Chapter 1: Faculty Governance, Section I: General
Faculty
B. Membership
1.
Voting members of the General Faculty shall consist
of the following:
a.
All professors, associate
professors, and assistant professors.
b.
All instructors and lecturers
who have had a total of four or more
long session semesters of service at
these ranks at The University of Texas
at Austin.
c.
Such officers as are designated
in the Regents' Rules and Regulations as
being ex officio members of all
institutional faculties of The University
of Texas System.
d.
Such other officers as
the Board of Regents, upon recommendation
of the President and the Chancellor,
UT System may designate.
e.
If a voting member's appointment
temporarily drops below the minimum amount
of time required for voting membership
due to an approved leave of absence without
pay, the member's voting status shall
not be affected.
2.
A faculty member shall have voting status only on
the basis of half-time employment or more at the University.
3.
Those faculty members designated in Section B.1 above shall retain their voting status while on modified service or phased retirement, but not upon full retirement.
4.
Each voting member, of whatever rank, shall be entitled
to one vote.
5.
Nonvoting members of the General Faculty shall consist
of the following:
a.
All visiting
professors and visiting associate professors.
b.
All instructors
and lecturers who have served for less
than four semesters.
c.
All individuals
holding the title professor emeritus
or associate professor emeritus.
6.
Non-voting members have the privilege of attending
meetings with the right to speak but without the right to vote.
