Section 3344-13-01 - Bylaws of the faculty senate(A) College faculties. Membership and bylaws (revised June 22, 2009.) Each college, except the college of graduate studies and the honors college, shall have a college faculty constituted as follows: the president of the university; the chief academic officer; the dean, and associate deans, of the college if they hold one of faculty ranks listed in this paragraph; and all persons assigned to the college with the faculty rank of professor, clinical professor, associate professor, clinical associate professor, assistant professor, clinical assistant professor, instructor, assistant college lecturer, associate college lecturer, senior college lecturer, research assistant professor, research associate professor, research professor, college of law clinical professor, college of law senior clinical professor, college of law legal writing professor, college of law senior legal writing professor, professor of practice, associate professor of practice, assistant professor of practice and emeriti. In cases involving doubt as to the proper college or colleges to which a person is assigned, assignment will be made by the chief academic officer after obtaining the recommendation of the deans concerned.
(B) Governance rights of college faculty With the exception of emeriti faculty, all members of a college faculty shall be eligible to participate in all aspects of faculty governance at all institutional levels (academic unit, college, and university), except for peer review committee (PCR) service, which is open solely to tenured faculty members.
(C) Each college shall establish a procedure for ensuring student participation in college committees.(D) The college of graduate studies shall have a college faculty constituted as follows: the president of the university, the chief academic officer; the dean, and associate deans, of the college; all college deans; all full-time and adjunct faculty members of the university regularly engaged in graduate activities who apply for admission and are appointed to the graduate faculty by the dean of the college of graduate studies. The dean of the college and the graduate council shall establish standards for admission, continuance, resignation, and/or removal for cause of any member of the graduate faculty from the college of graduate studies. The dean shall maintain a current list of names of the graduate faculty members. Such standards, as well as the bylaws of the college, shall be approved by the faculty senate.(E) A faculty organization and bylaws consistent with these bylaws shall be approved by each college faculty. It is the responsibility of the college faculty affairs committee or its equivalent to encourage consistency between college and university bylaws. The dean shall notify the secretary of the faculty senate as to the organization plan and bylaws adopted by the college faculty and any subsequent changes made in them. Approved college bylaws and personnel policies will be maintained in updated form by the secretary of the faculty senate.(F) Calling meetings. The college faculty shall meet upon call of the dean of the college. Additional means of calling meetings may be established by the college faculty.
(G) Chairperson. The dean of the college shall either be chairperson of the college faculty or make provision for a chairperson to be elected by the college faculty.
(H) Powers. The several college faculties shall have the following general powers:
(1) To adopt, alter, or abolish requirements for admission to the college subject to the approval of the faculty senate (see paragraph (F) of rule 3344-13-03 of the Administrative Code.)(2) To adopt, alter, or abolish courses and curricula subject, in certain cases, to the approval of the faculty senate (see paragraph (E) of rule 3344-13-03 of the Administrative Code.)(3) To create and abolish schools, bureaus, and departments of instruction within the college subject to approval of the faculty senate (see paragraph (E) of rule 3344-13-03 of the Administrative Code.)(4) To adopt and abolish academic degrees administered by them subject to the approval of the faculty senate (see paragraph (E) of rule 3344-13-03 of the Administrative Code.)(5) To recommend to the university curriculum committee and the faculty senate any changes in the subject matter requirements within the college, for graduation from the university or for the awarding of professional or advanced degrees (see paragraph (E) of rule 3344-13-03 of the Administrative Code.)(6) To provide for the transaction of the business of the college as provided by the established precedents of the college and approved college bylaws and personnel policies.Ohio Admin. Code 3344-13-01
Effective: 10/17/2024
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 111.15
Rule Amplifies: 3344.
Prior Effective Dates: 08/07/1989, 09/01/2009, 04/20/2014, 07/20/2015, 11/26/2023