AUS FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES 2003-2004

1- Academic Affairs Committee

Mandate: This committee has been formed to review and recommend curricular and academic matters; (1) to ensure a broad-based education that will enrich the students’ knowledge, develop their talents and cultivate a sense of ethics and social responsibility; (2) to provide and ensure a challenging academic environment to excellence, creativity, professionalism, and lifelong learning for both students and faculty.

The committee should continuously review the existing evaluation procedures and instruments. The committee should develop and recommend to the faculty senate evaluation procedures and instruments that fairly assess faculty performance in teaching, service, research and professional.

2- Admission & Financial Aid Committee

Mandate: To review standards for undergraduate admission and, upon approval of the senate, to tender resulting recommendations to the chancellor for consideration of submittal to the board of trustees. To advise the financial aid office in the formulation of policies, practices, and procedures used in administering all financial aid programs.

3- Bookstore Committee

Mandate: To represent the academic community in matters which relate to the formulation of general bookstore policy and in the development of bookstore service. Further, to act as a liaison among the bookstore, administration, faculty, and students.

4- Budget Committee

Mandate: To assist in , review and appraise short and long-range university budget planning. To advise administration during budget preparation process. To recommend to the senate priorities for those senate recommendations which require funding.

5- Election Committee

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6- Faculty Handbook and FOP Amendments Committee

Mandate: To study and report to the SEC proposals for amendments of faculty handbook and FOP.

7- IT- Academic andIT- WebSub-Committee

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8- Library Committee

Mandate: The responsibility of the senate Library committee shall be to aid the Chief Librarian in the formulation of general library policy and to take an active role on behalf of the faculty in the general development of library resources.

9- Research and External Grants Committee

Mandate: 1) To instituting research as an integral aspect of academia; 2) encouraging collaborative research and other scholarly work among AUS faculty and students, industry and service, and other sectors of the society; 3) promoting and disseminating research results to the relevant community.

10- Welfare Committee

Mandate: The faculty welfare committee is responsible for reviewing, studying and making appropriate recommendations to the faculty senate, on all concerns and needs of faculty. This mandate encompasses issues relating to faculty benefits, housing, working conditions and anything else related to the well being of the AUS faculty that is not addressed by other standing committees of the senate.