New Jersey City University Faculty Handbook
DEPARTMENTAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Functions and Responsibilities of Departments

Department chairpersons are members of the faculty and are not of the Administration. However, they do perform administrative functions and participate in the governance of the University. Listed below are the functions and responsibilities of department chairpersons.

 

• Each department chairperson shall provide leadership, guidance, and advice to the faculty and students and shall serve as liaison in both directions between his/her department and the appropriate dean.
  
  
• All department chairpersons shall conduct regularly scheduled
  department meetings, for which agendas shall be distributed before the meetings and for which minutes shall be recorded and distributed before the next scheduled meeting. Each chairperson shall prepare an annual report which shall be distributed to members of the department and the Administration.
  
  
• All department chairpersons shall be responsible for the establishment of, and the guidance and supervision of, such matters as deemed appropriate by the department regarding (1) student programs and advisement; (2) recruitment, screening, and hiring; (3) reappointment and tenure; (4) promotions; (5) faculty programs and scheduling; (6) budget; and (7) equipment and supplies.
  
  
• All department chairpersons are members of the faculty and are not of the Administration. Since each chairperson is to be elected by his/her department and appointed by the President, he/she shall serve as primus inter pares and his/her primary responsibility shall be the leadership of his/her peers.