Composition
The composition of the Graduate Affairs Team shall be as follows:
- Elected members (2-year terms, elected by the in-unit faculty members of their respective units): two faculty members representing each College; one faculty member representing Library Services. Faculty members representing each College must be affiliated either with an existing FGCU graduate program or with an FGCU graduate program in the proposal stage in order to be eligible for service on the Graduate Affairs Team. For the Library Services representative, assignment as a subject specialist to an existing FGCU graduate program establishes eligibility for service.
- Appointed members (2-year terms): three in-unit faculty members appointed by the Provost. The faculty members must be affiliated either with an existing FGCU graduate program or with an FGCU graduate program in the proposal stage in order to be eligible for appointment to these positions by the Provost.
- Ex-officio members: Dean of Graduate Studies; Dean of Planning and Evaluation or designee; Coordinator of Enrollment Projects and Graduate Outreach; 2 graduate student representative from two separate disciplines appointed by the SGA President (1-year term).
- Members of the Graduate Affairs Team shall elect a facilitator from among the Team’s faculty members.
The Graduate Affairs Team shall include a standing Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee, Graduate Appeals Subcommittee, and others as needed. Graduate Affairs Team members shall determine the membership of this standing subcommittee in accordance with the following requirements: one faculty member representing each College; one faculty member representing Library Services; and ex-officio members appropriate to the subcommittee’s task.
Responsibilities and Duties
The Graduate Affairs Team will review and recommend action to the Faculty Senate on all matters pertaining to university-level policies concerning graduate academic programs. These include, but are not limited to minimum requirements for graduate faculty eligibility; admission to and completion of graduate programs; final submission of theses and dissertations; the graduate grading system; graduate research committees; and the distribution of graduate student assistantships and tuition waivers. Through its standing subcommittees, the Graduate Affairs Team also will review curriculum proposals and appeals to current University graduate policies.
Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee
The Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee will review proposed changes in, additions to, and deletions from the graduate curriculum, course descriptions, and catalog information and forward recommendations to the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Provost for further action.
Graduate Appeals Subcommittee
The Graduate Appeals Subcommittee will review petitions from faculty members and graduate programs appealing decisions based on university graduate policies and procedures and forward recommendations to the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Provost for further action.
