The name of the organization shall be the College of Liberal Arts and Education of the University of Wisconsin - Platteville, hereinafter referred to as the College.

The purposes of the College shall be to formulate and administer programs of study to provide opportunities for higher education in the liberal arts and in education and to cooperate with other colleges within the University by offering instruction in the several academic disciplines.

All faculty holding rank in a department¹ within the College of Liberal Arts and Education are members of the College of Liberal Arts and Education. Voting privileges on college matters are extended to all members of the College except those who currently hold more than a fifty percent assignment in college or campus (university) level administration and to those members who have less than a fifty percent assignment in the College of Liberal Arts and Education.

Section 1
The officers of the college shall be the Dean of the College and a Recording Secretary.

Section 2 The Dean shall:

1. preside at meetings of the faculty of the College,
2. preside at meetings of the College Council,
3. be the fiscal agent for the College,
4. serve as chair (non-voting) of the College Budget and Curriculum Committees, and a non-voting member of the RST Committee.
5. provide academic and intellectual leadership to the College.

Section 3
The Recording Secretary, a member of the College faculty elected by ballot for a three-year term, shall keep and distribute to all resident College members minutes of all meetings of the College faculty.

All faculty holding rank in a department are members of that department. Voting privileges on department matters are extended to all members of the department except those who have more than a fifty percent assignment in college or campus (university) level administration.

The majority of voting members of a department may at the beginning of each academic year extend voting privileges on department matters (excluding personnel matters), for the year, to instructional academic staff holding full or part-time teaching assignments in the department.

Section 1
Definitions: The term “Chair” shall be used to designate the head administrator of an academic department.

Section 2
A Department Chair shall serve at the pleasure of the department members and the Dean.

Section 3
The Dean shall solicit from the members of each department an annual evaluation of the Chair’s performance as administrator. These evaluations shall be completed prior to the annual RST evaluations.

Section 4

1. At least once every three years or upon written request of a majority of the department members, the Dean shall solicit from the department faculty its choice for chair. This choice shall be determined by a vote of the faculty in a manner established by the department faculty or, in the absence of faculty approved procedure, by a vote conducted by the Dean.
2. This selection, required every three years, may replace the annual evaluation of the Chair required in that year, as specified in Section 3 above.
3. The Dean shall communicate to the faculty of each department the results of their vote and the action to be taken by the Dean based on that vote. (Tally results will be available upon request.)
4. Should the Dean not concur with the department=s choice, he or she will (1) inform the members of the department of the reason(s) and (2) conduct a new election.

Section 5 Duties of Chairs:

1. Department Chairs shall implement within their departments policies set by the University Faculty, the Faculty Senate, the University Administration, the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Education, and the College Council.
2. Department Chairs shall be the administrative officers for their departments.
3. Department Chairs shall act as fiscal agents for their departments.
4. Department Chairs shall see that the following procedures are implemented within their departments:
   
   1. The department will agree on procedures for conducting department business.
   2. The department will meet regularly.
   3. The department will agree upon a procedure which will permit individual faculty members to place items on the agenda for regular department meetings.
   4. The department will arrange for the minutes of all department meetings to be kept and published.
   5. The department will participate in making decisions concerning curriculum.
   6. The department will participate in making budgetary decisions, and the final budget will be made available to all members.
   7. The department will participate in the selection of new faculty.
   8. The department will participate in the establishment of methods and criteria by which individual faculty members will be evaluated.
5. Department Chairs shall see that the following RST procedures are implemented within their departments:
   
   1. Department Chairs shall be responsible for forwarding to the College RST Committee written data and recommendations concerning reappointment, tenure, promotion, and salary for all members of the department with faculty rank.
   2. Department Chairs shall give to each individual department member a copy of all recommendations concerning his or her reappointment, rank, salary, and tenure which are to be forwarded to the College RST Committee, or the Dean.
   3. Department Chairs will conform to all CRST and URST guidelines.

Section 6
Directors of programs not covered by Article III above, shall be appointed and evaluated by the Dean in consultation with the appropriate faculty.

Section 1 The College Council:

1. The College Council shall be composed of all Department Chairs.
2. The College Council shall be responsible for implementing the policies of the University Faculty, the Faculty Senate, and the University Administration, and for formulating administrative policies of the College except in matters of budget and curriculum.
3. 1. Action taken by the College Council shall be reported to the College Faculty at the next regularly scheduled or special faculty meeting or by distributing printed minutes of the College Council meeting to all faculty. Any item in a Council report may be called to the floor for debate. All amended or defeated resolutions shall be returned once to the College Council for further consideration; any subsequent action of the College Council can be overruled by a majority vote of the College Faculty present and voting at a meeting listing such reconsideration as an agenda item.
   2. Resolutions initiating on the floor of any regular or special meeting of the College Faculty and passed by a majority of the College Faculty shall be considered by the College Council at the next regular meeting. Should the Council choose to reject or amend any such resolution, the Council shall report that decision to the College Faculty; the Faculty can then overrule the Council by a majority vote of those members present and voting at a meeting listing such reconsideration as an agenda item.
4. A schedule of regular meetings for any academic year shall be published by the Dean at the beginning of that year.

Section 2 The College Budget and Curriculum Committees:

1. The College Budget Committee shall be responsible for matters of budget; the College Curriculum Committee shall be responsible for curriculum matters.
2. The College Curriculum Committee shall consist of one member from each department selected by the department or appointed by the Chair. Three additional members shall be elected at large from the college. No more than one person from any one academic discipline may serve on the College Curriculum Committee.
   
   Each department shall select or appoint its representative annually. Elections of the at large members will be held in the spring for a one-year term beginning in the fall.
3. The College Budget Committee shall consist of one member from each department, selected by the department or appointed by the Chair. All Liberal Arts and Education faculty currently serving on the University Budget Committee shall represent their departments on the College Budget Committee.

Section 3 The College, Rank, Salary, Tenure Committee:

1. The College RST Committee shall consist of the Dean (non-voting) and five (5) tenured members of the College, excluding Vice Chancellors, Assistant Chancellors, Directors, Department Chairs, part-time faculty, and those who serve either on the URST or the Appeals Commission, elected by the College Faculty. There shall not be more than one member from any department. The College RST Committee shall elect a chair whose term will last one year.
2. A faculty member may not be recommended for promotion while serving on the Liberal Arts and Education CRST Committee.
3. Each Committee member shall be elected for a two-year term with three members elected in the odd year and two members in the even year.
4. Nominations shall be by mail ballot. There shall be no more than one elected member from one department serving on the CRST. There shall be two nominations per vacancy.
   
   Election shall be by mail ballot. The persons receiving the largest pluralities shall assume the seats with expired terms. The person with the next largest plurality in a department not represented shall assume any seat with an unexpired term. Ties shall be broken by the nomination vote count; continuing ties shall be broken by lot.
5. The College RST Committee shall function within the direction and framework of the URST guidelines as established by the Faculty Senate. Policy proposals of the College RST Committee which go beyond the minimum standards set by the Faculty Senate and the University RST Commission shall be subject to the approval of the College Faculty at a regular or special meeting of that Faculty.
6. The College RST Committee shall inform in writing each member of the College of its recommendations concerning retention, promotion, salary, and tenure which are to be sent to the University RST Commission.
7. The College RST Committee shall choose the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Education Teaching Excellence Award each year.

Section 4 The College Elections Committee:

1. There shall be a College Elections Committee consisting of three faculty members appointed by the Dean of the College for a term of three years.
2. The Committee shall be responsible either for preparing slates of nominees which may be supplemented by nominations from the floor, or for circulating a nominating ballot, and for conducting all elections within the College. Likewise, the committee shall be responsible for maintaining a complete list of all persons eligible to vote in each election and those eligible to serve in each position.
3. The Committee shall provide a ballot for each eligible faculty member of the College who is on campus at the time of the election.
4. In any election the candidate with the largest plurality shall be declared elected.
5. When more than one candidate is to be elected to a particular position, the persons receiving the highest pluralities shall be declared elected.

Section 5 The College Scholarship Committee:

1. There shall be a College Scholarship Committee consisting of five faculty members appointed by the Dean of the College for a term of three years.
2. The Committee shall screen applicants, provide recommendations for scholarships as requested by the UW-P Foundation, and perform other tasks related to scholarships as requested by the UW-P Foundation or the Dean of the College.

Section 6 The College Information Technology Committee:

1. There shall be a College Information Technology Committee consisting of six members appointed by the Dean of the College for a term of three years.
2. The Committee shall:
   Provide information to faculty regarding information technology:
   
   arrange and/or publicize workshops designed to help faculty make better use of information technology:
   
   approve and implement a mechanism for maintaining an up-to-date inventory of information technology equipment in the college:
   
   advise the Dean and College Council with regard to policy related to information technology:
   
   provide recommendations to the Dean and College Budget Committee on budgetary matters relating to acquisition of information technology equipment:
   
   provide a liaison with the Office of Information Technology and to provide policy advice to the Dean with regard to the Strategic Plan for Information Technology.

Section 7 Ad Hoc Committees:

1. The Dean of the College and the College Council may appoint the ad hoc committees for special problems, planning and advising, and other situations.
2. Ad Hoc Committees and all other committees shall report to the Faculty of the College at the call of the Dean or the Council. If minority reports exist, they shall be heard before voting on motions which may be contained in the majority reports.

Section 1
There shall be at least one meeting of the College Faculty each semester.

Section 2
Special Meetings of the College Faculty may be called at the Dean's discretion and must be called upon petition of 10 percent of the College Faculty.

Section 3
A quorum shall consist of 40% of the voting membership of the College.

Section 4
Written notice and agenda of College Faculty meetings shall be furnished to all resident members at least one week prior to a meeting.

Section 5
All College meetings and proceedings of Councils and Committees shall be conducted according to parliamentary procedures.

Any decision of the College Faculty may be referred to the Faculty Senate, the entire University Faculty, and/or the Chancellor for review:

1. at the request of the Chancellor of the University, or
2. by a majority vote of the College Faculty present and voting at any regularly scheduled or special faculty meeting.

Any matter of college governance not specifically covered by this constitution will be dealt with in accordance with UW-Platteville Faculty Constitution and Bylaws.

This constitution may be amended if a proposed change is adopted by a two-thirds vote of those assembled at two successive meetings of the College Faculty and subsequently approved by the Chancellor of the University.