Resources

MU Indigenous Task Force Report (Jan. 2025)
AI & the Learning Environment (Taskforce Report & Resources)
Faculty Handbook
Faculty Ombudsperson
How to be a Faculty Council substitute
Faculty Council Rules of Order (09/10/2023)
2024-2029 Strategic Plan
P&T Task Force Report (2023-2024)
Faculty Council Rules of Order Archived Versions
University of Missouri Standing Committees
Intercampus Faculty Cabinet (IFC, of the University of Missouri System)
COACHE Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education Survey
Missouri Association of Faculty Senates
National Survey for Student Engagement Information

2023-2024:
Faculty Council Annual Report
Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
Faculty Council Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Faculty Council Research, Scholarship & Economic Development
Fiscal Affairs
Student Affairs

2022-2023:
Faculty Council Annual Report
Academic Affairs
Budget
Faculty Affairs
Faculty Council Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Faculty Council Research, Scholarship & Economic Development
Student Affairs

2021-2022:
Faculty Council Annual Report
Academic Affairs
Budget
Faculty Affairs
Faculty Council Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Faculty Council Research, Scholarship & Economic Development
Student Affairs

2020-2021:
Faculty Council Annual Report
Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
Fiscal Affairs
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Research, Scholarship & Economic Development
Student Affairs

2019-2020:
Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
Fiscal Affairs
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Research, Scholarship & Economic Development
Student Affairs

2018-2019:
Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
Fiscal Affairs
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Student Affairs

Artificial Intelligence Syllabus Statement Resolution (2/27/2025)
ACT/SAT Test Optional Extension through Fall Semester 2029 Approved (2/13/2025)
English Language Support Program (ELSP) Recommendations Approval (2/13/2025)
Office Hours Policy (2/13/2025)
Promotion & Tenure Task Force Recommendations Resolutions Pt 1/2 (2/13/2025)
Adjunct Instructor Minimum Compensation Resolution (1/30/2025)
Voluntary Syllabus Bank Resolution (1/30/2025)
Homecoming Parade Guidelines Resolution (11/22/2024)

Faculty Handbook Revisions
III.c. Registration & Withdrawals – Restore the definition of full, half, and quarter-time class registration
VI.H Academic Integrity NCAA Bylaw 14.9
VII.2 Revision of S/U Grading Policy
VI. A. Academic Integrity Process Updates

Standing Committees
MU Information Technology Committee (MUITC) replaces RITG, MU ISC & ATSS (former Standing Committees)

Votes
ACT/SAT Test optional pilot extension through Fall 2026

Statements
Trans-gender healthcare statement
Proclamation honoring Art Jago

Faculty Council Rules of Order
Amend RoO adding Faculty Ombudsperson as ex-officio member Faculty Affairs Committee

Faculty Handbook Revisions
IV.A. Student Absences (Military Absences), (June 22, 2023)
IX.H Addition of Posthumous Degrees (June 22, 2023)
V.C.2. Exams on week 15 of the Semester (June 22, 2023)
VII.B.3 Incomplete Policy (May 4, 2023)
VIII.F. Academic Standing Policy Revised Language (May 4, 2023)
FH IX.D. Eliminate 132-hour rule/requirement for Dual Majors (April 6, 2023)
CRR 300.010 for NTT Inclusion: Faculty Affairs Committee adopts “the definition of ‘faculty’ of the MU Faculty Bylaws as including all tenured, tenure-track and full-time ranked NTT faculty.”(December 15, 2022)

Faculty Council Approves MU ITC Committee Restructuring Policy (November 18, 2021)
Faculty Council Approves Syllabus Statement on Mental Health (January 20, 2022)
Faculty Handbook Update regarding Academic Calendar (January 20, 2022)
III.H. Student Leave of Absence Policy (June 16, 2022)
V.A. No exams or other academic activities at times other than class time or time approved by Registrar (February 17, 2022)

Resolution for an Independent Investigation into the MU Police Investigation (September 3, 2020)
Resolution that MURA be Given Power to Approve Post-Retirement E-mail Account Requests (January 21, 2021)
Resolution on Free Speech and Restructuring of Social Justice Centers (May 11, 2021)
AAUP University of MO-Columbia Resolution on Practices of Shared Governance at MU
We Remember 2015_2020 (October 15, 2020)

Request for Examination of Pay Equity (February 20, 2020)

Faculty Affairs Recommendation on Campus-level Consulting Contracts (January, 2018)
Resolution concerning student evaluations of teaching (February, 2017)

Opposition of Allowing Conceal and Carry of Firearms on Campus (April, 2016)
Resolution to Examine MU/UMS Structure (February 11, 2016)

The University of Missouri System Collected Rules and Regulations: https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/rules/collected_rules/