In the tradition of self-regulation intrinsic to any democratic organization, the College of Design Faculty (hereinafter referred to as the Faculty) has established a set of formal and informal procedures for policymaking, monitoring, protection, and collegiality. For the most part, these procedures (set forth in the college's Governance Document) are written in the present tense to express expected practices in the college. The Faculty supports the following statement from the Basic Document of the Faculty Senate as the premise upon which governance will be conducted within the college.

 

 

Larger Faculty interests are set forth in the items chosen as expressed functions in this document, although freedom to express others as the need arises is preserved.

 

The Faculty is an agency for full participation of its members in the governance of the College of Design. The organization and operations described in the Governance Document are subordinate to the Statutes and Bylaws of Iowa State University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the University), the Basic Document of the Faculty Senate, and the policies of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, as outlined in the Faculty Handbook.

 

The general functions of the Faculty are advisory, legislative and adjudicative. The advisory function provides a means for expressing the larger interests of the disciplines and professions represented in the college organization to the dean and the University. The legislative function exists as specifically enabled by higher authorities for the purpose of setting academic and educational policy. The adjudicative function is necessitated by the reviews, grievances, and appeals set forth in procedures adopted by the Faculty. Together these functions represent the formal decisionmaking arrangements and the informal procedures used to maintain standards.

 

The substantive scope of the Faculty's concerns includes faculty status, course content, curricula, degree requirements, instructional processes, establishment of academic standards (assessment of performance), conduct of campus-based research, dissemination of research results, and aspects of student life as they relate to the educational process. This list does not preempt other established procedures nor is it exhaustive. Elsewhere the Faculty may express its will on any other related subject.