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THE PRESIDENT
1

President and Acting President

2

Special Schools

THE FACULTY
3

Composition, Voting, Legislative Action

4

Powers and Duties

5 - 8

Meetings

9 - 20

Procedure

21

Sabbatical Leave

22

Standing Committees

23

Faculty Council (elected)

24

Committee on Tenure and Promotion (elected)

25

Committee on Academic Priorities (elected)

26

Committee on Faculty Compensation and Development (elected)

27

Commitee on Mission and Priorities (elected)

28

Lecture Committee (elected)

29

Committee on Grievance (elected)

30

Committee on the Library (elected)

31

Academic Freedom Committee (elected)

32

Committee on Edcational Technology (elected)

33

Academic Honor Board (appointed)

34

Administrative Board

35

Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation

36

Board of Admission (appointed)

37

Campus Planning Committee

38

College Council on Community Policy (appointed)

39

Committee on Athletics (appointed)

40

Committee on International Students (appointed)

41

Committee on Honorary Degrees (appointed)

42

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (appointed)

43

Marshals (appointed)

44

Committee on Study Abroad (appointed)

45

Committee on Sustainability (appointed)

46

Committee Election Procedures

47

Representative to the Seven College Conference

DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION
48

Election of the Chair

49

Duties of the Chair

50

Business of the Department

ORGANIZATION OF PROGRAMS
51

Program Committees

52

Election of the Program Director

53

Duties of the Program Director

54

Business of the Program

THE CURRICULUM
55

The College Year

56

The Schedule for Classes

57 - 58

Attendance at Classes

59

Admission to Seminars

60

Preparation of Assigned Work

61 - 63

Grades

64

Midsemester Grades

65 - 67

Final Due Date for Course Work, End-of-Semester Grades

68

Dropping and Entering Courses

69 - 70

Degree Requirements (A.B.)

71 - 73

Program of Study

74 - 75

Majors and Minors

76

Auditors

77

New Courses

78

The Schedule for Examinations

79

Examinations

80

Honors and Prizes

APPENDIX
A

Statement of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression

B

Policy on Outside Sources of Funding for Faculty Research

C

Sabbatical Leaves and Leaves of Absence Without Pay

D

Departments by Academic Division

E

Programs

F

Smoking Policy

G

Sample Guidelines for Take-Home Examinations

H

Statement of Principle on Sexual Relationships between Faculty and Students

I

Other Standing Committees

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