IX.B   Governance

1. Governing Board. The Board of Permanent Officers is the governing board at the School. It includes the Dean and all tenured faculty with primary or fully joint appointments in the School. The Board participates in formulating educational policy and in recommending candidates for academic and research positions.

2. Appointments Committees. For all ladder and some other faculty positions, the Dean appoints individual ad ho c committees to run searches and make recommendations to the Board of Permanent Officers on hiring and promotions. For most non-ladder faculty positions, a Faculty Development and Appointments Committee, appointed by the Dean, reviews candidates for appointment, reappointment, and promotion. Recommendations of the Committee are forwarded to the Board of Permanent Officers and the Dean for approval.

3. Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC). The School's SAAC reviews all promotions to associate professor on term and all appointments to tenure. The SAAC is composed of four to six full professors appointed and selected by the Provost in consultation with the Dean of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The SAAC is advisory to the Provost. Decisions on tenure are made by the Provost, who forwards appointments to the Corporation for final approval. Proposed areas of appointments are presented to the SAAC for consideration of field and resources in the context of the programmatic mission of the School.

1. Governing Board. The Board of Permanent Officers is the governing board at the School. It includes the Dean and all tenured faculty with primary or fully joint appointments in the School. The Board participates in formulating educational policy and in recommending candidates for academic and research positions.

2. Appointments Committees. For all ladder and some other faculty positions, the Dean appoints individual ad ho c committees to run searches and make recommendations to the Board of Permanent Officers on hiring and promotions. For most non-ladder faculty positions, a Faculty Development and Appointments Committee, appointed by the Dean, reviews candidates for appointment, reappointment, and promotion. Recommendations of the Committee are forwarded to the Board of Permanent Officers and the Dean for approval.

3. Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC). The School's SAAC reviews all promotions to associate professor on term and all appointments to tenure. The SAAC is composed of four to six full professors appointed and selected by the Provost in consultation with the Dean of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The SAAC is advisory to the Provost. Decisions on tenure are made by the Provost, who forwards appointments to the Corporation for final approval. Proposed areas of appointments are presented to the SAAC for consideration of field and resources in the context of the programmatic mission of the School.