Bloomington Faculty Council.

The Bloomington Faculty Council began meeting 7 October 1969. Formerly part of the Faculty Council, the Bloomington Faculty Council was created as part of a major University reorganization initiated under University President Elvis J. Stahr. The goal of the University reorganization was to divide the University into three autonomous units: Bloomington, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, and the remaining regional campuses. In January 1969 the proposed amendments to the Faculty Council Constitution were presented. The Faculty Constitution, which had provided the guidelines for University-wide faculty, would become exclusively the constitution of the Bloomington Faculty. Other faculties were given the option of creating their own faculty constitutions.

The authority of the Bloomington campus faculty is expressed by the Bloomington Faculty Council and its thirty members elected at-large. Through this body the faculty has authority over the academic mission of the University, the academic calendar, faculty tenure policies, the conferring of degrees, etc. The council works with the Chancellor and the Deans of the schools of: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Graduate, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Law, Library and Music, to effect change within the Bloomington campus. The President and Vice-President of the Student Body were given ex officio voting member seats in the council as well.

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