Senate Document 06-02

                                                                                                            Faculty Affairs Committee

                                                                                                            For Discussion – Mar. 1, 2006
                                                                                                            Approved – March 1, 2006

TO:        Faculty Senate

FROM:  Faculty Affairs Committee

RE:       Resolution Regarding Appropriation of Syllabi

In response to a recent incident of misappropriation of certain syllabi, the Faculty Affairs Committee recommends that the Purdue University Calumet Faculty Senate adopt the following Resolution.

As stated in President’s Executive Memorandum B-10, governing intellectual property, Purdue University “does not claim ownership to instructional materials” and defines instructional materials as those the “primary use of which is for the instruction of students. Such works may include textbooks, syllabi, and study guides.”

Therefore, in the future such materials may not be appropriated and or distributed without the consent of the instructor for use outside of the university.

Approved:

A. Gregory (chair)

M. Dakich

M. Fathizadeh

L. Hollingsworth

M. Marthaler

B. Pai

D. Rinke

Disapproved:

Absent: