1.0 THE INSTITUTE

1.7 Committees of the Institute

MIT Policies and Procedures

Listed in this section are the various Institute-wide committees. A brief description of each committee and its current membership can be accessed electronically at <http://web.mit.edu/committees/www/>.

1.7.1 Faculty Committees

Standing Faculty Committees: The following are standing committees of the Faculty. For more information on the purpose and membership of these committees, consult Rules and Regulations of the Faculty, electronically accessible on the World Wide Web at <http://web.mit.edu/faculty/rules/>.

Committee on Academic Performance
Committee on Corporate Relations
Committee on Curricula
Committee on Discipline
Committee on Faculty-Administration
Faculty Policy Committee
Committee on Graduate School Policy
Committee on the Library System
Committee on Nominations
Committee on Outside Professional Activities
Committee on Student Affairs
Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid
Committee on the Undergraduate Program

Special Faculty Committees: The following are long-term faculty committees. Ad hoc faculty committees may be created to address particular issues when necessary.

Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award Selection Committee
James R. Killian, Jr., Achievement Award Selection Committee
Committee on the Writing Requirement

1.7.2 Committee Appointed by the Corporation

Corporation Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-Wide Affairs

1.7.3 Committees Appointed by the President

Responsibility for policy development and review in particular areas is often vested in committees that are appointed by the President and that report to senior officers. The current committees, whose titles are generally descriptive of their areas of responsibility, are listed below:

Committee on Animal Care
Committee on Assessment of Biohazards
Athletic Board
Committee on Campus Race Relations
Committee on the Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Commencement Committee
Community Service Fund Board
Committee on Copyrights and Patents
Executive Committee of the Council for the Arts at MIT
Endicott House Board of Governors
Institute Council on Environmental Health and Safety
Equal Opportunity Committee
Council on Family and Work
Committee on Foreign Scholarships
Committee on the Hobby Shop
IAP Policy Committee
Planning Committee for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Activities
Lincoln Laboratory-Campus Interaction Committee
MIT Activities Committee
MIT Hospital Board
MIT Medical Management Board
MIT Press Editorial Board
MIT Press Management Board
Committee on the MIT Sea Grant College Program
MIT Working Group on Support Staff Issues
Medical Consumers' Advisory Council
Committee on Operations Research
Committee on Radiation Exposure to Human Subjects
Committee on Radiation Protection
Committee on Radio Astronomy
Committee on Reactor Safeguard
Committee on the Research Laboratory of Electronics
Committee for Review of Space Planning
ROTC Oversight Committee
Committee on Safety
Technology Broadcasting Corporation
Committee on Toxic Chemicals
Committee for Transportation and Parking
Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects
Women's Advisory Board

Special Presidential Committees: Ad hoc presidential committees may be created to address particular issues when necessary.

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