Article I – Name
FACULTY SENATE CONSTITUTION
Kentucky State University Faculty Senate
The purpose of the Faculty Senate of Kentucky State University is:
To recommend broad academic policies for the University and to make regulations to
implement the academic policies established by the Board of Regents.
To approve all academic courses, except in those instances where accrediting agencies
require approval of an autonomous curriculum committee.
To recommend all new graduate, baccalaureate, and associate degree programs and the
abolition or suspension of such programs.
To establish policies for the academic calendar and to approve the annual academic
calendar.
To advise the President on criteria and procedures for faculty appointments.
reappointments, promotions, and the granting of tenure.
To make recommendations to the President on the establishment, alteration, composition,
and abolition of educational units.
To advise the President on the planning for physical facilities and staff when these may
affect the attainment of educational objectives.
To recommend to the President conditions for admission to the University and to specific
academic programs.
To recommend to the President the requirements for specific graduate, baccalaureate, and
associate degrees.
To provide a forum for the expression of opinion on matters relating to the well-being of the University, to provide a means for dissemination of information of interest to the faculty, and to provide structure for study, planning, and the evaluation of academic programs and practices.
The authority of the Faculty Senate emanates from the power of the general faculty and from delegation of authority and responsibility by the Board of Regents. The general faculty, meeting in regular or called session, has the authority to overrule, modify, or negate any action or recommendation of the Faculty Senate. The process for calling a university faculty meeting and conducting a vote on such an issue is outlined in the Policy on University Faculty Meetings.