The Senate of Michigan Technological University


PROPOSAL 6-70

HONORS PROGRAM



To coordinate the University Honors Program:

  1. A director shall be appointed by the President of the University. He shall be responsible to the Honors Council which shall consist of the academic vice president, the academic deans, three department heads, three teaching faculty members from departments other than those of the department heads, and three students. The vice president acting with the deans shall appoint the department heads and the director shall appoint the teaching faculty members. They shall serve for three year terms, with initial terms staggered in order that each year the terms for one department head and one faculty member end. At the end of each fall term, from their number, the honor students shall elect three representatives. All of these shall serve one year and shall be eligible for re-election.

    The Honors Council shall recognize the need for allowing the director considerable authority and flexibility to make creative arrangements consistent with his responsibilities as outlined in Part B. At least once each term the director shall meet with the Council.

  2. The director's responsibilities shall be:
    1. To develop an honors program in consultation with the Honors Council.
    2. To develop the honors program within departments in consultation with the head of the department and honors teaching professors in the department.
    3. To recruit students for the program.
    4. To administer and coordinate the program.
    5. To conduct an annual evaluation of the total program and report the findings to the Honors Council.
    6. To select faculty council members.


Proposal Adopted by Senate: 3 March 1971