Educational Policy Committee

Welcome to the New College Faculty Educational Policy Committee Home Page.  This page provides information about the membership and the Committee charge.
 

Membership

Six faculty, two from each Division; three student members, to be chosen by student-determined procedures.  Elections for the faculty representatives are conducted by the FASC during the seventh week of the Spring semester, after the election of the PAC. (Section 3.7.3).  Faculty are not required to stand for election to the EPC.  Faculty representatives are elected for staggered terms by the entire voting faculty.  EPC members serve two-year terms but are not eligible for successive terms.  Service on the EPC excuses faculty members from standing for election to the PAC during the time of service on the EPC.  The Provost is an ex-officio, non-voting member.  The Provost is responsible for ensuring that matters appropriate to the EPC, in its function as the College-wide committee charged with matters pertaining to the academic program (curriculum, policy, and personnel), are brought to that committee for deliberation and presentation to the faculty. December 12, 2007

Members for 2007-2008 Academic Year

Student Members:  TBD

Committee Charge

1. To consider all matters affecting the academic program (curriculum, policy, and personnel) and to make reports and recommendations concerning policy and programs to the faculty.  This includes such matters as long-range academic program planning; growth (faculty line allocations [4.2] and student enrollment); admission and financial aid policies and procedures; educational policy; special programs, such as those for first-year seminars and cross- or multi-disciplinary courses; summer school programs and activities; off-campus study; advising; student academic status criteria; and other relevant areas as they become apparent.

2. To serve as a forum for faculty and student discussion of all matters affecting the academic program (curriculum, policy, and personnel);

3. To act for the faculty, upon divisional recommendation, in the recruitment and hiring of regular faculty (see sections 4.1.1 and 5.2.2).