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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

Emeriti Advisory Committee (appointed)

47

Committee Election Procedures

48

Representative to the Seven College Conference

DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION
49

Election of the Chair

50

Duties of the Chair

51

Business of the Department

ORGANIZATION OF PROGRAMS
52

Program Committees

53

Election of the Program Director

54

Duties of the Program Director

55

Business of the Program

THE CURRICULUM
56

The College Year

57

The Schedule for Classes

58-59

Attendance at Classes

60

Admission to Seminars

61

Preparation of Assigned Work

62 - 64

Grades

65

Midsemester Grades

66 - 68

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

69

Dropping and Entering Courses

70-71

Degree Requirements (A.B.)

72 - 74

Program of Study

75 - 76

Majors, Minors and Concentrations

77

Auditors

78

New Courses

79

The Schedule for Examinations

80

Examinations

81

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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