Policy No
. AA-2150.4
POLICY & PROCEDURES MEMORANDUM
TITLE:
FACULTY RESPONSIBILITY
AND AUTHORITY IN
ACADEMIC AND
GOVERNANCE MATTERS
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 24, 2007
CANCELLATION:
none
FFICE:
Academic Affairs (AA)
POLICY STATEMENT
Delgado Community College delegates to faculty specific responsibility and authority in
academic and governance matters, including but not limited to, the following:
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Curriculum Development.
In agreement with the Louisiana Community and Technical
College System (LCTCS) Board of Supervisors Policy on Participatory Curriculum
Development, Delgado faculty members are actively involved in the College Curriculum
process as voting members of the Curriculum Committee. Through this activity faculty
members may recommend curriculum changes, evaluate new and existing courses,
programs, and curricula, and establish procedures and formats for curriculum changes.
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Institutional Decision-Making.
In order to provide an avenue for faculty to participate
in institutional decision-making, faculty members are appointed, with voting privileges, to
appropriate standing College Committees. While each committee performs functions
specific to its charge, each committee generally makes recommendations for institutional
decision-making as well as reviews policies and procedures as part of the College’s Policy
and Procedures Development, Review, and Approval process.
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Leadership for Development of College Administrative Policy.
The College’s primary
planning and management group for the College, the College Council, ensures that
Faculty Senate leadership is represented as a voting member. In addition, the Faculty
Senate Executive Committee regularly meets with the College’s senior leadership to
address specific administrative policies and issues. Further, The LCTCS, through its
policy on Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of the Academic Staff, has charged College
faculty and academic staff to determine the educational policy through deliberative action
in their respective units and divisions.
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Student Academic Performance Standards/Program Assessment.
Faculty members
are actively involved in developing and updating academic performance standards
through participation on the Academic and Admission Standards Committee. In addition,
as part of the College’s policy on Institutional Effectiveness for Planning and
Assessment, faculty members are responsible for a continuous assessment of the quality
of instructional programs, academic standards, and student learning outcomes in their
departments.
-Advisory Function for Governing Board.
The LCTCS Board of Supervisors formally
recognizes and supports the Board of Regents Faculty Advisory Committee (the Association
of Louisiana Faculty Senates) and its work through its policy on Process for Selecting
Representation to the Board of Regents’ Faculty Advisory Group. The College participates
in this process and ensures faculty representation on the LCTCS Faculty Advisory Council,
which meets with the academic leadership of the LCTCS System on an established basis.
Policy Reference:
LCTCS Policy,
Participatory Curriculum Development
LCTCS Policy, Process for Selecting Representation to the Board of Regents’ Faculty
Advisory Group
LCTCS Policy, Rights, Duties and Responsibilities of the Academic Staff
Delgado Policy and Procedures Memorandum, College Curriculum
Delgado Policy and Procedures Memorandum, Charter: Curriculum Committee
Delgado Policy and Procedures Memorandum, Policy and Procedures Development,
Review, and Approval
Delgado Policy and Procedures Memorandum, Charter: Academic and Admission
Standards Committee
Delgado Policy and Procedures Memorandum, Institutional Effectiveness for Planning
and Assessment
Review Process:
Academic Affairs Council 7/19/07
College Council 7/24/07
Distribution:
Electronically Distributed Via Electronic Mail System
