Shared Governance
The Immigration & International Issues Committee is a shared governance committee (FPP 6.02.) with functions established in Faculty Policies & Procedures (FPP 6.61.).
Functions
- Provides general advice and recommendations to the administration and all governance bodies on immigration and international student and staff issues.
- Considers how immigration policy impacts UW–Madison students, faculty, and staff and then provides guidance to campus leadership, especially offices working with immigration issues.
- Considers how international policies impact UW–Madison students, faculty, and staff and then provides guidance to campus leadership, especially offices working with international issues.
- Appoints subcommittees or working groups to study issues, as appropriate.
Appointments
Committee members are appointed in accordance with Faculty Policies & Procedures (FPP 6.05. and FPP 6.61):
Membership
(17-19 seats)
- Four faculty appointed to three-year terms
- Two academic staff appointed to three-year terms
- Two university staff appointed to three-year terms
- Three students appointed to one-year terms. At least one of whom will be an undergraduate student and at least one a graduate student
- One postdoctoral scholar (research associate, postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral trainee), appointed by the Office of Postdoctoral Studies (VCRGE) for a one-year term
- Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division or designee, ex officio nonvoting
- Director of International Student Services or designee, ex officio nonvoting
- Director of International Faculty & Staff Services or designee, ex officio nonvoting
- Director of the Multicultural Student Center or designee, ex officio nonvoting
- Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic or designee, ex officio nonvoting
- Up to two community representatives as deemed appropriate by the committee, nonvoting
- Chair: The chair shall be chosen by the committee from among the faculty members appointed pursuant to section A.1. The committee may also, at its discretion, appoint an academic staff member, a university staff member, or a student appointed pursuant to A.2, A.3. and A.4. to serve as co-chair.
Immigration & International Issues Committee
Senate Actions
- Proposal to amend Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.61 Immigration and International Issues Committee by adding a postdoctoral scholar seat
(Faculty Document 3030, 2 May 2022) - Proposal to Standardize Membership Information in Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 6 Committees: FPP 6.42 (Information Technology Committee), FPP 6.61 (Immigration and International Issues Committee), and FPP 6.54 (University Committee)
(Faculty Document 2966, 4 October 2021) - Proposal to Create the Immigration and International Issues Committee in Faculty Policies and Procedures (Incorporating the Advisory Council on Immigration and International Student Issues)
(Faculty Document 2732, 5 March 2018)
Annual Reports
- Immigration & International Issues Committee Annual Report, 2020-2021
(Faculty Document 3026, 2 May 2022) - Immigration & International Issues Committee Annual Report, 2019-2020
(Faculty Document 2960, 4 October 2021) - Immigration & International Issues Committee Annual Report, 2018-2019
(Faculty Document 2885, 20 April 2020)