STANDING AND AD HOC COMMITTEE CHARGES – August 16, 2007

Notes:
(1) Each committee must report at least once per year to the faculty.
(2) Committee chairs will be asked to write a short report at the end of the 07/08 academic year that describes the activities of the committee during the year.
(3) Each committee should analyze its charge and recommend changes to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
(4) "MBA students" refers to students in all of our MBA programs.

                                                                                                                                                    
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY BOARD

• To handle all cases of alleged academic fraud under Cornell and the Johnson Graduate School of Management policy guidelines.

ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE (responsible for all MBA programs)

• To review and act on requests by our MBA students for special academic treatment.
• To review students in academic difficulty at the end of each semester and establish the requirements for their continued matriculation or recommend termination.

ADMISSIONS & CAREER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (Resident MBA Programs)

• To recommend policies on admissions and career management and periodically review those policies with the faculty, e.g. by describing the desired profile of the entering class.
• To enlist faculty support for admissions and career management processes.
• To promote consistency between the School's goals and the policies for admissions and career management in light of our curriculum and strategic goals for our MBA programs.

BUSINESS SIMULATION LAB ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• To develop and review operating principles for the BSL.
• To communicate these principles and practices to the appropriate faculty.
• To find ways to utilize the BSL to improve research productivity.

COMMITTEE FOR LEARNING GOALS AND STANDARDS

• To develop learning goals for our MBA programs and determine how to measure and monitor those through time. Goals must be mission driven and approved by the faculty. 

COURSE APPROVAL COMMITTEE

• To evaluate and approve the creation of new courses.
• To offer suggestions for changes at either core or elective levels as it deems appropriate.
  

EMBA COMMITTEE (Both EMBA programs)

• To work with the directors of both EMBA programs to determine and modify the curriculum and to insure that the core requirements are included appropriately.
• To assist the program directors with strategic planning for the programs.
• To review faculty performance in both programs and make decisions concerning reappointments for visiting faculty. Initial appointment decisions are made by the faculty.

FACULTY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE

• To work with academic search committees to be sure appropriate procedures are followed and that efforts are made to try to hire underrepresented minority and women.
• To give suggestions to the Dean’s office regarding affirmative action.

FACULTY POLICY COMMITTEE

• To serve as advisor to the Dean’s office.
• To select and frame issues for faculty debate.
• As elected members of the faculty to set policy subject to the prerogative of individual faculty members to request that such policies be debated by the faculty.

JOHNSON SCHOOL HEARING PANEL FOR PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR

• To handle all cases of violations of professional behavior as outlined under the Johnson Graduate School of Management Honor Code.

• To advise student members on the panel regarding programs to inform the community about professional behavior expectations and other process and communication topics.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

• To interact and coordinate management of the school.
• To advise the Dean concerning management of the school.

PARK FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE

• To develop strategies for improving the Park Program.
• To create visibility for the Program within the School and externally.
• To assist the program director in establishing and maintaining cutting-edge leadership development programming.
• To be active in the selection process and in determining guidelines for that process.

PH.D. COMMITTEE:

• To study the effectiveness of the Ph.D. program and suggest changes to the Dean’s office.
• To oversee policies and guidelines for the Ph.D. program.
• To solicit, evaluate and admit students subject to enrollment targets established by the Dean’s office.
• To recommend funding levels and administer the allocation of funds to the students.
• To evaluate the progress of all students and to recommend, when appropriate, the elimination of support.
• To assign students to faculty as research associates.

RANKINGS COMMITTEE

• To identify important rankings of MBA programs and understand the methodology by which they develop those rankings.
• To identify useful feedback in MBA rankings and route that feedback to appropriate parties within the Johnson School.
• To study feedback from the rankings and suggest programmatic changes as appropriate.

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Last Modified: August 30, 2007