Numbers in parentheses indicate respectively the number of faculty members, ex-officio members (often officers of administration) and student members. The faculty, staff members and students for 2011-2012 as well as ex-officio members appear in brackets.
Academic Standing (CAS) (6-4-0): Responsible for maintaining academic standards. Reviews records of students with inadequate academic performance; rules on requests for the waiving of academic regulations or other unusual academic activities; and decides on some requests for readmission. [Marlene Sandstrom, Chair, Gene Bell-Villada, Christopher Bolton, Amy Hopzapfel, Paul Karabinos, Allison Swain, Dave Johnson*, Richard Nesbitt*, Sarah Bolton*, Charles Toomajian Jr.*]
Appointments and Promotions (CAP) (3-3-0): advises the President and trustees about faculty appointments and advancement. Although students do not sit with the committee, the CAP receives student opinion about faculty from the departments. Departments gather student opinion through student advisory committees, direct interviews with students, and the Student Course Evaluation Survey. In addition, students may volunteer evaluations to department chairs or the the Dean of the Faculty directly. [Denise Buell, Lee Park, D. L. Smith, Adam Falk*, Will Dudley*, Peter Murphy*.]
Calendar and Schedule (3-2-3): Deals with proposing the academic calendar to the faculty and with approving the class hour schedules submitted by the departments. [Jon Bakija, Chair (fall), Cesar Silva, Chair (spring), Cesar Silva (fall), Tanselli Savaser (spring), Ed Gollin, Bud Fisher*, Stephen Sneed*, Barbara Casey*, Tiffany Chang '14, two student to be announced.]
Discipline (8-1-8): Hears and rules upon cases of alleged violations of College regulations. All the student members also serve as the Student Honor Subcommittee, which hears cases of alleged violations of the Honor Code and recommends appropriate action to the Dean. Four faculty members of the Discipline Committee serve in an advisory capacity to the Honor Committee. [Cheryl Shanks, Chair, Liz Beazley, Kerry Christensen, Dave Edwards, Scarlett Jang, Zafi Levy, Gretchen Long, Anand Swamy, Sarah Bolton*, students to be announced.]
Diversity and Community: The Committee on Diversity and Community focuses on issues of diversity and community on campus and makes recommendations on both curricular and extracurricular matters with the intention of promoting better understanding between and among groups on campus. [Claire Ting, Chair, faculty to be announced, Jennifer Chan '14, Veronique Hob-Hob '13, David Lee '14, Reema Sharma '13, Monica Torres '13, Lily Wong '12.]
Educational Policy (7-4-6): Recommends educational policy and maintains a College-wide overview of the curriculum. [Guy Hedreen, Chair, Rob Baker-White, Brent Heeringa, Chip Lovett, Jim Mahon, Tara Watson, Amanda Wilcox, Sarah Bolton*, Peter Murphy*, Charles Toomajian Jr.*, Adam Falk*, Michael Girouard '13, Student Chair, Nneka Dennie '13, Michael Gold '14, Ahn Nguyen'13, Amy Nguyen '12, Krista Pickett '13.]
Faculty Steering Committee (6-0-0): discusses topics of particular interest to faculty and meets with student groups from time to time to discuss issues in common. [Laurie Heatherington, Chair, Colin Adams, Mea Cook, Sarah Dubow, Gage McWeeney, Bernie Rhie.]
Honorary Degrees (3-2-3): Makes recommendations to the President and Trustees on honorary degree recipients and speakers at Commencement and Convocation. [Daniel Aalberts, Karen Merrill, Jim Shepard, Jefferson Strait*, Keli Kaegi*, students to be annouced.]
Information Technology (4-5-3): Recommends policies for use of computers and word processors in courses and for research; advises on the acquisition of hardware and software needed to support academic computing. [Kevin Jones, Chair, Ken Kuttner, Shawn Rosenheim, Steve Souza, Will Dudley*, David Pilachowski*, Dinny Taylor*, two administrators appointed by the Provost*, Margaret Richmond '12, two students to be announced.]
Lecture (4-0-4): Schedules and makes arrangements for visiting lecturers. [Christian Thorne, Chair, Cathy Johnson, Omar Sangare, David Tucker-Smith, Pat Megley, Student Chair, Katie Aldrin '12, Rose Courteau '14, Robin Grimm '14.]
Library (3-3-3): Makes recommendations on matters of library policy, including the allocation of the purchasing budget among the academic departments. [Marjorie Hirsch, Chair, Stewart Johnson, Steve Sheppard, Peter Murphy*, David Pilachowski*, Robert Volz*, David Michael '13, Student Chair, Sharona Bollinger '14, Emily McTague '12, Margaret Moore '12.]
Priorities and Resources (4-7-3): Reviews trends in the annual College budget and consults with the Provost, Vice Provost and Treasurer on them as well as on matters relating to priorities in fundraising and resources for capital expenditures, principally for middle-to-long-range spans of time. [Andrea Danyluk, Chair, Ilona Bell, Morgan McGuire, Safa Zaki, Will Dudley*, Tom Dwyer*, Steve Klass*, John Malcolm*, Diana Prideaux-Brune*, Fred Puddester*, Chris Winters*, Andrea Lindsay '13, two students to be announced.]
Undergraduate Life (5-3-6): Recommends policy on all non-academic aspects of student life including faculty-student relations, student governance, student housing, and athletic activities. [Mihai Stoiciu, Chair, Lois Banta, Dan Greenberg, Sarah Jacobson, Glenn Shuck, Laure Berk '12, Student Chair, Courtney Alexander '13, Kate Flanagan ' 14, James Mathenge '12, Peter Skipper '13, David Zackheim '12.]
Winter Study (5-4-4): Recommends policy on the Winter Study Program and administers it, including review of all faculty and student projects for approval and allocation of funding. [Ollie Beaver, Chair, David Eppel, Nate Kornell, Darel Paul, Holly Silva, Barbara Casey*, Paula Consolini*, Jonathan Morgan-Leamon*, Jodi Psoter*, Rebecca Fallon '14, Jalynne Figueroa '13, Veronique Hob-Hob '13, Ben Kane '12.]