Indiana University. University Faculty Council

The University Faculty Council is the governing and representative body for Indiana University faculty, including teaching and library representatives from all 8 campuses.

From the description of Indiana University Faculty Council records, 1969-2010. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 51932326

The University Faculty Council is the governing/representative faculty body for the entirety of the Indiana University Faculty, including teaching and library faculty representatives from the Bloomington, IUPUI Indianapolis, East, IPFW Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Northwest, South Bend and Southeast campuses. The structure of the University Faculty Council, then, is meant to inspire confidence in the UFC as an institution that will represent faculty interests and views. At the same time the UFC is a significant forum at the system level for engagement between faculty and administration.

The University Council, as it was originally known, was formed by a committee in 1929 and first met 25 March 1930. The Council was involved with faculty matters as well as University interests, eventually supplanting the committee on promotion of University interests. The University Council was composed of two members from each school, one senior and one junior, male faculty member.

In 1969 the Bloomington Faculty Council split from the University Faculty Council, although Bloomington still had representatives in the broader University Faculty Council.

In 2002 the University Faculty Council holds at least one regular meeting each semester. It is composed of representatives from each campus – one for every one hundred voting members on each campus, with no fewer than one representative per campus. Some members of the administration have ex-officio votes at UFC meetings, including the President of the University. The Council has fourteen committees including: Affirmative Action, Agenda, Distributed Education, Educational Policies, Faculty Affairs, Faculty Compensation and Benefits, Faculty Governance, Finances and Facilities, Honorary Degrees, Library, Student Affairs, Technologies Policy, University Planning, and University Research Policy.

From the guide to the Indiana University Faculty Council records, 1969-2012, (Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records Management http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives)