{"257161":{"#nid":"257161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Definition of \u2018Faculty\u2019 to Be Revised","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring last Tuesday\u2019s faculty governance meeting, Jeanne Balsam, chair of the Statutes Committee, gave a progress report on the process to revise the definition of \u201cfaculty.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBalsam is chair of the Subcommittee on Faculty Definition, which has been charged with developing a plan for revising the definition of this job category. In addition to her role with faculty governance, Balsam is also a principal research associate at Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBasically, general faculty status will no longer be available; each job title will be designated academic faculty, research faculty, or staff,\u201d Balsam said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnyone impacted by the change will continue to receive the same vacation benefits. Also, those elected to a standing faculty committee will be able to complete their terms. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBalsam also shared that discussions to create a staff council and a postdoctoral association \u2014 which would provide others with a voice in campus affairs \u2014 are underway. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVotes to approve the changes will take place at the scheduled Feb. 18 and Apr. 22 faculty meetings. The full presentation made by Balsam is available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/1hXW0LS\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other meeting news:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe following changes were approved to the Faculty Handbook: in 3.3.9 Promotion and Tenure Procedures, personal narratives may now be 3-5 pages vs. 3 pages; in 3.3.10 Promotion Peer Review Policy, upon conclusion of the review process, only the deans or a vice provost will now send a letter to the faculty member indicating the outcome \u2014 a letter from the president is not required; and in 3.1.2 Faculty Salaries and Evaluations, the language was changed so that faculty members will now receive a written performance annually \u2014 instead of just being entitled to one.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full agenda from this meeting and future meeting dates, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/19Ap0Cm\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring last Tuesday\u2019s faculty governance meeting, Jeanne Balsam, chair of the Statutes Committee, gave a progress report on the process to revise the definition of \u201cfaculty.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"During last Tuesday\u2019s faculty governance meeting, Jeanne Balsam, chair of the Statutes Committee, gave a progress report on the process to revise the definition of \u201cfaculty.\u201d"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-11-25 15:21:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"249511":{"id":"249511","type":"image","title":"Faculty Governance","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Faculty Governance","file":{"fid":"198060","name":"faculty_gov.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/faculty_gov_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/faculty_gov_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3082435,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/faculty_gov_0.jpg?itok=lxN67Gcl"}}},"media_ids":["249511"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/19Ap0Cm","title":"Faculty Governance Agenda"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"77721","name":"Definition of faculty"},{"id":"12022","name":"faculty governance"},{"id":"14752","name":"Faculty Handbook"},{"id":"12984","name":"General Faculty"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ron.bohlander@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERon Bohlander\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESecretary of the Faculty\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}