Standing Committees
Committees reporting to the Faculty Senate are concerned with 政策, 程序, recommendations and, where authorized, approvals that concern faculty and academic matters.
Committee on Undergraduate Education
Charge and Purview
对本科课程的各个方面进行审查并提出建议, including academic 政策 and 程序; provide first-level 审查 and approval of new and substantially changed courses, 度 and degree programs, General University Requirements, 未成年人, double majors, and accelerated/honors programs; 审查 政策 and 程序 regarding undergraduate academic advising, including pre-professional programs; monitor the quality of undergraduate education and make recommendations for its improvement.
Committee on Graduate Education
Charge and Purview
对研究生课程的各个方面进行审查并提出建议, including academic 政策 and 程序; provide first-level 审查 and approval of new and substantially changed graduate courses, 度, and degree programs; 审查 政策 and 程序 regarding graduate advising; monitor the quality of graduate education and make recommendations for its improvement.
Committee on Honors Education
Charge and Purview
审查 and make recommendations concerning the Honors curriculum prior to submission to the Committee on Undergraduate Education or Committee on Graduate Education; identify Honors milestone experiences that support research, 领导, professional development; define and assess Honors learning outcomes; 审查 and update 政策 related to academic standing and professional conduct of Honors College students; support and develop accelerated pre-professional programs; foster increased collaboration between the ADHC and faculty, academic departments, and academic programs.
Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Charge and Purview
监控 the rights, responsibilities, and status of faculty and instructional staff and make recommendations for changes in 政策 or 程序 relating to them; 审查 and make recommendations regarding Faculty Handbook 政策 and 程序, including promotion and tenure policy, sabbatical policy, faculty evaluations of administrators, and search 程序; recommend proposed revisions of the Faculty Handbook, as necessary; 审查 and make recommendations about policy issues relating to faculty and instructional staff; 审查 and make recommendations concerning issues relating to the quality of academic life for faculty and instructional staff, 包括课程安排政策和程序以及教师发展的机会.
Committee on Academic Outreach
Charge and Purview
协调和监督与其他大学和机构的学术关系和合作, including: (1) UMDNJ, Rutgers-Newark, NJ county colleges, and other universities or colleges with which NJIT has special programs or relationships; (2) medical schools, 法学院, and other professional schools with which NJIT has special academic programs and relationships; (3) overseas institutions with which NJIT has special academic programs and relationships, including summer and semester abroad programs; and (4) non-academic institutions, such as corporations and agencies, with which NJIT has special academic programs and relationships. 审查并建议有关国际教育学术方面的政策和程序.
Committee on 研究, Scholarship and Creative Academic Activity
Charge and Purview
监控, 审查, and recommend 政策 and 程序 for increasing grant activity by faculty and for making the grant process easier to navigate at all stages; 促进 large scientific and engineering research grants and research activity by scientific and engineering centers as well as smaller competitive fellowships and grants both in science and engineering and in other fields (such as the humanities, social sciences, and architecture); 促进 scholarship and creative activity by faculty in all areas of the university, including achievement in fields that value performance as well as publication; monitor and make recommendations concerning the use of laboratories, 工作室, and other spaces used by faculty for research, scholarship, and creative academic activity; 促进 student research; help to 促进 and manage patents and intellectual property.
Committee on Teaching, Learning and Technology (including Distance Learning)
Charge and Purview
就制定和实施连贯的策略,以改善大学的所有教学和学习环境,进行深思熟虑并提出建议, and the use of information technology in support of these objectives; make policy recommendations concerning the needs of faculty and instructional staff who develop and teach distance-delivered courses and students who enroll in such courses, 通过在这一领域的卓越表现,提高威尼斯人娱乐城的全球地位和成本效益.
Committee on Information Technology, Library and Academic Resources
Charge and Purview
审查, 讨论, and make recommendations concerning strategies, 政策, 程序, and services relating to the academic use of computing, information technology, and libraries; prioritize selection of software, 期刊, 数据库, and other resources; 审查 and monitor implementation of the university’s information literacy plan.
Committee on Academic Assessment
Charge and Purview
监督, 促进, and improve 政策 and 程序 for assessing courses and programs, including course evaluations, learning outcomes, and program 审查; serve as a resource for all academic units seeking information and support regarding assessment practices and 程序; organize and oversee periodic academic 审查 process for each academic program in the university; manage the collection and utilization of assessment materials both on a regular basis and to meet specific needs, such as program, college/school, and university accreditation.
Committee on Academic Strategic Planning and Budget Priorities
Charge and Purview
审查 and propose strategic academic plans; monitor and oversee the academic budget; prioritize and recommend expenditures for academic purposes, including hiring of faculty and instructional staff for teaching and research, funding for laboratories, faculty travel to conferences, capacity planning, and other academic needs; coordinate budget priorities with the Committee on Finances and 设施 and the Strategic Planning Steering Committee in the University Senate.