Administrative Committees
- Faculty Awards and Research Committee
- Grade Appeals and Scholarship Committee
- Personnel Actions Committee
- Personnel Actions Policy Committee
- VPA Graduate Committee
- VPA Committee on Academic Programs
I. Faculty Awards and Research Committee
The responsibilities of the Faculty Awards and Research Committee include determining college-level recommendations for faculty awards,providing advice to the dean by prioritizing applications for Faculty Development Leaves, and acting as a clearinghouse for issues that impact faculty research within the college.
Chaired by an associate dean, membership comprises one person from each unit who is appointed to a three-year term. The committee meets on an ad hoc basis.
II. Grade Appeals and Scholarship Committee
One charge of the Grade Appeals and Scholarship Committee is to process formal grade appeals from students registered for courses administered by units within the college [OP 34.03]. The committee (minus student members) is also responsible for scholarship matters at the college and university level that are not administered by the individual units.
Faculty membership consists of one representative per unit, each appointed to a three-year term, and two student members who are appointed annually (for grade appeals only). The Associate Dean for Undergraduate Issues serves as ex-officio chair for grade appeals. Both associate deans serve as ex-officio co-chairs for student scholarships.
For more information, view the TTU Operating Policies.
III. Personnel Actions Committee
The Personnel Actions Committee is responsible for Tenure and Promotion recommendations, Comprehensive Performance Reviews, and Exit Interviews for departing faculty members. Ideally, every vote on tenure and promotion cases [OP 32.01] involves four committee members who examine dossiers from outside their home units. A non-voting member from the home unit, ordinarily the PAC Policy Committee member (see below), attends Tenure and Promotion meetings to witness and to answer questions; this observing member exits prior to the committee vote and maintains committee confidentiality. Should the Policy Committee member be unable to serve as non-voting witness, the unit's senior voting member may serve in this capacity.
Comprehensive Performance Reviews [OP 32.31] are handled by a subcommittee of four comprised of four members who have not voted on the faculty member's record within the home unit.
Exit interviews [OP 32.14] are conducted on an ad hoc basis by a subcommittee convened from committee membership and an associate dean. At the minimum, two individuals (associate dean included) comprise the exit interview committee; at least one member must be from outside the exiting individual's home unit. In exceptional circumstances, two associate deans may constitute the subcommittee.
Personnel Actions Committee membership comprises two persons from each unit, all appointed to staggered two-year terms. An associate dean serves as ex-officio chair for Tenure and Promotion sessions and the subcommittee for Comprehensive Performance Reviews.
IV. Personnel Actions Policy Committee
The Personnel Actions Policy Committee (PAPC) is responsible for altering college-level policies and procedures related to Tenure and Promotion, Comprehensive Performance Reviews, and Exit Interviews for departing faculty members. Membership comprises the exiting (alumnus) PAC member from each unit, chair, directors, associate dean, and dean. Faculty PAPC members serve one-year terms and, during that year, also constitute non-voting members on tenure and promotion cases issuing from their home units.
V. VPA Graduate Committee
The primary responsibility of the Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Committee is to oversee interdisciplinary graduate degree programs in the college. In addition, the Graduate Committee acts as a clearinghouse for issues that impact graduate studies generally and/or that require coordination prior to consideration by other administrative units within the university.
The committee is chaired by an associate dean who also serves as director of the Fine Arts Doctoral Program. Long-term membership consists of the Graduate Advisor or designee from each unit. Faculty membership consists of one person per unit, each appointed to a three-year term. The committee acts as an independent board and may occasionally call upon non-voting visitors for information and/or discussion.
VI. VPA Committee on Academic Programs
The charge of the Committee on Academic Programs is to serve the college level review process for (1) Adding, Changing, and Deleting Courses and Changing Method of Delivery [OP 36.01], and (2) New Academic Programs, Course Approval for New Programs, Program Termination, and Changes in Delivery Format [OP 36.04). Committee recommendations are forwarded to the dean.
Chaired by an associate dean, the committee includes a Library Liaison as a standing member. Six faculty members from the three units are appointed on a rotational basis to three-year terms; a student member is appointed annually.
For more information, view the VPA-CAP Policies and Procedures.