Code of Ethics Update

Charge
Fix issues with the Code of Ethics process for alleged violations and sanctions in consultation with the Office of the General Counsel and the Personnel Committee.

Members
Tom McAndrew (COH)
Filippo Casati (CAS)
Mike Spear (RCEAS)

Course & Curriculum Review

Charge
Greatly simplify the process and timeline for C&C approvals to allow focus on substantive changes. Will conduct senate-level C&C approvals for AY 25-26.

Members
Frank Gunter (COB)
Hyunok Choi (COH)
Wenxin Liu (RCEAS)
Xuanhong Chen (RCEAS)

Service Load and Equity

Charge
Continue work to assess service load and equity at Lehigh, and determine an appropriate outcome for this work.

Members
Angela Hicks (CAS)
Damien Thévenin (CAS)
Ravi Chitturi (COB)
Al Wurth (CAS)

Tenure and Promotion

Charge
Modify general R&P language to support translational (and non-traditional) research and scholarship activities addressing all R&P sections that might be relevant, and how this might apply to term research faculty.

Members
George DuPaul (COE)
Beibei Dong (COB)
Eugene Han (CAS)

Term Faculty Voting Rights

Charge
Modify R&P to reflect current viewpoints on the scope of term-faculty voting rights.  Revise R&P to remove confusion over voting rights.

Members
Jenna Lay (CAS)
Ethan Van Norman (COE)
Lindsey Reuben (CAS)

R&P 2.15 on Term-Faculty Caps

Charge
Modify R&P to remove outdated language and to reflect current university practices. 

Members
Peter Zeitler (CAS)

Benefits Review

Charge
Represent the senate and the faculty on a committee chaired by Chris Cook that is examining non-medical benefits.

Members
Angela Hicks (CAS)
Subhrajit Bhattacharya (RCEAS)

Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness for RP&T (joint with Provost’s Office appointees)

Charge
Represent the senate and faculty on a committee chaired by the Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs that will recommend uniform best practices in evaluating teaching effectiveness, moving beyond course evaluations.  

Members
Eric Delmelle (RCEAS)
Lia Sandilos (COE)
Haiyan Jia (CAS)

Evaluating course pedagogy and outcomes (joint with Provost’s Office appointees)

Charge
Represent the senate and faculty on a committee chaired by the Deputy Provost for Undergraduate Education that will make recommendations about how to gather information about the pedagogy and effectiveness of courses and curricula, separate from individual instructor performance.

Members
Monica Hershberger (CAS)
Michael Spear (RCEAS)

Codifying the definition of departments, centers, institutes, and programs in R&P, plus processes for their formation and dissolution

Charge
(1) Write R&P language that defines these entities, and their main scope in terms of administration (chair, program director, etc.), reporting (deans, provosts, etc.), and curriculum (do they house courses, majors, minors, etc.?). (2) For each, define a process for how such units come to be created or can be dissolved, along with impacts on members. This will require consultation with the provost, deans, chairs, and directors, as well as general counsel. 

Members
Anders Knospe (CAS)
Al Wurth (CAS)
Chris Kiely (RCEAS)
Maryam Rahnemoonfar (RCEAS)