The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) serves as an advisory body to the OFD and is responsible for regularly reviewing data gathered by relevant offices within Rice and ensuring on-going assessment of multiple dimensions of faculty status. This group is a University Committee appointed by the president on the Faculty Senate’s recommendation.
Specific activities for this committee include:
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Advise Director on priorities for OFD programs.
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Review regularly data and policies relevant to faculty, including hiring, promotion, retention, climate, satisfaction, and equity.
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Ensure that the OFD is identifying and meeting the needs of the faculty.
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Prepare a brief, written report on the activities of the committee at the end of each academic year and to submit copies of this report to the president of the university, the provost, and the Faculty Senate.
Alan Reid, Mathematics Department Chair and Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics, is the current chair of the OFD FAC.