Section 3 - Faculty Governance and Regulations

I. Constituency and Privileges

1. The faculty of St. Olaf College shall consist of all persons having academic rank and of the President and Vice Presidents of the College. Other administrative personnel may be granted voting rights in faculty meetings upon recommendation by the Review and Planning Committee. Administrative personnel may teach with the approval of the appropriate department and the Dean. They will receive term appointments for the period of the course being taught, the rank to be determined by the department and the Dean.
   
2. Voting members of the faculty shall be those members who hold tenured full- or part-time appointments, or full- or part-time tenure-track appointments, or term appointments of one-half or more FTE.
   
   1. Members of the present staff with the voting franchise as of April 1, 1993, shall continue to have this privilege.
      
   2. All appointments of personnel to administrative positions that may include a faculty appointment will be made in consultation with the Review and Planning Committee and members of the appropriate department. Upon notification by the President or the Dean of the College that such an appointment is contemplated, the Review and Planning Committee will appoint a subcommittee that will consult with the department and the administration and make a recommendation to the Review and Planning Committee, which will then formally express its position on the appointment.
      
3. Faculty members who acquire tenured academic rank at St. Olaf College will retain their voting privileges as long as they continue on full-time or part-time tenured or tenure-track appointments.
   
4. It shall be the responsibility of the Dean of the College to publish annually a list naming the members of the St. Olaf faculty, indicating those members who hold the voting franchise.
   
5. Faculty members on leave may attend but shall not vote at faculty meetings during the period of their leave.