FUNCTION: To address the matter of recruitment and retention
of minority students and to advise the Faculty Council and the
president on constructive solutions to alleviate the problems of
recruitment and retention.
COMPOSITION: Four members of the General Faculty, three students
(student members shall be appointed by the president in the fall
from a panel of names submitted by the appropriate student committee),
coordinator of the UT Learning Center, and three members of the
administration. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty
Council shall appoint two members of the Faculty Council for one-year
terms as members of the committee. The vice president for human
resources and community relations, a representative from the Black
Alumni Association, and a representative from the Hispanic Alumni
Association will serve as ex officio members without votes.
The committee shall elect its own chair and vice chair, who shall
be members of the General Faculty.