ECU Faculty
Manual, Part II. University Organization
VI. Guidelines for Organizing into Code Units
These guidelines are being provided to assist faculty who
democratically decide to organize into self-governing autonomous units at the
department, school or college level.
General Instructions
Submit via the
·
ECU Faculty Manual, Part II., Section VI. Guidelines for Organizing into Code Units
·
ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix L., Section C.
Development, Screening and Implementation of Unit Codes
·
Unit Code Screening Committee’s General Guidelines
for Writing and Revising a Unit Code of Operation
Process to Organize
Consistent with the amendment
procedures of the Unit Code of the department/school, the faculty of a
school/college may democratically decide to organize into self-governing
autonomous units and to develop rules for the internal organization and
operation of their departments. A cover
page and letter should be submitted to the Faculty Governance Committee
requesting approval to draft a code of unit operations. This proposal to organize should include:
·
Cover page:
include name of school/college, name of proposed unit,
·
Cover letter:
1. A statement requesting approval to organize
for the purpose of drafting a code of operation to
become a self-governing autonomous
unit.
2. A rationale/s for requested reorganization
3. A description of the democratic process
used to decide to organize into self-governing autonomous units (who voted,
when, and by what percentage).
4. A school/college chart of organization
clearly indicating:
a)
The proposed autonomous departments by name and
relationship/responsibility to other units and the School/College
b)
The total number of permanently tenured and
tenure-track faculty in the unit
Criteria for Establishment of a
Self-Governing Autonomous Unit at the Department Level
The driving force for forming
self-governing departments within a school or college should be the degree
programs and the curricula.
Self-governing departments may be formed when they want the authority
for the curriculum to reside at the department level rather than the school or
college level. A self-governing unit
must have a code of operation with rules for the internal organization and
operation of the unit. The code will become
operational when approved by the tenured faculty of the unit, submitted to the
appropriate dean for advice, and approved by the Unit Code Screening Committee,
the
The self-governing autonomous unit
will:
1.
Have at least 7 full-time tenure-track or permanently
tenured faculty members,
2.
Be self governing in regard to all internal matters,
including the authority and responsibility for at least one degree program,
3.
Autonomously administer a financial budget, subject
to the usual legal requirements,
4.
Conduct the quadrennial evaluation of the chair/director.
The unit chair/director will be
responsible for:
1.
Faculty assignments, personnel and student files, and
preparations of the annual report,
2.
The annual evaluation of faculty members.
The following diagram illustrates
acceptable models for the formation of self-governing units within colleges and
schools.
Acceptable Models for Code Units in Reorganization
Plan
1. College
Level (one code for all schools and departments within College).
2. Separate
Codes for all schools in a college.
School (code
unit) School (code
unit) School (code
unit)
3. Separate
Codes for schools and departments within a college (Mixed Model).
College
Department (code
unit) Department (code
unit) Department (code
unit)
Department
Department
4. All
Departments in a College: Separate
Codes.
5.
Code Units not in Colleges.
