Benefits Committee

Shall be composed of four representatives elected by the Faculty Senate or its Council, four representatives elected by the Staff Senate or its Council, and three members nominated by the Chancellor and elected by the Faculty Senate. It shall be chaired by a member of the faculty and, at the discretion of the Staff Senate, a member of the staff may be the co-chair or the associate chair. The Director of Human Resources will be a nonvoting ex officio member. The charge for the committee is: • To attempt to re-form a University-wide benefits committee with members representing the faculty and staff of all campuses. • To advise the Chancellor concerning faculty and staff perspectives about non-salary considerations (“benefits.”) • To report in a timely manner to the faculty and staff senates proposed changes and alternatives in non-salary considerations (“benefits”) affecting current employees and retirees. • To inform in a timely manner the members of the faculty and the staff of proposed changes and alternatives in non-salary considerations (“benefits”) affecting current employees and retirees. • To canvass members of the faculty and staff for their insights on the ongoing University provision of non-salary considerations. • To inform the University Faculty Senate Assembly or SACUA, the Flint Faculty and Staff Senates and appointed or elected University committees and officers dealing with benefits issues of faculty and staff insights and perspectives. • To investigate and compare the non-salary considerations provided by other universities to the members of their faculty and staff and report to the faculty and staff senates and other interested bodies. • To seek solutions to the benefits challenges that recognizes the needs of the members of the faculty and the staff and of the University.

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Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty

The committee shall concern itself with budgetary matters as they pertain to the economic status of the professorial staff, librarians and curators, or otherwise affect the ability of these staff to fulfill their responsibilities. The committee shall work with the Faculty Senate or Senate Council to ensure that the Chancellor's University Budget Committee is aware of staff needs and concerns. The committee shall present its Annual Report to the Regents to the Faculty Senate for approval and distribution.

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Diversity Enhancement Advisory Committee

Committee to operate in an advisory capacity to the Affirmative Action Coordinator, the University Administration and the Faculty and Staff Senates.

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Faculty Mentoring and Development Committee

Works with the Faculty Senate and the Provost to encourage and facilitate mentoring of new faculty and the continued development of all faculty members.

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Promotion and Tenure Committee for Associate Professor Promotions

Advises the Provost on promotion and tenure matters for promotions to associate professor rank and tenure decisions.

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Promotion and Tenure Committee for Full Professor Promotions

Advises the Provost on promotions to full professor and tenure matters.

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Research Support Committee

To evaluate faculty proposals for research support, to allocate funds, to act as a screening committee for sponsored research proposals and to act as a policy advisory group with respect to campus research issues for the Director of Sponsored Research and for the Faculty Senate.

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Scholarship Committee

To work with the Financial Aid staff to monitor and distribute scholarship funds to UM-Dearborn students and to advise the Financial Aid director and the Faculty Senate on policy matters regarding scholarships.

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Student Affairs Advisory Committee

To advise the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Life and the Faculty Senate on standards and procedures for admission and registration of students; financial aid; counseling and academic support; and other aspects of student life that relate to the educational process.

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Student Media Committee

To act in an advisory capacity to the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Life on any matters pertaining to the operation of the student media.

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Undergraduate Curriculum and Degree Committee

There shall be an ad-hoc committee to advise the Provost on proposed curriculum and degree programs and at the request of a department, unit, or the Provost, to report to the Senate on other curriculum and degree matters. The ad-hoc committee shall be composed of one member identified by each of the unit curriculum committees, one Senate representative, and one designated chair. The ad-hoc committee shall be assembled upon notice from the Provost to the Senate that an undergraduate degree proposal has been submitted for review. Revised November 10, 2003

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University Budget Committee

Chancellor Little formed this committee in the fall of 2000 to provide an effective channel through which all campus constituencies can have significant and valuable input into the budget process, can receive timely information about the process, and can provide advice, analysis, and assessment throughout the process. The committee includes six faculty members, three staff members and three students, in addition to the provost and the vice chancellor for business affairs, and will meet with the chancellor and other senior officers and deans as appropriate. It is expected that meetings will take place once or twice a month through the academic year. Five of the faculty members of the University Budget Committee are designated through appointment by the Faculty Senate Council, with two members from the College of Arts, Sciences & Letters and one each from the School of Education, the School of Management and the College of Engineering & Computer Science. The sixth member is to be elected by the faculty at large. Nominators must be members of the Faculty Congress, and nominees must be Faculty Senate eligible. This means that any member of the governing faculty, or professional librarian or curator shall be eligible for this seat. All Faculty Congress members are eligible to vote. Faculty members holding administrative appointments of more than 50% are ineligible to serve as elected faculty representatives.

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