The Faculty

The university faculty consists of College of Arts & Sciences faculty and the faculties of the College of Adult & Professional Studies, Bethel Seminary, and the Graduate School. Each of these groups or their representatives in the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate meets on a regular basis for institutional governance.

Responsibilities

The principal responsibilities of the individual faculties are to govern and to advise.

To Govern

1. to establish and govern the academic life and curricular structures of the schools;
2. to implement—through instruction, research, committee work, and counsel—the instructional programs of the schools;
3. to establish and maintain academic standards, criteria for admissions and retention of students, degree requirements, and policies relating to financial aid;
4. to elect faculty members to the various standing and ad hoc committees established for the governance of the schools;
5. to assist in the establishment and governance of the non-academic life of the schools.

To Advise

1. to articulate and promote the institutional objectives of the schools;
2. to recommend all degree candidates to the trustees for their approval;
3. to reflect faculty opinion on all issues affecting faculty affairs, student life, and other aspects of the schools to faculty committees and the administration.

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