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1.7 Committees of the Institute

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.

  • 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

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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