Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room 1018 East Building
Phone: 772-4200
TO: Members of the Hunter College Senate
FM: Senate Administrative Committee
RE: Meeting of the Hunter College Senate
WEDNESDAY, 18 May 2016, from 3:30 to 5:25 P.M., Room W714
AGENDA
1. Minutes of May 4 and May 11
2. Report by the President
3. Report by the Administrative Committee
a) Approved Curriculum Changes
The following curriculum changes as listed in the attached Report I dated 18 May 2016
have been approved as per Senate resolution and are submitted for the Senate’s
information. Items: US-2068 School of Social Work (New courses), US-2070 Women &
Gender Studies (Change in courses), US-2071 Women & Gender Studies (New courses), US2077 Biology (Change in course), US-2078 Biology (New course), GS-1100 Special
Education (Change in degree program), GS-1101 Special Education (Change in degree program),
and GS-1104 Special Education (Change in course).
b) Senate Meeting Schedule Fall 2016/Spring 2017
c) College Calendar for Fall 2016/Spring 2017
The attached university-wide College Calendar for 2016-2017, as issued by the CUNY
Central Administration, is submitted for your information.
d) Ceremonial Adoption of Candidates for Graduation
e) Results of Nominees for Search Committee for Chief Librarian
f) Election of Officers
4. Committee on Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
Catalog Language on NY State Education Department Policy on Non Liberal Arts and Sciences
Courses
5. Committee on Charter Review: Third Reading
6. Report by Graduate Course of Study & Academic Requirements Committee
7. Nominating Committee
8. Old Business
9. New Business
PLEASE JOIN US FOR AT A PARTY CO-HOSTED WITH THE FDA. THE PARTY WILL BE HELD ON
THE 8TH FLOOR FACULTY LOUNGE (HUNTER WEST) FOLLOWING THE SENATE MEETING.
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The 584th meeting of the Hunter College Senate was convened at 3:40 PM in HW room 714.
Presiding:
Sandra Clarkson, Chair
Attendance:
The elected members of the Senate with the exception of those marked absent in Appendix I.
Alternate Senators were formally seated in accordance with the procedures approved by the
Senate, and clickers were distributed to them.
Minutes:
The minutes from March 9, and March 30 were approved as distributed.
Report by the
President
President Raab reported the following:
“I have a couple brief announcements. June 2nd will be commencement and I am excited
to announce that Arianna Huffington co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post will be
our commencement speaker.
I also would like to report that we are scheduled to meet with the Senate Budget Committee on
several issues. There is a certain level of uncertainty surrounding the budget for the next fiscal
year. We are hoping that in the next six weeks there will be positive news out of Albany on
contract talks and capital funding. We will defer a formal budget presentation until September
when we will have a more clear view on what we will get from the State Legislature. We are doing
our best to think through hiring; as you know summer is the important time for this. Please bear
with us through this time as we are still waiting to see what the whole budget will be.
I would like to thank Professor Ramasubramanian, the Master Plan Committee, Lori Mazur, and
Andy Silver for their hard work in thinking through the principles and space needs for the 68th
Street Campus. I am excited about the presentation you are about to give and the work that will
come from it. Lori Mazur who is our consultant has also been charged with doing space inventory
and analysis and you will see her around the college with her team.”
Report by the
Administrative
Committee:
a) Approved Curriculum Changes
In accordance with Article IV, 2H i & ii the Charter for a Governance of Hunter College, the
following curriculum changes as listed in the attached Report dated 4 May 2016 have been
approved as per Senate resolution and are submitted for the Senate’s information. Items: US-2062
Chemistry (New courses) and GS-1095 Chemistry (New courses).
b) Creation of Ad-hoc Sub-Committee in Hiring Practices
Professor Clarkson said the following.
“We were asked at the last meeting to set up an Ad-hoc committee Sub-Committee on Hiring
Practices. I met with the Chairs of the Departmental Governance Committee and Academic
Freedom Committee. Since this was asked of the Senate in a resolution passed last meeting there
will not be another vote. This is being presented for your information.”
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Creation of Ad-hoc Sub-Committee in Hiring Practices
A subcommittee of the Committees on Academic Freedom and Departmental Governance
Charge of the Committee: The Ad-hoc Committee is hereby created by the Administrative
Committee of the Senate in response to the resolution that passed the Senate on 9 March
2016. The Committee will develop a list of questions that will be used in Fall 2016 to survey
chairs (or equivalent), and heads of programs and centers about hiring practices, from
beginning to end, to determine what is working and what is problematic. The Committee will
report back to the Senate with a list of recommendations, if there are any.
Voting Membership of the Ad-hoc committee shall include:
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2 faculty from the Departmental Governance Committee
2 faculty from the Committee on Academic Freedom
1 HEO, chosen by the HEO Forum
Representative from Legal Affairs
Representative from Human Resources
Representative At Large to be selected from among student senators
The Ad-hoc Committee is further charged with reporting its findings and recommendations to
the Senate no later than Fall 2016.
c) Announcement: We are accepting nominations for Search Committee for Chief
Librarian
Chair Clarkson announced that nominations are currently being accepted for the Search
Committee for Chief Librarian. The deadline to submit nominees was at the close of business on
Thursday May 5th, 2016. Voting for the chair and member panel will take place at next week’s
senate meeting.
Committee
Report:
Committee on Charter Review: Second Reading of Proposed Amendments
Professor Thomas DeGloma, Chair of the Committee, presented the report dated 4 May 2016 for
the Second Reading of the Proposed Amendments to the Charter for a Governance of Hunter
College, as submitted.
“Most of you are familiar with the process or at least the revisions that are coming before you are
not new to you. This is the Second Reading of the Charter and there is a procedure that we have to
stick to make the revisions and it going to take some time. Here is what I would like to do: since
we had the First Reading of the Charter, all of the revisions have come before you once already
and none of the information is new. Given this, I would like to go through them one by one and I
will read the change with comment or explanation and in case of a small change like tense I will
point it out. Then I will open the floor for discussion. At this point any amendments can be
proposed for change. If there are, we will vote on them accordingly. If there is no discussion, I
will ask someone to call the question and we will vote and proceed on to the next portion.
I also wanted to let everyone know that this is the only time where changes can be proposed. The
Third Reading and vote on all amendments will take place at the first meeting of the new Senate
on May 18th after the election of the new Administrative Committee.”
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Title: CHARTER FOR A THE GOVERNANCE OF HUNTER COLLEGE
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article I was on the floor.
Section 1
The Hunter College Senate shall be was established as the legislative body of the College
with authority to determine College policy on all matters not reserved now or hereafter by
Education Law or Board of Trustees Bylaws to the President of Hunter College, to other
officers or duly constituted bodies of the College or The City University, or the Board of
Trustees.
Section 2 (initial Meeting)
Effective as of the first meeting of the Senate, the present Hunter College Faculty Council is
to be was considered dissolved and its powers assumed by the College Senate under terms of
this Charter.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article II.3 was on the floor.
There shall be completed, no later than by the end of the third year, a thorough and
impartial review of the composition, structure, and functions of the College Senate by a
group empowered to propose, should it so deem necessary, a new version of the
governance charter or major revisions thereof in the form of amendments for
referendum (Article XIII) and submission to the Board of Trustees, if required. In the
meantime, the Senate will use the latitude afforded it under this Charter for continued
development of organization and procedures in order to fulfill its mandated functions
effectively.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article III.1 was on the floor.
The Hunter College Senate shall have 100 Senators and Alternates sufficient in number to
provide one two faculty alternates for each department, being composed of 57% faculty
members, 38% students and 5% representatives of the administration, with seats reserved in
the following proportions: 44% Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors,
Instructors on full-time appointments, and Lecturers on full-time appointments. 13%
Lecturers (full-time), Lecturers (part time), Adjunct faculty, and all other part-time members
of the teaching faculty who are not also serving in full-time appointments, Clinical
Professors, Distinguished Lecturers, and non-faculty department members in the title series
College Laboratory Technician and Higher Education Officer. 14% Full-time Undergraduate
students, other than students in the SEEK Department Program. 11% Part-time
Undergraduate students. 2% Undergraduate students – SEEK Department Program. 11%
Graduate students. 5% Administration.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
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These members shall have full floor rights but no voting rights; they shall not be eligible to
become an officers of the Senate (Article V).
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article III.4 was on the floor.
The College Senate shall schedule regular nominations and elections (other than the initial
on –see Article X) once a year during the last four weeks of classes in the spring semester;
and it shall convene following such elections no later than June 1. The faculty and the student
bodies shall be responsible, through duly constituted organizations, for conducting the
elections of their respective representatives in accordance with the terms of this Charter.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article IV.2.A was on the floor.
The 44 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the ranks of Professor, Associate
Professor, and Assistant Professor, Instructors on full-time appointments, and Lecturers on
full-time appointments shall be filled as follows:
(i) All departments shall be rank-ordered by the number of such faculty in the department.
Each department shall be allocated 1 seat, and the remaining seats shall be allocated by
assigning one additional seat to each department from the top of the list down, until the
available number is exhausted.
(ii) In Each department will fill its allocated seats by nominations from and elections by its
faculty members in the ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and
Instructor on full-time appointment, and Lecturers on full-time appointment.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article IV.2.B was on the floor.
The 13 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the ranks of Lecturer (fulltime) Lecturer
(part-time), Adjunct faculty, any other part-time members of the teaching faculty who are not
also serving in full-time appointments, Clinical Professor, Distinguished Lecturer, and
department members in the title series College Laboratory Technician and Higher Education
Officer shall be filled as follows:
(i) One seat shall be reserved for Student Services, and shall be filled by nomination and
election among the department members in these ranks.
(ii) In eEach of the departments that include members in these rank, the latter shall make
nomination for, and may elect from among their number one nominee for one of the 12
remaining Senate seats.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
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The 14 Senate seats reserved for Full-time undergraduate students, other than students in the
SEEK Department Program, shall be filled as follows:
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article IV.2.E was on the floor
All graduate student positions shall be filled by the Graduate Student Association of
Hunter College (GSA) according to the representational requirements outlined below
and in Article III.1 and Article IV.4.B.
In the event that the GSA decides not to put forth a sufficient number of students to
fulfill the representational requirements outlined in Article III.1 and Article IV, Section
2.E of the College Charter, or fails to do so by the first regularly scheduled meeting of a
new Senate (at the end of the spring semester), Nominations can be made by the Senate
Administrative Committee or any seated Senator during a regular Senate meeting. In
addition, candidacy at-large can be declared by filing a petition meeting the
requirements established by the Senate. From the pool of such candidates, graduate
student representatives shall be elected by a vote of the full Senate during a regular
meeting or any meeting thereafter.
The 11 Senate seats reserved for graduate Students shall be filled as follows:
(i) 6 seats shall be filled by graduate students matriculated in programs offered in the various
divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii) and the School of Social Work; one seat to each
division and the School of Social Work.
(ii)There shall be 4 representatives who are matriculated graduate students and who will serve
as at-large representatives.
(iii) There shall also be 1 non-matriculated graduate student representative.
There was a proposed amendment to the amendment to strike the last four words: From the pool
of such candidates, graduate student representatives shall be elected by a vote of the full
Senate during a regular meeting or any meeting thereafter.
The question was called and received a second.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
The question was called and carried.
The amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
The following amendment to Article IV.2.F was on the floor.
Two Senate seats shall be filled by nominations and elections from among and by the students
in the SEEK Department Program.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
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5 representatives of the administration, one of whom shall be in the title series HEO or CLT,
shall be appointed by the President of Hunter College.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.1 was on the floor.
E. Each committee has two faculty alternates.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.3 was on the floor.
A. The Graduate Course of Study and Academic Requirements Committee
Six faculty members who teach in the graduate program, at least one faculty member from
each of the divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii); a faculty member from the School of
Social Work; 2 graduate students and 2 graduate student alternates; and serving without vote
the Registrar, the Deans of the divisions and/or schools including the Dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences or designees, the Chief Academic Officer or designee, and the Chief
Librarian or designee.
B. The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
One faculty representative from each of the divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii), a
faculty member from the School of Social Work, and two from the divisions serving atlarge; 3 students and 3 student alternates; and, serving without vote, the Registrar or designee,
the Chief Academic Officer or designee, the Deans of the divisions and/or schools including
the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences or designees, a Director of Evening Student
Services, and the Chief Librarian or designee.
C. Both of these Committees shall be chaired by faculty members elected by the voting
members of the Committee.
D. Both of these Committees shall have Deputy Chairs elected by the voting members of
the Committee.
E. There shall also be Committees on Curriculum in the School of Arts and Sciences, the
Division of the School of Health Professions, and the the School of Education, and the
School of Social Work. These committees shall be composed of the dean (with vote) and
one faculty member from each department in the school or division, elected by the department
as it may decree in its By-laws (see Article XI), and 3 students and 3 student alternates. The
School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee shall also include one faculty and one
student representative from two of the inter-disciplinary programs. These Committees shall
review proposals initiated by departments or programs or may initiate their own proposals for
programs or curriculum changes, submitting such proposals for consideration to the
appropriate Senate Committee on Course of Study.
In the area of undergraduate curriculum The Curriculum Committees shall have the right
to act on curriculum proposals, in accordance with the Procedures for Preparing and
Submitting Curriculum Proposals for College Approval approved by the Hunter College
Senate. Decisions by these committees may be appealed by the departments or programs to
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the relevant Senate Committee on Undergraduate Course of Study. Matters on which
appeals are pending shall not be forwarded to the Senate, and a two-thirds majority of the
Senate Committee members present and voting shall be required to override such divisional
decisions.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.4.A was on floor.
The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee shall have oversight authority on all
undergraduate curricular matters. It shall also concern itself through study and research with
policies relating to the undergraduate curricular organizations. All proposals pertaining to:
(i) Basic Prescriptions General Education Requirements.
(ii) New Majors.
(iii) New Minors.
(iv) Credit and Major or Minor concentrations.
(v) Degree Requirements.
(vi) Interdisciplinary Program.
(vii) Experimental courses
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.4.B was on the floor.
The Graduate Course of Study and Academic Requirements Committee shall review all
Master's and Doctoral Programs and graduate courses to be listed in the Hunter College
Bulletin on graduate studies, whether on the Master's or the Doctoral level.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.5 was on the floor.
There shall be a Committee on Undergraduate Academic Requirements consisting of one
faculty member from each of the divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from
the School of Social Work, and two faculty members from the divisions serving at-large; 3
students and 3 student alternates. The Dean of Students, the Chief Academic Officer or
designee, Assistant Dean for a Director of Advising, Evening Student Services a
representative of Student Services, and the Registrar shall serve without vote. The Chair
shall be a faculty member elected by the voting membership of the Committee. Its functions
shall include the formulation of policy regarding methods of grading, requirements of student
attendance, regulations relating to withdrawal from courses, and admissions not specified by
Board of Trustees By-laws.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.6 was on the floor.
There shall be a Committee on Student Standing, consisting of 5 faculty members including a
representative from the SEEK Department Program. The Dean of Students or designee, the
Director of Evening Student Services, and the Assistant Dean for Advising and
Counseling Advising and a representative of Student Services shall serve without a vote.
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The Chair of the Committee shall be elected by its voting membership. The Committee shall
be responsible for the evaluation of student records, for recommending to the Senate the
award of degrees to qualified students, and for formulating policy, for adoption by the Senate,
on the retention of students and the maintenance of academic standards.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.9 was on the floor.
The Senate shall establish There shall be a Committee on the Budget, consisting of one
faculty member from each division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), and the School of Social Work;
the Director of SEEK; 2 students and 2 student alternates; and a Chair elected by the Senate
without constraint as to category. The Chief Academic Officer, the Vice President for
Administration and designee will serve ex-officio without vote.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.11 was on the floor.
There shall be a Committee on the Calendar, consisting of one faculty member from each of
the divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from School of Social Work, and 2
students and 2 student alternates. The Dean of Students or designee, the Director of Evening
Student Services Advising, the Registrar, and the Director of Financial Aid shall serve
without vote. The Committee on the Calendar will make recommendations on the College
Calendar, and, in consultation with the Faculty Personnel & Budget Committee, on the Bell
Schedule. The Committee will also evaluate existing registration procedures and make
recommendations regarding changes in registration procedures.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.12 was on the floor.
There shall be a Committee on Departmental Governance, consisting of one faculty member
from each division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from the School of Social
Work, 2 students and 2 student alternates, and one member of the administration (all with
vote). The Committee on Departmental Governance shall: (a) make recommendations to the
Senate on standards for Departmental By-laws; (b) review Departmental By-laws and
Amendments approved by departments and make recommendations for Senate action; (c)
make recommendations to the Senate on alleged infractions of Departmental By-laws.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.14 was on the floor.
There shall be a Committee on Charter Review, consisting of one faculty member from each
division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii); a faculty member from the School of Social Work; 3
students and 3 student alternates; one member of the Administration to be designated by the
President who shall serve ex-officio; and a Chair elected by the Senate.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
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Section 18
There shall be a Committee on Academic Freedom consisting of one faculty member
from each of the divisions (as defined in the Charter IV.1.B.ii), the School of Social
Work, the Library, and one faculty member at-large, one member of the HEO staff, two
students, and two faculty alternates, one HEO alternate, and two student alternates. The
Provost (or designee) shall serve ex-officio without vote. The chair shall be a faculty
member elected by the voting membership of the committee.
The charge of the committee shall include: to monitor, examine and report annually to
the Senate on the status of academic freedom at the college; to make appropriate
recommendations regarding academic freedom policies and practices to the college’s
governance bodies and, as appropriate, through those bodies to the University Faculty
Senate; to investigate possible violations of academic freedom.
In order to ensure a secure and protected environment for individuals who wish to bring
cases of abridgement of academic freedom before the committee, such charges will be
examined by a sub-committee of two members chosen by the committee chair in
consultation with the rest of the committee. In addition, the committee chair shall be
recused from serving on the subcommittee.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article VIII.19 was on the floor.
Section 19
There shall be a new Standing Committee on Academic Assessment and Evaluation,
consisting of one full-time faculty from each division of the School of Arts and Sciences,
three full-time faculty members at-large from the School of Arts and Sciences, one
faculty from each of the Schools of Education, Social Work, Nursing and Health
Professions, two students-at-large from the School of Arts and Sciences, the Director of
Assessment, a HEO representative and a HEO Alternate, and, serving ex-officio without
vote the Deans of the schools of Arts and Sciences, Social Work, Nursing and Health
Professions, Education (or their respective designees); the Chief Academic Officer and
the Vice President of Student Affairs (or their respective designees); and the Director of
Institutional Research. The Chair shall be a faculty member elected by the voting
membership of the Committee, the Deputy Chair shall be a voting member elected by
the voting membership of the Committee.
The specific charges to the committee shall include to develop, implement, review, and
approve all college policies and procedures related to academic assessment; to seek
necessary support (logistical and otherwise) for the proper implementation of approved
college assessment processes and policies; to coordinate with other Senate committees to
ensure that all policies and procedures related to academic assessment are facultydriven; to serve as an assessment advisory committee for academic departments and
programs, and work with all relevant constituencies as needed; to inform the academic
community about accreditation standards as presented by the Middle States
Commission on Higher Education; and to deliver regular reports to the Hunter Senate.
There was a proposed amendment to the amendment to strike one word: There shall be a new
Standing Committee on Academic Assessment and Evaluation
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The amendment to the amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
The question was called and carried.
The amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
The following amendment to Article VIII.20 was on the floor.
Section 20
There shall be a Committee on General Education, consisting of one full-time faculty
member from each division of the School of Arts and Sciences, three full-time faculty
members at-large from the School of Arts and Sciences, one full-time faculty member
from each of the professional schools with undergraduate degree programs, two
students-at-large, an associate Dean/Associate Provost for General Education, the Chair,
who shall be a full-time faculty member elected by the voting membership of the Senate,
and, serving ex-officio without vote: the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, the
Provost (or designee), the Director of Assessment, the Chair of the Undergraduate
Course of Study Committee (or designee), the Chair of the Committee on Academic
Assessment and Evaluation (or designee), the Registrar (or designee), and the Director
of Advising Services; (or designees of these offices).
The specific charges to the committee shall include: Develop, review, and approve all
college policies and procedures pertaining to the general education program (including
related graduation requirements) and curriculum; determine course approval guidelines
for courses to be included in general education; review and make recommendations
about such proposals; lead and coordinate periodic review of courses in general
education; devise programmatic assessment for general education; receive and review
programmatic assessment data and make recommendations on the basis thereof;
encourage and facilitate faculty participation in general education curriculum
development and teaching; advise the administration on matters of implementation of
general education requirements as passed by the Senate; collaborate with other Senate
committees, especially Undergraduate Course of Study and the Committee on Academic
Assessment and Evaluation, to ensure that all policies and procedures related to general
education are faculty-driven; and deliver regular reports to the Hunter Senate.
There was a proposed amendment to the amendment to strike: associate Dean/Associate Provost
for General Education
The question was called and received a second.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
There was a proposed amendment to the amendment to add the following:
“The Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (or designee), the Provost (or designee), the
Director of Assessment, the Chair of the Undergraduate Course of Study Committee (or designee),
the Chair of the Committee on Academic Assessment and Evaluation (or designee), the Registrar
(or designee), and the Director of Advising Services (or designee).
The question was called and received a second.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted by voice vote without dissent.
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The following amendment to Article VIII.21 was on the floor.
Section 21
There shall be a Committee on Food Services and Facilities, consisting of three faculty
members, three students, and the College Business Manager to serve as a Chairperson
ex-officio, all Committee members to have a vote. The Committee shall be responsible
for advising the administration concerning all food services at the College, including the
quality, variety, prices, and presentation of the food, as well as dining facilities. An
annual review of all contracted food services shall be part of the Committee’s
responsibility.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article XI.4. was on the floor.
2. When the chair of a department is a candidate for promotion to full professor, all of the
chair's duties in the promotion process for all candidates for promotion to full professor shall
be assumed by a chair pro tem. This includes having voice and vote on the departmental
P&B, the appropriate divisional or school P&B, and the college-wide Committee on Faculty
Personnel and Budget (FP&B) when such bodies consider the issue of promotion to full
professor. For the purposes of this section, the Ancillary Units (including the Library), shall
be regarded as a division, FP&B Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units as the
divisional P&B, and the chair of the Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units as the
divisional dean. The chair will have neither voice nor vote on any P&B when it considers any
aspect of the process for promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem shall be elected at the
first departmental meeting after the deadline date announced by the President for receiving
nominations and requests for consideration for promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem
will be elected by the full time faculty of the department who would ordinarily be eligible to
vote for department chair, and will need a majority vote of all such members of the
department for election. Hereafter references to the chair will be understood to apply either to
the department chair, if that person is not a candidate for promotion to full professor, or to the
chair pro tem.
3. The departmental P&B committee will be responsible for reviewing the files, scholarship
materials, and letters of outside evaluation for all the candidates for promotion to full
professor within the department and to make a recommendation as to whether the candidate
should be endorsed for promotion.
4. The departmental P&B committee shall compile the list of external evaluators. Although
the candidate shall be invited to submit names for this list, the final determination of who
shall be contacted is the responsibility of the departmental P&B committee and the
department Chair.
5. The Chair of the candidate's department shall on behalf of the departmental P&B
committee perform such administrative tasks as contacting outside evaluators, sending them
the candidates' appropriate materials, receiving the evaluations, and transmitting them to the
departmental P&B committee. The Chair shall write the Chair's report summarizing the
candidate's record.
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6. The departmental P&B committee shall make its recommendation to the respective school
or divisional Personnel and Budget Committee via the office of the respective Dean. The
candidate will be informed of the recommendation and, if negative, may elect to withdraw or
to continue in the process.
7. The responsibilities of the Dean shall include, but not be limited to, scheduling meetings
of the respective personnel and budget committee; scheduling interviews with candidates and
the respective personnel and budget committee; duplicating the candidates' curriculum vitae,
external evaluations, and any other pertinent materials; maintaining the files on the candidate;
and placing candidates' publications in the Archives.
8. The appropriate divisional or school personnel and budget committee shall review all
supporting documents for the candidate's promotion. An interview before this committee may
be requested by the candidate or the committee. Refusal to meet with the committee shall not
be prejudicial to the candidate. However, the committee shall not refuse to meet with the
candidate once such a meeting is requested in writing by the candidate. The committee may
ask any member of the full-time faculty to serve as a resource in gathering pertinent
information on the candidate's relevant discipline, including members from the candidate's
department and/or school or division.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article XII was on the floor.
Section 1
The College shall establish the office of Hunter College Ombudsman Officer, providing a
full-time secretary and such assistants as the incumbent may choose to staff the operation.
Section 2
Any member of the College community eligible to serve on the Senate may be nominated or
may nominate herself or himself for the position of Hunter College Ombudsman Officer.
Such nominations shall be addressed to the Nominations Committee of the Senate which may
make its own nominations as well as soliciting them from the floor of the Senate. Each
candidate shall be voted on individually by a for-or-against vote, the appointment going to the
candidate with the highest plurality of “_for_” votes, provided their number exceeds twothirds of the number of representatives present and voting.
Section 3
The appointment shall be for a term of three years, removal from office to occur only as a the
result of disability demonstrated inability to perform the duties of the office.
Section 4
The Hunter College Ombudsman Officer shall consider complaints and grievances that are
brought by any member of the Hunter College community, concerning a condition or problem
in the College, may investigate the conditions giving rise to such complaints and may refer
cases to others when the usual appeals procedures seem adequate. The Ombudsman Officer
will undertake independent investigations, in general, only if the usual procedures have
proved inadequate or have been exhausted, and shall be empowered to recommend action to
any officer or to any committee or organization of the College. The Ombudsman Officer
shall from time to time report on his or her work to the Hunter College Senate; and may
otherwise publicize the results of investigations.
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Section 5
The Ombudsman Officer shall be responsible for causing an impartial review to be
conducted of the structure and the functioning of the College Senate at the end of two years of
operation, with a view to recommending such changes in structure, functions, operations, bylaws and the like as this review of Senate experience may indicate.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The following amendment to Article XIV was on the floor.
B. Recommended by the President of Hunter College to the CUNY Board of Higher
Education Trustees.
C. Approved by the CUNY Board of Higher Education Trustees.
Being no discussion the amendment was approved as presented.
The Charter with the proposed amendments is in Appendix II.
Master Plan Committee:
Professor Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Chair of the Committee, gave a PowerPoint Presentation on
the work that that committee has done over the past year. The presentation is available in hard
copy at the Senate Office.
Committee on General Education:
Professor Laurence Kowerski, Co-Chair of the Committee on General Education presented the
following resolution.
RESOLUTION RE HUNTER FOCUS
Be it resolved that students who have fulfilled the Foreign Language portion of the Focus and
have only 3 more credits left to complete the Focus shall be automatically waived from taking
those last 3 credits. This change to the Hunter Core Requirement shall apply to all students
graduating before or during academic years 2015-16 and 2016-17.
After discussion the question was called and carried.
The resolution carried by voice vote with 1 Nay and 2 abstentions.
Due to the late hour, it was moved that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried, and the meeting
adjourned at 5:16 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas DeGloma
Secretary
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APPENDIX I
The following attendance was noted from the meeting
Faculty
AFPRL
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(A) A
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John Li
Educational Foundations & Counseling
Veronica
Programs
M uller
Alexander Fietzer
John Keegan
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School of Social Work
English
Leigh Jones
Sarah Chinn
Steven Wetta
John Keegan
Ricardo M iranda
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Larry Shore
Haydee Salmun
Jochen Albrecht
Carsten Kessler
Elke Nicolai
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Biological Sciences
Chemistry
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M arc Edelman
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Carrie M oyer
Daniel Bozhkov
Nebahat Avcioglu
Derrick Brazill
Shirley Raps
Paul Feinstein
M aria Pereira
Akira Kawamura
Gabriela Smeureanu
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Larry Kowerski
Computer Science
Lei Xie
Felisa Vasquez-Abad
Curriculum & Teaching
Dance
Economics
Film & M edia Studies
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History
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Jason Wirtz
Stephen Demeo
Ben Shuldiner
David Capps
Betsy Cooper
Kathleen Isaac
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M anu Bhagavan
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M ee' Len Hom
Sarah Ward
Adina M ulliken
Danise Hoover
M edial Laboratory Sciences
M usic
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Physics & Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
Physical Therapy
Romance Languages
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Verna Segarra
Pat Burke
Rob Thompson
Hongxing Li
Robert Raffaniello
Dean Johnston
Jewel Thompson
M ichele Cabrini
Christine Anne Ganzer
Abigail Kotowski
Lynda Olender
Justin Garson
Omar Dahbour
Laura Keating
M arilyn Rothschild
Ying Chen
Kelle Cruz
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Jill Schwedler
Roseanne Flores
Joseph Lao
Peter Serrano
Peter M oller
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Tom Holland
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M usic
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History
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Vice President, Graduate Student Association
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President Alumni Association
President, HEO Forum
President, CLT Council
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Dana Reimer
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Senators:
HEO/CLA Representative
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Vice President for Student Affairs
Eija Ayravainen
Vice President for Administration
Robert Pignatello
Provost, Acting
Lon Kaufman
Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Andrew Polsky
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Special Counsel to the President & Dean of
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APPENDIX II
Charter Review: Second Reading with Amendments from the floor
Article/
Section
Title
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II.3
III.1
Current
Proposed
CHARTER FOR A GOVERNANCE OF HUNTER
COLLEGE
Section 1
The Hunter College Senate shall be established as the
legislative body of the College with authority to
determine College policy on all matters not reserved
now or hereafter by Education Law or Board of
Trustees Bylaws to the President of Hunter College, to
other officers or duly constituted bodies of the College
or The City University, or the Board of Trustees.
CHARTER FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF HUNTER
COLLEGE
Section 1
The Hunter College Senate was established as the
legislative body of the College with authority to
determine College policy on all matters not reserved
now or hereafter by Education Law or Board of
Trustees Bylaws to the President of Hunter College, to
other officers or duly constituted bodies of the College
or The City University, or the Board of Trustees.
Section 2 (initial Meeting)
Effective as of the first meeting of the Senate, the
present Hunter College Faculty Council is to be considered dissolved and its powers assumed by the
College Senate under terms of this Charter.
Section 2 (initial Meeting)
Effective as of the first meeting of the Senate, the
present Hunter College Faculty Council was considered dissolved and its powers assumed by the
College Senate under terms of this Charter.
There shall be completed, no later than by the end
of the third year, a thorough and impartial review
of the composition, structure, and functions of the
College Senate by a group empowered to propose,
should it so deem necessary, a new version of the
governance charter or major revisions thereof in
the form of amendments for referendum (Article
XIII) and submission to the Board of Trustees, if
required. In the meantime, the Senate will use the
latitude afforded it under this Charter for
continued development of organization and
procedures in order to fulfill its mandated functions
effectively.
The Hunter College Senate shall have 100 Senators and
Alternates sufficient in number to provide one faculty
alternate for each department, being composed of 57%
faculty members, 38% students and 5% representatives
of the administration, with seats reserved in the
following proportions:
The Hunter College Senate shall have 100 Senators and
Alternates sufficient in number to provide two faculty
alternates for each department, being composed of 57%
faculty members, 38% students and 5% representatives
of the administration, with seats reserved in the
following proportions:
44% Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and Instructors on 44% Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant
full-time appointments.
Professors, Instructors on full-time appointments, and
13% Lecturers (full-time), Lecturers (part-time), Adjunct faculty, and all other Lecturers on full-time appointments.
part-time members of the teaching faculty who are not 13% Lecturers (part-time), Adjunct faculty, and all
also serving in full-time appointments, and non-faculty other part-time members of the teaching faculty who
department member in the title series College are not also serving in full-time appointments, Clinical
Laboratory Technician and Higher Education Officer.
Professors, Distinguished Lecturers, and non-faculty
14% Full-time Undergraduate students, other than students in the SEEK department members in the title series College
Department.
Laboratory Technician and Higher Education Officer.
11% Part-time Undergraduate students.
14% Full-time Undergraduate students, other than students in the SEEK Program.
2% Undergraduate students – SEEK
11% Part-time Undergraduate students.
Department.
2% Undergraduate students – SEEK Program.
11%
Graduate students.
11%
Graduate students.
5%
Administration.
5%
Administration.
III.3
These members shall have full floor rights but no
voting rights; they shall not be eligible to become an
officer of the Senate (Article V).
These members shall have full floor rights but no
voting rights; they shall not be eligible to become
officers of the Senate (Article V).
Rationale
The Senate membership
was changed in 2009,
during voting crises, to
include 2 alternates per
department. This was
done in response to
recommendations by
CUNY. See Senate
minutes of 2-18-09 and 422-09.
Resolutions reallocating
Lecturers (full-time) with
other full-time faculty and
adding Clinical Professors
and Distinguished
Lecturers to part-time
faculty was approved by
the Senate on 3-9-16.
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IV.2.A
The College Senate shall schedule regular nominations
and elections (other than the initial one – see Article
X) once a year during the last four weeks of classes in
the spring semester; and it shall convene following
such elections no later than June 1. The faculty and the
student bodies shall be responsible, through duly constituted organizations, for conducting the elections of
their respective representatives in accordance with the
terms of this Charter.
The 44 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the
ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor on full-time appointments shall
be filled as follows:
(IV)
All departments shall be rank-ordered
by the number of such faculty in the
department. Each department shall be
allocated 1 seat, and the remaining
seats shall be allocated by assigning
one additional seat to each department
from the top of the list down, until the
available number is exhausted.
(ii) Each department will fill its allocated seats by
nominations from and elections by its faculty members
in the ranks of Professor, Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor, and Instructor on full-time
appointments.
IV.2.B.
The 13 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the
ranks of Lecturer (full-time), Lecturer (part-time),
Adjunct faculty, any other part-time members of the
teaching faculty who are not also serving in full-time
appointments, and department members in the title
series College Laboratory Technician and Higher
Education Officer shall be filled as follows:
(IV)
IV.2.C
One seat shall be reserved for Student
Services, and shall be filled by
nomination and election among the
department members in these ranks.
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The College Senate shall schedule regular nominations
and elections once a year during the last four weeks of
classes in the spring semester; and it shall convene
following such elections no later than June 1. The
faculty and the student bodies shall be responsible,
through duly constituted organizations, for conducting
the elections of their respective representatives in
accordance with the terms of this Charter.
The 44 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the
ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant
Professor, Instructors on full-time appointments, and
Lecturers on full-time appointments shall be filled as
follows:
(IV)
Amendments to this
section were approved by
Resolution of the Senate
on 3-9-16.
All departments shall be rank-ordered
by the number of such faculty in the
department. Each department shall be
allocated 1 seat, and the remaining
seats shall be allocated by assigning
one additional seat to each department
from the top of the list down, until the
available number is exhausted.
(ii) Each department will fill its allocated seats by
nominations from and elections by its faculty members
in the ranks of Professor, Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor, Instructor on full-time appointment, and Lecturer on full-time appointment.
The 13 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the
ranks of Lecturer (part-time), Adjunct faculty, any
other part-time members of the teaching faculty who
are not also serving in full-time appointments, Clinical
Professor, Distinguished Lecturer, and department
members in the title series College Laboratory
Technician and Higher Education Officer shall be
filled as follows:
(IV)
One seat shall be reserved for Student
Services, and shall be filled by
nomination and election among the
department members in these ranks.
(ii) In each of the departments that include members
in these ranks, the latter shall make nomination for,
(ii) Each of the departments that include members in
and elect from among their number, one nominee for
these ranks may elect from among their number one
one of the 12 remaining Senate seats.
nominee for one of the 12 remaining Senate seats.
The 14 Senate seats reserved for
The
Full-time
14 Senate seats reserved for Full-time undergraduate students, other than stuundergraduate students, other than students
dents in the SEEK Program, shall be filled as follows:
in the SEEK Department, shall be filled as
follows:
Amendments to this
section were approved by
Resolution of the Senate
on 3-9-16.
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The 11 Senate seats reserved for graduate
students shall be filled as follows:
All graduate student positions shall be filled by the
Graduate Student Association of Hunter College
(GSA)
according
to
the
representational
6 seats shall be filled by graduate students matriculated requirements outlined below and in Article III.1
in programs offered in the various divisions (as defined and Article IV.4.B.
in Article IV.1.B.ii) and the School
In the of
event
Social
thatWork;
the GSA decides not to put forth a sufficient number of
one seat to each division and the School of Social students to fulfill the representational requirements
Work.
outlined in Article III.1 and Article IV, Section 2.E
of the College Charter, or fails to do so by the first
(ii) There shall be 4 representatives who are regularly scheduled meeting of a new Senate (at the
matriculated graduate students and are elected by the end of the spring semester), nominations can be
matriculated graduate students in an at-large election.
made by the Senate Administrative Committee or
any seated Senator during a regular Senate
(iii) There shall also be 1 non-matriculated graduate
meeting. In addition, candidacy at-large can be
student representatives, elected by the non-matriculated declared by filing a petition meeting the
graduate students in an at-large election.
requirements established by the Senate. From the
pool of such candidates, graduate student
representatives shall be elected by a vote of the full
Senate during a regular meeting or any meeting
thereafter.
The 11 Senate seats reserved for graduate
students shall be filled as follows:
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Resolution of the Senate
on 3-9-16.
Amended from the Senate
floor on 5/4/16.
(i) 6 seats shall be filled by graduate students
matriculated in programs offered in the various
divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii) and the
School of Social Work; one seat to each division and
the School of Social Work.
(ii) There shall be 4 representatives who are
matriculated graduate students and who will serve as
at-large representatives.
IV.2.F
IV.2.G
VIII.1
Two Senate seats shall be filled by nominations and
elections from among and by the students in the SEEK
Department.
5 representatives of the administration, one of who
shall be in the title series HEO or CLT, shall be
appointed by the President of Hunter College.
(iii) There shall also be 1 non-matriculated graduate
student representative.
Two Senate seats shall be filled by nominations and
elections from among and by the students in the SEEK
Program.
5 representatives of the administration, one of whom
shall be in the title series HEO or CLT, shall be
appointed by the President of Hunter College.
E. Each committee has two faculty alternates.
Each committee is
allowed two faculty
alternates.
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4 May 2016
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A. The Graduate Course of Study and
Academic Requirements Committee
A. The Graduate Course of Study and Academic
Requirements Committee
Six faculty members who teach in the graduate
program, at least one faculty member from each of the
divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii); 2 graduate
students and 2 graduate student alternates; and serving
without vote the Deans of the divisions and/or schools
including the Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, the Chief Academic Officer or designee, and
the Chief Librarian or designee.
Six faculty members who teach in the graduate
program, at least one faculty member from each of the
divisions (as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii); a faculty
member from the School of Social Work; 2 graduate
students and 2 graduate student alternates; and serving
without vote the Registrar, the Deans of the divisions
and/or schools or designees, the Chief Academic
Officer or designee, and the Chief Librarian or
designee.
B. The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
B. The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
One faculty representative from each of the divisions
(as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii) and two from the divisions serving at-large; 3 students and 3 student
alternates; and, serving without vote, the Chief
Academic Officer or designee, the Deans of the divisions and/or schools including the Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences, the Director of Evening Student
Services, and the Chief Librarian or designee.
One faculty representative from each of the divisions
(as defined in Article IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member
from the School of Social Work, and two from the
divisions serving at-large; 3 students and 3 student
alternates; and, serving without vote, the Registrar or
designee, the Chief Academic Officer or designee, the
Deans of the divisions and/or schools or designees, a
Director of Student Services, and the Chief Librarian
or designee.
C.
D.
Both of these Committees shall be chaired by
faculty members, elected by the voting members
of the Committee.
There shall also be Committees on Curriculum in
the School of Arts and Sciences, the Division of
the School of Health Professions, and the School
of Education. These committees shall be composed of the dean (with vote) and one faculty
member from each department in the school or
division, elected by the department as it may
decree in its By-laws (see Article XI), and 3
students and 3 student alternates. The School of
Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee shall
also include one faculty and one student representative from two of the inter-disciplinary
programs. These Committees shall review proposals initiated by departments or programs or
may initiate their own proposals for programs or
curriculum changes, submitting such proposals
for consideration to the appropriate Senate Committee on Course of Study.
In the area of undergraduate curriculum, the
Curriculum Committees shall have the right to act
on curriculum proposals, in accordance with the
Procedures for Preparing and Submitting
Curriculum Proposals for College Approval
approved by the Hunter College Senate. Decisions by these Committees may be appealed by
the departments or programs to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Course of Study.
Matters on which appeals are pending shall not
be forwarded to the Senate, and a two-thirds
majority of the Senate Committee members
present and voting shall be required to override
such divisional decisions.
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This is to reflect changes
to committees based on
changes to the College
structure. The School of
Social Work was missing
representation on several
committees. We also
updated the School of
Health Professions to
reflect the Division with
Nursing.
New standing committees
were also added. The
dates on which they were
approved are below.
C. Both of these Committees shall be chaired by
faculty members elected by the voting members of the
Committee.
D. Both of these Committees shall have Deputy
Chairs elected by the voting members of the
Committee.
E. There shall also be Committees on Curriculum in
the School of Arts and Sciences, the Division of the
School of Health Professions, the School of Education,
and the School of Social Work. These committees
shall be composed of the dean (with vote) and one
faculty member from each department in the school or
division, elected by the department as it may decree in
its By-laws (see Article XI), and 3 students and 3
student alternates. The School of Arts and Sciences
Curriculum Committee shall also include one faculty
and one student representative from two of the interdisciplinary programs. These Committees shall review
proposals initiated by departments or programs or may
initiate their own proposals for programs or curriculum
changes, submitting such proposals for consideration to
the appropriate Senate Committee on Course of Study.
The Curriculum Committees shall have the right to act
on curriculum proposals, in accordance with the
Procedures for Preparing and Submitting Curriculum
Proposals for College Approval approved by the
Hunter College Senate. Decisions by these committees
may be appealed by the departments or programs to the
relevant Senate Committee on Course of Study.
Matters on which appeals are pending shall not be
forwarded to the Senate, and a two-thirds majority of
the Senate Committee members present and voting
shall be required to override such divisional decisions.
On 10-8-14, the Senate
approved on that the
curriculum committees
may have Deputy Chairs.
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VIII.4.B
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VIII.6
VIII.9
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The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee shall
have oversight authority on all undergraduate
curricular matters. It shall also concern itself through
study and research with policies relating to the
undergraduate curricular organizations. All proposals
pertaining to:
The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee shall
have oversight authority on all undergraduate
curricular matters. It shall also concern itself through
study and research with policies relating to the
undergraduate curricular organizations. All proposals
pertaining to:
(i) Basic Prescriptions.
(ii) New Majors.
(iii) New Minors.
(iv) Credit and Major or Minor
concentrations.
(v) Degree Requirements.
(vi) Interdisciplinary Program.
(vii) Experimental courses
The Graduate Course of Study The
and Academic
Graduate Course of
Requirements Committee shall review all Master's
Programs and graduate courses to be listed in the
Hunter College Bulletin on graduate studies, whether
on the Master's or the Doctoral level.
There shall be a Committee on Undergraduate
Academic Requirements consisting of one faculty
member from each of the divisions (as defined in
IV.1.B.ii), and two faculty from the divisions serving
at-large; 3 students and 3 student alternates. The Dean
of Students, the Chief Academic Officer or designee,
the Assistant Dean for Advising and Counseling, the
Director of Evening Student Services, and the
Registrar shall serve without vote. The Chair shall be a
faculty member elected by the voting membership of
the Committee. Its functions shall include the formulation of policy regarding methods of grading,
requirements of student attendance, regulations relating
to withdrawal from courses, and admissions not
specified by Board of Trustees By-laws.
(i) General Education Requirements.
(ii) New Majors.
(iii) New Minors.
(iv) Credit and Major or Minor
concentrations.
(v) Degree Requirements.
(vi) Interdisciplinary Program.
(vii) Experimental courses
Study and Academic Requirements Committee shall
review all Master's and Doctoral Programs and
graduate courses to be listed in the Hunter College
Bulletin on graduate studies, whether on the Master's
or the Doctoral level.
There shall be a Committee on Undergraduate
Academic Requirements consisting of one faculty
member from each of the divisions (as defined in
IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from the School of
Social Work, and two faculty members from the
divisions serving at-large; 3 students and 3 student
alternates. The Dean of Students, the Chief Academic
Officer or designee, a Director of Advising, a
representative of Student Services, and the Registrar
shall serve without vote. The Chair shall be a faculty
member elected by the voting membership of the
Committee. Its functions shall include the formulation
of policy regarding methods of grading, requirements
of student attendance, regulations relating to
withdrawal from courses, and admissions not specified
by Board of Trustees By-laws.
There shall be a Committee on Student Standing,
consisting of 5 faculty members including a representative from the SEEK Department. The Dean of
Students or designee, the Director of Evening Student
Services, and the Assistant Dean for Advising and
Counseling shall serve without vote. The Chair of the
Committee shall be elected by its voting membership.
The Committee shall be responsible for the evaluation
of student records, for recommending to the Senate the
award of degrees to qualified students, and for
formulating policy, for adoption by the Senate, on the
retention of students and the maintenance of academic
standards.
The Senate shall establish a Committee on the Budget,
consisting of one faculty member from each division
(as defined in IV.1.B.ii) and the School of Social
Work; the Director of SEEK; 2 students and 2 student
alternates; and a Chair elected by the Senate without
constraint as to category. The Chief Academic Officer,
the Vice President for Administration and designee
will serve ex-officio without vote.
There shall be a Committee on Student Standing,
consisting of 5 faculty members including a
representative from the SEEK Program. The Dean of
Students or designee, the Director of Advising and a
representative of Student Services shall serve
without a vote. The Chair of the Committee shall be
elected by its voting membership. The Committee
shall be responsible for the evaluation of student
records, for recommending to the Senate the award of
degrees to qualified students, and for formulating
policy, for adoption by the Senate, on the retention of
students and the maintenance of academic standards.
There shall be a Committee on the Budget, consisting
of one faculty member from each division (as defined
in IV.1.B.ii), and the School of Social Work; the
Director of SEEK; 2 students and 2 student alternates;
and a Chair elected by the Senate without constraint as
to category. The Chief Academic Officer, the Vice
President for Administration and designee will serve
ex-officio without vote.
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The Senate shall establish a Committee on the
Calendar, consisting of one faculty member from each
of the divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), and 2 students
and 2 student alternates. The Dean of Students or
designee, the Director of Evening Student Services,
the Registrar, and the Director of Financial Aid shall
serve without vote. The Committee on the Calendar
will make recommendations on the College Calendar,
and, in consultation with the Faculty Personnel &
Budget Committee, on the Bell Schedule. The
Committee will also evaluate existing registration
procedures and make recommendations regarding
changes in registration procedures.
There shall be a Committee on the Calendar, consisting
of one faculty member from each of the divisions (as
defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from School
of Social Work, and 2 students and 2 student
alternates. The Dean of Students or designee, the
Director of Advising, the Registrar, and the Director of
Financial Aid shall serve without vote. The Committee
on the Calendar will make recommendations on the
College Calendar, and, in consultation with the Faculty
Personnel & Budget Committee, on the Bell Schedule.
The Committee will also evaluate existing registration
procedures and make recommendations regarding
changes in registration procedures.
VIII.12
There shall be a Committee on Departmental
Governance, consisting of one faculty member from
each division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), 2 students and 2
student alternates, and one member of the administration (all with vote). The Committee on
Departmental Governance shall: (a) make recommendations to the Senate on standards for
Departmental By-laws; (b) review Departmental Bylaws and Amendments approved by departments and
make recommendations for Senate action; (c) make
recommendations to the Senate on alleged infractions
of Departmental By-laws.
VIII.14
The Senate shall establish a Committee on Charter
Review, consisting of one faculty member from each
division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii); 3 students and 3
student alternates; one member of the Administration
to be designated by the President who shall serve exofficio; and a Chair elected by the Senate.
There shall be a Committee on Departmental
Governance, consisting of one faculty member from
each division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty
member from the School of Social Work, 2 students
and 2 student alternates, and one member of the
administration (all with vote). The Committee on
Departmental Governance shall: (a) make
recommendations to the Senate on standards for
Departmental By-laws; (b) review Departmental Bylaws and Amendments approved by departments and
make recommendations for Senate action; (c) make
recommendations to the Senate on alleged infractions
of Departmental By-laws.
There shall be a Committee on Charter Review,
consisting of one faculty member from each division
(as defined in IV.1.B.ii); a faculty member from the
School of Social Work; 3 students and 3 student
alternates; one member of the Administration to be
designated by the President who shall serve ex-officio;
and a Chair elected by the Senate.
Section 18
VIII.18
There shall be a Committee on Academic Freedom
consisting of one faculty member from each of the
divisions (as defined in the Charter IV.1.B.ii), the
School of Social Work, the Library, and one faculty
member at-large, one member of the HEO staff, two
students, and two faculty alternates, one HEO
alternate, and two student alternates. The Provost
(or designee) shall serve ex-officio without vote.
The chair shall be a faculty member elected by the
voting membership of the committee.
The charge of the committee shall include: to
monitor, examine and report annually to the Senate
on the status of academic freedom at the college; to
make appropriate recommendations regarding
academic freedom policies and practices to the
college’s governance bodies and, as appropriate,
through those bodies to the University Faculty
Senate; to investigate possible violations of
academic freedom.
In order to ensure a secure and protected
environment for individuals who wish to bring cases
of abridgement of academic freedom before the
committee, such charges will be examined by a subcommittee of two members chosen by the committee
chair in consultation with the rest of the committee.
In addition, the committee chair shall be recused
from serving on the subcommittee.
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and revised on 2-24-16 by
Senate Resolution.
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Section 19
There shall be a new Standing Committee on
Academic Assessment and Evaluation, consisting of
one full-time faculty from each division of the
School of Arts and Sciences, three full-time faculty
members at-large from the School of Arts and
Sciences, one faculty from each of the Schools of
Education, Social Work, Nursing and Health
Professions, two students-at-large from the School
of Arts and Sciences, the Director of Assessment, a
HEO representative and a HEO Alternate, and,
serving ex-officio without vote the Deans of the
schools of Arts and Sciences, Social Work, Nursing
and Health Professions, Education (or their
respective designees); the Chief Academic Officer
and the Vice President of Student Affairs (or their
respective designees); and the Director of
Institutional Research. The Chair shall be a faculty
member elected by the voting membership of the
Committee, the Deputy Chair shall be a voting
member elected by the voting membership of the
Committee.
The specific charges to the committee shall include
to develop, implement, review, and approve all
college policies and procedures related to academic
assessment; to seek necessary support (logistical
and otherwise) for the proper implementation of
approved college assessment processes and policies;
to coordinate with other Senate committees to
ensure that all policies and procedures related to
academic assessment are faculty-driven; to serve as
an assessment advisory committee for academic
departments and programs, and work with all
relevant constituencies as needed; to inform the
academic community about accreditation standards
as presented by the Middle States Commission on
Higher Education; and to deliver regular reports to
the Hunter Senate.
Established on 2-24-10
and revised on 12-10-14.
Amended from the Senate
floor on 5/4/16.
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Section 20
There shall be a Committee on General Education,
consisting of one full-time faculty member from
each division of the School of Arts and Sciences,
three full-time faculty members at-large from the
School of Arts and Sciences, one full-time faculty
member from each of the professional schools with
undergraduate degree programs, two students-atlarge, an associate Dean/Associate Provost for
General Education, the Chair, who shall be a fulltime faculty member elected by the voting
membership of the Senate, and, serving ex-officio
without vote: the Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences (or designee), the Provost (or designee), the
Director of Assessment, the Chair of the
Undergraduate Course of Study Committee (or
designee), the Chair of the Committee on Academic
Assessment and Evaluation (or designee), the
Registrar (or designee), and the Director of
Advising Services (or designee).
VIII.21
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Amended from the Senate
floor on 5/4/16.
The specific charges to the committee shall include:
Develop, review, and approve all college policies
and procedures pertaining to the general education
program (including related graduation
requirements) and curriculum; determine course
approval guidelines for courses to be included in
general education; review and make
recommendations about such proposals; lead and
coordinate periodic review of courses in general
education; devise programmatic assessment for
general education; receive and review
programmatic assessment data and make
recommendations on the basis thereof; encourage
and facilitate faculty participation in general
education curriculum development and teaching;
advise the administration on matters of
implementation of general education requirements
as passed by the Senate; collaborate with other
Senate committees, especially Undergraduate
Course of Study and the Committee on Academic
Assessment and Evaluation, to ensure that all
policies and procedures related to general education
are faculty-driven; and deliver regular reports to
the Hunter Senate.
Section 21
There shall be a Committee on Food Services and
Facilities, consisting of three faculty members, three
students, and the College Business Manager to
serve as a Chairperson ex-officio, all Committee
members to have a vote. The Committee shall be
responsible for advising the administration
concerning all food services at the College,
including the quality, variety, prices, and
presentation of the food, as well as dining facilities.
An annual review of all contracted food services
shall be part of the Committee’s responsibility.
Established on 12-22-82.
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2. When the chair of a department is a candidate for
promotion to full professor, all of the chair's duties in
the promotion process for all candidates for promotion
to full professor shall be assumed by a chair pro tem.
This includes having voice and vote on the departmental P&B, the appropriate divisional or school P&B,
and the college-wide FP&B when such bodies consider
the issue of promotion to full professor. For the
purposes of this section, the Ancillary Units (including
the Library), shall be regarded as a division, the FP&B
Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units as the
divisional P&B, and the chair of the Subcommittee on
Personnel in Ancillary Units as the divisional dean.
The chair will have neither voice nor vote on any P&B
when it considers any aspect of the process for
promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem shall be
elected at the first departmental meeting after the
deadline date announced by the President for receiving
nominations and requests for consideration for promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem will be elected
by the full time faculty of the department who would
ordinarily be eligible to vote for department chair, and
will need a majority vote of all such members of the
department for election. Hereafter references to the
chair will be understood to apply either to the department chair, if that person is not a candidate for promotion to full professor, or to the chair pro tem.
2. When the chair of a department is a candidate for
promotion to full professor, all of the chair's duties in
the promotion process for all candidates for promotion
to full professor shall be assumed by a chair pro tem.
This includes having voice and vote on the
departmental P&B, the appropriate divisional or school
P&B, and the college-wide Committee on Faculty
Personnel and Budget (FP&B) when such bodies
consider the issue of promotion to full professor. For
the purposes of this section, the Ancillary Units
(including the Library), shall be regarded as a division,
FP&B Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units
as the divisional P&B, and the chair of the
Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units as the
divisional dean. The chair will have neither voice nor
vote on any P&B when it considers any aspect of the
process for promotion to full professor. The chair pro
tem shall be elected at the first departmental meeting
after the deadline date announced by the President for
receiving nominations and requests for consideration
for promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem will
be elected by the full time faculty of the department
who would ordinarily be eligible to vote for department
chair, and will need a majority vote of all such
members of the department for election. Hereafter
references to the chair will be understood to apply
either to the department chair, if that person is not a
candidate for promotion to full professor, or to the
chair pro tem.
3. The departmental committee will be responsible for
reviewing the files, scholarship materials, and letters of
outside evaluation for all the candidates for promotion
to full professor within the department and to make a
recommendation as to whether the candidate should be
endorsed for promotion.
3. The departmental P&B committee will be
responsible for reviewing the files, scholarship
materials, and letters of outside evaluation for all the
candidates for promotion to full professor within the
department and to make a recommendation as to
whether the candidate should be endorsed for
promotion.
4. The departmental committee shall compile the list
of external evaluators. Although the candidate shall be
invited to submit names for this list, the final
determination of who shall be contacted is the
responsibility of the departmental committee and the
department Chair.
5. The Chair of the candidate's department shall on
behalf of the departmental committee perform such
administrative tasks as contacting outside evaluators,
sending them the candidates' appropriate materials,
receiving the evaluations, and transmitting them to the
departmental committee. The Chair shall write the
Chair's report summarizing the candidate's record.
6. The departmental committee shall make its
recommendation to the respective school or divisional
Personnel and Budget Committee via the office of the
respective Dean. The candidate will be informed of the
recommendation and, if negative, may elect to
withdraw or to continue in the process.
7. The responsibilities of the Dean shall include, but
not be limited to, scheduling meetings of the respective
personnel and budget committee; scheduling interviews with candidates and the respective personnel and
budget committee; duplicating the candidates'
curriculum vitae, external evaluations, and any other
pertinent materials; maintaining the files on the
candidate; and placing candidates' publications in the
Archives.
4. The departmental P&B committee shall compile the
list of external evaluators. Although the candidate
shall be invited to submit names for this list, the final
determination of who shall be contacted is the
responsibility of the departmental P&B committee and
the department Chair.
5. The Chair of the candidate's department shall on
behalf of the departmental P&B committee perform
such administrative tasks as contacting outside
evaluators, sending them the candidates' appropriate
materials, receiving the evaluations, and transmitting
them to the departmental P&B committee. The Chair
shall write the Chair's report summarizing the
candidate's record.
6. The departmental P&B committee shall make its
recommendation to the respective school or divisional
Personnel and Budget Committee via the office of the
respective Dean. The candidate will be informed of the
recommendation and, if negative, may elect to
withdraw or to continue in the process.
7. The responsibilities of the Dean shall include, but
not be limited to, scheduling meetings of the respective
personnel and budget committee; scheduling
interviews with candidates and the respective personnel
and budget committee; duplicating the candidates'
curriculum vitae, external evaluations, and any other
pertinent materials; maintaining the files on the
candidate; and placing candidates' publications in the
Archives.
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8. The appropriate divisional or school personnel and
budget committee shall review all supporting
documents for the candidate's promotion. An
interview before this committee may be requested by
the candidate or the committee. Refusal to meet with
the committee shall not be prejudicial to the candidate.
However, the committee shall not refuse to meet with
the candidate once such a meeting is requested in
writing by the candidate. The committee may ask any
member of the faculty to serve as a resource in
gathering pertinent information on the candidate's
relevant discipline, including members from the candidate's department and/or school or division.
8. The appropriate divisional or school personnel and
budget committee shall review all supporting
documents for the candidate's promotion. An
interview before this committee may be requested by
the candidate or the committee. Refusal to meet with
the committee shall not be prejudicial to the candidate.
However, the committee shall not refuse to meet with
the candidate once such a meeting is requested in
writing by the candidate. The committee may ask any
member of the full-time faculty to serve as a resource
in gathering pertinent information on the candidate's
relevant discipline, including members from the
candidate's department and/or school or division.
Section 1
The College shall establish the office of Hunter
College Ombudsman, providing a full-time secretary
and such assistants as the incumbent may choose to
staff the operation.
Section 2
Any member of the College community, eligible to
serve on the Senate, may be nominated or may nominate herself or himself for the position of Hunter
College Ombudsman. Such nominations shall be
addressed to the Nominations Committee of the Senate
which may make its own nominations as well as
soliciting them from the floor of the Senate. Each
candidate shall be voted on individually by a for-oragainst vote, the appointment going to the candidate
with the highest plurality of for-votes, provided their
number exceeds two-thirds of the number of
representatives present and voting.
Section 1
The College shall establish the office of Hunter
College Ombuds Officer, providing a full-time
secretary and such assistants as the incumbent may
choose to staff the operation.
Section 2
Any member of the College community eligible to
serve on the Senate may be nominated or may
nominate herself or himself for the position of Hunter
College Ombuds Officer. Such nominations shall be
addressed to the Nominations Committee of the Senate
which may make its own nominations as well as
soliciting them from the floor of the Senate. Each
candidate shall be voted on individually by a for-oragainst vote, the appointment going to the candidate
with the highest plurality of “for” votes, provided their
number exceeds two-thirds of the number of
representatives present and voting.
Section 3
The appointment shall be for a term of three years,
removal from office to occur only as a result of
disability.
Section 3
The appointment shall be for a term of three years,
removal from office to occur only as the result of
demonstrated inability to perform the duties of the
office.
Section 4
The Hunter College Ombudsman shall consider
complaints and grievances that are brought by any
member of the Hunter College community, concerning
a condition or problem in the College, may investigate
the conditions giving rise to such complaints and may
refer cases to others when the usual appeals procedures
seem adequate. The Ombudsman will undertake independent investigations, in general, only if the usual
procedures have proved inadequate or have been
exhausted, and shall be empowered to recommend
action to any officer or to any committee or
organization of the College. The Ombudsman shall
from time to time report on his or her work to the
Hunter College Senate; and may otherwise publicize
the results of investigations.
Section 5
The Ombudsman shall be responsible for causing an
impartial review to be conducted of the structure and
the functioning of the College Senate at the end of two
years of operation, with a view to recommending such
changes in structure, functions, operations, by-laws and
the like as this review of Senate experience may indicate.
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Section 4
The Hunter College Ombuds Officer shall consider
complaints and grievances that are brought by any
member of the Hunter College community, concerning
a condition or problem in the College, may investigate
the conditions giving rise to such complaints and may
refer cases to others when the usual appeals procedures
seem adequate. The Ombuds Officer will undertake
independent investigations, in general, only if the usual
procedures have proved inadequate or have been
exhausted, and shall be empowered to recommend
action to any officer or to any committee or
organization of the College. The Ombuds Officer
shall from time to time report on his or her work to the
Hunter College Senate; and may otherwise publicize
the results of investigations.
B. Recommended by the President of Hunter College
to the Board of Higher Education.
Section 5
The Ombuds Officer shall be responsible for causing
an impartial review to be conducted of the structure
and the functioning of the College Senate at the end of
two years of operation, with a view to recommending
such changes in structure, functions, operations, bylaws and the like as this review of Senate experience
may indicate.
B. Recommended by the President of Hunter College
to the CUNY Board of Trustees.
C. Approved by the Board of Higher Education.
C. Approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees.
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Amendment to Section 3
was approved by the
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The 585th meeting of the Hunter College Senate was convened at 3:48 PM in HW room 714.
Presiding:
Sandra Clarkson, Chair
Attendance:
The elected members of the Senate with the exception of those marked absent in Appendix I.
Alternate Senators were formally seated in accordance with the procedures approved by the
Senate, and clickers were distributed to them.
Report by the
Administrative
a) Announcements
Professor Clarkson announced that the on May 23rd the Presidential Awards for Faculty
Excellence will be held at 5:30 and there is a party after. Everyone is invited to attend. Next week
after the final Senate meeting on May 18th, there will be a party hosted by the Senate and FDA on
the 8th faculty lounge in the west building.
b) Approved Curriculum Changes
In accordance with Article IV, 2H i & ii the Charter for a Governance of Hunter College, the
following curriculum changes as listed in the attached Report dated 11 May 2016 have been
approved as per Senate resolution and are submitted for the Senate’s information. Items: US-2004
Biology (Change in degree program), US-2063 History (Change in degree program), US-2064
History (Change in degree program), US-2065 Psychology (New course), US-2066 Geography
(Change in course), GS-1094 Chemistry (Change in degree program), GS-1098 Psychology (New
course), and GS-1099 Geography (Change in course).
b) Election of Nominees for the Search Committee for Chief Librarian
NOMINEES FOR CHAIR PANEL:
Professor Christa Acampora (Philosophy)
It was moved that the Secretary be instructed to cast a single ballot in favor of the nominee for
Chair Panel. The motion was approved by voice vote without dissent.
NOMINEES FOR STUDENT PANEL:
Joy Nuga
Stephanie Barragan
Caitlin Curran
It was moved that the Secretary be instructed to cast a single ballot in favor of the nominees
for Student Panel. The motion was approved by voice vote without dissent.
NOMINEES FOR FACULTY PANEL:
1. Humanities & Arts:
Prof. Wendy Hayden, English
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Social Sciences:
Prof. Bernadette McCauley, History
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3. Sciences & Mathematics:
Prof. Jochen Albrecht, Geography
Prof. Haydee Salmun, Geography
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School of Education:
Prof. Veronica Mueller, Educational Foundations and Counseling
Prof. Laura Baecher, Curriculum and Teaching
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Prof. Lorraine Byrnes, School of Nursing
Prof. Khursheed Navder, School of Urban Public Health
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School of Social Work:
No nominees
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Library:
Prof. Lisa Finder
Prof. Mason Brown
Prof. Tony Doyle
Prof. Phil Swan
Prof Sarah Ward
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Tellers were appointed, and written ballots were distributed for the election of 10 faculty members
for the Member Panel. The count will be available at the next meeting, after we receive the paper
ballots from Brookdale.
Committee
Report:
Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
Professor Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, Chair of the Committee said the following:
“I am here to present a list of approved catalog language about the New York Board Education
Liberal Arts Requirement for Bachelors of Arts and Sciences Degree. Students in the programs
which are listed in the handout are asked to see advisors to determine how they would be able to
meet the requirement. The language will be in the catalog so students who enter Hunter Fall 2016
or later cannot say they do not know about the policy. Students before this time will be able to
seek an exemption to the requirement. Transfer students will be a bit different as they should see
an advisor no matter what because the courses they bring in may or may not carry such
designation. Please also be advised that very soon we will not need the long list as we are
changing prefixes for courses so students will know if a course is liberal arts or non-liberal arts.”
The report was sent back to the committee and will be brought back to the Senate on May 18th
Select Committee on Honors
Professor Richard Belsky, Chair of the Committee said the following:
“We have a full agenda so I will try not to take up too much time. The resolution before you to
extend the charge of the committee is fairly self-explanatory but I will give you some background
to explain why it is here before you. The Senate Select Committee on Honors was authorized and
charged two years ago to look at honors at Hunter College including Thomas Hunter, various
departmental and honors in majors, and the proliferating scholar cohorts. It was a good time to get
a sense of what Honors meant here and come up with suggestion and recommendations on how to
approach it.
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The first year I think we made much progress first in getting a sense in what is out there and
getting information. We did a survey to departmental majors to see what they were doing. Then
last spring we got word from the former provost and others that there was a plan to develop an
honors college and since it was not defined and a new provost was coming in it seemed like a
good idea to not wrap up work but come back and look at this new initiative. In the fall we came
back and things had changed and there was no longer a plan to create an honors college at Hunter
in the foreseeable future. At the same time due to people moving to other institutions and various
other demands the committee membership dwindled and it was hard to come together and respond
to any major developments. There was hope we could deliver a final report and recommend that a
centralized webpage could be created that allows a student to see at the honor options at the
college but it was difficult to determine what office would manage and update it.
Then this spring a new initiative was brought to us from the Provost’s Office to issue a number of
new honors sections and courses to be open to all honors scholar cohorts and students with a 3.5
goal and higher. It is a big initiative and worthy one, but I feel that since the committee needs to
be replenished and they have to think about what we want out of the sections and courses and how
to define then it seems best to renew the charge for one more year to consider it. If people here are
interested or if you know of others we welcome them to come forward and serve on the
committee.”
Professor Belsky read the resolution into the record:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Select Committee on Honors shall be renewed until May 2017 and
its charge extended. In addition to the charge approved on 23 October 2013, the Select Committee
on Honors, in collaboration with the Undergraduate Course of Study Committee, shall be charged
with defining the criteria for honors courses in relation to the institution’s mission statement. The
definition of honors courses will include a comparison with regular courses and how honors
courses fit into departmental honors and the Macaulay Honors, Thomas Hunter Honors, and the
cohorts’ honors programs
The question was called and received a second.
The resolution carried by voice vote with 1 nay.
Committee on Academic Freedom
Professor Sarah Chinn, Chair of the Committee said the following.
“This came to us from the University Faculty Senate of CUNY who adopted it without dissent.
They sent it all CUNY College and their Academic Freedom Committees asking for them to
endorse it in principal. I do not know if everyone has had a chance to review it but I will go over
some of the important points.
This comes from the University of Chicago and the organizing idea is as quoted from the first
page that free inquiry is indispensable to the good life, that universities exist for the sake of such
inquiry, and that without it they cease to be universities. The other quote is from President Hanna
Holborn Gray who said that universities should be expected to provide the conditions within
which hard thought, and therefore strong disagreement, independent judgement, and the
questioning of stubborn assumptions, can flourish in an environment of the greatest freedom. On
the next page it state that academic freedom guarantees all members of the university community
the broadest possible latitude to speak, write, listen, challenge, and learn. They also provide an
important caveat about civility and mutual respect can never be used as a justification for closing
off discussion of ideas, however offensive or disagreeable those ideas may be to some members of
the community. Finally on the last page the University has a solemn responsibility not only to
protect that freedom when others attempt to restrict it.
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The University Faculty Senate endorsed in principal this document from the University of
Chicago.”
Prof. Chin brought the following resolution to the floor:
The Hunter College Senate subscribes to the principals in the University of Chicago
statement.
After a lengthy discussion the question was called and received a second.
The resolution carried by voice vote without dissent.
Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching
Mr. Abdul Rad, Chair of the Committee said the following:
“I am here to give a quick update today on what the committee has done this year. Unfortunately
as a committee we had a hard time finding a common time to meet this year. We reached out to
other committees to get input on two items. The first was we reached out to instructors who had
high response rates on their evaluations to see what they did to get students to response. I will
share this data with the next Vice Chair and eventually it will be sent out to all instructors as a
guide.
The second item that I am going to discuss it the overhaul of the current survey used in teacher
evaluations. We worked closely with the former Director of Assessment and broke it down into
three sections, which are teaching practices, learning outcomes, departmental choice. We have a
framework in place but it is not yet ready to be voted on. I am going to share this with the
Provost’s Office to share with the next Director of Assessment who can help the committee refine
the survey more.”
Due to the late hour, it was moved that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried, and the meeting
adjourned at 4:26 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas DeGloma
Secretary
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APPENDIX I
The following attendance was noted from the meeting
Faculty
AFPRL
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(A) A
(A) X
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(A) X
(A) X
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Avi Liveson
John Li
Educational Foundations & Counseling
Veronica
Programs
M uller
Alexander Fietzer
John Keegan
(A) A
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(A) X
(A) X
School of Social Work
English
Leigh Jones
Sarah Chinn
Steven Wetta
John Keegan
Ricardo M iranda
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Joseph M cElhaney
Larry Shore
Haydee Salmun
Jochen Albrecht
Carsten Kessler
Elke Nicolai
Eckhard Kuhn-Osius
(A) A
(A) X
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(A) A
(A) A
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(A) A
(A)
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Art & Art History
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Anthony Browne
Denis M ilagros
Edgardo M elendez
Jackie Brown
M ike Steiper
M arc Edelman
Harper M ontgomery
Carrie M oyer
Daniel Bozhkov
Nebahat Avcioglu
Derrick Brazill
Shirley Raps
Paul Feinstein
M aria Pereira
Akira Kawamura
Gabriela Smeureanu
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Classical & Oriental Studies
Joanne Spurza
Larry Kowerski
Computer Science
Lei Xie
Felisa Vasquez-Abad
Curriculum & Teaching
Jody Polleck
Jason Wirtz
Stephen Demeo
Ben Shuldiner
David Capps
Betsy Cooper
Kathleen Isaac
Timothy Goodspeed
Dance
Economics
Film & M edia Studies
Geography
German
History
Library
Rick Belsky
M anu Bhagavan
Eldor M ehilli
M ee' Len Hom
Sarah Ward
Adina M ulliken
Danise Hoover
M edial Laboratory Sciences
M usic
School of Nursing
Philosophy
Physics & Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
Physical Therapy
Romance Languages
Sandra Clarkson
Verna Segarra
Pat Burke
Rob Thompson
Hongxing Li
Robert Raffaniello
Dean Johnston
Jewel Thompson
M ichele Cabrini
Christine Anne Ganzer
Abigail Kotowski
Lynda Olender
Justin Garson
Omar Dahbour
Laura Keating
M arilyn Rothschild
Ying Chen
Kelle Cruz
Rachel Schutte
Jill Schwedler
Roseanne Flores
Joseph Lao
Peter Serrano
Peter M oller
Herb Karpatkin
Tom Holland
M ilo Lipovac
Julie Van Peteghem
Rolando Perez
M onica Schinaider
Terry M izrahi
Samuel Aymer
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Louisa Thompson
Urban Policy and Planning
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Stanley M oses
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Rupal Oza
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M ike Benediktsson
Special Education
Elizabeth Klein
Jennifer Klein
Kristen Hodnett
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Susan Wortsman
Donald Vogel
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S tudents
Denise Bolognino
M aria Pia Sifuentes
Abdul Rad
Stephen Icaza
Stephanie Barragan
Albiona Aga
Christine Hirt
Sandra-M ay Flowers
Jonathan Ayala
M ichelle Zak-Strzalka
Jonah Garnick
Tamzeed Rahman
Ashley Wong
Sadal Ayaz
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Student Services
Shannon Salinas
Brian M aasjo
M athematics & Statistics
Bill Williams
Sociology
Thomas DeGloma
Library
Jocelyn Berger-Barrera
English
Jeff Allred
THHP
Sarah Jeninsky
M athematics & Statistics
Barbara Barone
Nursing
David Keepnews
M usic
Brad Stoller
Urban Policy & Planning
Elaine Walsh
Urban Policy & Planning
Laxmi Ramasubramanian
History
Bernadette M cCauley
SEEK
Sunday Coward
Ex-Officio
President, USG
Chika Onyejiukwa
Vice President, Graduate Student Association
Kelly Homenick
President Alumni Association
President, HEO Forum
President, CLT Council
Patricia Rudden
Dana Reimer
Amy Jeu
ADMINIS TRATION
Senators:
HEO/CLA Representative
M arylin Daley-Weston
Vice President for Student Affairs
Eija Ayravainen
Vice President for Administration
Robert Pignatello
Provost, Acting
Lon Kaufman
Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Andrew Polsky
Alternate Senators (3):
Dean of Education, Acting
Jennifer Tuten
Special Counsel to the President & Dean of
Laura
Faculty
Hertzog
and Staff Relations
School of Nursing
Dean Gail M cCain
TEMPORARY REALLOCATION OF S EATS (clickers)
Department/Program:
Asian American Studies Program
Religion
David Cerequas
Religion
Barbara Sproul
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Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room E1018
Telephone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
TO:
Members of the Hunter College Senate
FM:
Senate Office
RE:
Approved Curriculum Changes- Part I
Substantive items listed below were previously mailed to Senators and Department Chairs. Thus, an
opportunity for challenge and/or correction was provided. In accordance with Senate resolution the
proposals for substantive changes are not attached, but are available in the Senate Office for inspection.
UNDERGRADUATE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
US-2068
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
New courses: SW 36000, 46000, 37000
US-2070
WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES
Change in courses: Add WGSS 29000 to P&D/C and InS
US-2071
New courses: WGSA 29000, add to P&D/C and InS; WGSC 29000, Add to
P&D/C and InS, WGSL 29000, add to P&D/C and InS, WGSP 29000, add to
P&D/C and InS, WGST 29000, add to P&D/C and InS
US-2077
BIOLOGY
Change in course: BIOL 30000
US-2078
New course: BIOL 30100
(Approved by Undergraduate Course of Study Committee on 5/10/16.)
GRADUATE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
GS-1100
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Change in degree program: Early Childhood Special Education Birth to Grade 2,
Advanced Certificate
GS-1101
Change in degree program: Adolescent Special Education Grades 7-12
Generalist, Advanced Certificate & Childhood Special Education Grades 1-6,
Advanced Certificate
GS-1104
Change in course: SPED 73100
(Approved by Graduate Course of Study Committee on 5/10/16.)
Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room E1018
Telephone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
TO:
Members of the Hunter College Senate
FM:
Senate Office
RE:
Approved Curriculum Changes- Part II
Substantive items listed below were previously mailed to Senators and Department Chairs. Thus, an
opportunity for challenge and/or correction was provided. In accordance with Senate resolution the
proposals for substantive changes are not attached, but are available in the Senate Office for inspection.
UNDERGRADUATE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
US-2067
SOCIAL WORK
New courses: SW 450 and 451
US-2069
New Minor: Minor in Community Organizing
US-2072
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Change in course: POLSC 270W, add to WoC
US-2073
US-2074
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
Change in degree program: Concentration in Quantitative Biology
(in the Statistics Major)
Change in degree program: Concentration in Quantitative Biology
(in the Mathematics Major)
US-2075
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Change in course: CSCI 15000
US-2079
Change in Minor: Minor in Computer Science
US-2080
Change in degree program: BA in Computer Science
US-2081
GEOGRAPHY
Change in course: GEOG 15000, add to WoC
(Approved by Undergraduate Course of Study Committee on 5/17/16.)
Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room 1018 East Building
Phone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
TO: Members of the Hunter College Senate
FM: Senate Administrative Committee
RE: Senate Meeting Schedule for Fall 2016/Spring 2017
FALL 2016
Time: Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:25 P.M.
September 7 and 21
October 5 and 26
November 9 and 30
December 7
SPRING 2017
Time: Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:25 P.M.
February 8 and 22
March 8 and 22
April 5 and 19
May 3, 10, and 17
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2016-2017 ACADEMIC CALENDARS
FALL 2016
August 2016:
Th 25............................................. First Day of Classes - Fall 2016
September 2016:
M 5 ............................................... LABOR DAY - COLLEGE IS CLOSED
October 2016:
Su 2 - Tu 4 .................................... No Classes Scheduled
Th 6............................................... Classes follow a Monday Schedule
M 10 ............................................. COLLEGE IS CLOSED
Tu 11 - W 12 ................................ No Classes Scheduled
F 14 ............................................... Classes Follow a Tuesday Schedule
November 2016:
Th 24-Su 27 .................................. THANKSGIVING RECESS - COLLEGE IS CLOSED
December 2016:
Tu 13............................................. Reading Day
W 14 - W 21 ................................. Final Examinations for Fall Semester 2016
W 21 ............................................. End of Fall 2016 Term
S 24 - Su 25 .................................. COLLEGE IS CLOSED
S 31 ............................................... COLLEGE IS CLOSED
SPRING 2017
January 2017:
Su 1 ............................................... COLLEGE IS CLOSED
M 30 ............................................. First Day of Classes - Spring 2017
February 2017:
M 13 ............................................ LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY - COLLEGE IS CLOSED
W 15 ............................................ Classes follow a Monday Schedule
M 20 ............................................. PRESIDENTS' DAY - COLLEGE IS CLOSED
April 2017:
M 10 - Tu 18 ................................. SPRING RECESS – No classes scheduled
T 20 .............................................. Classes follow a Monday Schedule
May 2017:
F 19 .............................................. Reading Day
M 22 - F 26 .................................. Final Examinations for Spring Semester 2017
F 26 ............................................... End of Spring 2017 Term
M 29 ............................................. MEMORIAL DAY - COLLEGE IS CLOSED
Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room 1018 East Building
Phone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
Results of Nominees for Search Committee for
Chief Librarian
Nominees for Chair Panel:
Prof. Christa Acampora, Philosophy
Nominees for Member Panel:
FACULTY (10)
Humanities & Arts:
Wendy Hayden, English
Social Sciences:
Prof. Bernadette McCauley, History
Sciences & Mathematics
Jochen Albrecht, Geography
School of Education
Laura Baecher, Curriculum and Teaching
7. Library
Prof. Lisa Finder
Prof. Mason Brown
Prof. Tony Doyle
Prof. Sarah Ward
STUDENTS (6)
Joy Nuga
Stephanie Barragan
Caitlin Curran
Schools of Nursing, Health Professions, and
Urban Public health
Lorraine Byrnes, School of Nursing
Khursheed Navder, School of Urban Public
Health
The Hunter College Senate shall elect a chair-panel of three and a member-panel of 10 faculty members and 6 students
in such a manner as to achieve the widest possible distribution among the divisions; the panel shall include four
members of the Library staff, and at least two faculty members primarily based at the 68th Street Campus, and at least
two faculty members not primarily based at the 68th Street Campus (e.g. School of Social Work or Brookdale). From
this panel the President shall choose 3 students and 5 faculty members to serve on the Search Committee, subject to the
following conditions: (a) two faculty shall be from the Library, (b) at least one of the five faculty shall be from a
campus other than the 68th Street Campus.
Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room 1018 East Building
Phone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
REPORT BY UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY COMMITTEE
CATALOG LANGUAGE REGARDING STATE RULE
FOR LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES COURSES
The following applies to all students who enter Hunter College either as freshmen or transfer
students as of Fall 2016: To obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree, students must have a minimum of
ninety (90) credits in courses that are classified as Liberal Arts & Sciences courses. For a
Bachelor of Science degree, a minimum of sixty (60) credits must be earned in courses that are
classified as Liberal Arts & Sciences. Credits taken at Hunter or credits transferred in are subject
to this requirement, which is based on a New York State law. While most courses offered at
Hunter will be Liberal Arts & Sciences courses, several academic programs offer a number of
courses which do not count as Liberal Arts & Sciences. To make sure that your courses follow
the New York State guidelines, you must see an advisor if you have many credits or are majoring
in any one of the following programs. This is especially important if you transfer courses in
these fields to Hunter (their status may depend on the school where you took them):
Art & Art History (Studio Art)
Economics (Accounting)
Community Health
Computer Science
Dance
Education
Film and Media Studies
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Music
Nursing
Theatre
Students who entered Hunter College after 2009 are under the same requirements, but there is the
possibility of a waiver; however this is not guaranteed. Please check with an advisor if you have
many credits or are majoring or minoring in one of the above areas. Below is a list of courses
that are NOT counted as Liberal Arts & Sciences, organized by Department, School, or Program:
Art & Art History:
All ARTCR courses.
Community Health:
COMHE 408
COMHE 412
COMHE 400.xx
Economics (Accounting):
ACC 36700 - Analysis of Financial Statements
ACC 37100 - Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 37200 - Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 37300 - Federal Income Taxation
ACC 37400 - Managerial Accounting (Cost Accounting)
ACC 38000 - Business Law II
ACC 47100 - Advanced Accounting I
ACC 47200 - Advanced Accounting II
ACC 47300 - Business Taxes
ACC 47500 – Auditing
ACC 47600 - Computer Accounting Systems
ACC 48000 - Business Law III
ACC 49000 - Accounting & Auditing Research
School of Education:
All courses in the School of Education are non Liberal Arts and Sciences, except:
QSTB 20200 - Child Growth and Development
QSTB 40300 - Social Foundations of Urban Education
QSTB 41300 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning
SEDC 21000 - Building the Foundations of Literacy in Grades 7-12
SEDF 20300 - Social Foundations of Education, Grades 7-12 (W)
SEDF 20400 - Adolescent Development
SEDF 20500 - Educational Psychology: Applications in Grades 7-12
SEDF 20600 - Assessment of the Teaching and Learning Process in Grades 7-12
SPED 30800 - Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings
Film and Media Studies:
FILMP 25100 - Film Production I
FILMP 28600 - Location Sound
FILMP 31100 - Directing Documentary Video Production
FILMP 31600 - Experimental Production
FILMP 34100 - Producing the Film
FILMP 35200 - Film Production II
FILMP 37100 - Screen Directing I
FILMP 37200 - Screen Directing II
FILMP 38100 - Techniques of Cinematography
FILMP 38200 - Narrative Editing
FILMP 38300 - Sound Design
FILMP 38400 - Film and Video Production
FILMP 39900 - Special Topics in Advanced Film Practice
FILMP 45100 - Film and Video Production Seminar
MEDP 29900 - Special Topics in Media Production
Medical Laboratory Sciences:
MLS 30000 - Fundamental Concepts and Techniques in the Medical Laboratory
MLS 34900 - Hematology
MLS 35100 - Clinical Microbiology I
MLS 35200 - Clinical Microbiology II
MLS 35400 - Clinical Biochemistry I: Biomolecules & Metabolism
MLS 35500 - Clinical Biochemistry II:Genes to Proteins
MLS 36100 - Computers and Data Processing in the Medical Laboratory
MLS 41000 - Professional Practice
MLS 43000 - Immunohematology
MLS 45700 - Senior Seminar
MLS 40000 - Topics in Biomedical Sciences
School of Nursing:
All Nursing Courses.
New York State Education Department
Policy Statement on Liberal Arts and Sciences1:
This guidance is intended to assist institutions of higher education in New York State in meeting
the requirements of the Rules of the Board of Regents, Section 3.47 (c), Requirements for Earned
Degrees, Undergraduate degrees:
“Undergraduate degrees shall be distinguished, as follows, by the minimum amount of liberal
arts content required for each degree. The required liberal arts core shall not be directed toward
specific occupational or professional objectives.”
Degree
Associate in Arts (AA)
Associate in Science (AS)
Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Bachelor of Science (BS)
All other undergraduate baccalaureate degrees
(BBA, BE, BFA, BPS, BTech, etc.)
Minimum Proportion
of Content
3/4
1/2
1/3
3/4
1/2
Minimum Number
of Credits
45
30
20
90
60
1/4
30
The liberal arts and sciences comprise the disciplines of the humanities, natural sciences
and mathematics, and social sciences.
A. Examples of course types that are generally considered within the liberal arts and
sciences:
1. Humanities:
§ English—composition, creative writing, history of language, journalism,
linguistics, literature, literature in translation, playwriting
§ Fine arts—art appreciation, history or theory
From the NYSED Website:
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/lrp/liberalarts.htm (3/14/16)
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§ Foreign
languages—composition, conversation, grammar, history of the
language, literature of the language, reading, translation studies
§ Music—music appreciation, history or theory
§ Philosophy—comparative philosophy, history of philosophy, logic, schools
of philosophy
§ Religion—comparative religion, history of religion
§ Theater—dramatic interpretation, dramatic literature, dramaturgy, history of
drama, playwriting
2. Natural sciences and mathematics:
§ Natural sciences—anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, earth
science, geology, physics, zoology
§ Mathematics—calculus, mathematical theory, statistics
§ Computer Science—broad survey/theory courses
3. Social sciences:
§ Anthropology,
cultural studies, economics, geography, government, history,
political science, psychology, sociology
§ Criminal justice—introductory and broad survey courses
§ Communications—interpersonal communication, mass communication,
public speaking, speech and rhetoric
B. Examples of course types that are generally not considered within the liberal arts and
sciences:
o Agriculture
o Business—administration, finance, human resources, management, marketing,
production
o Computer applications (e.g., word processing, database, spreadsheet),
programming (e.g., specific languages)
o Health and physical education
o Home economics
o Education and teaching methods
o Library science
o Music—studio, performance, practice courses—voice, instrument, direction,
conducting
o Office technologies and practice
o Performing and related arts—acting, costume design, dance, direction, lighting,
production, scene construction, sound production
o Specialized professional courses in such fields as accounting, architecture, dental
hygiene, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy,
podiatry, veterinary medicine
o Studio art—drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture
o Technology/technician fields—construction, data processing, electrical,
electronics, graphic arts, mechanical, medical, refrigeration repair
o Television and radio production
o Theology—pastoral counseling, ministry
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CHARTER FOR A THE GOVERNANCE OF HUNTER COLLEGE
September 1970
(Amended in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2015, and 2016)
ARTICLE I
alternates for each department, being composed of 57% faculty
members, 38% students and 5% representatives of the
administration, with seats reserved in the following proportions:
Section 1
The Hunter College Senate shall bewas established as the
legislative body of the College with authority to determine
College policy on all matters not reserved now or hereafter by
Education Law or Board of Trustees Bylaws to the President of
Hunter College, to other officers or duly constituted bodies of the
College or The City University, or the Board of Trustees.
44%
Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and Instructors on full-time appointments,
and Lecturers on full-time appointments.
13%
Lecturers (full-time), Lecturers (part-time),
Adjunct faculty, and all other part-time members
of the teaching faculty who are not also serving in
full-time appointments, Clinical Professors,
Distinguished Lecturers, and non-faculty department members in the title series College
Laboratory Technician and Higher Education
Officer.
Full-time Undergraduate students, other than
students in the SEEK DepartmentProgram.
Part-time Undergraduate students.
Undergraduate
students
–
SEEK
DepartmentProgram.
Graduate students.
Administration.
Section 2 (Initial Meeting)
Effective as of the first meeting of the Senate, the present Hunter
College Faculty Council is to bewas considered dissolved and its
powers assumed by the College Senate under terms of this Charter.
14%
ARTICLE II
Section 1
11%
2%
As the College legislative agency, the Senate shall have policymaking powers in the following areas:
11%
5%
A. Curriculum and related education matters.
B. Academic requirements and standards of academic
standing.
C. College development, review and forward planning of
facilities, staff, and fiscal requirements.
D. Instruction and the evaluation of teaching.
E. Safeguarding the academic freedom of ALL members of
the Hunter community.
F. Other matters which may be subsequently assigned to
the legislative prerogatives of Hunter College.
Section 2
Senators shall have full voting rights in the Senate. Alternates
may vote and be counted as part of the quorum only when
properly seated according to Senate procedures.
Section 3
Ex officio nonvoting membership shall be extended to:
Section 2
a. the Presidents of the Hunter College Undergraduate Student
Government and the Graduate Student Association;
b. the President of the Hunter College Alumni Association;
c. the Presidents of the Hunter College HEO Forum and the
College Laboratory Technician Council;
In addition to its legislative powers, the Senate shall have the
right to express itself formally as an advisory body in any area it
considers important, and to transmit its recommendations to the
appropriate authorities.
or designee of any of the preceding.
Section 3
These members shall have full floor rights but no voting rights;
they shall not be eligible to become an officers of the Senate
(Article V).
There shall be completed, no later than by the end of the third
year, a thorough and impartial review of the composition,
structure, and functions of the College Senate by a group empowered to propose, should it so deem necessary, a new version of
the governance charter or major revisions thereof in the form of
amendments for referendum (Article XIII) and submission to the
Board of Trustees, if required. In the meantime, the Senate will
use the latitude afforded it under this Charter for continued
development of organization and procedures in order to fulfill its
mandated functions effectively.
Section 4
The College Senate shall schedule regular nominations and
elections (other than the initial one -- see Article X) once a year
during the last four weeks of classes in the spring semester; and it
shall convene following such elections no later than June 1. The
faculty and the student bodies shall be responsible, through duly
constituted organizations, for conducting the elections of their
respective representatives in accordance with the terms of this
Charter.
ARTICLE III
Section 1
ARTICLE IV
The Hunter College Senate shall have 100 Senators and
Alternates sufficient in number to provide one two faculty
Section 1
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A.
B.
Hunter College is an institution organized into schools,
divisions, and departments, the structure and titles of which
may change as the needs of its students change. It also has
an administrative structure and administrative officers which
change in title and function as the college develops.
Therefore, wherever the Charter refers to a specific
administrative officer (e.g. Dean, Registrar, etc.), or academic unit (e.g. department, school, divisions, etc.), or
academic position (e.g. instructor, lecturer, etc.), such
language should be construed to include any equivalent
officer, academic unit, or academic position regardless of
the particular language that is currently in use. In all such
instances not fixed by the Charter, the equivalencies shall be
determined by the Administrative Committee of the Senate
and approved by the Senate.
(i)
(ii) In eEach of the departments that include members in
these ranks , the latter shall makemay nomination for,
and elect from among their number, one nominee for
one of the 12 remaining Senate seats.
(iii) The remaining 12 seats shall then be filled by an atlarge election from among the nominees selected
according to paragraph B (ii) above. In this election,
votes shall be cast only by the members of the departments to which B (ii) applies who are in the ranks of
Lecturer (full-time), Lecturer (part-time), Adjunct
faculty, any other part-time members of the teaching
faculty who are not also serving in full-time appointments, or department members in the title series
College Laboratory Technician and Higher Education
Officer.
For the purposes of the Charter, the following equivalencies
shall apply:
(i)
The word "department" shall mean any unit of the
college that elects members to its Personnel & Budget
Committee, and shall include as well the School of
Nursing, School of Urban Public Health, School of
Social Work and the Library. In addition, for the
purposes of Article IV, Student Services shall be
included as a department.
C.
The 14 Senate seats reserved for Full-time undergraduate
students,
other
than
students
in
the
SEEK
DepartmentProgram, shall be filled as follows:
(i)
(ii) The word "division" shall mean any unit of the college
that has a P & B Committee consisting of
representatives of more than one department but fewer
than all the departments. They include Humanities and
the Arts, Sciences and Mathematics, and Social
Sciences (which form the School of Arts and Sciences),
School of Education. Together, the Schools of Nursing,
Health Professions, and Urban Public Health comprise
a division.
Of these seats, 9 shall be reserved for Full-time department majors. Toward their election, each department
will elect, from nominations made within its own ranks,
1 nominee for these seats. All Full-time Seniors,
Juniors, and Sophomores who have declared their
major will elect the required number of representatives
by an at-large vote among these nominees.
(ii) The remaining 5 Senate seats shall be reserved for Fulltime Freshmen and Sophomores who have not as yet
declared their major. Candidacy at-large shall be
declared by filing a petition meeting the requirements
established by the Senate. From the pool of such
candidates, the Full-time Freshmen and non-major
Sophomores will elect the required number of representatives by an at-large election.
Section 2
A. The 44 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the ranks
of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and
Instructor on full-time appointments, and Lecturers on fulltime appointments shall be filled as follows:
(i)
One seat shall be reserved for Student Services, and
shall be filled by nomination and election among the
department members in these ranks.
D.
All departments shall be rank-ordered by the number of
such faculty in the department. Each department shall
be allocated 1 seat, and the remaining seats shall be
allocated by assigning one additional seat to each
department from the top of the list down, until the
available number is exhausted.
The 11 Senate seats reserved for Part-time undergraduate students shall be filled as follows:
Candidacy at-large shall be declared by filing
a petition meeting the requirements established by the Senate. From the pool of such
candidates, the Part-time undergraduate
students will elect the required number of
representatives by an at-large election.
(ii) Each department will fill its allocated seats by
nominations from and elections by its faculty members
in the ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant
Professor, and Instructor on full-time appointments,
and Lecturers on full-time appointments.
E.
B. The 13 Senate seats reserved for representatives in the ranks
of Lecturer (full-time), Lecturer (part-time), Adjunct faculty,
any other part-time members of the teaching faculty who are
not also serving in full-time appointments, Clinical Professor,
Distinguished Lecturer, and department members in the title
series College Laboratory Technician and Higher Education
Officer shall be filled as follows:
All graduate student positions shall be filled by the Graduate
Student Association of Hunter College (GSA) according to
the representational requirements outlined below and in
Article III.1 and Article IV.4.B.
In the event that the GSA decides not to put forth a
sufficient number of students to fulfill the representational
requirements outlined in Article III.1 and Article IV, Section
2.E of the College Charter, or fails to do so by the first
regularly scheduled meeting of a new Senate (at the end of
the spring semester), nominations can be made by the Senate
Administrative Committee or any seated Senator during a
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regular Senate meeting. In addition, candidacy at-large can
be declared by filling a petition meeting the requirements
established by the Senate. From the pool of such candidates,
graduate student representatives shall be elected by a vote of
the full Senate during a regular meeting.
position, and/or status preceding the semester in which such
nominations are made or the elections take place.
B.
Students shall be in good standing. Graduate students shall
have completed at least 3 hours of credit. Part-time Undergraduate students shall have completed at least 6 hours of
credit.
C.
Those holding appointment to the instructional staff while
enrolled in a graduate program at Hunter College under
conditions that make them eligible to stand for election to
the Senate and to vote in Senate elections as graduate
students shall not be eligible for nominations or election to
the senate or to vote in Senate elections as faculty members.
If ineligible as graduate students, enrollment in graduate
courses shall not affect eligibility as faculty members.
The 11 Senate seats reserved for graduate students shall be
filled as follows:
(i)
6 seats shall be filled by graduate students matriculated
in programs offered in the various divisions (as defined
in Article IV.1.B.ii) and the School of Social Work;
one seat to each division and the School of Social
Work.
(ii) There shall be 4 representatives who are matriculated
graduate students and are elected by the matriculated
graduate students in an at-large election.
Section 5
(iii) There shall also be 1 non-matriculated graduate student
representatives, elected by the non-matriculated graduate students in an at-large election.
F.
Two Senate seats shall be filled by nominations and
elections from among and by the students in the SEEK
DepartmentProgram.
G.
5 representatives of the administration, one of whom shall
be in the title series HEO or CLT, shall be appointed by the
President of Hunter College.
H.
(i)
In College-wide referenda and other votes conducted among all
members of the instructional staff combined, a ballot cast by a
faculty member in the rank of Professor, Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer (full-time) on fulltime annual appointment, or cast by department members in the
title series College Laboratory Technician and Higher Education
Officer, shall be tallied as a full vote. A ballot cast by a faculty
member in the ranks of Lecturer (part-time), Adjunct Lecturer, or
any other part-time member of the teaching faculty not also serving on a full-time appointment shall be tallied as a half vote.
Section 6
A Senate seat reserved for faculty members with
specific rank, or other qualifications (as outlined in
Article IV, Sections 2A and B), that remains vacant
after the elections scheduled for such seats, shall be
filled for the remainder of the regular term by a faculty
election conducted by a process approved by the
Senate.
Certification as to class, status, and standing of students shall be
made by the Registrar. Certification as to rank, position, and
status of faculty shall be made by the Chief Academic Officer.
Appointed representatives of the administration shall be certified
to the Senate by name and administrative title.
ARTICLE V
(ii) A Senate seat reserved for students with specific majornon-major, graduate-undergraduate or other qualifications (as outlined in Article IV, Sections C, D, E, and
F) that remains vacant after the elections scheduled for
such seats, shall be filled for the remainder of the regular term by a student election conducted by a process
approved by the Senate.
Section 1
At each of its first annual meetings following the new elections,
the Senate shall elect from among its voting members a Chair, a
Vice-Chair, a Secretary, and such other officers as it deems
necessary. Their term of office shall be one year, and the Chair
and Vice-Chair shall not serve in their respective offices for more
than four consecutive terms.
Section 3
Section 2
Each department shall be allocated one seat for a faculty
alternate. The faculty alternates shall be elected in accordance
with the specified nomination and election procedures of Article
IV. The student alternates shall be elected by a process approved
by the Senate. The administration alternates shall be appointed
by the President.
The Chair may, if he or she so desires, appoint a recording
secretary with the responsibility for preparing the minutes and
keeping the papers of the Senate in order.
Section 3
Section 4
For each of the constituencies, defined by the election procedures
of Article IV, Section 2, the eligibility to serve and the right to
vote shall be based on the same qualifications:
The Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary of the Senate, together with
the Chair of the Evening Council (Article VIII. Section 16) shall
constitute the Administrative Committee of the Senate. The
Chair of the Senate shall be the Chair of this Committee which
will:
A.
A.
For every such category, eligibility to be nominated or
elected to the Senate, or to vote in Senate elections, shall
require one full semester of service in the specified rank,
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Prepare the agenda for regular and special meetings, causing
it to be published in the College no less than 10 days before
the meeting.
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ARTICLE VIII
B.
Be responsible for having prepared an Administrative
Report, presenting the recommendations of the various
Senate Committees that are considered routine, this report to
be distributed to the representatives 10 days in advance of
the meeting. Unless exceptions are taken, this Report will
be handled as a single item on the Agenda.
Section 1
A.
All committees of the Senate shall preserve the spirit of
equity regarding sessional, divisional, and other representation of students and faculty, and in the scheduling of
meetings. Committee membership shall be open to all
members of the faculty and to all students who are eligible
for membership on the Senate. They shall be elected by the
Senate from among nominations made by a Nominating
Committee (Article IX) and/or nominations from the floor.
Section 1
B.
The regular term of office for representatives shall be 2 years,
extending from May of the first year to just prior to the first
meeting of the new Senate the following year, in keeping with the
calendar approved by the Senate. From the members, elected in
the initial election, however, one-half shall be selected by lot in
each category to serve a single year only. Hence, in the future,
one-half of the Senate seats will be filled by the annual elections.
Unexpired terms shall be filled at the next scheduled elections.
When a committee vacancy cannot be filled with a faculty
member or student with specified qualifications that vacancy
shall be first reported to the Senate and then may be filled by
a faculty member or student, respectively, without regard to
the qualification specified.
C.
Senate committees report to the Senate
D.
Alternate members on committees may only vote and be
counted in the quorum when regular members are absent.
Section 2
E.
Each committee has two faculty alternates.
A vote for recall of a representative may be petitioned either by
one-half or by 20 members of the representative's constituency,
whichever is smaller. For this purpose, the constituency shall be
defined as consisting of no less than the number of votes cast in
the election of the representative. Seats vacated by recall shall be
filled at the time of the next election for whatever portion may
remain of the unexpired term.
Section 2
C.
Assure continuity of the Senate's business between
meetings.
ARTICLE VI
In reorganizations of the Hunter College administration,
Academic Administrators designated to serve ex-officio on
standing committees of the Senate shall have responsibility, as
nearly as possible, for the same functions as those who are
currently designated to serve in such capacity.
Section 3
ARTICLE VII
In the exercise of its responsibility for the design and modification of Hunter College curricula the Senate shall establish two
Committees on Course of Study, one graduate and one undergraduate. These committees shall be constituted as follows:
Section 1
The Senate shall be empowered to regulate the conduct of its
business, including the establishment of a schedule for regular
meetings and procedures for calling special meetings. The calendar of regular meetings shall be established sufficiently far in
advance to permit its publication in the Registrar's annual College
Calendar. The Senate shall develop practical election provisions
with a view towards keeping itself as nearly as possible at full
strength. It shall have the right to extend the mandated
committee structure (Article VIII) by establishing additional
standing, special or ad-hoc Committees; and it shall set its own
rules of procedure and operation, being governed until it does so
by Robert's Rules of Order, latest edition.
A.
The Graduate Course of Study and Academic Requirements Committee
Six faculty members who teach in the graduate program, at
least one faculty member from each of the divisions (as
defined in Article IV.1.B.ii); a faculty member from the
School of Social Work; 2 graduate students and 2 graduate
student alternates; and serving without vote the Registrar,
the Deans of the divisions and/or schools or designees
including the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, the
Chief Academic Officer or designee, and the Chief Librarian
or designee.
Section 2
The regular meetings of the Senate shall be open to all members
of the Hunter College community, and all of such members shall
have the right to be recognized under procedures to be established by the Senate.
B.
The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
One faculty representative from each of the divisions (as
defined in Article IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from the
School of Social Work, and two from the divisions serving
at-large; 3 students and 3 student alternates; and, serving
without vote, the Chief Academic Officer or designee, the
Deans of the divisions and/or schools including the Dean of
the School of Arts and Sciencesor designees, the Director of
Evening Student Services, and the Chief Librarian or
designee.
Section 3
A quorum of the Senate and its Committees shall consist of no
less than one-half of their voting membership plus one, unless
otherwise prescribed in this Charter or specified under procedures
established by the Senate.
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C.
Both of these Committees shall be chaired by faculty
members elected by the voting members of the Committee.
D.
Both of these Committees shall have Deputy Chairs, elected
by the voting members of the Committee.
E.
There shall also be Committees on Curriculum in the School
of Arts and Sciences, the Division of the School of Health
Professions, the and the School of Education, and the
School of Social Work. These committees shall be composed of the dean (with vote) and one faculty member from
each department in the school or division, elected by the
department as it may decree in its By-laws (see Article XI),
and 3 students and 3 student alternates. The School of Arts
and Sciences Curriculum Committee shall also include one
faculty and one student representative from two of the interdisciplinary programs. These Committees shall review proposals initiated by departments or programs or may initiate
their own proposals for programs or curriculum changes,
submitting such proposals for consideration to the appropriate Senate Committee on Course of Study.
and coordination of graduate academic requirements, the
formulation of policy, for adoption by the Senate, regarding
the methods of grading, admissions, attendance, withdrawal,
maintenance of academic standards, accreditation of work
done at other institutions. The Director of Admissions, Vice
President for Student Affairs (or designee), and other
resource persons as deemed necessary, are requested to
attend all meetings of the committee concerning graduate
academic requirements as non-voting members.
Section 5
There shall be a Committee on Undergraduate Academic
Requirements consisting of one faculty member from each of
the divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from the
School of Social Work, and two faculty members from the
divisions serving at-large; 3 students and 3 student alternates.
The Dean of Students, the Chief Academic Officer or designee,
the Director of Assistant Dean for Advising, the Director of
Evening Student Services, a representative of Student Services,
and the Registrar shall serve without vote. The Chair shall be a
faculty member elected by the voting membership of the Committee. Its functions shall include the formulation of policy
regarding methods of grading, requirements of student
attendance, regulations relating to withdrawal from courses, and
admissions not specified by Board of Trustees By-laws.
In the area of undergraduate curriculum, tThe Curriculum
Committees shall have the right to act on curriculum proposals, in accordance with the Procedures for Preparing
and Submitting Curriculum Proposals for College Approval
approved by the Hunter College Senate. Decisions by these
Committees may be appealed by the departments or
programs to the Senate relevant Committee on Undergraduate Course of Study. Matters on which appeals are
pending shall not be forwarded to the Senate, and a twothirds majority of the Senate Committee members present
and voting shall be required to override such divisional
decisions.
Section 6
There shall be a Committee on Student Standing, consisting of
5 faculty members including a representative from the SEEK
DepartmentProgram. The Dean of Students or designee, the
Director of Advising and a representative of Student
ServicesEvening Student Services, and the Assistant Dean for
Advising and Counseling shall serve without vote. The Chair of
the Committee shall be elected by its voting membership. The
Committee shall be responsible for the evaluation of student
records, for recommending to the Senate the award of degrees to
qualified students, and for formulating policy, for adoption by the
Senate, on the retention of students and the maintenance of
academic standards.
Section 4
A.
The Undergraduate Course of Study Committee shall have
oversight authority on all undergraduate curricular matters.
It shall also concern itself through study and research with
policies relating to the undergraduate curricular organizations. All proposals pertaining to:
Section 7
(i) General Education RequirementsBasic
Prescriptions.
(ii) New Majors.
(iii) New Minors.
(iv) Credit and Major or Minor concentrations.
(v) Degree Requirements.
(vi) Interdisciplinary Program.
(vii) Experimental courses
Final decision on all curricular matters is to be made by the
College Senate, except in cases where final authority is
vested in the Undergraduate Course of Study Committee by
the Senate.
In order to insure effectiveness, compatible procedures and
comparable standards in the evaluation of teaching and teachers
by the students throughout the departments (Article XI), and to
assure the formal consideration of the results of such appraisals in
the professional evaluation of members of the teaching faculty,
the Senate shall establish a Committee on Evaluation of
Teaching. This Committee will, among other things, be responsible for: the preparation of standard guides for an evaluation
questionnaire to provide opportunities, under its supervision, for
some departmental variation in the details of the evaluation
procedure; continuing review of the scope, validity, content, and
efficacy of the questionnaires actually utilized; and the compilation, analysis, and publication of the data produced by such
questionnaires in order to facilitate widespread understanding of
the purposes and results of the evaluation procedure.
The Graduate Course of Study and Academic Requirements
Committee shall review all Master's and Doctoral Programs
and graduate courses to be listed in the Hunter College
Bulletin on graduate studies, whether on the Master's or the
Doctoral level. Its functions shall also include the review
The Senate Committee on Evaluation of Teaching will consist of
12 members, all with vote: 7 students and 5 faculty members. If
a student has been elected to the Administrative Committee of the
Senate, that student will serve as a committee member, and chair
the committee.
shall be submitted to the Undergraduate Course of Study
Committee for action.
B.
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consultation with the Faculty Personnel & Budget Committee, on
the Bell Schedule. The Committee will also evaluate existing
registration procedures and make recommendations regarding
changes in registration procedures.
Section 8
There shall be established a Master Plan Committee of the
Senate, consisting of one faculty member from each division (as
defined in IV.1.B.ii), and the School of Social Work; 3 students
and 3 student alternates, and a Chair, elected by the Senate
without constraint as to category. In addition, the Chief
Academic Officer and the Vice President for Administration or
their designees shall serve as non-voting members. This
Committee will be the general College development planning
group, concerning itself with the priorities that affect long term
projections as regards programs and facilities. It will make
policy recommendations on these matters for adoption by the
Senate, and it will be responsible for drafting the annual revision
of the Hunter College portion in the CUNY Master Plan, submitting such draft for approval to the Senate.
Section 12
There shall be a Committee on Departmental Governance,
consisting of one faculty member from each division (as defined
in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from the School of Social Work,
2 students and 2 student alternates, and one member of the
administration (all with vote). The Committee on Departmental
Governance shall: (a) make recommendations to the Senate on
standards for Departmental By-laws; (b) review Departmental
By-laws and Amendments approved by departments and make
recommendations for Senate action; (c) make recommendations
to the Senate on alleged infractions of Departmental By-laws.
Section 9
Section 13
The Senate shall establish a Committee on the Budget, consisting of one faculty member from each division (as defined in
IV.1.B.ii) and the School of Social Work; the Director of SEEK;
2 students and 2 student alternates; and a Chair elected by the
Senate without constraint as to category. The Chief Academic
Officer, the Vice President for Administration and designee will
serve ex-officio without vote.
Administrative Search Committees shall be constituted for all
administrators (full deans and above) who, because of the nature
of their policy making, have a significant impact on academic
affairs and on the rights and welfare of the students and the
faculty. The proceedings of search committees shall be confidential.
Different search committee staffing procedures may be
appropriate for administrators who have college-wide impact and
those who affect primarily only their divisions (as defined in
IV.1.B.ii). In any procedure adopted, the Senate shall be
responsible for nominating the panel of search committee
candidates and search committee Chairs from whom the College
President or the CUNY Board of Trustees, as appropriate, will
select the search committee and the search committee Chair.
This section shall be read consistent with applicable CUNY
Board of Trustees policy on presidential search committees.
The Committee on the Budget shall annually develop the
guidelines which, on review by the Senate and approved by the
President of Hunter College, will be followed by the departments
in the preparation of their projected budgets. It will review the
resulting consolidated annual budget of the College and report on
it to the Senate.
In addition, it will advise the President, at the latter's discretion,
on the apportionment of instructional resources, budget, and
space allocated to the College.
The search committee shall have the responsibility of nominating
candidates for administrative positions to the College President
who shall have the final authority to make recommendations to
the CUNY Board of Trustees.
Section 10
The Senate shall establish a Committee on Grade Appeals,
consisting of 4 faculty members, and 3 students and 3 student
alternates. The Committee on Grade Appeals will consider grade
appeals in which the student or faculty member involved takes
exception to the decision of the Departmental Grade Appeals
Committee. The Committee on Grade Appeals shall establish
guidelines for procedures to be followed in its review of grade
appeals and will report its decisions in each case to the parties
concerned, the Department Chair, and to the Registrar. The
decision of the Grade Appeals Committee is final.
Section 14
The Senate shall establishThere shall be a Committee on
Charter Review, consisting of one faculty member from each
division (as defined in IV.1.B.ii); a faculty member from the
School of Social Work; 3 students and 3 student alternates; one
member of the Administration to be designated by the President
who shall serve ex-officio; and a Chair elected by the Senate.
The Committee shall also make an annual statistical report to the
Senate.
The Committee shall be empowered to review the composition,
structure and functions of the Hunter College Senate and to
propose to the Senate amendments to the Governance Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, Section 2.
Section 11
The Senate shall establishThere shall be a Committee on the
Calendar, consisting of one faculty member from each of the
divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), a faculty member from School
of Social Work, and 2 students and 2 student alternates. The
Dean of Students or designee, the Director of Evening Student
ServicesAdvising, the Registrar, and the Director of Financial
Aid shall serve without vote. The Committee on the Calendar
will make recommendations on the College Calendar, and, in
Section 15
The Senate shall establish a Committee on Computing and
Technology, consisting of one faculty member from each of the
divisions (as defined in IV.1.B.ii), the School of Social Work, the
Library, and one faculty member at-large who conducts research
that depends on computers and who complements and diversifies
the knowledge base of the committee; and 2 students and 2
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student alternates. Two members of the staff, the Director of
ICIT, and the Provost (or designee) shall serve without vote.
immediate and long-term needs of the Library and library needs
of individual departments and disciplines. The committee shall
review an annual summary of the status of library resources and
services to be provided by the Chief Librarian, and report on it to
the Senate in the Fall semester.
The committee shall both propose and review computing
technology plans and strategies as they impact on the
instructional, research, and administrative functions at the
College. The committee will consult with all affected communities before issuing proposals or review documents. Goals of
this committee would include using technology to improve all
aspects of the College functioning in a manner which enhances
productivity for all members of the College community and
spreads both the benefits and costs of these technologies
equitably among the members of the community.
Section 18
The Senate shall establish a Committee on Academic Freedom
consisting of one faculty member from each of the divisions (as
defined in the Charter IV.1.B.ii), the School of Social Work, the
Library, and one faculty member at-large, one member of the
HEO staff, two students, and two faculty alternates one HEO
alternate, and two student alternates. The Provost (or designee)
shall serve ex-officio without vote. The chair shall be a faculty
member elected by the voting membership of the committee.
Specifically, this committee shall be asked to address strategies to
assure appropriate hardware and software access for students,
faculty, and staff including part-time faculty and staff both on
campus and remote locations; the use of computing to enhance
the instructional mission of the College; the means to provide
computer-based student services and administrative functions;
allocations and expenditures of college resources intended for
computing and technology; college efforts to obtain external
resources for enhancing the college's capabilities in the area.
The charge of the committee shall include: to monitor, examine
and report annually to the Senate on the status of academic
freedom at the college; to make appropriate recommendations
regarding academic freedom policies and practices to the
college’s governance bodies and, as appropriate, through those
bodies to the University Faculty Senate; to investigate possible
violations of academic freedom.
Section 16
In order to ensure a secure and protected environment for
individuals who wish to bring cases of abridgement of academic
freedom before the committee, such charges will be examined by
the committee chair in consultation with the rest of the
committee. In addition, the committee chair shall be recused
from serving on the subcommittee.
The Senate shall establish an Evening Council, consisting of one
faculty member from each of the divisions (as defined in Article
IV. 1. B. ii)and two faculty members from the divisions serving
at-large who teach a course(s) in the evening; one faculty
member from the Library; 2 students and 2 student alternates
who take course(s) in the evening; and a Chair elected by the
Senate. In addition the Director of Evening Student Services, the
Registrar, the Director of Admissions, the Director of Financial
Aid, and the Evening Affairs Commissioner of the
Undergraduate Student Government, shall serve ex-officio
without vote.
Section 19
Senate establish a Standing Committee on Academic
Assessment and Evaluation, consisting of one full-time faculty
from each division of the School of Arts and Sciences, three fulltime faculty members at-large from the School of Arts and
Sciences, one faculty from each of the Schools of Education,
Social Work, Nursing and Health Professions, two students-atlarge from the School of Arts and Sciences, the Director of
Assessment, the Chair shall be a faculty member elected by the
voting membership of the Committee, the Deputy Chair shall be
a voting member elected by the voting membership of the
Committee, a HEO representative and a HEO Alternate, and,
serving ex-officio without vote the Deans of the schools of Arts
and Sciences, Social Work, Nursing and Health Professions,
Education (or their respective designees); the Chief Academic
Officer and the Vice President of Student Affairs (or their
respective designees); and the Director of Institutional Research.
The Evening Council shall have the following responsibilities:
A.
To develop and recommend to the President of Hunter
College required improvements in the supporting services
(library, business office, registrar, etc.) during the evening
hours.
B.
To provide the Administrative Committee of the College
Senate with agenda items of concern to the Evening Council
that are not the responsibility of other Senate committees.
C.
To identify, review, and give focus to matters of interest to
the evening students and faculty, with the right to express
itself as an advisory body on these matters and to transmit
its recommendations to the cognizant authorities.
The specific charges to the committee shall include to develop,
implement, review, and approve all college policies and
procedures related to academic assessment; to seek necessary
support (logistical and otherwise) for the proper implementation
of approved college assessment processes and policies; to
coordinate with other Senate committees to ensure that all
policies and procedures related to academic assessment are
faculty-driven; to serve as an assessment advisory committee for
academic departments and programs, and work with all relevant
constituencies as needed; to inform the academic community
about accreditation standards as presented by the Middle States
Commission on Higher Education; and to deliver regular reports
to the Hunter Senate.
Section 17
The Senate shall establish a Committee on the Library,
consisting of one faculty member from each of the divisions (as
defined in Article IV. 1. B. ii), the School of Social Work, Main
Library, Branch Library, 2 students and two student alternates,
and the Chief Librarian who shall serve ex-officio without vote.
The Committee shall function in an advisory capacity to the
Chief Librarian and as a liaison between the Library and the
College community. It shall encourage periodic review of
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The next order of business shall be the review and adoption of the
Evening Session Council By-laws and the seating of the student
representatives at-large, elected by the electoral college of
Evening Session Council student members, provided such
elections are found to have taken place in consonance with the
approved By-laws.
Section 20
The Senate shall establish a Committee on General Education,
consisting of one full-time faculty member from each division of
the School of Arts and Sciences, three full-time faculty members
at-large from the School of Arts and Sciences, one full-time
faculty member from each of the professional schools with
undergraduate degree programs, two students-at-large, the Chair,
who shall be a full-time faculty member elected by the voting
membership of the Senate, and, serving ex-officio without vote:
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (or designee), Provost
(or designee), The Director of Assessment, Chair of the
Undergraduate Course of Study Committee (or designee), Chair
of the Committee on Academic Assessment and Evaluation (or
designee), Registrar (or designee), and Director of Advising
Services (or designee).
Section 3
The Senate shall then proceed with the election of a Nominating
Committee, so that nominations for membership on the standing
committees can be made. This committee shall be composed of 4
faculty representatives, 4 student representatives, and one Chair
without vote. Ties shall be reported to the Senate.
ARTICLE X
Nothing in the terms of this Charter shall be construed to prevent
the continuation, or the establishment in the future, of student
government and faculty organizations under instruments of
governance which do not arrogate onto such bodies the exercise
of functions properly mandated by this Charter to the College
Senate, or any body or committee thereof.
The specific charges to the committee shall include: Develop,
review, and approve all college policies and procedures
pertaining to the general education program (including related
graduation requirements) and curriculum; determine course
approval guidelines for courses to be included in general
education; review and make recommendations about such
proposals; lead and coordinate periodic review of courses in
general education; devise programmatic assessment for general
education; receive and review programmatic assessment data;
and make recommendations on the basis thereof; encourage and
facilitate faculty participation in general education curriculum
development and teaching; advise the administration on matters
of implementation of general education requirements as passed
by the Senate; collaborate with other Senate committees,
especially Undergraduate Course of Study and the Committee on
Academic Assessment and Evaluation, to ensure that all policies
and procedures related to general education are faculty-driven;
deliver regular reports to the Hunter Senate.
ARTICLE XI
Section 1
It shall be the responsibility of individual departments to devise,
to change as required, and – after approval by the Senate – to
publish their own Bylaws, providing for a departmental policy
committee or committees, a Committee on the Evaluation of
Teaching, and such other committees as College and Board of
Trustee By-laws may require or departmental preference may
indicate.
Section 2
Section 21
It is the intent that departments, given the differences in their size
and variations in their programs, shall have and exercise
substantial latitude in devising their policy making structures,
provided that they assure by representation and schedule
opportunity for participation of day, evening, and graduate
students and faculty. Large departments may find it expedient to
have separate departmental policy committees for undergraduate
and graduate sessions, capped by an appropriate arrangement for
coordination between them. Departmental policy bodies shall
include equal numbers of voting faculty and student members,
and there shall be one among them whose duties include that of
reviewing the adequacy of departmental governance and to initiate proposals for change if deemed necessary.
The Senate shall establish the Committee on Food Services and
Facilities, consisting of three faculty members, three students,
and the College Business Manager to serve as a Chairperson exofficio, all Committee members to have a vote. The Committee
shall be responsible for advising the administration concerning all
food services at the College, including the quality, variety, prices,
and presentation of the food, as well as dining facilities. An
annual review of all contracted food services shall be part of the
Committee’s responsibility.
ARTICLE IX
The Founding of the Hunter College Senate in 1970
Departmental By-laws shall also provide for the review of
curriculum proposals. In small departments, this may be
assigned as one of its duties to the Departmental Policy
Committee.
In larger departments, a distinct curriculum
committee, or even separate committees on the graduate and the
undergraduate curriculum, may be specified.
Section 1
It shall be the responsibility of the President of Hunter College to
set the place and time of the first election within thirty days of the
ratification (Article XIV) of this Charter, to convene the newly
elected Senate for its first meeting, and to function as its Chair
until the first slate of officers has been elected.
Section 3
An important departmental function is the evaluation of faculty
course work, to be governed by the following basic
considerations:
Section 2
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A.
Student evaluation of faculty teaching and course handling
is to be a significant factor in the professional appraisal of
faculty performance for purposes of reappointment,
promotion, and tenure.
B.
Student evaluations of faculty should be made routinely
each semester in all college courses.
C.
reappointment of the faculty member; such
reappointment may be denied by the department if it
concludes that the faculty member is not demonstrating
prospects of achieving professional growth within the
discipline.
(v) Reappointment with tenure shall also be based on other
required and significant criteria of professional
accomplishments and standing.
A standing Departmental Committee on the Evaluation of
Teaching, composed almost entirely of student majors in the
Department but including a single faculty member with an
alternate to insure faculty/student liaison within the Department, shall be responsible for the distribution of the questionnaire and the management of the evaluation in each
department. Its purview is to extend to all matters of
administration and interpretation of the adopted teacher
evaluation procedures.
G.
As to tenured faculty:
Strongly negative student questionnaire responses for a
faculty member for 5 successive semesters can be assumed
to have given ample opportunity for the kind of reviews,
spelled out in the preceding paragraphs of this Article.
They shall therefore be taken as a strongly presumptive
basis for a departmental recommendation that the faculty
member: (1) either be assigned to non-teaching duties he or
she is demonstrably competent to perform; or (2) be brought
up on charges of incompetence, with due recognition of all
rights under law under applicable collectively negotiated
contracts.
D.
Each semester's questionnaire results are to be submitted to
the Department Chair by the Chair of the Committee on
Evaluation of Teachers for use in the duly constituted
procedures of professional appraisal.
E.
There is also to be a faculty evaluation of course handling,
based on observation and interview of all faculty members
in the Department.
Section 4
As to non-tenured faculty:
1.
The Procedure for Promotion to Full Professor will begin
with nominations and requests for consideration for promotion to full professor being directed to the President of
Hunter College by the date announced by the President's
Office. This date will be included in the Schedule of
Promotions for Full Professors disseminated each year by
the Provost's office to deans and department chairs.
Nominations may be made by the Department Chair, the
Department P&B, or any Full Professor. Copies of the
nomination or request for consideration will be directed also
to the Provost, the Dean of the candidate's respective school
or division, and the Chairperson of his or her respective
department.
2.
When the chair of a department is a candidate for promotion
to full professor, all of the chair's duties in the promotion
process for all candidates for promotion to full professor
shall be assumed by a chair pro tem. This includes having
voice and vote on the departmental P&B, the appropriate
divisional or school P&B, and the college-wide Committee
on Faculty Personnel and Budget (FP&B) when such bodies
consider the issue of promotion to full professor. For the
purposes of this section, the Ancillary Units (including the
Library), shall be regarded as a division, the FP&B Subcommittee on Personnel in Ancillary Units as the divisional
P&B, and the chair of the Subcommittee on Personnel in
Ancillary Units as the divisional dean. The chair will have
neither voice nor vote on any P&B when it considers any
aspect of the process for promotion to full professor. The
chair pro tem shall be elected at the first departmental
meeting after the deadline date announced by the President
for receiving nominations and requests for consideration for
promotion to full professor. The chair pro tem will be
elected by the full time faculty of the department who would
ordinarily be eligible to vote for department chair, and will
need a majority vote of all such members of the department
for election. Hereafter references to the chair will be
understood to apply either to the department chair, if that
F.
(i)
A strongly negative student questionnaire response for
a faculty member for a semester is to be the basis for
discussion of the results by the Chair of the department
or a designee with the faculty member before
reappointment for a second year.
(ii) Strongly negative student questionnaire responses for a
faculty member for 5 successive semesters are to be a
strongly presumptive basis for a departmental
recommendation of non-reappointment of this faculty
member. Such a questionnaire response record shall be
the basis for a detailed review of a faculty member's
prospect for further appointment by the department
after consultation with the department Teaching
Evaluation Committee and the faculty member.
If after such consultation the Department Personnel &
Budget Committee concludes that the questionnaire
responses are a valid reflection of the level of
classroom competence of the faculty member, it will
not recommend reappointment. If a department decides
to recommend the reappointment of a faculty member
with such a negative response record, the department
Student Evaluation Committee shall have the right
immediately to appeal this recommendation to the
appropriate Dean and if necessary to the President.
Pending the outcome of such appeals, any action to
reappoint will be held in abeyance.
(iii) The same procedures are to be applied to untenured
faculty who are being considered for reappointment
with tenure.
(iv) Strongly positive questionnaire responses for a faculty
member during the time periods indicated in F. (i) and
(ii) above, shall be a strongly presumptive basis for
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person is not a candidate for promotion to full professor, or
to the chair pro tem.
3.
The departmental P&B committee will be responsible for
reviewing the files, scholarship materials, and letters of
outside evaluation for all the candidates for promotion to
full professor within the department and to make a
recommendation as to whether the candidate should be
endorsed for promotion.
4.
The departmental P&B committee shall compile the list of
external evaluators. Although the candidate shall be invited
to submit names for this list, the final determination of who
shall be contacted is the responsibility of the departmental
P&B committee and the department Chair.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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The Deans of each School or Division shall transmit to the
President, Provost, and the Office of Personnel for
duplication and distribution the curriculum vitae, chair's
report, teaching evaluations, and external evaluations for
each candidate. All members of the FP&B shall receive
copies of the curriculum vitae, chair's report, and teaching
evaluations. The Deans shall receive copies of the external
evaluations for all candidates and shall make them available
to members of the FP&B for review. The Deans shall place
all other documents, including publications, in the Archives.
11. The President shall send a report of the recommendations to
all members of the FP&B prior to the meeting designated to
consider promotions to full professor. At that meeting,
members of the FP&B shall deliberate and vote on the
FP&B recommendation to the President concerning which
candidates should be recommended to the Board of Trustees
for promotion.
The Chair of the candidate's department shall on behalf of
the departmental P&B committee perform such administrative tasks as contacting outside evaluators, sending them
the candidates' appropriate materials, receiving the
evaluations, and transmitting them to the departmental P&B
committee. The Chair shall write the Chair's report
summarizing the candidate's record.
12. The President shall review the recommendations of the
FP&B and notify the candidates, in writing, who the
President will recommend to the CUNY Board of Trustees
for promotion to full professor. The President also has the
authority to make an independent recommendation for
promotion after consultation with the appropriate
departmental P&B Committee and with the FP&B.
The departmental P&B committee shall make its
recommendation to the respective school or divisional
Personnel and Budget Committee via the office of the
respective Dean. The candidate will be informed of the
recommendation and, if negative, may elect to withdraw or
to continue in the process.
13. The President shall notify in writing those candidates who
will not be recommended to the Board of Trustees for
promotion. After receipt of this notification, candidates not
recommended for promotion to full professor may appeal,
writing directly to the President.
The responsibilities of the Dean shall include, but not be
limited to, scheduling meetings of the respective personnel
and budget committee; scheduling interviews with
candidates and the respective personnel and budget
committee; duplicating the candidates' curriculum vitae,
external evaluations, and any other pertinent materials;
maintaining the files on the candidate; and placing
candidates' publications in the Archives.
ARTICLE XII
Section 1
The College shall establish the office of Hunter College
Ombuds manOfficer, providing a full-time secretary and such
assistants as the incumbent may choose to staff the operation.
The appropriate divisional or school personnel and budget
committee shall review all supporting documents for the
candidate's promotion. An interview before this committee
may be requested by the candidate or the committee.
Refusal to meet with the committee shall not be prejudicial
to the candidate. However, the committee shall not refuse to
meet with the candidate once such a meeting is requested in
writing by the candidate. The committee may ask any
member of the full-time faculty to serve as a resource in
gathering pertinent information on the candidate's relevant
discipline, including members from the candidate's
department and/or school or division.
Section 2
Any member of the College community, eligible to serve on the
Senate, may be nominated or may nominate herself or himself for
the position of Hunter College OmbudsmanOmbuds Officer.
Such nominations shall be addressed to the Nominations
Committee of the Senate which may make its own nominations
as well as soliciting them from the floor of the Senate. Each
candidate shall be voted on individually by a for-or-against vote,
the appointment going to the candidate with the highest plurality
of “for” -votes, provided their number exceeds two-thirds of the
number of representatives present and voting.
The appropriate divisional or school personnel and budget
committee will judge whether to recommend or not
recommend each candidate falling within its purview. The
committee will vote by secret ballot and minutes of the
meeting shall be kept pursuant to Robert's Rules, newly
revised. All affirmative recommendations must be by a
majority of the committee. The Dean shall transmit a report
of the committee's recommendations to the President's and
Provost's Offices indicating those candidates recommended
and those candidates not recommended. Each candidate will
be informed of the recommendation and, if negative, may
elect to withdraw or to continue in the process.
Section 3
The appointment shall be for a term of three years, removal from
office to occur only as a result of disability demonstrated inability
to perform the duties of the office.
Section 4
The Hunter College Ombuds Officerman shall consider
complaints and grievances that are brought by any member of the
Hunter College community, concerning a condition or problem in
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the College, may investigate the conditions giving rise to such
complaints and may refer cases to others when the usual appeals
procedures seem adequate. The Ombuds Officerman will
undertake independent investigations, in general, only if the usual
procedures have proved inadequate or have been exhausted, and
shall be empowered to recommend action to any officer or to any
committee or organization of the College.
The Ombuds
Officerman shall from time to time report on his or her work to
the Hunter College Senate; and may otherwise publicize the
results of investigations.
D.
A Third Reading will be the first order of business after the
election of Senate Officers at the first meeting of the new
Senate (Article VI. Section 1). Approval by written ballot
by 3/4 of all those present shall constitute adoption, which
shall be certified by the Chairperson to the President.
ARTICLE XIV
Ratification of this Charter will be completed when it has been:
A.
Accepted by a majority of all students and a majority of the
instructional staff of Hunter College; provided that at least
30% of each constituency votes.
B.
Recommended by the President of Hunter College to the
CUNY Board of Higher EducationTrustees.
C.
Approved by the CUNY Board of Higher Education.Trustees
Section 5
The Ombuds Officerman shall be responsible for causing an
impartial review to be conducted of the structure and the functioning of the College Senate at the end of two years of operation,
with a view to recommending such changes in structure,
functions, operations, by-laws and the like as this review of
Senate experience may indicate.
ARTICLE XIII
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Section 1
AMENDMENTS:
1979: ARTICLE XIV Section 2
Amendments to the Charter may be proposed for referendum
by a three-fourth majority of the Senate members present and
voting at any meeting, regular or special, provided that the text of
the proposed amendment has been submitted in writing to the
Senate membership no less than ten days prior to such meeting.
To be approved, amendments shall require a majority vote in
each constituency, faculty and students, with no less than 30% of
each voting.
1980:
ARTICLE VIII Sections 10, 11
1981:
ARTICLE III Section 1; ARTICLE IV Section 1.
C (ii), E (i), H (i), (ii); ARTICLE VIII Section 8.
A, B, Section 12
1985
ARTICLE VIII Section 5; Elimination of Sexist
Language: ARTICLE IV Section 1. (iii), Section
2. C; ARTICLE V Sections 1, 2, 3; ARTICLE
VIII Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; ARTICLE X
Sections 1, 3; ARTICLE XII Section 3. D, F (i),
F (ii), F (iv), 3. G; ARTICLE XIII Sections 2, 4.
1987:
ARTICLE I Section 1; ARTICLE II Section 3;
ARTICLE XII Section 1; ARTICLE III Section2;
ARTICLE IV Section 1. A, B, Section 2. A (i),
(ii), B (i), (ii), C (i), D (i), E (i), H (i); Sections 3,
4, 5; ARTICLE VIII Sections 1. B, Section 2,
Section 3, A, B, D; Sections 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11,
12, and 13.
1992:
ARTICLE VIII Section 14; ARTICLE XIV
Section 2. A.
1998:
ARTICLE III, Section 1, new Section 2;
ARTICLE IV Section 1 A, B, Section 2 A, B, C,
D, F, G, H(ii); Section 3 B, Section 4; ARTICLE
V, Sections 1 and 3; ARTICLE VII Section 2;
ARTICLE VIII Section 3 A, B, D, Section 4 A,
Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, new Sections 15 and
16; ARTICLE XI (XII)Section 2, new Section 4.
2006:
ARTICLE III, Section 1, new Section 2;
ARTICLE IV, Section 2 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, new
Section 3; ARTICLE VIII, Section 1, new
paragraph C and D, Section 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 14, 15, 16, new Section 17.
2015:
ARTICLE IV, Section 1 B (i), (ii), Section 2. C;
ARTICLE VIII, Section 3 D; ARTICLE V,
Petition for amendment may be filed either by 20% of the Senate
membership or by 10% of either the student or the faculty voting
constituency.
Section 2
This section is an amendment to Section 1 of Article XIII and,
preserving the spirit of equity regarding sessional representation
of students and faculty, governs the possible amendment of all
articles of the Charter except the total percentages of the faculty,
student, and administration representation as set forth in Article
III, Section 1.
A.
An amendment may be proposed by the Charter Review
Committee or by written petition to the Administrative
Committee bearing the signatures of not less than 20% of
the Senate members or 200 members of the Hunter College
community.
B.
Upon receipt, the Administrative Committee will schedule
as the first order of business, a First Reading of the proposed
amendment, not later than the second regular meeting
following its submission date, for discussion without vote.
C.
A Second Reading will take place at the next Senate
meeting, at least 27 days later, the complete text having been
mailed to all Senate members and to the chief officer of the
faculty organizations and the student governments. At such
meeting, the proposed Amendment shall be subject to
amendment from the floor by a 3/4 vote of those present and
voting. After debate on the proposed Amendment as
submitted and amended, the Amendment will be formally
proposed if it receives a 3/4 vote of all those present.
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Section 1; ARTICLE VI, Section 1; ARTICLE
XIII, Section 2 D.
2016:
Title; ARTICLE 1;
23 November 2015
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Office of the Hunter College Senate
Room 1018 East Building
Phone: 772-4200
18 May 2016
Report by the Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is submitting the following nominations for seats currently vacant on Senate Committees:
1.
Undergraduate Course of Study Committee
Faculty from Humanities and Arts:
Faculty At-large:
Paul McPherron (English)
Terry Mizrahi (Social Work)
2.
Graduate Course of Study & Academic Requirements Committee
Faculty from Humanities & Arts:
Andrew Lund (Film & Media)
Faculty from Sciences & Mathematics:
Patricia Rockwell (Biology)
Faculty At-large:
Anne Ediger (Curriculum & Teaching)
3.
Undergraduate Academic Requirements Committee
Faculty from Social Sciences:
Marnia Lazreg (Sociology)
Departmental Governance Committee
Faculty Alternate:
Avi Liveson (Economics)
Committee on Grade Appeals
Student:
Edward Friedman
Committee on Master Plan:
Student:
Nicolas Maiarelli
Committee on Charter Review
Faculty from Social Sciences:
Jillian Schwedler (Political Science)
Committee on Computing & Technology
Faculty from School of Education:
Thomas McIntyre (Special Education)
Committee on Academic Assessment & Evaluation
Faculty Alternate:
Trudy Smoke (English)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Committee on General Education
Faculty At-large from A&S:
Lawrence Kowerski (Classical & Oriental Studies)
Note: The following vacancies remain, and we will try to fill them at our next meeting. If you are interested in
joining a Senate committee, or if you have a recommendation, please contact the Senate Office (772-4200). We
would greatly appreciate your help in soliciting student interest for service on committees.
Undergraduate Course of Study Committee: (Tuesdays 12-2)
Students, Student Alternates, Ex-Officio Member
from Schools of Health Professions
Graduate Course of Study & Academic Requirements Committee
Faculty from Social Sciences, Students, Students
Alternates
Undergraduate Academic Requirements Committee
2 Faculty Alternates, Student Alternates, Director
of Advising & Counseling or designee
Committee on the Budget
Faculty from Social Sciences and Student Alternate
Departmental Governance Committee
Faculty from Humanities & Arts, Faculty from
Health Professions, Student Alternate
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Calendar Committee
Faculty Alternate, 2 Students Alternate, Ex-Officio
Dean of Students, Dir. Of Evening Students
Services. Student
Committee on the Library
Faculty from Sciences & Mathematics
Grade Appeals Committee
1 Faculty, 1 Faculty Alternate, Student Alternate
Nominating Committee
Students
Master Plan Committee
Student Alternates
Committee on Evaluation of Teaching
1 Faculty, 1 Faculty Alternate, 2 Students, Student
Alternates
Charter Review Committee
Faculty from Science & Mathematics, Faculty from
Humanities & Arts
Committee on Computing & Technology
Faculty form Social Work, Faculty Alternate,
Students, Student Alternates
Evening Council
Faculty Sciences & Math, Faculty Social Sciences,
Faculty Education, Faculty School of Professions,
Faculty Library, Faculty At-Large, 2 Student
Alternates, Ex-Officio Evening Affairs
Commissioner/ Undergrad. Student Government
Committee on Academic Freedom
Faculty from Health Professions, Faculty Alternate,
HEO Alternate, Students, Student Alternates
Committee on Assessment & Evaluation
Faculty from Health Professions, faculty from A&S
At-Large, 2 students from A&S, 2 Student
Alternates, and Ex-Officio member from Health
Professions
Committee on General Education
Faculty from Nursing, Faculty Health Professions,
Faculty Alternate, Students, Student Alternates
Committee on Food Services and Facilties
1 Faculty, Students, Staff
GER Appeals Committee
3 Faculty, 2 Faculty Alternate, Student
Select Committee on Student Success
Students
Special Advisory Committee on Academic Functions at Roosevelt House (RHAC)
Committee on Honors
Faculty Health Professions,
Faculty Economics
Faculty from A&S, Faculty Alternate, MHC
Student, 2 Academic Cohorts (advisors), Director
of Financial Aid
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