ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE
A distinctive feature of great liberal arts universities is their commitment to the principles of shared governance. Although the specific shape of shared governance varies from one institution to the next, the term “shared governance” itself refers to an understanding that the institution’s governing Board, the administrative leadership of the University and its faculty all participate in various ways in governance of the institution as it seeks to fulfill its mission.
In some universities there are very clear and distinct spheres of responsibility for the Board, the administration and the faculty, whereas at other institutions the lines of jurisdictional demarcation are less formal or distinct. Habib University aspires to a distinctive model of shared governance that embraces its Yohsin values and encourages genuine teamwork among faculty, the administration and the University’s Board of Governors as they collectively work towards a shared goal: the success of Habib students.
This model of shared governance emphasizes collaboration and it values consensus. We collectively recognize that the faculty, the administration and the Board of Governors will not always agree, but we aspire to a culture of mutual respect and honest exchange – a genuinely collaborative culture in which everyone recognizes, especially in moments of profound disagreement, that others, with whom they may disagree, are motivated by the same deep passion for our students and a shared commitment to their success. In building this model of shared governance, which emphasizes partnership over confrontation, we all strive to see matters empathetically through the eyes of those with whom we disagree. We also commit to each other to try to shape our decisions based on the same shared body of basic factual information. We seek to engage each other in honest and respectful conversation as we reach decisions, instead of immediately jumping to speculative assumptions about the motivations of those with whom we disagree.
As is true of most great liberal arts universities, subject to the authority of the President and the Dean of Faculty, the approval of the Board of Governors and the Charter of the University, the Habib University faculty has primary jurisdiction over all academic matters, including: curriculum, academic regulations, academic planning and curricular review, teaching procedures and requirements, academic advisement, co-curricular academic activities, the academic discipline of students and recommendations on the conferral of degrees.
The faculty organizes itself under the leadership of the President and determines its own governance procedures. The University Faculty Meeting is a committee of the whole and serves as the supreme decision making body for the Habib University faculty in all matters under its jurisdiction, except as that jurisdiction is delegated by the Faculty Meeting itself to various committees that report to the entire faculty at its monthly meetings.
The Faculty Senate is the duly elected representative leadership of the entire faculty. On behalf of the faculty, the Senate interacts with and advises the Dean of Faculty, and, on occasion, the President and other senior administrative officers on academic freedom, curricular issues, staffing, strategic planning, shared governance, budgeting and other matters of import which may arise. Much of the faculty’s work is accomplished through a series of faculty committees, some of which are elected and some of which are appointed. In addition, faculty frequently serve on University committees as well. The current list of faculty and University committees and their membership are listed below
The Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate serves as the recognized representative leadership of the entire faculty. On behalf of the faculty, the Senate interacts with and advises the Dean of Faculty, and, on occasion, the President and other senior administrative officers on academic freedom, curricular issues, staffing, strategic planning, shared governance, budgeting and other matters of import which may arise from time to time.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | |
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The Faculty Senate (Elected) |
Waqar Saleem September 2021 |
Tariq Mumtaz (ECE) August – 2022 |
Muhammad Qasim Pasta (CS) August – 2022 |
Hassaan Khan (iSciM) August – 2021 |
Marcelo Lima (CH) June 2022 |
Christie Marie Lauder (CND) August – 2022 |
Mahso Gichki (SDP) April 2022 |
Provisional Committee on Faculty (PCOF)
The PCOF is a faculty committee which considers all matters related to the review and promotion of full-time non-ladder faculty on behalf of the faculty. All responsibilities related to the review of individual faculty members for promotion are delegated to the Provisional Committee on Faculty (PCOF).
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | |
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Provisional Committee on Faculty (PCOF) (Elected) |
Shafayat Abrar April 2022 |
Shah Jamal Alam (DSSE) September – 2019 |
Syeda Saleha Raza (DSSE) May 2022 |
Nauman Naqvi (AHSS) September – 2019 |
Najeeb Jan (AHSS) May 2022 |
Academic Standing Committee
The Academic Standing Committee is a faculty committee concerned with the academic performance of students. It decides all matters relating to the academic standing of students, the granting and denial of individual student petitions for modifications or exceptions to academic regulations.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | Member 7 | Member 8 | ||
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Academic Standing Committee (Appointed) |
Aqdas Afzal (AHSS) September 2022 |
Syeda Saleha Raza (DSSE) August 2021 |
Junaid Ahmed Memon (DSSE) August 2021 |
M. Mobeen Mavania (DSSE) August 2021 |
Syed Afzal Ahmed (AHSS) August 2021 |
Najeeb Jan (AHSS) October 2021 |
Noman Baig (as a substitute of Inamullah Nadeem for the this academic year) (AHSS) August 2021 |
Faizan Rafi Hashmi (Secretary) |
Yasmeen Bano (OAP) |
Ishtiyaq A. Makda (RO) |
Committee on Academic Integrity
The Faculty committee responsible for hearing and deciding all cases where students are charged with having violated the University’s policies on academic integrity.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | Member 7 | |
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Committee on Academic Integrity (Elected) |
Ishtiyaq A. Makda (on behalf of the VPAA) |
Aeyaz Kiyani (DSSE) February 2021 |
Rameez Ragheb (DSSE) February 2021 |
M. Mobeen Mavania (DSSE) February 2021 |
Mohammad Moeini (AHSS) September 2021 |
Behzad Khosravi (AHSS) March 2022 |
Najeeb Jan (AHSS) March 2021 |
Rehan Azhar (OCVS) Secretary |
Habib Liberal Core Governance Committee (HLCGC)
The Faculty committee which advises the Program Directors and the Faculty on all issues related to the Habib Liberal Core.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | ||
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Habib Liberal Core Governance Committee (HLCC) (Appointed) |
VPAA | Aaron Mulvany (AHSS) | Shah Jamal Alam (DSSE) | Dr. Huamira Qureshi | Ishtiyaq Makda | Anzar Khaliq | Muhammad Haris | Nauman Naqvi |
The University Library Committee
The University committee advises the Library administration on its services, policies, programs and projects and keeps the faculty informed of proposed changes and developments in Library policies, procedures or collection development.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | |
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The University Library Committee (Appointed) |
Shah Jamal Alam September 2021 |
Shafayat Abrar (ECE) August 2021 |
Aeyaz Kayani (iSciM) August 2021 |
Haniya Habib (CH) October 2020 |
Isma Gul (CND) August 2021 |
Sahaab Badar Sheikh (SDP) August 2022 |
Nooruddin Merchant (Secretary) |
Study Abroad Advisory Committee (SAAC)
The University committee which assists in the selection of students for programs operated by the Office for Global Engagement (OGE) and advises the Board of Faculty and the Academic Council on the implementation of new international and off-campus programs.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | |
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Study Abroad Advisory Committee (SAAC) (Appointed) |
Tatheer Hamdani | Tajreen Midhat (AHSS) February 2021 |
Humaira Jamshed (DSSE) February 2021 |
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The University body that oversees and ensures that all research conducted at Habib University on living human subjects meets the highest standards of ethical conduct regardless of whether that research is conducted by students or faculty.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Member 6 | Member 7 | Member 8 | |
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Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Appointed) |
Humaira Jamshed (iSciM) |
Shafayat Abrar (ECE) August 2021 |
Muhammad Qasim Pasta (CS) August 2022 |
Haseeb Sheikh (ECE) August 2021 |
Mahso Gichki (SDP) August 2021 |
Haniya Habib (CH) August 2021 |
Coline Ferrant (CH) August 2022 |
Faisal Alvi (CS) August 2022 |
Ana Tawfiq Hussain (SDP) August 2022 |
University Grievance Committee (UGC)
The University committee which considers all complaints submitted by students, faculty or staff that either University lacks appropriate policies or has not followed its established policies and this failure has caused real harm to the complainant.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | |
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University Grievance Committee (UGC) (Elected) |
Director HR and AO | Waqar Saleem (DSSE) August 2021 |
Tariq Kamal (DSSE) August 2022 |
Daniyal Ahmed (AHSS) August 2021 |
Faculty Committee on Professional Conduct (FCPC)
The Faculty committee authorized to act in all cases where questions concerning the professional conduct of individual members of the faculty have been raised.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | |
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Faculty Committee on Professional Conduct (FCPC) (Elected) |
Yousuf Kerai October – 2021 |
Rakhshaan Qazi (CND) August 2022 |
Aqdas Afzal (SDP) September 2021 |
Basharat Issa August – 2022 |
The Program Board of Studies (PBoS)
A Faculty committee consisting of all full-time faculty members in each academic program that develop, review and revise the program’s academic curriculum before sending it to the School Board of Studies for further review.
Chair | Member | Chair | Member | ||
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The Program Board of Studies (CND) | Zain Saeed | All CND faculty Members | The Program Board of Studies (SDP) | Aaron Mulvany | All SDP faculty Members |
The Program Board of Studies (CH) | Muhammad Haris | All CH faculty Members | The Program Board of Studies (CS) | Dr. Abdul Samad | All CS faculty Members |
The Program Board of Studies (iSciM) | Humaira Qureshi | All iSciM faculty Members | The Program Board of Studies (ECE) | Dr. Basit Memon | All ECE faculty Members |
The Board of Faculty (BOF)
A University committee that reviews all curricular changes and assessment programs to ensure that each academic program is of the highest quality and that robust systems of assessment and continuous quality enhancement are in place at the University.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | |
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The Board of Faculty (BOF) | Dean of Faculty | All Associate Dean | All Assistant Deans | All Professors |
The Academic Council (AC)
The University committee which fulfills all the functions assigned to it by the University’s Charter, receives and acts upon recommendations and proposals from the Board of Faculty. Also receives a report from the Dean of Faculty at least once per semester on the state of any pending accreditation reviews and acts upon the recommendations of the University Grievance Committee about proposed changes to the University’s policies and procedures.
Chair | Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | |
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The Academic Council (AC) | President | Dean of Faculty | All Associate Dean | All Professors | All Assistant Deans | Cabinet Members attend with voice but not vote |