College & University Committees

College committees

CEHD Professional and Administrative Council (CPAC)

The CPAC shall have responsibility in all areas of concern regarding Professional and Administrative employees. It will serve in an advisory role to the Dean on matters concerning P&A staff that come under the jurisdiction of the College. The CPAC has the responsibility of maintaining communication with the University P&A Senate.

More information on CPAC.

CEHD Consultative Committee

The College Consultative Committee (CCC), formerly the Governance Council, is the elected representative consulting Committee of the College. The CCC sets its own agenda, but will, upon request from the dean, college committees, constituents, or upon its own initiative:

• Review and make recommendations to the dean on policies affecting the college as a whole, including, but not limited to college administration, human resources, admissions, teaching, service, academic standards, educational policies not within the purview of the Curriculum Council, research issues and policies, and reviews of departments and centers

• Review the college's profess in operationalizing its mission

• Consult with the dean on budgeting, strategic planning and the compact process, collaborations with the state, national and international groups, and such other matters that the committee and the dean agree upon

More information on the Consultative Committee.

CEHD Promotion and Tenure

Must be full professor rank. Committee members serve a two-year term.

The Promotion and Tenure Committee reviews recommendations of the departments regarding all appointments and promotions to and within tenure and advises the dean of its evaluation of these recommendations.

Curriculum Council Representatives

The Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) and Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) are required to attend. The Curriculum Council (CC) shall:

• Establish policies and provide leadership and guidance on educational issues of concern to faculty, students, and administration;

• Review and approve proposed courses and programs offered wholly or in part in the College; and

• Provide, on occasion, reviews of curricula and programs, both in conjunction with external reviews and as needed in the College.

Tri-Psych Diversity Committee

The Tri-Psych Diversity Committee is a cross-departmental committee of faculty representatives from the Department of Educational Psychology, Institute of Child Development, and Psychology diversity committees dedicated to supporting under-represented students studying psychology at the University. The charge of the committee is to:

• Combine graduate students from under-represented groups from all three programs to provide a broader support group for graduate students.

• Provide guidance to the undergraduate groups in the three psychology departments to support undergraduates from under-represented groups.

• Identify the key places to send faculty to recruit students from underrepresented groups.

• Align the departments' student recruitment dates for a special multi-department event for (self-defined) underrepresented students, targeting first generation college students, students of color, and students from low income families.

Once a year, the Tri-Psych Diversity Committee gives out a Tri-Psych Diversity Award. The goal of the fund is to build community and facilitate cross-departmental collaborations among Tri-Psych graduate students of color and/or student groups otherwise underrepresented in postsecondary education. The group looks for innovative proposals that provide opportunities to encourage and support students, gain insights from shared and differing experiences, and build stronger relationships across departments. Each department contributes $1,000 annually with the understanding that unused funds get carried over to the next year.

University committees

University Senate

The University Senate is comprised of 251 elected senators and 26 Senate Consultative Committee members. This includes faculty, civil service and P&A staff, and student representatives from the University of Minnesota Crookston, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Minnesota Morris, University of Minnesota Rochester, and University of Minnesota Twin Cities campuses. The president of the University of Minnesota chairs the University Senate, and the vice chair is a faculty member. all ex officio members are non-voting.

CEHD Professional and Administrative Council (CPAC) Representative to Senate

The P&A Senate is the voice of over 5,000 Academic Professionals and Administrators (P&A) at the University of Minnesota. The senate is an elected representative body that acts on behalf of all P&As, and enables P&As, through shared governance, to exercise their right to participate in the University's governance.

The senate is an advocate for P&A views on University planning, governance, resource allocation, and all other University of Minnesota policies and practices. We are key partners in University governance; to that end, the senate works in four primary areas: benefits and compensation, communications, outreach, and professional development and recognition, as well as providing representatives to relevant University committees and task forces.

P&As work in all 19 job families throughout the University system. P&A job functions include conducting research, teaching students, directing programs, counseling faculty, staff, and students, managing budgets, overseeing departments, and reaching out to citizens in all 87 Minnesota counties. In 1980, P&As comprised six percent of the University employee population. By 2014, P&A made up 30% of University employees.

All P&As are welcome to attend and participate in discussions at P&A Senate meetings.

Senate Consultative Committee

Shall represent the faculty, academic professionals, civil service staff, and students at large and not the individual campuses, institutes, colleges, schools, or departments of the University.

The Senate Consultative Committee shall serve as the consulting body to the president and as the executive committee to the University Senate.

Membership:

The Senate Consultative Committee shall be composed of the:

• 10 elected members of the Faculty Consultative Committee,

• the immediate past chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee,

• 7 elected members from the Student Consultative Committee,

• 2 academic professional members from the P&A Consultative Committee,

• 2 civil service members from the Civil Service Consultative Committee, and the vice chair of the University Senate.

The chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve as chair of the Senate Consultative Committee.