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Finance committee formed
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 10/28/08
Posted online at 3:35 AM EST on 10/28/08
Provost Marty Krauss formed a special Faculty Advisory Committee to investigate options for increasing the financial efficiency of the School of Arts and Sciences as the University faces the economic crisis, according to an e-mail Krauss wrote to the faculty last Monday.
According to the Provost's Web site, the goal of the committee is to "engage in a planning process to identify curricular and programmatic options in the School of Arts and Sciences … that could result in more efficient use of financial resources, while preserving the strengths of Brandeis University as a premiere liberal arts college within a robust research university." The committee will issue a report on its work by Dec. 15 to inform the Brandeis community about its conclusions.
The committee is chaired by Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe. Other committee members include Prof. Bulbul Chakraborty (PHYS), Prof. William Flesch (ENG), who is also the Faculty Senate Chair, Prof. Dian Fox (ROM), Prof. Karen Hansen (SOC), Prof. Charles McClendon (FA), Prof. Emeritus Kalpana White (BIOL) and Prof. Greg Freeze (HIST), who is the Dean of the Graduate School.
Krauss explained that she formed the committee because President Jehuda Reinharz stated at the October Faculty Meeting that faculty would be involved in making decisions regarding academic programs. She added that the Faculty Handbook, the book of rules regulating faculty and administration interaction, also requires that there be a "deliberative process" if changes are proposed to academic programs. The section in the Faculty Handbook refers to "proposals for the establishment or discontinuation of a school, department, undergraduate or graduate program, or other academic organizational unit such as a center or institute."
It also states that the Provost will "consult with the Academic Deans, the chairs of relevant existing departments and school councils, as well as with the Council of the Faculty Senate to establish an appropriate deliberative process." The section goes on to say that "The Provost, acting on the advice of the Academic Deans, and in consideration of the results of the established deliberative process, determines whether and how to proceed with a proposal."
According to the Provost's Web site, the goal of the committee is to "engage in a planning process to identify curricular and programmatic options in the School of Arts and Sciences … that could result in more efficient use of financial resources, while preserving the strengths of Brandeis University as a premiere liberal arts college within a robust research university." The committee will issue a report on its work by Dec. 15 to inform the Brandeis community about its conclusions.
The committee is chaired by Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe. Other committee members include Prof. Bulbul Chakraborty (PHYS), Prof. William Flesch (ENG), who is also the Faculty Senate Chair, Prof. Dian Fox (ROM), Prof. Karen Hansen (SOC), Prof. Charles McClendon (FA), Prof. Emeritus Kalpana White (BIOL) and Prof. Greg Freeze (HIST), who is the Dean of the Graduate School.
Krauss explained that she formed the committee because President Jehuda Reinharz stated at the October Faculty Meeting that faculty would be involved in making decisions regarding academic programs. She added that the Faculty Handbook, the book of rules regulating faculty and administration interaction, also requires that there be a "deliberative process" if changes are proposed to academic programs. The section in the Faculty Handbook refers to "proposals for the establishment or discontinuation of a school, department, undergraduate or graduate program, or other academic organizational unit such as a center or institute."
It also states that the Provost will "consult with the Academic Deans, the chairs of relevant existing departments and school councils, as well as with the Council of the Faculty Senate to establish an appropriate deliberative process." The section goes on to say that "The Provost, acting on the advice of the Academic Deans, and in consideration of the results of the established deliberative process, determines whether and how to proceed with a proposal."
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