Have a comment, concern, suggestion, or
question? Please always feel free to reach out to your Faculty Senate
leadership.
The Faculty Senate represents all full- and
part-time FSU faculty. The Faculty Senate’s primary functions include formulating and
recommending policies and adopting resolutions concerning:
- Academic programs and curriculum;
- Standards for admission and retention of students;
- Requirements for the granting of academic degrees;
- University planning and budgets;
- Faculty appointment, retention, tenure/permanent status, promotion, retrenchment, and dismissal;
- The facilitation of faculty development and research;
- Faculty conduct and discipline;
- Academic freedom;
- Faculty benefits, including salaries, insurance, and retirement;
- Academic organization; and
- Other aspects of institutional activity, which may affect the educational atmosphere of the University.