The Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) is an elected, policy-making body responsible for exercising faculty authority on the Bloomington campus. In the past several years, the BFC has increasingly dealt with issues going to the heart of our lives as faculty and the direction of the University.
Shared governance, faculty and administration sharing the responsibility for operating and governing the campus, is the backbone of Indiana University Bloomington. Successful shared governance depends upon trust, collaboration, communication, transparency, inclusiveness, honesty, and integrity.
With these things in mind, the Bloomington Faculty Council will focus on three main themes in the 2021-2022 academic year:
We will work to streamline BFC operations, clarifying the roles of committees and better articulate the policymaking process. We will take steps toward enhanced transparency with better communication of actions taken by the BFC, before during and after.
After being away during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the return to campus this fall will bring a unique set of challenges to the IUB faculty. The BFC aims to support faculty while we navigate the new landscape of the university, campus, and higher education amidst this transition back to residential university life.
While helping to govern a university, there is always work to be done. This year, as always, we will address issues related to the core functions of faculty: teaching, research, and service.
