1. Academic Policy Committee
      a. Appointment, promotion, tenure, dismissal, and leaves of the academic faculty (III-F-1-a-6)
      b. Criteria for positions that are to be accorded academic rank (III-F-1-a-7)
      c. Academic freedom: rights and responsibilities (III-F-1-a-8).
      d. Regulations concerning the awarding of honorary degrees (III-F-1-a-9).

  2. Administrative Policy Committee
      a. Selection of the University President, the Provost, and other major university-wide administrators (III-F-4-b-7).
      b. Administrative procedures and organizational structure (III-F-4-b-8).
      c. Evaluation of administrators (III-F-4-b-9).

  3. Board of Control Relations Committee
      a. Represent the Senate at meetings with the Board of Control.
      b. Coordinate interaction between the Senate and the Board of Control.

  4. Curricular Policy Committee
      a. All curricular matters, including establishment, dissolution, and changes in degree programs (III-F-1-a-1).
      b. Requirements for certificates and academic degrees (III-F-1-a-2).

  5. Elections Committee
      a. Conducting ballot initiatives (VIII-D and Bylaws)
      b. Conducting Senate elections (Bylaws).
      c. Conducting University-wide elections (Bylaws)
      d. Assisting Senate Officers in identifying nominees for Senate representatives to various University standing and           ad hoc committees.
      e. Providing a slate of nominees for Senate offices.

  6. Finance Committee
      a. Allocation and utilization of the university's fiscal resources (III-F-4-b-3).
      b. Student financial aid (III-F-4-b-6).

  7. Fringe Benefits Committee
      a. Fringe benefits (III-F-4-b-1)

  8. Institutional Planning Committee
      a. Institutional priorities (III-F-4-b-2).
      b. Allocation and utilization of the university's human and physical resources (III-F-4-b-3).
      c. Admission procedures (III-F-4-b-5).
      d. General admission standards (III-F-4-b-5).

9. Instructional Policy Committee
      a. Regulations regarding attendance, examinations, grading, scholastic standing, probation, and honors (III-F-1-a-3).
      b. Teaching quality and the evaluation of teaching (III-F-1-a-4).
      c. All matters pertaining to the academic calendar (III-F-1-a-5).

10. Professional Staff Policy Committee
      a. Policy on all issues of concern only to professional staff (III-F-3-a-1).

11. Research Policy Committee
      a. Policy on all research issues and performance other than the allocation and distribution of resources (III-F-2-a-1).
      b. Policy and procedures on the allocation and distribution of resources (III-F-2-b-1)