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Faculty COUNCIL


Welcome to the University of Houston Faculty COUNCIL

Welcome to the pages of the UH Faculty Council website. Here, we hope you will find the informational resources you are looking for. Our goal when developing and managing this website is to bring under one umbrella a variety of links and resources that might impact the day-to-day work of a faculty member. Of course, we wish to also provide information on the workings of the faculty council itself and on all the proceedings and documents related to the council committees. In that sense, the council website is designed to be both “outward-looking,” that is, a resource for UH faculty and “inward-looking,” that is, a resource for faculty council members.

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August 21 – The University of Houston Board of Regents unanimously approved creation of a Faculty Council at their August 21st meeting, which puts the University of Houston System far ahead of other systems across the state.  The policy that establishes the Council (BOR - 2B - Summary Table of Proposed Board Policy Bylaw Revisions 8.20.25.V3) and the new Council’s interim Bylaws (BOR - 8B Draft UH_Faculty-Council_Bylaws_AY26-revision-clean) are the result of work throughout the summer and represent a good faith attempt to maintain faculty voice. A recording of the meeting is available and relevant portions can be found at 1:01:30, 5:47:54, 5:56:26, and 6:11:03. As you are able, take time to review this information to better understand how you are represented on campus.

With the creation of the new Faculty Council, a call for nominations was sent out that day from a Qualtrics account. Therefore, people needed to keep an eye on their junk folder if they didn’t find it in their inbox by 5pm on the 22nd. Per the Bylaws and Board Policy, “an eligible member of the Faculty Council is a full-time faculty member at the University of Houston. Faculty members who have appointments as assistant, associate, or vice deans, and higher are ineligible to be appointed or elected to the Faculty Council.”  Regular elections were to be held each Spring for 2-yr terms, but this first iteration had a mix of 1- and 2-yr terms to achieve staggering as required by SB37. This was an opportunity to serve.