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What do the various CPUC Committees do?
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee members of the Graduate U-Council play an
important role. In addition to attending the regular monthly (every 6
weeks, actually) meeting, they also plan the agenda for the meeting.
That is, one to two weeks prior to each CPUC meeting, the Executive
Committee meets to discuss what should be on the agenda. As graduate
student members, we have raised issues such as graduate student housing,
health care, and post-enrollment concerns, which have subsequently been
included as part of the general CPUC meetings.
Resources Committee
The Resources Committee was formed in response to the University
community's desire to see something done about apartheid South Africa in
the early 1980s, specifically the call for divestment from companies doing
business in South Africa. The Resources Committee addresses any ethical
issues involved with the University's investments or resources. Most
significantly, the Resources Committee has addressed the issue of
"sweatshop" labor, Princeton's involvement with the Fair Labor Association
and other related issues. Responsibilities entail a commitment to the
explorations of issues of investment and social responsibility and two to
three 2 hour meetings a school year.
Priorities Committee
The main task of the Priorities Committee is to balance the budget of the
University. People make presentations to PriCom, which makes
recommendations to the President. The President makes proposals to the
Trustees. From October through December, PriCom typically meets 2-3 times
per week, sometimes for up to 3 hours.
Governance Committee
The governance committee meets occasionally (once or twice a year) to
review issues that come before the Board of Trustees, and is part of the
Honorary Degrees committee, which meets a few times a year to select the
honorary degree recipients. This is a lot of fun, actually, and you get
to interact with some pretty impressive people on the committee; it's an
interesting chance to see what constitutes greatness from Princeton's
perspective.
Judicial Committee
Description to come.
Rights and Rules Committee
Description to come.
This page is under construction and additional information will be
posted soon.
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