Common use of Councils and Committees Clause in Contracts

Councils and Committees. A. The College will maintain two Councils consisting of faculty and representatives from the Administration, who may be Administrators or staff members, as appropriate, to review and/or prepare recommendations for the College President or designee. The total number and distribution of members and terms and length of service are specified in the Academic Affairs and TPD Handbooks (6.16, B, 4 and 6.16.C.3 below). 1. Administrators and staff members will not be voting members of the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) and the Tenure and Professional Development Council (TPD). 2. The councils may establish committees or subgroups as needed to accomplish the purposes of the council. The council will represent these recommendations to the College President through established means. B. The Academic Affairs Council will be comprised and operate as follows: 1. All voting members of the Academic Affairs Council will be faculty, one member plus one alternate recommended by each Curriculum Cluster. 2. Non-tenured faculty members will be recommended by the Curriculum Cluster if there are not sufficient tenured faculty members available to serve. 3. The chair of this committee will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted three (3) credit hours release time from instructional duties for each major academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair will receive three

Councils and Committees. A. The College will maintain two Councils consisting of faculty and representatives from the Administration, who may be Administrators or staff members, as appropriate, to review and/or prepare recommendations for the College President or designee. The total number and distribution of members and terms and length of service are specified in the Academic Affairs and TPD Handbooks (6.16, B, 4 and 6.16.C.3 below). 1. Administrators and staff members will not be voting members of the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) and the Tenure and Professional Development Council (TPD). 2. The councils may establish committees or subgroups as needed to accomplish the purposes of the council. The council will represent these recommendations to the College President through established means. B. The Academic Affairs Council will be comprised and operate as follows: 1. All voting members of the Academic Affairs Council will be faculty, one member plus one alternate recommended by each Curriculum Cluster. 2. Non-tenured faculty members will be recommended by the Curriculum Cluster if there are not sufficient tenured faculty members available to serve. 3. The chair of this committee will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted three (3) credit hours release time from instructional duties for each major academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair will receive three