The following rules governing Faculty organization and procedures for the accomplishment of Faculty business were adopted by a vote of the Faculty on November 6, 1967. Various additions and amendments have been made since then.

Article I: Membership and Responsibilities

SECTION 1: MEMBERSHIP

The composition of the Faculty shall be as given in Article VIII, Section 1, of The Charter and By-Laws of Bates College.

SECTION 2: RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibilities of the Faculty shall be as enumerated in Article VIII, Section 3, Article IX, Section 2, and Article X, Section 3, of The Charter and By-Laws of Bates College.

Article II: Organization of the Faculty

SECTION 1: OFFICERS

a) The President of the College in his capacity as the principal officer of the Faculty shall preside at Faculty meetings. In his absence, the President shall designate the Dean of the Faculty to preside or in her absence, the senior Faculty member holding the rank of professor. The presiding officer shall have the right of debate without yielding the chair.

b) The President shall appoint the Secretary of the Faculty whose duty it shall be to compile and maintain a complete file of the minutes of Faculty meetings. He shall also keep on file in the Registrar's office for Faculty reference and in the office of the Dean of the Faculty, copies of all Faculty minutes and a record of attendance.

c) The Parliamentarian shall be appointed by the President.

SECTION 2: DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS

The Faculty shall be divided into divisions, departments, and programs. Any additions or deletions may be initiated by the President subject to approval by the Faculty.

Faculty members hold appointments in departments, organized into the divisions of humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences, and also in interdisciplinary programs. The members of divisions elect one of their members as division chair; all Faculty elect a chair of Interdisciplinary Programs. Faculty members have membership in a department, a program, or in any combination of departments and programs.

Article III: Faculty Meetings SECTION 1: TIME OF MEETINGS

a) Regular Faculty meetings normally shall be held at 4:10 p.m. on the first Monday of each month during the fall and winter terms. If the specified day falls during a vacation or recess, the meeting normally shall be held on the first or second Monday following the vacation.

b) The first Faculty meeting in the fall shall be held at the call of the President within a period of seven days prior to the first classes.

c) Special meetings of the Faculty may be called at the discretion of the President. The President shall also call a special Faculty meeting at the written request of ten members of the Faculty.

SECTION 2: ATTENDANCE AND QUORUM

a) Members of the Faculty are expected to attend all Faculty meetings.

b) A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the Faculty.

Section 3: Order of Business and Rules of Order

a) The normal order of business shall be:

1) Call to Order
2) Minutes
3) Announcements
4) Unfinished business
5) Action reports of committees
6) New business
7) Information reports by committees and officers
8) Adjournment

b) The agenda for each regular Faculty meeting shall be prepared by the Committee on Committees and Governance. It shall consist of a list of the items of business to come before the Faculty meeting in the order in which they are to be presented, including matters of new business where possible. The agenda shall be distributed to the Faculty at least five days before the meeting of the Faculty and shall be accompanied by texts of resolutions, reports, or other relevant documents to be considered with the items.

c) Robert's Rules of Order shall be the authority for the conduct of Faculty meetings except when in conflict with the By-Laws of the Faculty or the Corporation.

d) The order of business and the rules and procedures governing the conduct of Faculty meetings may be suspended by two thirds of those voting.

e) The Committee on Committees and Governance may alter the normal order of business as stated in Paragraph a) when in its judgment the urgency of a particular item requires its being taken up earlier in the meeting than the normal order would indicate. Such alterations, if made, shall be indicated at the time the agenda is distributed to the Faculty.

SECTION 4: VOTING

a) All decisions shall be by a majority of those voting unless otherwise specified.
b) Voting may be by voice, by a show of hands, by a standing vote, or by written ballot.
c) The method of voting shall normally be decided by the presiding officer. A standing vote may be called for from the floor. A written ballot shall be used at the request of a majority of those voting.

Article IV: The Legislative Process

SECTION 1: THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND GOVERNANCE

a) The President, ex officio, the Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, and four members of the Faculty who have served on the Faculty for at least three years shall comprise the Committee on Committees and Governance.

b) The chair of the Committee shall be the senior member of the Faculty in terms of length of service on the Committee.

c) Chairs of ad hoc committees and of standing committees not listed under a) and also a representative of Faculty members submitting proposals shall be invited to the meeting of the Committee on Committees and Governance at which their proposal is under consideration.

d) It shall be the duty of the Committee on Committees and Governance to review all legislation proposed by committees or other Faculty members and to determine the disposition of the proposal in accord with Article IV, Sections 2, 3, and 4. The Committee shall also review the proposal in terms of clarity of expression and harmony with existing rules. The Committee on Committees and Governance may return any proposal to the originator with suggestions for revisions. After reconsideration of the proposal, the originator shall submit the proposal in its final form to the Dean of the Faculty for inclusion with the agenda of the next Faculty meeting or to such committee as the Committee on Committees and Governance shall have directed.

SECTION 2: LEGISLATIVE ROUTES FOR PROPOSALS FROM COMMITTEES

a) The Committee on Committees and Governance shall determine whether the proposal is routine or deliberative legislation on the basis of the importance, complexity, and controversial nature of the proposal.

When in the judgment of the Committee the proposal requires only one reading, it shall be designated routine legislation and may be voted on at the same Faculty meeting at which it is introduced.

Deliberative legislation shall require at least two readings extending over at least two regular Faculty meetings. At the first reading there shall be opportunity for questions and explanatory discussion; debate on the issues shall be confined to the second and any subsequent readings.

b) The originating committee may revise its proposal after the first reading. The revised report is to be considered as previously introduced legislation.

c) The Committee on Committees and Governance may, under unusual circumstances, authorize Faculty action after only one reading for legislative proposals that would normally require two readings.

d) Committee proposals must be submitted to the Chair of the Committee on Committees and Governance at least two weeks prior to the Faculty meeting.

SECTION 3: LEGISLATIVE ROUTES FOR PROPOSALS FROM INDIVIDUALS

a) The Committee on Committees and Governance shall route proposals from individuals in any one of the following ways.

1) Refer the proposal to an existing committee. The agenda for the following Faculty meeting shall include notice of the referral along with the text of the proposal. The committee to which the proposal has been referred must, within a reasonable period of time, submit a recommendation on the proposal to the Faculty, including in its report the text of the original proposal.

2) Recommend to the Faculty that an ad hoc committee be established to consider and make a recommendation on the proposal. At least one of the originators of the proposal shall be a member of the committee. The ad hoc committee shall follow the procedure in Paragraph 1) above. If the Faculty rejects the recommendation to establish an ad hoc committee, the original proposal shall become deliberative legislation.

3) Decide that the proposal requires no committee study and declare it routine or deliberative legislation to be handled according to Article IV, Section 2, a) and c).
b) The procedures of Article IV, Section 2, b), c), and d) shall apply also to proposals presented by Faculty members other than committees.

SECTION 4: EMERGENCY LEGISLATION

New business of an emergency nature may be brought before the Faculty by any Faculty member or by a group of Faculty members, whether an established committee or not, without prior submission to the Committee on Committees and Governance. In such cases, however, the Faculty must first, by majority vote, decide whether to consider the proposal as a bona fide emergency measure. The motion for emergency status shall be nondebatable. If time permits, the proposal must be distributed to the Faculty in written form prior to presentation.

Article V: Faculty Committees

SECTION 1: STRUCTURE

a) The designation and duties of standing committees of the Faculty shall be determined by vote of the Faculty. Any changes in the designation and duties of standing committees shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Article VI.

b) Special committees may be established as required upon vote of the Faculty. When such a committee is established by the Faculty, the Faculty shall determine whether its members are to be elected by the Faculty or appointed by the procedures specified below.

c) There shall be a President's Institutional Planning and Advisory Committee which advises and consults with the President in matters of short-range and long-range planning and on any matters of concern to the Faculty. The Committee should meet with the President not less than once a month throughout the academic year. The Committee may initiate proposals for short-range and long-range goals, respond to specific ideas and questions raised by the President, and be included in the evaluation of policies before they are adopted. The Committee serves as the general channel of communication between the Faculty and the administration of the College. The Committee may also serve as consultants to Trustee committees considering long-range College planning.
The Committee shall consist of the President, ex officio, three tenured, and three untenured members of the Faculty. The members of the Committee should represent the breadth and diversity of interests of the Faculty.

The members of the Faculty shall be elected by written ballot. Regular elections will be held at the April Faculty meeting each year.

d) There shall be a Personnel Committee composed of the President as Chair, the Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, and seven members of the Faculty, each elected at the April meeting of the Faculty for three-year overlapping terms. (See Rules and Procedures Governing Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, Article I, Section 1.) The election of the seven members to this Committee must adhere to the following conditions:

1) all candidates must be tenured and must hold the rank of either associate professor or full professor;

2) in no case may an associate professor be nominated if election would mean that more than two associate professors would serve on the Committee;

3) in no case may a full professor be nominated if election would mean that fewer than two associate professors would then serve on the Committee;

4) The three academic divisions and interdisciplinary programs must be represented by the seven elected members of the Committee, as specified in Article I, Section 1(c), 4. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the April meeting of the Faculty, but such nominations must conform to the same conditions.

e) There shall be a Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching composed of the President and the Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, and five other members, at least two untenured and at least two tenured, appointed by the Committee on Committees.

f) There shall be a Committee on Personnel for Physical Education composed of the President as Chair, the Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, and three members of the Faculty, each elected at the April meeting of the Faculty for three-year overlapping terms. (See Rules and Procedures Governing Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, Article V, Section 1a.) The election of the three members to this Committee must adhere to the following conditions:

1) all shall be from the academic divisions of the Faculty;
2) all shall be tenured;
3) one of the elected members shall be a full professor. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the April meeting of the Faculty, but such nominations must conform to the above conditions.

g) There shall be a Committee on Conference with the Trustees which shall meet at least twice each year with the Trustee Committee on Conference with the Faculty to discuss matters of mutual concern. The Committee shall consist of six members elected by the Faculty. Three members must be from the tenured ranks of the Faculty. Two members shall be elected each year at the regular April Faculty meeting for terms of three years. Voting shall be by written ballot. The Chair, to be elected by the Committee, shall be one of the members who has consecutively served longest on this Committee.

h) There shall be a Committee on Committees and Governance, consisting of the President, ex officio, the Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, and four elected members of the Faculty who have served at Bates College for at least three years. Members shall be elected for a four-year term and normally one new member shall be elected each year at the regular April Faculty meeting.
The duties of the Committee on Committees and Governance shall be:

1) Appoint all Faculty members of Faculty committees save President's Institutional Planning and Advisory Committee to the President, the Personnel Committee, the Committee on Personnel for Physical Education, the Faculty Committee on Conference with the Trustees, the Committee on Committees and Governance, and those committees designated to be elected in 1 b.

2) Designate the Chairs of all appointed Faculty committees.

3) Where appropriate, designate the secretaries of all appointed Faculty committees.

4) Prepare the slate of candidates for elected Faculty committees for action by the Faculty at the regular April Faculty meeting. In its function of preparing a slate of candidates for the elected committees of the Faculty, the senior member in length of service on the Committee shall act as Chair, and neither the President nor the Dean of the Faculty shall participate.

5) Prepare a slate of candidates for the Board of Examiners, as specified in the Rules and Procedures Governing Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, Article I, Section 7, to be elected by the Faculty at its April meeting for three-year overlapping terms. The election of the four examiners must adhere to the following conditions: (1) all shall be tenured; (2) none may serve concurrently on the Committee on Personnel or on the Committee on Personnel for Physical Education. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the April meeting of the Faculty, but such nominations must conform to the above conditions.

6) Prepare a slate of candidates for the Faculty Review Board, as specified in the Rules and Procedures Governing Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, Article VI, Section 6(b), to be elected by the Faculty at its April meeting for five-year overlapping terms.

7) Review all legislation proposed by committees of other Faculty members and determine disposition of the proposal in accord with Article IV, Sections 2, 3, and 4.
i) There shall be a Student Committee on Committees, selected by the Representative Assembly. The President shall serve as Chair. The duty of the Student Committee on Committees shall be to make recommendations to the Representative Assembly for student appointments to Faculty-Student Committees, subject to approval of the majority of the membership of the Representative Assembly.

SECTION 2: STIPULATIONS

a) All committees, including those with student members, shall be committees of the Faculty of Bates College, subject to its Rules and Procedures.

b) In making appointments and nominations to committees, the Committee on Committees and Governance shall seek to implement, in a manner consistent with the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty, the College policy on nondiscrimination and affirmative action.

c) All members of Faculty committees shall be considered voting members with all the privileges and responsibilities attached thereto unless otherwise indicated in the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty.

d) The term of office of both elected and appointed members of standing committees shall begin with the fall term.

e) Continuous Faculty membership on a committee, except for ex officio members, shall normally be limited to a term of four years.

f) Vacancies occurring in the membership of the President's Institutional Planning and Advisory Committee, the Personnel Committee, the Committee on Personnel for Physical Education, the Committee on Conference with the Trustees, and the Committee on Committees and Governance shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term by special election.

g) Vacancies occurring in the membership of the appointed committees may be filled for the balance of the unexpired term by the Committee on Committees and Governance.

h) The President and Dean of the Faculty shall be members ex officio of all committees and shall be notified of all meetings.

SECTION 3: STANDING COMMITTEES

a) In addition to the procedural committees, i.e., the President's Institutional Planning and Advisory Committee, the Personnel Committee, the Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching, the Committee on Personnel for Physical Education, the Committee on Conference with the Trustees, and the Committee on Committees and Governance, delineated in these Rules and Procedures, there shall be other standing committees of the Faculty which are listed below along with certain stipulations in addition to those given in Section 2.

b) All Faculty Committees.

1) Academic Standing Committee - Dean of Students, Associate Dean of Students, and Registrar, ex officio, five Faculty.

2) African American Studies and American Cultural Studies Committee - seven Faculty, including the Director of African American Studies and the Director of American Cultural Studies, ex officio.

3) Classical and Medieval Studies Committee - seven members, including the Chair of the Department of Classical and Romance Languages and Literatures.

4) Cluster Development Committee - three members selected from the Division of the Humanities and the Department of History, each from a different department.

5) Graduate Studies Committee - five members.

6) Legal Studies Committee - Dean of Students or Associate Dean of Students, ex officio, two Faculty.

7) Medical Studies Committee - Dean of Students or Associate Dean of Students, ex officio, five Faculty.

8) Teaching Development Committee - Dean of the Faculty, ex officio, four Faculty.

9) Women's Studies Committee - seven Faculty, including the Director of the Women's Studies Program, ex officio.

c) Policy matters originating in the Academic Standing Committee and the Honors Committee shall be referred to the Educational Policy Committee for discussion and joint recommendation to the Faculty.

d) Faculty-Student Committees.

1) Admissions and Financial Aid Committee - four Faculty, two students, Dean of Admissions, ex officio. Student members of this Committee shall not be present for discussion of and shall not vote on cases involving individuals.

2) Athletics Committee - four members of the Faculty outside the Physical Education Department; four students; Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, ex officio, and one other member of the Physical Education Department; the Dean or Associate Dean of Students, ex officio.

3) College Concerts Committee - three Faculty, three students.

4) College Lectures Committee - three Faculty, three students.

5) Curriculum and Calendar Committee - Registrar, ex officio, five Faculty, two students.

6) Educational Policy Committee - six Faculty, three students, Dean of the Faculty, ex officio.

7) Extracurricular Activities and Residential Life Committee - Dean of Students or Associate Dean of Students, ex officio, Vice President for Business Affairs or Business Manager, ex officio, two Faculty members who are advisors of major student organizations, two Faculty members at large, and six students.

8) First-Year Seminars and the Writing Workshop Committee - six members, at least one coming from each academic division, two students.

9) Honors Committee - four Faculty, one student.

10) Library Committee - six Faculty, three students, Librarian, ex officio.

11) Off-Campus Study Committee - three Faculty, the Director of the Junior Year Abroad Program, ex officio, Dean of Students or Associate Dean of Students, ex officio, two students. Student members of this Committee shall not be present for discussion of and shall not vote on cases involving individuals.

12) Student Conduct Committee - six full-time teaching Faculty, five students.

e) Faculty-Administrative Staff-Student Committees.

1) Information Services Advisory Committee - three Faculty members, two students, the Information Services Management Team, ex officio, and two ex officio administrative members chosen by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Article VI: Amendments

SECTION 1: METHOD OF INITIATION

Proposed amendments to these Rules and Procedures shall be first initiated at a regular Faculty meeting.

SECTION 2: METHOD OF VOTING

Notice of such proposed amendment shall be included in the notice of the next regular Faculty meeting. Passage of the amendment shall require two thirds of those voting.

Standing Committees of the Faculty

(This section of the Handbook is not part of the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty, but serves as a description of Faculty committees based on the various legislative actions of the Faculty which established the committees.)

Faculty committees are constituted according to Article V of the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty. Standing committees may be classified as (1) elected Faculty, (2) appointed Faculty, (3) appointed Faculty-student committees, and (4) appointed Faculty-administrative staff-student committees.

Elected Faculty Committees
President's Institutional Planning and Advisory Committee. This Committee "advises and consults with the President in matters of short-range and long-range planning and on matters of concern to the Faculty. The Committee should meet with the President not less than once a month throughout the academic year." (Rules and Procedures, Article V, Section 1 c). It also serves as a board of inquiry in cases of termination of a Faculty contract for cause (see Appendix to the Rules and Procedures Governing Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, Part a).

Committee on Committees and Governance. The duties of this Committee are given in Article V, Section 1 h) of the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty.

Committee on Personnel. The duties of this Committee are given in Article V, Section 1 d) of the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty.

Committee on Personnel for Physical Education. The duties of this Committee are given in Article V, Section 1 f) of the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty.

Committee on Conference with the Trustees. A Committee "which shall meet at least twice each year with the Trustee Committee on Conference with the Faculty to discuss matters of mutual concern." (Rules and Procedures, Article V, Section 1 g).

Appointed Faculty Committees Academic Standing. The Committee has these broad responsibilities: (1) to recommend to the Faculty policy concerning academic standing, probation and dismissal, and related matters of the grading system; (2) to hear on appeal individual cases of students placed on probation or dismissed by failure to meet legislated criteria for good academic standing; (3) to hear petitions for readmission from students once academically dismissed; (4) to report statistical summaries concerning academic standing to the Faculty after the close of the fall and winter semesters; (5) in conjunction with the Educational Policy Committee to recommend to the Faculty policy concerning registrations and the assignment of credit; (6) to hear on appeal individual petitions concerning irregular registrations and credits, including underloads, overloads, late registrations, late withdrawals, rescheduled final examinations, deferred course grades, changes in course grades, and transferred credits; (7) to review the administrative exercise of specified authorities as delegated by the Committee to the Dean of Students and the Associate Dean of Students according to Faculty legislation.

African American Studies and American Cultural Studies. This Committee shall design and oversee these major programs, having the same authority over the programs and their student participants as normally is held by academic departments in regard to their major programs. In its design and oversight of the major programs, the Committee shall insure that the following curricular arrangements are fulfilled: (1) introductory courses, one in African American Studies and one in American Cultural Studies, shall be offered each year and be required of respective majors; (2) an upper-level methods seminar on topics in race, gender, class, and cultural analysis shall be offered each year and be required of students in both majors; (3) in both majors each student shall be required to complete satisfactorily a senior thesis; (4) appropriate courses taught within the several academic departments shall be cross-listed in the catalog as offerings in one or both of these majors, and these cross-listings shall be with permission of the instructors; (5) the requirements in American Cultural Studies shall include no fewer than three courses in African American Studies, as determined by the Committee.

Asian Studies. This Committee, established by Faculty legislation in 1996, is responsible for the interdisciplinary program in East Asian Studies and the secondary concentration in South Asian Studies. Its duties include designating the major and concentration requirements, overseeing student majors, approving thesis programs, recommending any general education contributions from the Asian curriculum, and evaluating colleagues teaching in Asian Studies.

Biological Chemistry. This Committee oversees all aspects of the Biological Chemistry Program. It assumes the obligations and exercises the prerogatives which characterize the collective staffs of departments.

Classical and Medieval Studies. This Committee, established by Faculty legislation in 1982, has responsibility for overseeing the interdisciplinary program in Classical and Medieval Studies. This responsibility includes designating the major requirements, overseeing student majors and their thesis advisors, recommending any general education contributions from the classical or medieval curriculum. Responsibility also includes participation by some Committee members in the evaluation of Faculty colleagues holding teaching appointments in classics.
Cluster Development. This Committee reviews suggestions for clusters from individual Faculty members and departments in the Humanities and History. These suggested clusters are supplemented by the Committee and then published each year. The published list constitutes the clusters available for student selection. Information from this Committee is sent to all students as part of the semester registration packets.

Environmental Studies. This Committee, established by faculty legislation in 1995, has responsibility for overseeing the interdisciplinary program in Environmental Studies. Normally comprised of no more than seven Faculty, its membership is drawn from throughout the Faculty. Its duties include designating the major requirements; developing the core curriculum; overseeing the academic program of student majors, including senior thesis, student internships, and independent study; recommending general education contributions from the environmental studies curriculum; and evaluating Faculty colleagues teaching in environmental studies.

Evaluation of Teaching. The Committee has the responsibility to study procedures involved in the evaluation of teaching and, in consultation with the Committee on Personnel: (1) to compose and, as necessary, to revise the student rating form necessary to implement Article IV, Section 5 b), of the Rules and Procedures concerning Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion; (2) to recommend acquisition of any necessary scoring apparatus and to prepare the computer programs necessary for statistical analysis of completed forms; (3) to consult on the proportion of all courses offered to be evaluated by such ratings; (4) to assist the Committee on Personnel in carrying out its responsibilities as defined in Article IV, Section 2; (5) to recommend to the Committee on Personnel procedures for the selection of student letter-writers according to the provisions of Article IV, Section 2; (6) to perform on behalf of the Committee on Personnel whatever tasks of selection are necessitated by the provisions of Article IV, Section 2; (7) to recommend and, as necessary, to revise the design and the language of the call letters necessitated by Article IV, Section 2; (8) to recommend procedures for the evaluation of advising as an expected part of the teaching obligation. The Committee has full access to completed rating forms and statistical summaries, but it must respect the confidentiality essential in personnel matters.

Graduate Study. In cooperation with the academic departments and the Office of Career Services, this Committee undertakes to encourage qualified students to consider graduate study upon completion of their college work. It serves also as the screening committee for all fellowship applicants who must be nominated or recommended by the College.

Legal Studies. In cooperation with the Office of Career Services, this Committee serves as an advisory and coordinating body to those students interested in legal careers.

Medical Studies. This Committee shall serve as an advisory and coordinating body to those students interested in medical careers, and is responsible for the preparation of evaluations and recommendations of students to the medical schools.

Neuroscience. This Committee has responsibility for overseeing the interdisciplinary program in Neuroscience. Its duties include development and oversight of the major, including the requirements for the major; academic and thesis advising of majors; selection and supervision of staff; mentoring and evaluating of Faculty members in the Program.

Teaching Development. This Committee shall promote excellent teaching at Bates College by: (1) sponsoring workshops and seminars on teaching development, (2) developing a collection of materials on pedagogy for Faculty use, (3) serving as a resource group for Faculty members seeking to develop their teaching, and (4) developing such other methods for promoting excellent teaching as the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee may also provide information about technical and other resources at the College that are available to Faculty and communicate with the Committee on Evaluation of Teaching about modifications of the evaluation process that would enhance teaching development.

Women's Studies. This Committee shall design and oversee the major program, having the same authority over the program and its student participants as normally is held by academic departments in regard to their major programs. In its design and oversight of the major program, the Committee shall insure that each year (1) an introductory course on women's studies and an upper-level seminar integrating such studies are taught exclusively as part of the major program, and (2) appropriate courses taught within the several academic departments are cross-listed in the catalog as offerings in women's studies. The Committee shall sponsor a Faculty Development Seminar, which shall assist members of the Faculty who wish to integrate women's studies into their curricular offerings or who wish to introduce new courses with a women's studies focus.

Appointed Faculty-Student Committees

Admissions and Financial Aid. This Committee considers policy matters relative to the admission of new students and the granting of all forms of financial aid, including scholarships, fellowships, loans, and such prizes as are not specifically determined by other means. The Committee's recommendations for policy change are submitted to the Faculty for appropriate action.

Athletics. This Committee shall "(1) give careful attention to all matters pertaining to noncurricular athletics, and report to the Faculty any information and recommend any legislation it shall deem advisable; (2) serve as an advisory committee to the Physical Education Department on any matters pertaining to noncurricular policy and practice of that Department. It is assumed that the unique perspectives of men's and women's athletics will be reflected by balanced representation on the Committee."

College Concerts. This Committee is responsible for the arrangement and presentation of an annual College concert series.

College Lectures. This Committee is responsible for the arrangement and presentation of an annual College lecture series.

Curriculum and Calendar. This Committee has the functions of reviewing and recommending to the Faculty curricular proposals which come within the structure of established educational policy; of preparation of the annual academic calendar, for presentation to the Faculty; and of the review and approval of class and examination schedules, as presented to the Committee by the Registrar.

Educational Policy. This Committee has the broad responsibility of review of the educational policy of the College, and of initiation of proposals to the Faculty for changes in policy.

Extracurricular Activities and Residential Life. This Committee is charged with responsibility for coordinating general policy for all extracurricular activities. This responsibility includes: approval and recognition of all established student clubs and organizations; review and approval of suggested scheduling for extracurricular events; and, within the administrative rules for service and the usage of facilities, the assignment of space and services as requested by Faculty or student groups. This Committee also may study and recommend policies affecting the living environments of students which will enhance the educational objectives of the College.

First-Year Seminars and Writing Workshop. This Committee has the following responsibilities: (1) to work with participating Faculty in seeing that proposed seminars reflect the purposes of the First-Year Seminar Program; (2) to present each year's program to the Committee on Curriculum and Calendar; (3) to offer an annual evaluation of the program to the Committee on Educational Policy; (4) to consider, in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty, requests for exceptions; (5) to supervise the Writing Workshop, and serve as an information resource on teaching writing.

Honors. This Committee shall: (1) set standards and procedures for the granting of honors; (2) admit students to honor study upon recommendation of department Chairs.

Library. This Committee shall sit as an advisory body to the Librarian, who shall be an ex officio member. It shall also serve the Faculty as the Committee of first referral in all matters concerning the Library.

Off-Campus Study. This Committee has the following responsibilities: (1) to evaluate off-campus study programs other than those within the curriculum of the academic departments and to recommend any of them to the Committee on Educational Policy for possible approval by the Faculty as programs available to students in the College; (2) to establish procedures for the selection of student applicants to such off-campus study programs; (3) to approve students for participation in off-campus study programs other than those within the curriculum of the academic departments, including the Junior Year Abroad.

Student Conduct. This Committee has the responsibility to make policy recommendations to the Faculty regarding matters of student conduct; and to make decisions in student conduct cases referred or appealed to it under the Faculty's "Judicial Procedures." The Chair shall be one of the six full-time teaching Faculty members appointed to the Committee. The Chair shall report to the Faculty at the last regular Faculty meeting of each semester on all action taken by the Committee since the preceding report.

Appointed Faculty-Administrative Staff-Student Committees

Information Services Advisory Committee. This Committee advises the Information Services Management Team on operations, programs, and priorities concerning the information services needs of the Bates community. It aids in the review of strategic and operational Information Services plans and provides a forum to discuss problems and needs that should be addressed. The Committee can propose legislation to the Faculty on matters specially touching Faculty concerns in computing and information technology, and it can discern Faculty opinion on other technology and information policy issues through discussion at Faculty meetings.