Chair
Vice-Chair of the Senate: Halima Leak Francis (SoPA) (25)
Faculty Members
Rizwan Aslam (SOM) (24)
Ryan Gelfand (SSE) (24)
Dennis Kehoe (SLA) (23)
Tyra Mitchell (SOPA) (25)
Casius Pealer (Arch) (24)
Marty Sachs (SLA) (23)
Michelle Sanchez (SSE) (25)
Stacy Seicshnaydre (Law) (26)
Charles Stoecker (SPHTM) (22)
Mita Sujan (ABF) (23)
Ashley Weiss (SOM) (23)
TBD (SSW)
Representatives of the Administration (voting)
Brian Edwards (Dean, SLA)
Kimberly Foster (Dean, SSE)
Student Members
TBD (USG) (24)
TBD (USG) (24)
TBD (GAPSA) (24)
Ex Officio (non-voting)
Shawn Abbott (VP, Enrollment & Dean of Admissions)
Celeste Lay (Sr Assoc. Dean, Newcomb-Tulane College)
Paulo Goes (Dean, ABF)
TBD (Assoc. Provost, Faculty Affairs)
Alysia Loshbaugh (Chief Technology Officer)
Vicki Mayer (Assoc. Dean, Academic Initiatives & Curriculum, SLA)
Mollye Demosthenidy (Dean, Newcomb-Tulane College)
Colette Raphel (Registrar)
Toni Weiss (Executive Director, CELT)
Functions
Executive: a) University-wide–To review and make recommendations to the faculties and deans regarding: i) policies and procedures that affect teaching; ii) the quality of support services relevant to teaching quality b) Undergraduate programs– i) To review admissions policies to assure acceptable minimum standards. [This function excludes review of interdivisional transfers and review of advance standing determinations for transfer students seeking admission from outside the University.] ii) To review the admission and academic performance of student athletes according to current Senate policy.
Advisory: a) on questions related to academic policy and planning, admissions, and student financial aid within the University which may either have been referred to, or have originated with, the Committee; b) in recommending a satisfactory calendar for University operations; c) in recommending the initiation of new or the termination of existing undergraduate degree programs, new undergraduate majors involving two or more units, and the initiation of new or the termination of existing joint undergraduate degrees or joint undergraduate/graduate degree programs.
Membership
Chair, the Vice Chair of the Senate; two faculty members from the School of Liberal Arts; two faculty members from the School of Science and Engineering; two faculty members from the School of Medicine; one faculty member from each of the remaining academic constituencies excepting the Newcomb-Tulane College; two members from the Administration; and three students, each from a different academic constituency. Ex officio (non-voting) – the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College, the Chief Technology Officer or the CTO's designee, and the Director of the Educational Resource Center. Either the Committee on Committees or the Educational Policy Committee may designate other representatives of the administration as non-voting members.
