Bylaws of the College of Education
Final Draft (5-11-11)
This set of Bylaws of the College of Education was established by College of Education Senate
(“Senate” hereafter) pursuant to its authority to establish Standing and Ad Hoc committees of the
Senate.
Committees in the College of Education
The work of the College and its administration is guided and conducted through four types of committees: (1) Standing Committees of the College, whose members are elected by their respective departments and who send recommendations directly to the University Administration as well as the Dean of the College. These include: the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure
Committee (APT) and the Program, Curriculum, and Course Committee (PCC). (2) Standing
Committees of the Senate, whose members are appointed by the Senate Chair and who report directly to the Senate. These committees are constituted with the intent that they continue until such time as they may be modified or discontinued by a change in these Bylaws. (3) Ad-Hoc
Committees of the Senate, set up by the Senate on short-term bases to address a variety of issues and problems. (4) College Administrative Committees, which are established by the Dean and are Chaired by a member of the College Assembly who is appointed by the Dean. Members of the College Administrative Committees are selected by the Chairs of their respective committees and include in each one Senate liaison who is appointed by the Chair of the Senate to represent the Senate’s concerns and to communicate to the Senate key activities conducted by these
College Administrative Committees.
The Standing Committees of the College, the Standing Committees of the Senate, and the
College Administrative Committees shall each produce an annual report to the Senate, which shall be disseminated to all members of the Assembly. The Senate may request other reports from its committees as the occasion may warrant. In addition, each committee member is responsible for timely dissemination of information about his/her committee’s activities to his/her department and other relevant constituency groups.
I. Standing Committees of the College
As noted in the Plan of Organization there are two Standing Committees of the College: the
APT and the PCC. Please see the full Plan of Organization for a description of the College APT committee; a detailed description of the College PCC committee is provided below.
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Program, Curriculum and Course Committee (PCC)
Purpose: PCC reviews and acts on all proposals concerning new and modified undergraduate and graduate programs, curricula, and courses. In addition, the PCC attends to whether the instructional needs of the college are being met and provides recommendations for curricular improvements across the College. PCC decisions are forwarded to the Dean’s office, which in turn presents these decisions to the Vice-President’s Advisory Committee (VPAC) and/or other appropriate University committees (e.g. Senate PCC, Graduate Council, etc).

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Membership: PCC is composed of two tenure-line faculty members from each department, elected by their departments for staggered two-year terms. The Associate Dean for Research and
Graduate Education and the Assistant Dean for Administration, Planning, and Assessment serve as ex-officio members with voting privileges. The PCC Chair is chosen by the committee members; the PCC Chair must be an associate or full professor.
In order to provide oversight for program and course development across the three departments of the college and across the multiple levels of programming, the PCC chair (along with the appropriate administrative officials) works closely with the chairs of three PCC subcommittees to coordinate agendas. These three subcommittees include: Initial Certification Committee
(ICC), Undergraduate General Education Committee (UGE), and Graduate Education
Committee (GEC) .
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Initial Certification Committee (ICC)
Purpose: ICC monitors and encourages development of all initial certification program, curricula, and course policies for the COE; it also recommends revisions to existing programs, curriculum, and courses to promote compliance with accreditation guidelines and COE and
University policies. The ICC exists not only to perform a PCC review function for the teacher preparations programs in the college, but also to act as a policy-setting body for all educator preparation programs in the Professional Preparation Unit
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, as is required for NCATE accreditation. The ICC reports to the Dean, who serves as the Unit Head, the individual with the authority and responsibility for the overall administration and operation of the Unit.
ICC course and program recommendations are forwarded to both the PCC Chair and the College
Dean, who forward these decisions to the University Administration, as appropriate; however, recommendations regarding education preparation policy are presented directly to the Dean and the Associate Dean for Educator Preparation. The ICC Chair meets with the chairs of PCC,
UGE, and GEC committees at the beginning of each semester to coordinate agendas; they also meet each semester with the Associate Dean for Educator Preparation and the Assistant Dean for
Administration, Planning, and Assessment to determine agenda-setting for Faculty Program
Leader and PDS Coordinator meetings in the Professional Education Unit.
Membership: IC consists of one faculty member from each certification program area, including representatives from Music, Physical Education, and School Library Media, elected by their departments for staggered two-year terms. The Associate Dean for Educator Preparation and
Undergraduate Studies and the Assistant Dean for Administration, Planning, and Assessment serve as ex-officio members with voting privileges. The ICC also includes two student
1 The Professional Education Unit includes all programs that prepare teachers and other school professionals to work in P-12 settings. In addition to the educator preparation programs in the College of Education, the
Unit also includes the School Library Media program (College of Information Studies) and the teacher preparation program in Physical Education (School of Public Health), Music (College of Arts and Humanities), and Agriculture (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources).

3 representatives (one undergraduate and one graduate) elected for a one-year term by the respective undergraduate and graduate student associations. The ICC Chair is selected by the committee members.
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Undergraduate General Education Committee (UGE)
Purpose: UGE monitors and encourages development of all undergraduate general education program, curricula, and course policies for the COE; it also monitors new course proposals and recommends revisions to existing programs, curriculum, and courses to promote compliance with COE and/or University policies. UGE recommendations are forwarded to the College PCC committee chair, who in turn presents these decisions to the College and University
Administration, as appropriate. The UGE Chair meets with the chairs of PCC, ICC, and GEC committees at the beginning of each semester to coordinate agendas.
Membership: UGE consists of one faculty member from each department, elected by their departments for staggered two-year terms. The UGE also includes one undergraduate student representative elected for a one-year term by the undergraduate student association. The
Associate Dean for Educator Preparation and Undergraduate Studies and the Assistant Dean for
Administration, Planning, and Assessment serve as ex-officio members with voting privileges.
The UGE Chair is selected by the committee members.
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Graduate Education Committee (GEC)
Purpose: Graduate education in the College is a joint function and responsibility of the College and its Departments. The College of Education Graduate Committee will have as its primary responsibility coordinating and monitoring the quality and integrity of graduate programs housed in the College’s Departments; it also recommends revisions to existing programs, curriculum, and courses to promote compliance with accreditation guidelines and COE and University policies. GEC decisions are forwarded to the College PCC committee chair, who in turn presents these decisions to the College and/or University Administration, as appropriate. The GEC Chair meets with the chairs of PCC, ICC, and UGE committees at the beginning of each semester to coordinate agendas.
Membership: GEC consists of a tenure-track faculty member who serves as the graduate director from each Department or a faculty member with similar responsibilities, or where a Department has a committee responsible for graduate studies, a member of that committee who is selected by their departments for staggered two-year terms. The Associate Dean for Research and Graduate
Education, Associate Director for Graduate Studies, and the Assistant Dean for Administration,
Planning, and Assessment serve as ex-officio members with voting privileges. The GEC also includes one graduate student representative elected for a one-year term by the graduate student association. The GEC Chair is selected by the members and must be an associate or full professor.

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II. Standing Committees of the Senate
A. Faculty Development Committee
Purpose: This committee leads faculty development activities for the tenure-track faculty across the college, and serves as an advisory committee to the Dean in the area of faculty development.
Membership: Committee membership comprises one tenured and one tenure-track member of each department who are active and productive in scholarship and who are effective teachers, and who are elected by their departments for staggered two-year terms. An ex-officio member from the Dean’s office is included on the committee and is responsible for the scheduling, announcing, and coordinating of activities sponsored by the FDC at the college level. The Chair will be appointed by the Senate Chair, with the approval of the Senate, and must be a tenure-line faculty delegate to the College Senate.
B. Awards Committee
Purpose: This committee oversees the conferring of annual awards in the College of Education to recognize the accomplishments of tenured and non-tenured faculty, staff, and students within the
College. The committee is charged with selecting the awardees from among those nominated by their departments, as well as reviewing annually all awards criteria and processes, and, with input, modify criteria as deemed necessary
Membership: The Awards Committee is comprised of a Chair, who is a delegate to the College
Senate and who is appointed by the Senate Chair with the approval of the Senate, as well as at least one faculty member from each department to serve for a two-year term. One staff member and one student representative to the Senate, selected by the Senate Chair, will also be included in the Awards Committee.
C. Nominating Committee
Purpose: This committee facilitates the annual election of the Chair-elect of the College of
Education Assembly (CEA) and the at-large delegates to the College Senate, as well as the atlarge delegates to the University Senate. The committee will also work closely with the Dean’s office and the College Graduate Student Association (GSA) to facilitate and coordinate the selection of the staff and undergraduate student voting representatives to the College Assembly and the staff and student delegates to the College Senate. The Hare system will be utilized to guide the annual nomination and election process across the College for each category of
Assembly representatives and Senate delegates for which the nominating committee is responsible.
Membership: The Chair of the Nominating committee is the immediate past Chair of the Senate, or their Designee, and the current Chair of the Senate serves as an ex-officio member. The committee comprises one Senate representative from each department as well as one undergraduate student, one graduate student, and one staff delegate to the Senate.
D. Research and Community Building Committee
Purpose: This committee will formulate strategies encouraging faculty and students to form interdisciplinary collaborative partnerships across department lines and across disciplines, in

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Membership: This committee comprises one faculty member from each department who are elected annually, for staggered two-year terms, plus two graduate student representatives who are appointed annually by the Senate Chair for a one-year term. The Chair will be appointed from among the faculty delegates to the College Senate by the Senate Chair and approved by the
College Senate; the Chair of the Research and Community Building Committee must be an associate of full professor. The Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education will also serve as a voting member of this committee.
E. Long-Range Planning and Policy Committee
Purpose: This committee conducts inquiries and engages in planning to recommend to the Senate changes which may be required in the College Plan of Organization, Bylaws, programs and priorities, or other arrangements and resource allocations to further education and research in the
College of Education. It conducts inquiries and develops plans as directed from time-to-time by the Senate on such topics as the Senate may deem to require special attention. In addition to special reports as requested, the Committee shall produce a report for consideration by the
Senate on the State of the College at least once every two years, which report shall make recommendations for maintaining and enhancing excellence in research and instruction in the
College. The report shall be disseminated to the members of the College of Education
Assembly.
Membership: The LRPP shall be composed of one member from each department in the College, selected by the departments for two-year terms (renewable), one graduate student representative selected annually by the Graduate Student Association for one year terms (renewable), and one staff representative selected biannually by the staff of the College. Additionally, the Associate
Dean for Research and Graduate Education, the Associate Dean for Educator Preparation and
Undergraduate Education, and the Assistant Dean for Administration, Planning, and Assessment will serve on the committee. The Chair of the Long-Range Planning and Policy Committee will be appointed from among the faculty delegates to the College Senate by the Senate Chair, and approved by the College Senate
III. Ad-Hoc Committees of the Senate
The Senate may constitute ad hoc committees for the purpose of (a) conducting inquiries, (b) developing or proposing plans, (c) conducting needs assessments or evaluations, or (d) carrying out the work of the Senate in other respects as need may arise. Such ad-hoc committees may be constituted for a term of not longer than two years, but may be re-constituted by the Senate when the term expires. In constituting an ad hoc committee the Senate shall: a. Specify the term of the committee; b. Delineate the purpose of the committee and its expected products; c. Specify how and when the committee shall report, and to whom; d. Appoint the members of the committee and its chair; or spell out who the members of the

6 committee shall be, how the members shall be selected, and how the chair will be selected. Members of ad hoc committees may be drawn from among faculty, staff, and students as appropriate to the work of the committee. Where representation of specific groups or constituencies within the College is desirable, the Senate may specify that ad- hoc committee members will be elected from among these groups. Given their ad hoc nature, however, it will often be appropriate for committee members to be appointed by the Senate or its Chair giving consideration to representing appropriately diverse views; and e. Specify the procedures to be followed by the committee in conducting its work.
IV. College Administration Committees
College Committees are established by authority of the Dean of the College. Members of these committees are appointed by the Dean or the Dean’s representative. Several of these College
Committees are long-standing and provide a natural vehicle for collaboration between the Senate and College Administration. With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chair of the Senate will appoint a Senate Liaison to each College Administration Committee. The duties of the
Liaison will be to attend meetings of the College Committee, represent the views of the Senate in
Committee deliberations, report on the work of the Committee to the Senate, and seek the advice and consultation of the Senate on the work of the Committee. The roles and agendas of College
Committees are set by the Dean, with advice on these matters from the Senate Liaisons who represent the view of the Senate. The following are College Administration Committees:
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Outreach Advisory Committee. In addition to keeping the Senate informed about outreach developments, the Senate Liaison will represent the Senate’s concerns with respect to overall policy regarding outreach, outreach planning, budget and resource management related to outreach, staffing and organizational support for outreach, and needs assessment and evaluation of outreach programs.
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International Initiatives Committee. In addition to keeping the Senate informed about outreach developments, the Senate Liaison will represent the Senate’s concerns with respect to planning and policies related to international initiatives, budget and resources for these initiatives, staffing and organizational support for international initiatives, needs assessment, and evaluation of international initiatives.
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Advancement Office Advisory Committee. In addition to keeping the Senate informed about development and advancement activities and progress, the Senate Liaison will represent the Senate’s concerns with respect to advancement policies and plans, staffing and resources for development and advancement activities, and support for advancement activities among faculty, staff, and students.
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Technology Advisory Committee. This committee provides advice to the director of
Educational Technology Services (ETS), and functions as a resource for special technology initiatives for the Dean. It serves as: 1) a means to communicate and request feedback from faculty on new policies, procedures, and decision points related to ETS services or technology integration in general; and 2) to provide the means for students to

serve as a two-way flow of communication about technology use and availability.
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