Faculty Grievance Committee

Membership: Nine faculty members, including seven members who are Associate or Full Professors with tenure, and two

members who are Assistant Professors without tenure, 3-year term

Functions:

To protect rights of the faculty members and the pursuit of excellence in the University.
To hear informal complaints and formal grievances submitted by any faculty member or group of faculty members.
To report to the Faculty Senate at least once each academic year a summary of its findings, procedural developments, and precedents, in such a manner as shall not injure the privacy of parties to its cases.
To establish appropriate relationships with the University administration concerning the rights of faculty members to file grievances and its role in such grievances under rules of the University, the laws of the State of Maryland, and the laws of the United States.
To establish procedures for hearing and adjudicating grievances to take effect upon approval of the Faculty Senate.

Members (7 tenured; 2 non-tenured members; 3 yr. term)

Faculty Senate