The Faculty of the Graduate School shall be drawn from the faculties of Colleges or Schools of the University which have placed the administration of part or all of the graduate work under the control of The Graduate School and, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, shall be limited to persons who hold tenure or tenure-line appointments.  So far as possible, the Faculty of the Graduate School shall be made up of those persons who clearly demonstrate ability  and continuing interest in research and whose academic duties normally involve instruction and supervision of graduate students.

 

In addition, persons who are not otherwise included in the school's faculty, who hold a faculty appointment in another school, are actively involved in graduate instruction, and who are nominated by a school dean may be appointed to the faculty of the graduate school. 

 

The Faculty shall be appointed by the President, after consultation with the Provost, and with the advice of the Dean of the Graduate School. The duties of the Faculty of the Graduate School shall be to approve the various programs of study leading to advanced non-professional degrees, to establish regulations governing the conferring of advanced non-professional degrees, to recommend candidates for advanced non-professional degrees, and to perform such other duties as ordinarily fall to a faculty member.

Nominations for the Graduate Faculty

All faculty members who hold tenure or tenure-line appointments at the University will be automatically, annually, appointed to the Graduate Faculty. No nominations are necessary. However, those faculty not otherwise included in a given school's faculty but who are actively involved in graduate education should be nominated by the school Dean for appointment by the Dean of The Graduate School.  These nominations may occur at any time during the academic year.  School Deans need only send a letter of nomination to the Dean of TGS to request an appointment to the Graduate Faculty.  Appointments to the Graduate Faculty of non-tenured or tenure-track persons are made for a term of four years and may be renewed.