CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

This document contained the proposed governance structure for the Women's Studies Certificate Program (WSCP) to be approved by the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School's Graduate Council on March 1, 1990. The proposal included information on the faculty, students, meetings, committees, liaisons, and how to propose governance changes, which WSCP Committee approved on December 12, 1989. Furthermore, the proposal specified that the Advisory Committee would choose faculty from existing doctoral faculty at the Graduate School, and their responsibilities would include teaching required courses, developing electives, supervising dissertations and theses, presenting at seminars, attending faculty meetings, and serving on the program's committees.

Students could be anyone matriculated in a Graduate School doctoral program and would be encouraged to attend meetings and serve on committees. The Advisory Committee would consist of nine faculty members and four students from the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences, two alternative faculty members, and two alternative students. The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) director would be an ex-officio, non-voting member. The committee would also include one non-voting student from the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program and one non-voting, ex-officio co-chair from the Feminist Students Organization. The governance would include a Curriculum Committee and a Special Awards Committee. All voting would occur via mail-in ballot, and any changes in governance could be proposed by any WSCP faculty or student.