The committees of the Senate Assembly identify, advise, and consult on academic issues of importance to the entire University in conjunction with SACUA and Senate Assembly.  The following is a list of the Senate Assembly Committees and the issues under consideration this year.

Academic Affairs Advisory Committee: Advisory to Provost Courant - finalizing a document on the principles of teaching, discussing grade inflation, governance rights of non-tenure track faculty, and revising the process for faculty evaluation of deans.

Budget Study Committee: Advisory to SACUA - reviewing the cost of benefits programs

Civil Liberties Board: Advisory to SACUA and Administration - reviewing a proposal for electronic privacy, review of amendments to the Statement of Students Rights and Responsibilities, review of proposal to ban smoking in dorm rooms.

Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty:  Advisory to Regents and SACUA - reviewing proposed changes to retiree benefits and analyzing faculty salary data.  As per request by Regent Maynard the CESF committees on all three campuses are developing one section of the reports with a similar data format.

Committee for a Multicultural University:  Advisory to Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity, and Undergraduate Affairs Lester Monts - discussing minority faculty recruitment and retention.

Communications Advisory Committee:  Advisory to Vice President Rudgers - review of changes to the U-Record, changes to the gateway.

Development Advisory Committee: Advisory to Interim Vice President Wilbanks - meeting jointly with Government Relations Advisory Committee, review of fund raising efforts.

Faculty Perspectives Page Editorial Board:  oversight of faculty editorials for the U-Record.

Financial Affairs Advisory Committee: Advisory to Interim Vice President Slottow - discussion of the budget in light of possible reduction in state allocations.

General Counsel's Advisory Committee: Advisory to Vice President Krislov - discussion of affirmative action lawsuits, review of rules on freedom of expression, discussion of changes in residency guidelines.

Government Relations Advisory Committee: Advisory to Vice President Wilbanks - discussion of interaction with state legislators and reduction in state allocation.

Medical Affairs Advisory Committee: Advisory to Interim EVPMA Greenfield - comparison of MCare coverage of physical rehabilitation services to the services offered by the other healthcare providers.

Research Policies Committee: Advisory to Vice President Ulaby - review of proposal to change the research track titles, evaluation of the Program for the Education and Evaluation of Responsible Research and Scholarship (PEERRS) prototype to help make the navigation through this research training and certification package easier and more effective.

Rules: Advisory to SACUA and Senate Assembly - preparing recommendations for Senate Assembly re-apportionment.

Student Relations Advisory Committee: Advisory to Vice President Harper - discussion of security in the residence halls, review of proposal to ban smoking in the residence halls, review of amendments to the Statement of Students Rights and Responsibilities.

Tenure Committee:  Advisory to Senate Assembly and SACUA - preparing a comparison of the Senate Assembly tenure guidelines document with a similar document developed by the Provost's Office.