Reports and Resolutions
of the Senate Assembly and SACUA 

Trends in Minority Faculty Participation: Committee for a Multicultural University 2008 Report
            [22 April 2008; pdf document]

University Benefits and Issues: White Paper by SACUA member M. Robert Fraser
            [26 March 2008; pdf document]

Approved Report of the Faculty Grievance Procedures Task Force
            [22 January 2007; pdf document]

Senate Assembly Resolution on Diversity
             [22 January 2007; pdf document]

Current Benefits Issues report to Senate Assembly by the CESF Subcommittee on Benefits
            [27 November 2006; pdf document]

Pharmacy Benefits Oversight Committee Report by Charles B. Smith to Senate Assembly
             [27 November 2006; pdf document]

Reports of the Ann Arbor, Dearborn & Flint Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty June 2006

Assessing the Necessity of Extending the Maximum Probationary Period by J. Lee and C.B. Smith
                [22 May 2006; pdf document]

2006 Rules Committee Report on Extension of Membership in the University Senate to Clinical Faculty and Assistant Librarians
             [7 May 2006 pdf document]

2006 Reports of the Research Policies Committee [RPC]
      RPC Recommendations for Interdisciplinary Research Enhancement
              [May 6, 2006; pdf document]
     RPC Review and Recommendations on Burden of Human Subjects Research Regulation
             [May 6, 2006; pdf document]
      OVPR Response to RPC Review and Recommendations on burden of human subjects research regulation
               [June 5, 2006; pdf document]

2006 Report of the Student Relations Advisory Committee
             [April 24, 2006; pdf document]

Senate Assembly Resolution Concerning Gender Identity and Gender Expression
            [April 17, 2006; pdf document]

2006 Budget Study Committee Report - The Changing Cost of Instruction
             [April 2006 pdf document]

Faculty Appeal Procedures for Schools and Colleges
               April 2006

Ann Arbor Faculty Composition Report 1995 to 2005
             [April 2006 pdf document]

20 February 2006 Senate Assembly PowerPoint Presentations
    Benefits Update:  2006 results and future strategies
             by Laurita Thomas,  Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
    Michigan Healthy Community Initiative
             by LaVaughn Palma-Davis, Senior Director of UM Health and Well-Being Initiatives

Senate Assembly Resolution re Unit Executive Committees
             [February 20, 2006; pdf document]

Address by Robert M. O'Neil at the Senate Assembly and AAUP Forum on Flexible Tenure
            [December 12, 2005; pdf document]

Report of the Unit Shared Governance Task Force
             [December 2005 pdf document]

REPORTS RELATED TO FLEXIBLE TENURE PROBATIONARY PERIOD PROPOSAL
      Report to Provost Sullivan from the Committee to Consider a More Flexible Tenure Probationary Period
             [September 21, 2006; pdf document]
     Assessing the Necessity of Extending the Maximum Probationary Period
             by J. Lee and C. B. Smith
            [Unanimously endorsed by SACUA, May 22, 2006; pdf document]
      Senate Assembly Resolution re Flexible Tenure
             [January 23, 2006; pdf document]
      Report of the Committee to Consider a More Flexible Tenure Probationary Period
      Robert M. O'Neil's Address to AAUP and Senate Assembly 
             [December 12, 2005; pdf document]
      Academic Affairs Advisory Committee Comments on the Report on Flexible Tenure  
             [December 2005 pdf document]
      Tenure Committee Comments on the Report on Flexible Tenure
             [December 2005 pdf document]
      AAUP Committee A Comments on the Report on Flexible Tenure
             [November 2005 pdf document]
      Initial response to the above report by the national AAUP  
             [September 2005 pdf document]

Annual Address to the Senate Assembly by Interim Provost Ned Gramlich 
            [November 21, 2005]

Annual Presentation to the University of Michigan Board of Regents by SACUA Chair Bruno Giordani
            [November 17, 2005]

CHILD CARE TASKFORCE REPORT:
"Changing American Life: Responding to the Needs of Faculty with Children at the University of Michigan"
            [October 25th, 2004]

Remarks by Senate Assembly Chair Bruno Giordani
            [September 26, 2005]

"University Accomplishments and Challenges"
            Annual address to Senate Assembly by President Mary Sue Coleman
            [September 26, 2005]

Criteria Based Approach to Shared University Governance
Approved by Senate Assembly on April 18, 2005

2005 Rules Committee Report
      18 March 2005 Cover Memo [pdf document]
      March 2005 Proposed Changes-Bylaws & Rules [pdf document]
      Rules-Bylaws Side-by-Side Comparison [pdf document]
      Reapportionment of Senate Assembly - Issues for Discussion [pdf document]
      Analysis of Changes Recommended [pdf document]

Ann Arbor Faculty Composition Report 1988 to 2004  
             [April 2005 pdf document]

Ann Arbor Campus Faculty Composition Report 1988-2004
             [pdf document]

Academic Freedom Lecture  [Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture]
             October 28, 2004, 4:00 pm

Child Care Taskforce Report "Changing American Life:  Responding to the Needs of Faculty with Children at the University of Michigan" 
             October 25th, 2004
             [Accepted by Senate Assembly on October 25, 2004]

University raising health care costs for most families and retirees
Budget Study Committee
April 19, 2004

Teaching Principles and Responsibilities
August 29, 2003 [Endorsed by Senate Assembly on October 20, 2003]

Committee for a Multicultural University Report
April  2003

Procedure for Faculty Evaluation of Unit Deans
modified January 27, 2003

Civil Liberties Board - Report of Privacy and Confidentiality
July 23, 2000