Faculty Senate Purpose Statement

In order to foster an environment at Texas State University which promotes continual improvement toward excellence, the Faculty Senate has as its basic purposes:

• advocating for faculty viewpoints on all issues in which faculty perceive themselves as stakeholders
• promoting communication between faculty and other groups on campus
• making recommendations on university policy and governance issues of concern to faculty
• soliciting faculty perceptions, suggestions, and recommendations
• seeking accurate data for use in advocating positions taken by faculty
• improving faculty salaries and working conditions
• facilitating budgetary education and assuring the opportunity for faculty participation in fiscal planning and decision making
• assuring appropriate faculty participation at all levels of university governance