THE FACULTY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SENATE

President Dean Chair Board of Trustees Senate Faculty College Faculty Department Faculty Makes All Decisions advisory This is not the governance organization of the University

President Dean Chair Board of Trustees Senate Faculty College Faculty Department Faculty All Decisions advisory Want to Make Neither is this the governance organization of the University

President Dean Chairperson Chairperson and Presiding Officer; Chief Admin.Officer Management Policy-Making President makes educational “policy- recommendations” to Senate, Board (GR III) Dept. Faculty shall provide “advice” to Chairperson on “major administrative” matters (GR VII.B.5) Dean “chairs” College Faculty as it makes educational policy (GR VII.B.3) State Law “the faculty of the university” Board of Trustees College Faculties Dept. Faculties University Senate (elected faculty senators act as representatives of the “faculty of the university”) Senate Rules College Rules Dept. Rules Educational Policy-Making (Faculty Governance) Senate “recommends” to Pres on administrative matters (GR IV.C) College Faculty advises Dean on administrative matters (GR VII.B.3) Chair “presides” as Dept. Faculty does policy-making on instruction, research, service programs (GR VII.B.5) Governing Regulations (President chairs) (Dean presides) (Chairperson presides) (Administrative Governance) Sharing Governance Summary of the UK Academic Organization Chairperson and Presiding Officer; Chief Admin.Officer

College Faculty Bodies (KRS ) (KRS (3)) “University of Kentucky Collectively, constitute the members of the University Faculty Authority in State Law Elect Faculty Trustees Direct action by its members faculty members” “the University Faculty” “the faculty of the university” Statutory University Body “Elected faculty representatives” in University Senate College faculty Senator elections Action through representatives -Determine conditions of graduation, -Affirm which students -Determine which conditions for honorary degrees, -Recommend to Board Degrees by the Board (KRS ) e.g: (KRS (3)) persons may be granted Honorary have attained a status of Policy-Making Authority of the “the University Faculty” who ought receive degree graduation; recommend to Board those graduates

The “College Faculty” is the Educational Policy-making Entity of the College Members of the “College Faculty Body” (GR VII.A.4.a): Its Educational Policy-making Jurisdiction (GR VII.A.4.c): “Within the limits established by … the University Senate … the faculty of a college shall determine the educational policies of that college … academic requirements, curricula, course offerings, undergraduate, graduate and research programs, professional programs, and service functions, to the extent... not been delegated to a... department faculty.” Its Authority to Establish Rules and Committee Structure for its Function “The faculty of each college shall establish its own rules, including a committee or council structure, necessary for the performance of the faculty's functions in educational policy- making … copies of the rules shall be … filed with … the Senate Council.” (GR VII.A.4.b) voting privileges, by the automatic members - Automatic voting members: tenured/tenure track faculty at or above the - Privileged members: persons conferred membership, w/ or w/out level of assistant professor

The “Department Faculty” is the Educational Policy-making Entity of the Department Members of the “Department Faculty Body” (GR VII.A.6.a): Its Educational Policy-making Jurisdiction (GR VII.A.6.c): “Within the limits established by … the University Senate … the department faculty has jurisdiction over matters concerning its internal educational policies … on such matters as academic requirements, courses of study, course offerings, graduate and research programs, and service functions. Jointly with the department chairperson, the department faculty shall establish procedures to be used within the department concerning … promotions, the granting of tenure” Its Authority to Establish Rules and Committee Structure for its Function “The department faculty shall establish rules, procedures and a committee structure concerning educational policy matters over which it has jurisdiction and responsibility… copies... shall be … filed with … the Senate Council.” (GR VII.A.6.b) voting privileges, by the automatic members - Privileged members: persons conferred membership, w/ or w/out - Automatic voting members: tenured/tenure track faculty at or above the level of assistant professor

President Dean Chairperson Chairperson and Presiding Officer; Chief Admin.Officer Management Policy-Making President makes educational “policy- recommendations” to Senate, Board (GR III) Dept. Faculty shall provide “advice” to Chairperson on “major administrative” matters (GR VII.B.5) Dean “chairs” College Faculty as it makes educational policy (GR VII.B.3) State Law “the faculty of the university” Board of Trustees College Faculties Dept. Faculties University Senate (elected faculty senators act as representatives of the “faculty of the university”) Senate Rules College Rules Dept. Rules Educational Policy-Making (Faculty Governance) Senate “recommends” to Pres on administrative matters (GR IV.C) College Faculty advises Dean on administrative matters (GR VII.B.3) Chair “presides” as Dept. Faculty does policy-making on instruction, research, service programs (GR VII.B.5) Governing Regulations (President chairs) (Dean presides) (Chairperson presides) (Administrative Governance) Sharing Governance Summary of the UK Academic Organization Chairperson and Presiding Officer; Chief Admin.Officer