TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
HANDBOOK
Last Updated September 30, 2006
COE GOVERNANCE
Individual faculty and staff may express concerns, raise issues, or initiate discussions about policy changes at all governance levels. Typically, these changes originate in programs, departments, committees, and leadership/faculty/staff council meetings. Proposed policy changes, after leadership/faculty/staff council review, are then voted upon by the faculty/staff and forwarded to the approipriate council (Leadership Council/Faculty Council/Staff Council) who then presents the recommendation to the dean. She/he will make final decisions about policies related to budget, personnel and/or administrative matters, and will communicate final decisions and supporting rationale, if pertinent, to the originating entity.
Policy decisions related to curricula and programs reside with the faculty in their respective committees, councils, programs and/or departments.
Student input is sought formally by standing committees. Informally, students can express concerns or raise questions to individual faculty or administrators. Students may also give input through the Joint Education Council, which concists of presidents of all student organizations within the College of Education.
