Temporary or Ad Hoc Committees

The Faculty Handbook Revision Committee was created in 2024 to review the faculty handbook.

GEIC will implement changes to the Foundation and Distribution Requirements (FDR) according to the general education program approved by the undergraduate faculty. GEIC's membership will be established following a similar process to that by which GEDC was formed. GEIC will be made up of three faculty members elected by the faculty in an at-large election, with no categories or divisions, though no more than one member per department can be elected.

The SACSCOC Interim Report Committee will collaborate to assemble, prepare, and review the evidence necessary to demonstrate the University’s compliance with an abbreviated list (22 standards) of the Principles of Accreditation.

Science, Society, and the Arts Planning Committee (SSA) plans the March 2025 SSA multi-disciplinary conference involving Washington and Lee students in the presentation of their academic achievements before an audience of their peers and the faculty. Conference participants may make oral presentations of research papers on traditional academic-conference-style panels, deliver research results in poster sessions, or present creative work. Students may also choose to participate in colloquia organized around common readings proposed by interested students and faculty.

The Framework for Assessing Teaching Effectiveness (FATE) Committee is charged with designing a holistic framework for formative and summative assessment of teaching effectiveness, within which SPoTs will serve only a minor role.

It is critically important that our tenure and promotion process be as fair as possible, and therefore, our evaluation of teaching must be as well. Research has demonstrated bias based on gender and race in student evaluations. Variation across departmental instruments can also cause inequities. The Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the President concerning cases of undergraduate tenure and promotion, has encouraged us to consider whether we should standardize teaching evaluation and how best to mitigate bias.