Senators heard a presentation on the qualitative results of the campus-wide DEI survey and a report on faculty gains and losses. The Steering Committee also reported on the Stanford Anti-Doxxing Policy.
On Thursday, the Faculty Senate voted to approve proposed changes to the Research Policy Handbook from the Committee on Research and proposals from the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy. Senators also voted to approve three recommendations related to military transfer credits, Cardinal Service, and part-time enrollment for coterminal students.
At Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting, senators heard the provost’s annual budget presentation as well as a presentation from the Committee on the University Press.
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne reviewed the progress made toward implementing the university’s Long-Range Vision during his annual report to the Academic Council on Thursday. A faculty panel discussion moderated by Provost Persis Drell touched on key academic themes.
The Faculty Senate heard reports on undergraduate education and campus security cameras during Thursday’s meeting. The senate also voted to approve a proposed emergency governance policy.
Senators opted to table votes related to replacing two current policies on conflict of interest and conflict of commitment with a single new policy Thursday. They also heard a presentation from the Emeriti/ae Council, as well as updates on the university’s COVID response and academic freedom discussions.
On Thursday, the Faculty Senate heard presentations on academic freedom and from the School of Medicine during the senate’s last meeting of the winter quarter.
The Faculty Senate heard from Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice about ways Hoover is increasing collaborations with the university. Among other orders of business, the senate voted to approve a recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy.
Stanford’s Board on Judicial Affairs presented seven recommendations regarding the Honor Code to the Faculty Senate on Thursday. The Faculty Senate also voted to amend the charge of the Committee on the Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid.
In its first meeting of the winter quarter, the Faculty Senate heard a report on the results of the Campus Climate Survey, and the Faculty Senate voted to amend a motion introduced by the Planning and Policy Subcommittee on Campus Climate.
During its last meeting of the 2021 fall quarter Thursday, the Faculty Senate heard a report and recommendations from the Planning and Policy Board Subcommittee on Campus Climate as well as an update on the new school focused on climate and sustainability.
Provost Persis Drell told the Faculty Senate Thursday that a committee has been charged with developing recommendations for a process to create a new institute on the study of race, ethnicity and society. The Faculty Senate also heard updates on the university’s response to COVID-19 and the state of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs, among other topics.
The 54th Faculty Senate discussed civil discourse, voted to extend legislation allowing its Steering Committee to convene to make decisions on behalf of the full senate in administrative session during the COVID-19 crisis and heard from the Associated Students of Stanford University during its first meeting of the academic year on Oct. 7.
The Faculty Senate heard a report from an ad hoc committee that has been examining the university’s policies for providing faculty and staff with legal representation or indemnifying them for the cost of representation.
A more flexible enrollment process approved on a pilot basis by the Faculty Senate means that admission of potential athletes will be more in line with institutions with which Stanford competes for recruits.
In her annual budget presentation to the Faculty Senate, Provost Persis Drell reported that unexpected market returns and strong university reserves mean Stanford can cover pandemic expenses and shortfalls without further program cuts.
In a presentation to the Stanford Faculty Senate on Thursday, the Committee of 10, charged with reviewing the Student Judicial Charter, recommended how the process might be refocused on education and made more efficient.
The Planning and Policy Board Subcommittee on Campus Climate presented an interim report to the Faculty Senate on Thursday that highlighted students’ concerns about free speech and general campus climate.
The Faculty Senate heard an update on the structure of the new school for climate and sustainability and learned that it will include a Sustainability Accelerator that will translate policy and technology solutions.
Anne Joseph O’Connell, law, and Sara Singer, medicine, members of the Faculty Women’s Forum, presented to the Faculty Senate results of a survey that reflect the stress caused by COVID-19, particularly among women faculty, as well as those who are pre-tenure, at the lowest salary levels and with family obligations.
The Faculty Senate will receive a report on efforts to increase collaboration between the Hoover Institution and the rest of Stanford as a result of a sometimes contentious debate involving issues of academic freedom and freedom of speech.
At its first meeting of the winter quarter, the Faculty Senate heard a presentation on the Hoover Institution and passed proposals intended to deemphasize the importance of wealth in undergraduate admission decisions.
In its last meeting of the autumn quarter, the Stanford Faculty Senate condemned the COVID-19-related actions of Hoover senior fellow and presidential adviser Scott Atlas. The Faculty Senate also approved a new policy on Open Access to make scholarly works more widely available.
The Faculty Senate on Thursday heard that, despite the pandemic, social unrest and the economic downturn, the Long-Range Vision initiatives are inspiring Stanford supporters even as the university adapts to a changed fundraising environment.
Members of the Faculty Senate on Thursday encouraged the university to accelerate its target dates for completing its transition to at least net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and endowment.
Judith L. Goldstein, who is the Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication in the Department of Political Science and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, is serving as chair of the 2020-21 Faculty Senate of the Academic Council.
As Stanford faculty members disagree – often publicly – about the best way to confront COVID-19, questions about the responsibilities and limitations of academic freedom and the university’s relationship to the Hoover Institution have arisen.
At the Oct. 22 senate meeting, Provost Persis Drell provided an update on the university’s finances and the senate voted on a proposal to add exemptions and exceptions to a policy setting a 100-unit limit for undergraduate majors.
Provost Persis Drell announced a task force charged with recommending a new framework for the study of race and the impacts of race on society at Stanford. The senate also heard a report on a school focused on climate and sustainability and approved a proposal urging instructors to support civic engagement on Election Day.
