Article II : Organization

SECTION A -Fiscal Year
The fiscal year for the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education shall be from July 1through June 30.

SECTION B - Membership Criteria
Membership will be composed of universities providing research, service, and instruction in career and technical education and human resource development. Membership will be limited to those universities meeting the following criteria.

1. Doctoral Program: The doctoral program must be supported by graduate faculty representing expertise in career and technical education and human resource development or related fields. As identified by the institution's graduate school, the doctoral program must have an emphasis in career and technical education and human resource development. The doctoral program(s) as described above must have produced one or more doctorates in the previous three years.
   
2. Related Discipline: Support shall be available in the related disciplines necessary to guarantee breadth of the doctoral program.
3. Staff/faculty Research Development: The faculty has made and continues to make contributions to the fields of career and technical education and human resource development or related disciplines through scholarly inquiry recognized as worthwhile by the Council.

SECTION C - Membership
Prospective institutional members shall submit an application for membership using forms approved by the Council together with such supporting materials deemed necessary to show eligibility. The Board of Trustees, or a review committee appointed by the President for this purpose, shall evaluate the application and support materials submitted and recommend to the President the acceptance or rejection of the application. If the recommendation is favorable, the President shall appoint a committee to verify the authenticity of the application submitted as well as to clarify any questions raised by the review committee. The committee shall report its findings at a meeting of the Representative Assembly of the Council and recommend acceptance or rejection of the institution as a new member. A positive vote by three-fourths of the delegates will be sufficient to elect the institution to membership on the Council. The Board of Trustees shall be authorized to recommend temporary modifications of the membership criteria to accommodate unique situations of member institutions or institution applying for membership. The Board of Trustees may appoint ex-officio members to foster collaboration with individuals and organizations which focus on issues affecting education, training and development

Member institutions who fail to send a delegate to the annual meeting of the Representative Assembly and/or fail to meet other requirements for membership as, stated in Sections B and C of Article II on Organization, shall be placed on probation for one year by the Executive Committee. Failure to correct deficiencies to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee by the second year from the time of violation will result in loss of Council membership upon recommendation of Trustees and approval by Delegate Assembly.