1. Consider and report in timely fashion to the Divisional Senate Assembly of the Irvine
Division and confer with and advise the Chancellor and other officers of the campus
administration on matters concerned with the welfare, diversity, and academic freedom
of the faculty, both active and retired.Procedures for treating issues with a major
welfare component relevant to this Council that are also the concern of other
committees will be developed by the chairs of the committees involved, in consultation
with the Chair of theAcademic Senate, Irvine Division.

2. Maintain liaison with the University Committee on Faculty Welfare, the University
Committee on Academic Freedom, and the University Committee on Affirmative Action
and Diversity.

a. Membership A minimum of four members of the Council will serve on the subcommittee. b. Duties may include:

(1) As needed, review and evaluate revisions in institutional policies and procedures as they relate to faculty welfare and propose them to the Division or to the University Committee on Faculty Welfare.

(2) Initiate studies on faculty welfare issues, including analysis of existing data.

(3) Formulate and disseminate recommendations on any matter influencing faculty welfare.

(4) Address faculty welfare matters involving the hiring, employment and social circumstances of the faculty.

(5) Maintain liaison with the University Committee on Faculty Welfare.

2. Subcommittee on Affirmative Action and Diversity

The Subcommittee on Affirmative Action and Diversity shall promote faculty diversity and equity in general and in particular in reference to underrepresented faculty populations, including women and racial/ethnic minorities, as well as gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals, and individuals with disabilities.

a. Membership A minimum of four members of the Council will serve on the subcommittee. b. Duties may include:

(1) As needed, review and evaluate revisions in institutional policies and procedures as they relate to affirmative action and diversity and propose them to the Division or to the University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity.

(2) Initiate studies on campus diversity and equity, including analysis of existing data.

(3) Formulate and disseminate recommendations on any matter influencing faculty diversity and equity.

(4) Address diversity matters involving the hiring, employment and social circumstances of the faculty.

(5) Maintain liaison with the campus office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, as well as other campus committees, programs and offices regarding the status of faculty diversity within our Division.

(6) Maintain liaison with the University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity.

3. Subcommittee on Academic Freedom The Subcommittee on Academic Freedom shall initiate studies or make recommendations with respect to any conditions within or without the University which in the judgment of the Subcommittee may affect the academic freedom of the University Community. It is understood that academic freedom includes, but is not necessarily limited to, free inquiry and exchange of ideas, the rights to present material relevant to a course of instruction, to publish or disseminate controversial material or information and to perform research in academic areas. It is understood that academicfreedom is to be conjoined with academic responsibility in accordnance with APM 010.

a. Membership A minimum of four members of the Council will serve on the subcommittee. b. Duties may include:

(1) As needed, review and evaluate revisions in institutional polices and procedures as they relate to academic freedom and propose them to the Division or to the University Committee on Academic Freedom.

(2) Consider issues of academic freedom brought before the committee by individuals or other UC Committees and report findings and recommendations to the Division or to other committees for further action.

(3) Study and discuss potential violations of ethics and/or academic conduct.

(4) Maintain liaison with the University Committee on Academic Freedom

4. Subcommittee on Emeriti Affairs: The Council shall have a standing subcommittee
on The Subcommittee on Emeriti Affairs shall consider the interests and needs of
emeriti faculty.

a. Membership
Members will include the Chair of the UCI Emeriti ae/i Association, ex officio, the
three emeriti members of the Council, and one non-emertus member of the Council.
b. Duties may include:

(1) Consider and report in timely fashion to the Council on Faculty Welfare on
matters concerned with emeriti ae/I faculty.

(2) Maintain communication with the emeriti and with the UCI Emeriti Association
in order to determine and recognize emeriti interests and needs as members of
the academic community, to facilitate their continued contributions to the
University, and to make these interests, needs, and contributions known to
the Academic Senate and the Administration.

(3) Advise the Academic Senate, Irvine Division regarding the initiating,
editing, and circulating of commemorative statements for deceased members
of the Irvine Division and for such non-Senate members as the Chancellor
or the President may request. The subcommittee may prepare proposals
for In Memoriam Resolutions.

(4) Maintain liaison with the campus office of Human Resources on pre-
retirement
and post-retirement matters.

(5) Maintain liaison with the Council of the University of California Emeriti
Associations.