• School of Medicine Governance
• Tenure for Future Faculty (to be Recruited)
• Departmental Chair Review
• Development of Junior Faculty

Task Force Membership:

Leslie Bernstein, Senior Associate Dean, Chair of the Task Force
Kathryn Challoner, MFA President
Robbin Cohen
Mike Diamond, Provost's Office
Andrew Kassinove, Medical Student
Peter Laird
Robert Lane, University Counsel
Alexandra Levine
Pradip Roy-Burman
Michael Stallcup, from list supplied by MFA (resigned due to schedule conflicts)
Marty Weiss

Related Information:

• AAUP Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities
• 1988 Governance Document Approved by School Administration and Faculty
• 1997 Governance Document from the Provost
• Governance Documents for the School of Medicine: A Chronology
• Bylaws of the University of Southern California
• Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Health Science (1997)
• MFA Report to LCME

• March 5, 1998
• April 2, 1998
• April 22, 1998 (Approved by FEC and MFA)
• June 18, 1998 (Approved by FEC, MFA, and Faculty)

Task Force Membership:

Clive Taylor, Senior Associate Dean & Chair of Pathology, Chair of the Task Force
Gunther Dennert
Mike Diamond, Provost's Office
Silvia Formenti, from list supplied by MFA
Dale Garell
Robert Lane, University Counsel
Austin Mircheff, from list supplied by MFA
John Peters
Juergen Reichardt
Anne Schuckman, Medical Student
Nancy Warner

Related Information:

• AAUP Information and Statements on Academic Freedom and Tenure
• Academic Senate Resolution 96/97--12 on Tenure
• Academic Senate White Paper on Meaning of Tenure (1996)
• Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Health Science (1997)
• MFA Report to LCME

Task Force Membership:

Brian Henderson, Chair of the Task Force
Ron Ben-Ari
Bob Beart
Rich Bergman
Jeannie Chen
Patrick Colletti, from list supplied by MFA
Neil Kaplowitz
Mike Lai
Robert Lane, University Counsel
Amy Lee
Dan Mishell
Ron Ross
Stu Siegel
Eric Sievers, Medical Student
Robert Stellwagen, from list supplied by MFA

Note:  The activities of this Task Force were put on hold in January 1998 at the request of the Provost because a Task Force on the University Park Campus is considering similar issues.

• Letter from Dean Ryan to the FEC about this decision.

• Provost's memo to the faculty about a joint Provost's/Academic Senate Task Force, which has separate subcommittees concerned with review of administrators and review of faculty.

• In August 1998 reports from the two subcommittees of the joint Provost's/Academic Senate Task Force were made available:

• Review of Deans and Department Chairs
• Review of Faculty

Related Information:

• Report of 1991 MFA Task Force on Review of Department Chairs
• Academic Senate Resolution 97/98--04
• Academic Senate White Paper on Leadership Accountability (1997)
• Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Health Science (1997)
• MFA Report to LCME
• Task Force formed by the Provost

Membership:

Peter Jones, Director of Norris Cancer Center, Chair of the Task Force
Don Feinstein
Juergen Fulle
Maurice Hitchcock
Loren Laine, from list supplied by MFA
Wendy Mack, from list supplied by MFA
Laila Muderspach
Malcolm Pike
Mike Press
Jess Thompson, Medical Student
Leslie Weiner

Related Information:

• Academic Senate Resolution 96/97--05 on Faculty Mentoring
• Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Health Science (1997)
• MFA Report to LCME

Posted Feb. 12, 1998; modified September 28, 1998 and December 16, 1998