PART II: The Faculty Code
Chapter 21
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Section 21-01. Statutory Provision Relating to Faculty
[For a statutory provision relating to the University faculty see Volume I, "Statutes," RCW 28B.20.200.]
Section 21-31. Membership in the Faculty
The University faculty consists of:
the president,
the vice presidents,
the professors,
the associate professors,
the assistant professors,
the instructors,
the teaching and research associates,
the principal lecturers,
the senior lecturers,
the senior artists in residence,
the lecturers,
the artists in residence,
whether serving under visiting, acting, research, clinical or affiliate appointment, whether serving part-time or full-time, and whether serving in an active or emeritus capacity.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 29, June 8, 1964; S-A 32, May 8, 1967; S-A 78, December 14, 1988: all with Presidential approval; RC, February 1, 2008.
Section 21-32. Voting Membership in the Faculty
A. Except as provided in paragraph B of this Section the voting members of the University faculty are those faculty members holding the rank of:
professor, 50% appointment or greater
research professor, 50% appointment or greater
associate professor, 50% appointment or greater
research associate professor, 50% appointment or greater
assistant professor, 50% appointment or greater
research assistant professor, 50% appointment or greater
full-time instructor,
full-time principal lecturer,
full-time senior lecturer,
full-time senior artist in residence,
full-time lecturer,
full-time artist in residence, or
a retired assistant professor, associate professor, or
professor during the Quarter(s) he or she is serving on a part-time basis, or
a retired research assistant professor, research associate professor or
research professor during the Quarter(s) he or she is serving on a part-time basis.
B. Notwithstanding the rank held, the following are not voting members of the faculty:
persons serving under acting or visiting appointments;
persons on leave of absence;
persons serving under clinical or affiliate appointments;
persons of emeritus status unless serving on a part-time basis;
persons serving under adjunct appointments insofar as their adjunct appointments are concerned.
[For definitions of faculty titles, see Section 24-34.]
C. Research faculty may vote on all personnel matters as described in the Faculty Code except those relating to the promotion to and/or tenure of faculty to the following ranks:
Senior Lecturer
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Associate Professor WOT
Professor WOT
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 32, May 8, 1967; S-A 37, February 8, 1971; S-A 45, January 17, 1975; S-A 78, December 14, 1988; S-A 98, May 12, 1998; S-A 103, March 6, 2001; S-A 108, June 21, 2002: all with Presidential approval.
Section 21-33. Officers of the Faculty
A. The President of the University is the presiding officer of the University faculty.
B. The Secretary of the Faculty shall be a member of the faculty with tenure.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 28, May 3, 1962: both with Presidential approval.
Section 21-41. Delegation of Faculty Legislative Powers to the Senate--Reservations
Except as specifically provided in Chapter 23, particularly in Sections 23-31, 23-43, and 23-44, all legislative powers of the University faculty are vested in the Faculty Senate as constituted under the provisions of Chapter 22. The faculty, however, reserve the power to approve or reject certain actions of the Faculty Senate in accord with the provisions of Sections 22-74 and 29-36.
The University faculty, in addition, reserves the right and power by a majority vote of the voting members of the entire faculty to rescind the delegation of legislative powers to the Faculty Senate provided that such vote is taken at a meeting called specifically for the purpose of considering such action, that notice of such meeting is given to each voting member of the faculty at least two weeks before the date of the meeting and that the date of the meeting is set for a school day between October 15 and May 30.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 29, June 8, 1964; S-A 50, January 22, 1976: all with Presidential approval.
Section 21-42. Official Representation of the Faculty
No person except an official representative of the faculty, appointed by the Senate in accord with Section 22-34, shall represent or speak for the University faculty, or purport to do so.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956: with Presidential approval.
Section 21-51. Scope and Purpose of Faculty Meetings
A. The University faculty shall hold meetings for the purpose of receiving information from the President, from other administrative officers, and from the Senate, and for the purpose of discussing any matter of general faculty interest.
B. In accord with its delegation of legislative power to the Faculty Senate, the faculty shall take no action of a legislative nature at a faculty meeting, but by resolution, approved by a majority of the voting members present, it may recommend legislative action to the Senate.
C. At any meeting of the faculty at which 50 per cent or more of its voting members are present, the faculty, through a resolution approved by a majority of those present, may make recommendations to the Board of Regents or to the President upon any matter pertaining to the welfare of the University.
D. If at any meeting the faculty passes a resolution directed to, or affecting persons outside the University, the resolution shall be transmitted to the Senate for consideration and shall not be effective unless approved by a majority vote of the senate.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 50, January 22, 1976: both with Presidential approval.
Section 21-52. Calling of Faculty Meetings
A. There shall be a meeting of the University faculty upon call of the President, or the Senate, or 10 per cent of the voting members of the faculty. The faculty shall meet at least once in each academic year, and the President shall call such a meeting if none has otherwise been called.
B. The secretary of the faculty shall fix the time and place of each faculty meeting and shall send notice thereof, together with a statement of the business to be transacted, to each member of the faculty.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956: with Presidential approval.
Section 21-53. Agenda of Faculty Meetings
The President shall determine the order of business at each meeting of the faculty, and in so doing shall provide opportunity for introduction of new business from the floor.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956: with Presidential approval.
Section 21-60. Faculty Councils and Faculty Committees Defined--Power to Appoint
A. The standing committees of the University faculty, authorized by Section 13-31.B, shall be designated Faculty Councils.
B. The power to select and appoint the chair and members of each Faculty Council is delegated by the University Faculty to the Senate.
C. The term "faculty committee" or "committee of the faculty" as used in Chapters 21, 22, 25, 41 and 42 means a special or an ad hoc committee of the University Faculty, of the Senate, or of a Faculty Council, appointed by the Senate, or by the Senate Executive Committee, or by a Faculty Council and responsible to the Senate, or to the Executive Committee, or to a Faculty Council.
S-A 29, June 8, 1964: with Presidential approval.
Section 21-61. Membership of Faculty Councils and Faculty Committees
A. Except as specified under paragraph B below, only voting members of the faculty are eligible for appointment to, and continued service on, a Faculty Council or a faculty committee as defined in Section 21-60.A.
S-A 67, December 5, 1983: with Presidential approval.
B. Retired members of the faculty, nonacademic officers of the University (ex officio), and members of the Associated Students of the University of Washington, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, the Professional Staff Organization, and the Association of Librarians of the University of Washington are eligible for one-year appointments to Faculty Councils or faculty committees with or without vote as determined by the Senate Executive Committee (see Section 41-34.B). [Footnote: At its meeting of 29 April 1996, the Senate Executive Committee interpreted the word "eligible" (line 6 of Section 21-61.B) to be permissive rather than mandatory; it allows, but does not require, appointments in each of the categories named in 21-61.B.]
S-A 51, June 15, 1976; S-A 92, April 10, 1995; S-A 97, January 10, 1997; S-A 103, March 6, 2001: all with Presidential approval.
C. The President of the University is a member ex officio of each Faculty Council or faculty committee. At his or her discretion the President may designate an alternate delegated to serve upon a Faculty Council or faculty committee.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 29, June 8, 1964; S-A 40, January 6, 1972: all with Presidential approval.
Section 21-62. Terms of Service upon Faculty Councils and Faculty Committees
A. The term of service upon a Faculty Council is three years, beginning on the sixteenth day of September following appointment.
B. A person appointed to fill a vacancy on a Faculty Council shall be appointed as specified in Section 41-33.
C. Members of faculty committees as defined in Section 21- 60 shall serve until discharged by whosoever appointed the committee.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 29, June 8, 1964; S-A 35, June 17, 1970: all with Presidential approval.
Section 21-63. Meetings and Reports of Faculty Councils
A. Each Faculty Council shall meet at the call of its chair.
B. Each Faculty Council shall make reports of its activities to the Senate and to the President in accordance with Sections 22-60.B and 42-33.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956; S-A 29, June 8, 1964: both with Presidential approval.
Section 21-71. The University Handbook
A. The Secretary of the Faculty shall make current editions of the University Handbook available to the University of Washington community.
B. Each new member of the faculty at the time duties are assumed shall be advised about the University Handbook.
C. The Secretary of the Faculty shall advise the Faculty when revisions are made to the University Handbook.
Section 13-31, April 16, 1956: with Presidential approval; BR, June 1972; S-A 110, July 9, 2003.