Professional Standards Committee (PSC)

The PSC membership is composed of at least one member from each of the major academic units. A unit with more than 200 full-time eligible faculty members may elect one additional member. Members are elected for a three-year term, starting on July 1. The PSC shall not include student members. 

The PSC is responsible for matters related to faculty professional standards and welfare, including items referred to in Sections 1.1a, 1.1h, 1.1i,  and 1.2d. The Professional Standards Committee is advisory to the Provost on confidential personnel matters related to faculty reappointment, promotion, and tenure, as well as on the awarding of sabbatical leaves. Any eligible faculty member with no conflicting administrative responsibilities who holds the rank of Professor or Associate Professor, including Clinical, Extension, Library, or Research Professors or Associate Professors, may stand for election by their academic unit to serve as its representative to the Professional Standards Committee. No member of the Professional Standards Committee shall be serving concurrently on the standards committee of their college or other unit specified in Section 7.121a.