PURPOSE of CoE
The Council on Excellence is a group of elected full-time faculty with responsibilities to:
a) Serve as a peer-review body for multi-year contract applications of full-time faculty;
b) Provide input to the VP/Provosts, Senior Vice-President of Campus Operations, District President, and Board of Trustees on the applications for multi-year contracts;
c) Oversee the distribution of professional development and travel funds for full-time faculty;
d) Conduct the annual Outstanding Professor and Piper Professor Selection processes; and
e) Oversee the UTD Scholarship Program;
f) Coordinate the Faculty Emeritus Selection process.