Whereas the Committee to Review Faculty Governance was created by the Faculty Senate in November 2005 to study the state of faculty governance at Cornell and “to make recommendations to the Faculty Senate for changes to broaden and strengthen the influence of the university faculty on administrative decision‐making at Cornell”; and

Whereas the Committee to Review Faculty Governance has fulfilled its charge and has submitted its final report and recommendations to the Faculty Senate,

Be it resolved that the Senate receives the report and calls on the Dean of Faculty and the University Faculty Committee to initiate further consideration of the recommendations.