Information about the Graduate School Committee on Academic Staff Issues
Responsibilities of the CASI include but are not limited to:
- Representing Graduate School academic staff in the development and review of all Graduate School policies and procedures concerning Graduate School academic staff
- Promoting a positive climate and enhance an appreciation for diversity among Graduate School academic staff
- Advising the Dean on Graduate School program decisions likely to affect promotional opportunities or lead to nonrenewal or layoff of Graduate School academic staff
- Recommending opportunities for participation of Graduate School academic staff in governance
- Recommending opportunities for recognition of Graduate School academic staff contributions to the excellence of the Graduate School
- Recommending mentoring and professional development programs for Graduate School academic staff
- Representing the Graduate School academic staff in communications to the Academic Staff Assembly (ASA) and its Standing Committees, the Academic Staff Executive Committee (ASEC), the Academic Staff Public Representation Organization (ASPRO), other campus committees, and the Secretary of the Academic Staff
- Serving as a forum for discussion of the concerns of Graduate School academic staff.
A brief history of the formation of the CASI may be found in the first Annual Report (October 2003).