Bylaws Information
(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 11)
Membership
- Teaching faculty members elected for two-year terms. In odd numbered years one member will be elected from each of the divisions and schools, except the Law School. Four at-large members will be elected in even numbered years. The committee will elect annually in May a chair from among these teaching faculty members.
- Provost/Executive Vice President, or his/her designee
- Director of Sponsored Programs, without vote
- Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee
Duties
- To develop and recommend to the President polic y regarding faculty development
- To help monitor the effectiveness of such policies
- To plan and help coordinate workshops, seminars, or other individual proposals related to faculty development
- To devise criteria for the administration and evaluation of individual proposals related to faculty development
- To receive, evaluate, and approve such proposal s
- To receive, study, and evaluate proposals for research and advanced study submitted by members of the faculty, and approve those proposals which, in the judgment of the committee, shou ld receive financial assistance
- To receive, study, and evaluate requests for sabbatical leaves and approve those requests that, in the judgment of the committee, should be granted
- To form a subcommittee, composed of teaching faculty from both the FR&D Committee and the broader University, to select the recipient of Elon’s Distinguished Scholar Award
- None of the above duties will apply to the Law School.