For purposes of representation on Faculty committees, the University is considered to include four major divisions, as follows: I - The Humanities including Architecture, II - The Social Sciences including History and the School of Public and International Affairs, III - The Natural Sciences including Mathematics and Psychology, and IV - Engineering and Applied Science. Except for Engineering and Applied Science, none of these Divisions has administrative or instructional responsibilities.

1.    For the conduct of its work of instruction and research the Faculty is organized into academic units, which include departments, schools, institutes, centers, and programs. 

2.    The chairs and directors of these units are appointed by the President, usually for a term of three or four years, after consultation with the members of the Faculty concerned. The duties of the chair or director of an academic unit are:

       a. To call and preside over all meetings of the unit.
       b. To bring to the attention of the participating faculty for discussion and action all matters which may pertain to the work and efficiency of the unit.
       c. To represent the unit in all administrative dealings with the President of the University.
       d. To prepare proposals for appointment, reappointment, or advancement in rank or salary of unit members. 
       e. To perform such other duties in connection with the work and administration of the unit as the President of the University may assign to the chair.

3.    Within the general framework of the rules and procedures established for the Faculty as a whole, each unit determines its own procedures and internal organization and establishes such committees as it finds desirable.

4.    The unit is corporately responsible for all of its courses and programs of study and research.

       a. It may recommend to the Faculty through the appropriate Faculty committee the institution of new courses and programs and the cancellation or revision of existing courses and programs.
       b. It authorizes its chair or director, or one of its departmental committees, to designate which member of the unit shall take charge of each course or program, and which members shall participate in each course or program.

5.    A proposal to constitute a new department, school, institute, center, or program is in the first instance considered by the Dean of the Faculty, the Academic Planning Group, and the Faculty Committees on the Course of Study and on the Graduate School. Their recommendations are reported to the Faculty. If the Faculty approves the proposal, its action is reported by the President to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board, which in turn reports to the full Board of Trustees for final action.

       The following academic units are authorized to be the primary academic home for tenured and tenure-track faculty appointments:

1.    Academic Councils are standing faculty committees charged with fostering teaching and research across academic units and divisions. Some Councils are advisory to administrative offices; those are described in Chapter II.D.2.

2.    The Council of the Humanities supports significant teaching and research in the humanities. It consists of the chair of each department in Division I, plus the history department, the directors of programs and chairs of committees under Council aegis, the Dean of the School of Architecture, the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and one representative from each of Division II (Social Sciences) and Division III (Natural Sciences).

3.    The Council on Science and Technology fosters the teaching of science and technology courses for non-science students. It consists of eight voting members of the Faculty, six from Divisions III (Natural Sciences) and IV (Engineering) and one each from Divisions I (Humanities) and II (Social Sciences). The members are appointed by the Dean of the Faculty. The chair is named by the President from among the members of the Council.

1.    Advisory Councils are set up by academic units to advise and support their teaching and research programs.

2.    An Advisory Council consists of up to 20 members that may include faculty members at other institutions, experts and major figures in the field, alumni/ae of the University, and friends of the department.

3.    Advisory Councils normally meet on campus biennially.

4.    After each campus visit, they make a report in writing addressed to the academic unit concerned for transmission through the Dean of the Faculty to the President of the University. Each advisory council shall also, on request by the President, the Dean of the Faculty, the academic unit, or on its own initiative, submit a confidential report to the Dean of the Faculty and the President.

5.    The Dean of the Faculty has administrative oversight of the Advisory Councils and the Dean of the Faculty or a designee typically meets with them when they come to campus.