Faculty Senate Preamble

The preamble of the KCC Faculty Senate is to provide a formal independent voice and organization through which the faculty of Kaua`i Community College can participate fully in determination and development of college policy, and to promote communication and mutual understanding among the faculty, students, administration, Board of Regents, and the community.

The Faculty Senate functions as the policy advisory body and as a position stating unit of the college faculty for the conduct of a college, its faculty, student body or administration so far as it affects the following general areas:

• The nature and scope of its educational curricula
  Standards of teaching, scholarship, and services
  Personnel policies, academic freedom, and professional ethics
  Academic policies

The specific goals of the Faculty Senate for the school year 2002-2003 are to:

• Represent all faculty on campus
  Collect previous minutes and information to keep on file
  Work on a procedure that all UH Colleges need to follow for program changes
  Update KCC Faculty Senate Charter

The KCC Faculty Senate is comprised of one representatives from each College Unit:

• Business Division
  Languages, Arts, & Humanities Division
  Science and Math Division
  Health Eduation Division
  Trades and Technologies Division
  Continuing Education and Training
  Academic Support Services
  Student Services
  Administrative/Auxiliary Support Services
  Three at large faculty representatives