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Welcome
The Committee on the Faculty (CoFAC) has the following responsibilities: (a) Acts as a consultant committee to the Dean of Faculty and Provost on policy and matters of academic freedom, faculty research, faculty workload, faculty working conditions, faculty compensation, and overall faculty and Colleges goals, including the following: i. The presentation and administration of the instructional budget, ii. Faculty recruitment, iii. Guidelines for promotion and tenure reviews, iv. The Dean of Faculty and Provost's supervision of the instructional activities of the faculty. CoFAC acts as advocate of faculty interest in the allocation of instructional resources among instructional and non-instructional activities, in the determination of teaching loads and conditions, and in the maintenance of fair and adequate faculty compensation. In addition, CoFAC acts as the President's Advisory Council to discuss, from the point of view of the faculty, the Colleges' administrative problems. CoFAC also serves as the Committee on Conference with the Trustees to confer, as occasion arises, with the Trustee Committee on Education and Appointments. Its purpose is to provide for the exchange of information and recommendations for the protection of the personal and professional interests of the faculty by means of a direct and immediate contact between that body and the Trustees. In consultation with the President, CoFAC selects faculty members to sit with standing committees of the Board of Trustees. Finally, CoFAC staffs, administers, and oversees the following subcommittees:
The current composition of the Committee on the Faculty is:
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