Care about academic freedom? Interested in educational policies? Have concerns about promotion and tenure? If you can't run for a seat on the council, voting gives you a say on these important issues. BFC representatives are the voice of their constituents on a variety issues.
Elections to the BFC are a two-step process. Self-nominations
Each spring semester, the BFC Office and the BFC Nomination Committee receive self-nominations from individuals wishing to be candidates. To know if you are eligible to run, please determine your voting unit and whether seats are up for re-election.
Before the final ballot is determined, nominees are verified for eligibility, and all eligible candidates are placed on the ballot in the general election.
The general election is the second stage of the election process and determines who will sit on the Council. In addition to Council members, faculty are asked to select the next President-elect of the faculty.
The BFC Office circulates an electronic ballot to all voting faculty late in the spring semester. Access to the ballot requires IU authentication. If you have difficulties accessing or navigating the electronic voting system, please contact bfcoff@iu.edu.
Candidates for President-elect are selected by and from the current BFC membership. Statements from president-elect nominees are required and available on the website and in the online voting system. The ballot also permits write-in candidates who are current, elected members of the Council.
