Faculty Committees
Please refer to the Trinity College Faculty Manual Online for additional information about the Faculty Committees listed below.
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Academic Affairs Committee
It shall be the general responsibility of this Committee to review and administer the academic policies and procedures of the College as they apply to undergraduate students; to review, discuss, and rule on matters pertaining to student academic status, academic record, and conformity with academic regulations; and to provide a forum for the discussion of student concerns within the academic community.
Academic Dishonesty Appeals Board
The Appeals Board provides two Faculty members to the student Academic Dishonesty Appeals Board to consider appeals by students of actions by the student Academic Honor Council in cases of academic dishonesty.
Academic Freedom Committee
The primary function of the Committee shall be to protect and extend academic freedom at the College. The pursuit of this goal may involve a variety of actions by the Committee.
Admissions and Financial Aid Committee
The Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid shall be the principal instrument of Faculty participation in the formulation and implementation of college policies on admissions and financial aid.
Appointments and Promotions Committee
The Appointments and Promotions Committee, the Dean of the Faculty, the Joint Appointments and Promotions Committee, and the Board of Trustees or its Executive Committee share responsibility for Faculty appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure decisions. Additionally, the Appointments and Promotions Appeals Board may hear appeals from negative decisions made by the Appointments and Promotions Committee.
Appointments and Promotions Appeals Board
The Appeals Board hears candidates' appeals from negative decisions made by the Appointments and Promotions Committee in matters of reappointment, promotion, and tenure.
College Affairs Committee
It shall be the responsibility of this committee to review community interactions, security, Faculty advisement to student organizations, general Faculty career/academic advisement procedures, dormitory life, food services, counseling services, student use of study facilities, and any administrative recommendations for personnel or other changes that may potentially affect students.
Committee on Committees
The Committee on Committees is charged with conducting elections for Faculty Offices and committees, with maintaining the efficiency of the committee structure, and with ensuring that committee service obligations are widely distributed across the Faculty. In discharging the latter two responsibilities the Committee on Committees should consult regularly with the Faculty Secretary and the Faculty Conference. It is the responsibility of this committee to review the Faculty committee structure annually with a view to proposing the dissolution of inactive bodies and the elimination of duplication of functions.
Committee on Institutional Advancement
To advise the Development Office, to follow the activities of the Development Office, and to render assistance and advice to the Director of Development when requested to do so. The Committee on Institutional Advancement will also serve as a means for conveying to the Development Office Faculty interests, concerns and suggestions. The Committee will represent the Faculty at meeting of the Trustee’s Committee on Advancement.
Curriculum Committee
It shall be the responsibility of this Committee to oversee the operation of the undergraduate curriculum; evaluate any changes that may be made; receive, explore and propose changes and innovations; screen new course offerings; and encourage discussion of the process of education at Trinity College.
Educational Policy Committee
It shall be the responsibility of this Committee to consider questions of educational policy and to recommend allocation of Faculty positions to the President for approval by the Board of Trustees. In making its deliberations, the Committee is attentive to (1) the strength and integrity of college majors, (2) the obligation of Departments and Programs beyond the major, (3) the need for curricular experimentation and innovation, and (4) student choices and their effect on teaching responsibilities.
Faculty Conference
The Faculty Conference performs a variety of coordinating, advisory, and adjudicatory functions with respect to the system of faculty governance, but it has no legislative power. It consists of seven elected faculty members and the Faculty Secretary. Unlike standing faculty committees, the Conference has no administrative officers as ex officio members.
Faculty Research Committee
The committee's primary responsibility is encouraging Faculty research.
Financial Affairs Committee
The Financial Affairs Committee receives and reviews analyses of past budgetary experience and current budget reports that may be prepared for both short-and long-range projections, reviews and advises on decisions involving administrative structure and personnel, presents the Faculty views relative to budgetary procedures and expenditures to the Administration and Board of Trustees, and reviews, with the Administration, the development of Faculty and staff salary schedules and fringe benefits.
General Education Council
The General Education Council oversees the day-to-day implementation of the general education curriculum, acting in consultation with the Curriculum Committee, to which it is responsible.
Information Technology in Education Committee
It shall be the responsibility of ITEC to review and make recommendations regarding the impact of information technology on students and Faculty, to develop and implement strategies for the introduction of new information technology into the academic community, and to evaluate and assess their impact, and to keep the Faculty informed about pending changes in information technology at the college and about new opportunities and innovations in information technology that may be of benefit to their teaching and research.
Jury Panel
The Faculty Jury Panel staffs the Faculty portion of Social Appeals Board hearing panels and helps staff the Faculty portion of the Academic Honor Council.
President's Planning and Budget Council
Four faculty members serve, along with the Dean of Faculty, as the faculty voice on the President’s Planning and Budget Council.