Proposals Before the Senate

Materials for the July 8, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting
Inappropriate Financial Activities Policy

Materials for the June 30, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting
Gender Equity Task Force Report

Spring 2021

Materials for the May 25, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting

Proposed Revisions to the Rank and Tenure Guidelines:

Statements Concerning Outside Contributions to Teaching or Service

Statements about Co-Author and Scholarly Collaborator Contributions

Charge for the Advisory Committee on the Environment And Sustainability

Materials for the May 13, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting:

Proposed Faculty Handbook Policy on Outside Members (04-27-21)

All proposed revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.D.5 (redline)

All proposed revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.D.5 (clean)

Materials for the April 27, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting:

Proposed Faculty Handbook policy on adding outside members at the unit level for rank and tenure cases recommended by the Rank and Tenure Policy and Procedure Committee

Materials for the April 23, 2021 Faculty Town Hall on Vaccination:

Recording of Town Hall

1. Benefits of Vaccination (April 12, 2021) (new window)
2. Covid-19 Vaccines (new window)
3. Key Things to Know (new window)

Materials for the April 20, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting

Proposed Amendments to the Rank and Tenure Guidelines recommended by the Rank and Tenure Policy and Procedure Committee (RTPPC):
a. Standardized Course Evaluation Language
b. Preamble to the Guidelines
c. Probationary Period Memos for UCRT Dossiers concerning COVID-19

d. Proposed Faculty Handbook Recusal Policy recommended by the RTPPC.

Materials for the March 22, 2021 Senate Meeting

Faculty Grievance Code with all revisions approved by the Senate as of March 2, 2021

Materials for the March 2, 2021 Senate Meeting

Proposed University Survey Policy

Further Revisions to the Grievance Code recommended by the Steering Committee

Grievance Code Report with amendments approved by the Senate on 02-11-21

Materials for the February 11, 2021 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Revisions to the SFS Constitution: Comparison

Proposed Revisions to the SFS Constitution: Rationale

Grievance Code Review Committee Report

Grievance Code Review Committee Dissent

UIS Advisory Committee Charge

Fall 2020

Materials for the December 17, 2020 Faculty Senate Meeting

Proposed revision to Faculty Handbook section III.D.6 “Confidentiality and Transparency of the Rank and Tenure Process” to have the President rather than the EVP inform the candidate about the rationale for the decision in any case reviewed by the President.

Proposed revision to Faculty Senate Constitution section 4 “Election Procedure” to codify that the Medical Center elects representatives to faculty groups, currently Basic Science, Clinical GU Employed, and Clinical MedStar Employed.

Materials for the November 16, 2020 Faculty Senate Meeting

Family Care Working Group

Materials for the October 22, 2020 Joint Senate-MCEF Meeting

Financial Presentation

Meeting Recording

Family Care Leave Covid-Extension Proposal

Materials for the September 29, 2020 Meeting

Proposed Revisions to the Faculty Handbook Regarding Tenure and

Outside Professional Activities(05-26-20 Clean)

Outside Professional Activities (05-26-20 Redline)

Outside Professional Activities (Current)

Main Campus Racial Justice Presentation

Medical Center Racial Justice Presentation

Law Center Racial Justice Presentation

Summer 2020

Materials for the August 20, 2020 Meeting

Tenure Probationary Period (7-29-20)

Online Participation and Material for Participants (07-29-20)

Supplementary Letter Guidance

UCRT Guidelines Section X.d.vii.6 (07-29-20)

Templates for Unit Meetings (07-29-20)

5. REVISION TO IDEAA PROCEDURES APPROVED BY SENATE (08-06-20)

Materials for the August 6, 2020 Meeting

1. A redline that shows all of the proposed changes to the current IDEAA procedures

2. A clean version of the revised IDEAA procedures that incorporates the required Title IX changes (08-03-20 draft)

3. The existing IDEAA procedures

4. A statement of the principles guiding the revision

Materials for the July 14, 2020 Meeting

Georgetown University Community Compact (draft 07-13-20)

Integral Elements of Hybrid Courses (draft 07-09-20)

Materials for the June 30, 2020 Meeting

Revised Policy on Sexual Misconduct (Draft 06-17-20)

Revised Policy on Sexual Misconduct (Comparison)

Current Policy on Sexual Misconduct

Guiding Principles of the Proposed Revisions

Key Provisions of New Title IX Regulations

Spring 2020

Materials for the May 26, 2020 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Special Voluntary Early Retirement Plan

Materials for the May 12, 2020 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Revision to the College Constitution and Election Procedure.

Materials for the April 23, 2020 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Revisions to “Expedited Processes for Appointments of Senior Faculty”: Summary and Redline.

Proposed Revisions to “Guidelines for Submission of Rank and Tenure Applications”: Summary and Redline.

Revision to “Outside Professional Activity” (02-28-20): Clean and Redline.

Materials for the January 16, 2020 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Revision to Faculty Handbook Section III.C.9 “Outside Professional Activity.”

Reasons why section III.C.9 needs revision.

Fall 2020

Materials for the December 16, 2019 Senate Meeting:

Approved Revision to Faculty Handbook Section III.C.7 “Academic Year” with Motivation.

Materials for the November 20, 2019 Senate Meeting:

Proposed Revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.C.7 “Academic Year.”

Proposed Revision to the Graduate School Constitution.

Materials for the October 24, 2019 Senate Meeting:

Policy on Temporary Emergency Measures (renamed policy on campus safety and security)
Proposed Revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.C.7 “Academic Year”
Motivation for and history of the proposed revisions to III.C.7.

Materials for the September 17, 2019 Senate Meeting:

Policy on Campus Safety and Security (revised and approved on September 17th)
Senate Steering Committee
Senate Parliamentary Procedure Guide

Spring 2019

Materials for the May 15, 2019 Senate Meeting

Revision to the Intellectual Property Policy Sections 8-11 approved by the Faculty Senate on April 4, 2019

Current Intellectual Property Policy Sections 8-11

Further Revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.D.4 “The University Committee on Rank and Tenure” and revisions to Section III.C.8 “Shared Governance” to implement recommenation A.7 and A.10 of the Rank and Tenure Task Force.

Revisions to Faculty Handbook Section III.D.10 “The Tenure Probationary Period.”

Proposed Revision of the UCRT “Guidelines for Submission of Rank and Tenure Applications” (04-04-19

Proposed Revision of Faculty Handbook Section III.D.3 “Tenure”

Proposed Revision of Faculty Handbook Section III.D.8 “Standards For the Academic Ranks”

Proosed Revision of Faculty Handbook Section III.D.5 “Applications for Tenure and Rank”

Fall 2018

Proposed “Policy Prohibiting Firearms, Weapons, and Explosives” (approved by the Senate on 11-28-18)

Proposed Faculty Handbook Revisions to implement recommendations A.1, A.3, and A.5 of the Rank and Tenure Task Force Report:

Rank and Tenure Task Force Report 09-10-18

Summary of Proposed Revisions to the School of Nursing and Health Studies Constitution.

Revised SNHS Constitution Redline.

Revised SNHS Constitution Clean.

Spring 2018

Revision to Sections 1 – 7 of the Intellectual Property Policy approved by the Senate on May 14, 2018

Materials for the May 14, 2018 Senate Meeting
- Document VII: “Revisions of the Intellectual Property Policy” (v9, May 01, 2018)
- Redline comparision of proposed revisions to the current policy
Intellectual Property Policy Revision: Background Documents:
- Document I. “Background for IP Policy Revisions” (guide to and rationale for proposed revisions)
- Document II. “Summary of Major Points in Benchmarked IP Policies” (highlights of other university IP policies from Document VI)
- Document III. “Briefing on University Technology Transfer and IP Ownership” (background on the establishment and growth of the field of academic technology transfer/technology commercialization)
- Document IV. “Patent FAQs” (basic facts about patents)
- Document V. “Copyright FAQs” (basic facts about copyrights)
- Document VI. “IP Policy Benchmarking Table” (excerpts of other university policies regarding ownership of IP and assignment, disclosure of IP, rights to place IP in the pubic domain and distribution of royalty revenues)
Proposed minor revision to the Speech and Expression Policy 03-16-18 (approved)
SCS Presentation 02-13-18
Proposed Revision to Faculty Handbook Section III.C.7 “The Academic Year.”
Proposed Revision to the Emeritus Policy Approved by the Senate 01-18-18 (unchanged from 12-12-17)
Proposed Revision to the Confidentiality Policy Approved by the Senate on 01-18-18

Fall 2017

Proposed Faculty Handbook Revisions out for Faculty Review

Approved Resolution: At the December 13, 2017 meeting, the Faculty Senate uanimously approved the following resolution:

The Georgetown University Faculty Senate commends all the institutional support the University is providing to undocumented students. and supports President DeGioia’s call for passage of a long-term legislative fix to protect Dreamers.

For the December 13, 2017 Senate Meeting:

Revised Emeritus Policy 11-07-17 Clean and Redline.
Confidentiality Policy draft 11-13-17.
Proposed revision to Faculty Handbook Section III.D.4 (UCRT).
Proposed DREAM Act Resolution.

For the November 13, 2017 Senate Meeting:

Senate Constitution Revision:

The proposed revision (approved by the Senate on May 11, 2017)
The current Constitution
A redline-strikeout comparison with explanatory footnotes
Explanatory Memo to all Faculty (September 14, 2017)

For the October 18, 2017 Senate Meeting:

For the September 14, 2017 Senate meeting:

Spring 2017

Approved at the May 11, 2017 Senate meeting:
- Senate Constitution Revision 05-11-17 Clean Copy
- Senate Constitution Revision 05-11-17 Redline
- John Hasnas (MSB) was awarded the Senate Service award for his distinguished service since 2011 as Chair of the Grievance Code Committee, and his leadership on the committee that drafted the recently approved Speech and Expression Policy.

For the May 4, 2017 Senate Meeting:
- Senate Constitution Revision (Draft 04-18-2017): Clean Copy
- Senate Constitution Revision (Draft 04-18-2017): Redline-Strikeout Copy

For the April 18, 2017 Senate Meeting:
- Proposed Senate Constitution Revision (Draft 04-04-2017)
- Speech and Expression Policy (Approved March 20, 2017 and Reapproved April 18, 2017).
Here are documents for the March 20, 2017 Senate meeting:
- Revised Consensual Sexual Relations Policy for final approval. (Approved without revision.)
- Revised Speech and Expression Policy. (Approved with minor edits.)
  - Approved Speech and Expression Policy.
- Introduction to the Revised Speech and Expression Policy.
- Further resolution concerning the revised Executive Order on Immigration. (Approved without revision.)

At its February 15, 2017 meeting, the Senate approved a Resolution Concerning the Executive Order on Immigration.
The Senate has begun revising the Senate Constitution.
- Proposed Revision (Draft 01-17-17)
- Revision Principles and Historical Notes

Fall 2016

The Faculty Senate approved the following resolution during the “Open Forum” on December 14, 2016:

In accordance with Georgetown University’s Code of Conduct, enacted in 1999, (https://publicaffairs.georgetown.edu/loc/code-of-conduct), the Faculty Senate reiterates the position that Georgetown University shall not license our University’s name to any corporation that refuses to abide by the GU Code of Conduct. Pursuant to article II of the Code, the Senate recognizes no exceptions to this rule: “The following Code of Conduct shall apply to all licensees of Georgetown University.” The Senate urges the President to enforce our Code of Conduct rules in all future licensing contracts.

Proposals Approved or Discussed in 2015-2016

Proposed Revision to the Consensual Sexual Relations Policy
Revised Emeritus policy to apply to all full-time faculty and professional librarians
Senate Statement on Mount St. Mary’s Dismissal of Faculty

The following statement was approved by the Georgetown University Faculty Senate by a unanimous vote on February 16, 2016.

The Georgetown University Faculty Senate joins the faculty of Mount St. Mary’s in condemning the summary dismissal of two faculty members, one tenured, for alleged “disloyalty.” Academic freedom is at the very heart of a university. It includes the freedom to express disagreement with the president and other administrators over the policies of the institution. Academic freedom is protected by the institution of tenure, which entails a mutually acknowledged expectation of continuing employment that is terminable by the university only for just cause and after due process. While the subsequent reinstatement of the two faculty members is a step in the right direction, the fact that summary dismissal would even be contemplated in a university and executed without due process is cause for grave concern.

In addition to its general concern for the health and well-being of universities across the nation and world, the Georgetown University Faculty Senate is especially disturbed by the disrespectful treatment of one of our university’s own students, Associate Professor Thane Naberhaus (Ph.D. ‘04).

View the current constitution.

Summary and explanation of the proposed revisions.

Earlier Drafts:

Proposals Approved or Discussed in 2014-15

Guidelines For Submission Of Rank And Tenure Applications By Tenure-line Faculty
Approved by the Faculty Senate on May 13, 2015 after Consultation with the University Committee on Rank and Tenure
05-06-15 Draft of the proposed revision to the Guidelines for Submission of Rank and Tenure Applications: Clean Document.
Document comparing the 05-06-15 draft to the 03-16-15 draft.
Proposed Minor Changes to the Phased Retirement Policy

The Revised FMLA Policy and revisions of the Benefits and Leave Sections of the Faculty Handbook were approved by the Senate and the Board of Directors in February.

Proposed Combined and Revised Guidelines for Submission of Rank and Tenure Applications (December 10, 2014)

The 2014 Proposal is intended to combine and replace the 1992 Guidelines and 2012 Memo that were on the UCRT website in 2014. The 1992 guidelines are out of date in many ways, and their deficiencies led to the 2012 memo as a corrective.

Master Planning Update (Robin Morey)
Revised FMLA Policy Overview of Revisions to FMLA Policy
Overview of Proposed Revisions to the Faculty Handbook Benefits and Leave Sections
Proposed Faculty Handbook Policy on the Confidentiality of the Rank and Tenure Process (Approved by the Senate on November 13, 2014).

Proposals Discussed in 2013-14

Guiding Principles for the Non-Tenureline Faculty Framework (Approved by the Board of Directors in June 2014)
Voluntary Phased Retirement Benefit and Buyout Plan (Approved by the Board of Directors in June 2014)
Document Retention and Destruction Policy 05-15-14

Cover Letter to Faculty on Retirement Plans
Special Voluntary Early Retirement Program
Voluntary Phased Retirement Program
Redline Policy Statement on Harassment 12.09.13
GU Policy Statement on Sexual Misconduct 12.09.13
Redline — IDEAA Grievance Procedures 12.09.13
Approved Minor Faculty Handbook Revisions.
Approved Faculty Handbook Policy on Teaching Relatives.
Approved Revision to Faculty Appointments, plus Cover Sheet.
Approved Revision to Emeritus Policy, plus Cover Sheet.
Has Georgetown followed national trends in increasing the size of its staff and administration relative to students and faculty? See: Staff Analysis .

Final Revision to the Senate Constitution Approved by the Senate on 11-13-17, to be sent out for faculty approval.