Action | Policy | Finding & Reasoning |
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1. A decision made by the Administration moved the International Studies program into the Department of Government and Political Affairs and gave them administrative duties for the program. | GM Section 2: Undergraduate Academic Programs -
Undergraduate degree programs (excerpt from table of degree programs) Baccalaureate Degrees Options Department
International Studies B.A. East Asia (Interdepartmental)
Latin America
GM Section 1: Faculty and Administrative Units of the University -
Departments D. The following departments exist in the University and
are responsible to the administrative officer listed in parentheses.
CBA Article 10 Rights of the State System/Universities B.
GM Section 1: University Structure and Governance - Faculty
Participation in University Governance - Faculty Senate/Curriculum
Committee - L. Functions 1. The Faculty Senate reflects the
professional judgment of the faculty and recommends policy in writing to
the University president in such areas as curriculum, admissions and
standards practices, educational programs, University organization,
advisement and counseling, student affairs and matters of similar
import.
Section 2: Undergraduate Academic Programs - Interdepartmental Major
Program - Policy and Implementation 3. A committee composed of one
representative elected by each of the participating departments shall
develop and implement the major. c. The committee shall carry out
the administrative duties inherent in offering a major (i.e. developing
new course proposals, scheduling, advisement, etc.).
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Finding: International Studies is an
interdepartmental program,not a department.
Reasoning: Departments are enumerated in the Governance Manual. International Studies is explicitly identified as interdepartmental. Placing it in one department is contradictory.
Finding: Administrative duties for an interdepartmental major are carried out by an interdepartmental committee. Reasoning: When the Administration exercised its authority over programs and organizational structure by approving the Interdepartmental Major Program policy and placed it in the Governance Manual, they established agreed-upon practice and structure for interdepartmental programs, giving administrative duties to an interdepartmental committee |
2. a. The Administration dissolved the International Studies Curriculum Committee, notifying the committee of this action, and later retracted the decision, notifying faculty in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of this new action.
b. The Administration, without any involvement of the International Studies Curriculum Committee, appointed a coordinator of the International Studies Curriculum. |
Section 1: University Structure & Governance -
Faculty Participation in University Governance - Contract Committees,
Judicial Committee and Amending Procedures - Faculty Senate/Curriculum
Committee D. Organization 5. (sic) Committees The Faculty Senate may create ad hoc committees either from its own membership or from the University as a whole to consider or investigate matters of concern. All committees not elected at large shall have equal faculty representation from the four a cademic units, i.e., Education, Humanities, Science and Mathematics, Social Sciences and one from non-school faculty. The following are the standing committees of Faculty Senate:
Section 1: University Structure & Governance - Faculty
Participation in University Governance - Contract Committees, Judicial
Committee and Amending Procedures - Policies in Force and Amending
Procedures
B. Amending Procedures
3. Amendments to section IV, Faculty Senate/ Curriculum Committee
must be introduced at a regular meeting of the Faculty Senate and approved
by a majority vote, but not at the same meeting at which the amendment is
introduced.
Section 1: University Structure & Governance - Faculty
Participation in University Governance - Contract Committees, Judicial
Committee and Amending Procedures - Faculty Senate/Curriculum Committee -
International Studies Curriculum Committee |
Finding: Faculty Senate has sole authority to
amend its standing committees.
Reasoning: The International Studies Curriculum Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Senate. The Governance Manual explicitly states the procedure by which it may amend its own committees.
Finding: The International Studies Curriculum
Committee participates in the selection of the program coordinator by
soliciting and receiving nominations, reviewing applications and
recommending candidates to the president or his/her designee.
Reasoning: The Governance Manual explicitly states the role that
the International Studies Curriculum Committee plays in the selection of a
Coordinator.
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The Academic Policies Committee finds that the following documents fail to establish a coherent framework, including administrative and curricular processes, for interdisciplinary studies at Millersville University.
Millersville University Governance Manual
Section 2: Undergraduate Academic Programs
Interdepartmental Major Program
Undergraduate Degree Programs
2002-2004 Undergraduate Catalog
Therefore, the Committee recommends that