty
Senate shall transmit its recommendation to the President.
A proposal for the establishment of
a new academic unit shall be considered by the Educational Policies and
Priorities Committee of the Faculty Senate for its review.
A proposal for the establishment of
a new academic sub-unit shall be considered by the academic unit to which the
sub-unit belongs, and, if recommended, the proposal shall be submitted to the
Faculty Senate for its review.
Title C.
Establishment and Elimination of Degree Programs
Proposals for new degree programs
shall be the responsibility of academic units.
The Faculty Senate shall review such proposals and make appropriate
recommendations to the President.
Modifications of existing degree programs shall be the responsibility of
the academic units having jurisdiction over them. The elimination of any program leading to a
degree at the State University of New York at
Title D.
Organization of the