Faculty Affairs Council Agenda
April 27, 2012
TO: FACULTY AFFAIRS COUNCIL
FROM: Bryan Neighbors
SUBJECT: Meeting of April 27th, 2012
The next Faculty Affairs Council meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 27th, at 10:00 a.m. in the ROY SHILLING ROOM. The agenda follows:
1. Approval of minutes from April 13th meeting
- see attachment
2. Gender equity task force proposal (Jim Hunt)
- see attachment
3. New charge for Faculty Evaluation Task Force (Jim Hunt)
- see attachment
4. Proposed changes to general functions of councils (Jim Hunt)
- see attachment
5. New Faculty Handbook language regarding replacements on Faculty Status Committee (Jim Hunt)
- see attachment
6. Updates on harassment policy and social media guidelines (Maria Lowe)
7. Changes to the Honorary Degrees Committee (Jim Hunt)
8. Other necessary business
Spring FAC Meetings Remaining: none!
Spring Faculty Meetings Remaining: none!
Other items to be considered during Spring 2012 semester:
Teaching observations in evaluation, duplication and other uses of copyright materials, Harassment policy, Social media guidelines, Associate Dean of the Brown College, Institutional Research office, Board of Trustees’ meetings with faculty, evaluation of senior staff, administration accountability regarding empirical indicators used in college rankings



