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| (A) | This committee shall consist of nine ordinary members of the Division, including the Dean of Graduate Studies, ex officio, who may not be chair. It shall also have two graduate student representatives, who shall not have the right to vote. One member shall serve on the University Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs of the Academic Senate [see Bylaw 185(C)(8) and SBL 180]. [Am 5/24/77; Rt 6/8/77; Am 2/28/89; Am 2/24/04] | ||||
| (B) | The Graduate Council of the San Diego Division shall have the authority entailed by the following obligations to the San Diego Division: [Am 5/23/95] | ||||
| (1) | The council, with the prior approval of the Division, shall make recommendations to the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs concerning (a) the establishment of new graduate degrees and (b) the qualifications of departments and groups of departments for initiating new programs leading to existing graduate degrees. The council shall obtain Divisional approval of any of these recommendations at a Division meeting. After obtaining Divisional approval, the Graduate Council shall transmit its recommendation to the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs. If its recommendation is later altered or rescinded by an appeal under Bylaw 155(B) or by action at a Division meeting, the Graduate Council shall so report to the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs. [Am 5/25/76] | ||||
| (2) | The council shall coordinate the procedures of the various departments and schools on the campus insofar as they relate to the conferring of degrees higher than the Bachelor's degree. | ||||
| (3) | The council shall set policy and standards for: | ||||
| (a) | Admission to graduate status in accordance with the provisions of the Academic Senate; | ||||
| (b) | Appointment of graduate students as Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Research Assistants, and recipients of University Fellowships; | ||||
| (c) | Appointment of postdoctoral scholars or their academic equivalent and for their enrollment by the Graduate Division.2 | ||||
| (4) | The council shall recommend the award of fellowships, including honorary traveling fellowships, according to the terms of the various foundations. | ||||
| (5) | The council shall appoint committees in charge of candidates' studies, who shall certify for every candidate before he or she shall be recommended for a higher degree that the candidate has fulfilled the requirements of the University pertaining to that degree. | ||||
| (6) | The council shall supervise the conduct of public and other examinations for higher degrees. | ||||
| (7) | The council shall make final report to the Division concerning the conferring of graduate degrees. | ||||
| (8) | The council shall regulate in other ways the graduate work of the Division, with a view to the promotion of research and learning. | ||||
| (9) | The council shall report and make recommendations to the Division on matters pertaining to graduate work. | ||||
| (10) | The council shall advise the Chancellor of the San Diego campus at his request concerning relations with the educational and research foundations. | ||||
| (11) | The council shall limit, at its discretion, the study lists of graduate students who are employed. | ||||
| (12) | The council shall make rules governing the form of presentation and the disposal of dissertations. | ||||
| (13) | The council shall authorize and supervise all graduate courses of instruction in the Division. In carrying out this duty the Council shall maintain liaison with the Committee on Educational Policy and Courses of the Division. | ||||
| (14) | The council shall consider proposals for the establishment of departments, schools, and Organized Research Units. | ||||
| (15) | The council shall perform such duties as it is assigned by the Policy and Procedures on Transfer, Consolidation, Disestablishment, and Discontinuance of Academic Programs and Units. | ||||
| (16) | The council is responsible for conducting periodic reviews of existing graduate degree programs. | ||||
2 | For purposes of this legislation a postdoctoral scholar is one who: | ||||
1. | Has been awarded, or has completed requirements for a doctoral degree or foreign equivalent where at least three years of undergraduate study are prerequisite to admission to the graduate degree program, and | ||||
2. | Has been awarded a Fellowship or Traineeship or equivalent support for studies at the postdoctoral level, and | ||||
3. | Will pursue a program of research and training approved by a department or research unit and by the Dean of Graduate Studies. | ||||
The term "academic equivalent" refers to such appointments as Postgraduate Research-category who are in training status but not to interns and residents. Enrollment as a postdoctoral scholar is limited to a period not to exceed five years. | |||||
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