Numbers in parentheses indicate respectively the number of faculty members, ex-officio members (often officers of administration) and student members. The faculty, staff members and students for 2007-2008 as well as ex-officio members appear in brackets.
Academic Standing (CAS) (6-4-0): Responsible for maintaining academic standards. Reviews records of students with inadequate academic performance; rules on requests for the waiving of academic regulations or other unusual academic activities; and decides on some requests for readmission. [John Thoman, Chair, Sarah Hammerschlag, Scarlett Jang, Ari Solomon, Janneke van de Stadt, Dave Johnson*, Richard Nesbitt*, Karen Merrill*, Charles Toomajian Jr.*]
Appointments and Promotions (CAP) (3-3-0): advises the President and trustees about faculty appointments and advancement. Although students do not sit with the committee, the CAP receives student opinion about faculty from the departments. Departments gather student opinion through student advisory committees, direct interviews with students, and the Student Course Evaluation Survey. In addition, students may volunteer evaluations to department chairs or the the Dean of the Faculty directly. [Ralph Bradburd, Andrea Danyluk, Leyla Rouhi, William Lenhart*, William Wagner*, Morton Owen Schapiro*.]
Calendar and Schedule (3-3-3): Deals with proposing the academic calendar to the faculty and with approving the class hour schedules submitted by the departments. [Kevin Jones, Chair, Ed Gollin, Tanseli Savaser, Bud Fisher*, Stephen Sneed*, Barbara Casey*, Daniel Hong '09, 2 students to be announced.]
Discipline (8-1-8): Hears and rules upon cases of alleged violations of College regulations. All the student members also serve as the Student Honor Subcommittee, which hears cases of alleged violations of the Honor Code and recommends appropriate action to the Dean. Four faculty members of the Discipline Committee serve in an advisory capacity to the Honor Committee. [Duane Bailey+, Chair of Discipline Committee and Chair of Honor Committee, Ronadh Cox, Robert Dalzell+, Theo Davis+, Susan Engel, Peter Just, Gag McWeeny, Alix Rorke+, Karen Merrill+*, students to be announced.]
Diversity and Community: The Committee, comprising faculty, staff, and students selected by the President, is charged "with the responsibility for monitoring race relations at Williams, making recommendations for improvement, and arranging activities and events designed to promote racial understanding at the College." The role of the Committee in campus affairs includes arranging panels and sponsoring speakers and discussing such matters such as minority admissions, first year orientation, and the representation of minority concerns in the curriculum. [Wendy Raymond, Chair, Gayle Barton, Gail Bouknight-Davis, Shannon Bryant (Fall Semester), Marie Elena Cepeda, Edward Epping, Joyce Foster, Christine Menard, Michelyn Pinard (Spring Semester), Michael Reed*, Stephanie Robolin, Liliana Rodriguez, Gail Rondeau, Omar Sangare, Richard Spalding, Kimberly Dacres '08, Louisa Hong '08, Paulette Rodriguez '08, Uzaib Y. Saya '08, Sarah C. Hill '09, Anthony Coleman '10, Mia Desimone '10.]
Educational Policy (7-4-6): Recommends educational policy and maintains a College-wide overview of the curriculum. [Monique Deveaux, Chair, Christopher Bolton, Kerry Christensen, Will Dudley, Manual Morales, Anne Reinhardt, Cesar Silva, Karen Merrill*, William Wagner*, Charles Toomajian Jr.*, Morton Owen Schapiro*, Rachel Allen '08, Adam Baron '10, Alexander Beecher '10, Jared Currier '09, Cameron Henry '09, Hnin Hnin '10, Julia Kropp '08, Martin Sawyer '08.]
Faculty Steering Committee (6-0-0): discusses topics of particular interest to faculty and meets with student groups from time to time to discuss issues in common. [Tiku Majumder, Chair, Denise Buell, Stephen Fix, Amy Gehring, Gretchen Long, Bernie Rhie.]
Honorary Degrees (3-2-4): Makes recommendations to the President and Trustees on honorary degree recipients and speakers at Commencement and Convocation. [Julie Cassiday, David Dethier, Michael MacDonald, Jefferson Strait*, Keli Kaegi*, students to be annouced.]
Information Technology (4-5-3): Recommends policies for use of computers and word processors in courses and for research; advises on the acquisition of hardware and software needed to support academic computing. [Hank Art, Chair, Jared Carbone, Aida Laleian, Mihai Stoiciu, William Lenhart*, David Pilachowski*, Dinny Taylor*, Charles Toomajian Jr., Thomas Dwyer, Srjun Narayan '10, Aaron Schwartz '09, Rahul Shah '09.]
Lecture (4-0-4): Schedules and makes arrangements for visiting lecturers. [John Limon, Chair, Gene Bell-Villada, Markes Johnson, Lucie Schmidt, Adam Baron '10, Jessica Clarke '10, Martin Sawyer '08, Juanita Monsalve '10.]
Library (3-3-3): Makes recommendations on matters of library policy, including the allocation of the purchasing budget among the academic departments. [Jennifer Bloxam, Chair, Allison Pacelli, Anand Swamy, William Lenhart*, David Pilachowski*, Robert Volz*, Sara duPoint '08, Elizabeth Leibinger '09, Brittni Micham '10, Narae Park '10.]
Priorities and Resources (4-4-3): Reviews trends in the annual College budget and consults with the Provost, Vice Provost and Treasurer on them as well as on matters relating to priorities in fundraising and resources for capital expenditures, principally for middle-to-long-range spans of time. [Colin Adams, Chair, Edan Dekel, Steve Freund, Safa Zaki, Stephen Birrell*, Keith Finan*, William Lenhart*, Steve Klass*, students to be announced.]
Undergraduate Life (5-2-6): Recommends policy on all non-academic aspects of student life including faculty-student relations, student governance, student housing, and athletic activities. [Stewart Johnson, Chair, Roger Kittleson, Fran Vandermeer, Amanda Wilcox, Jason Wilder, Douglas Bazuin*, Mack Brickley '08, Mia DeSimone '10, Allie Gardner '10, Tammy Kim '08, Jenny Schnabl '10, Jon Stone '08.]
Winter Study (5-2-4): Recommends policy on the Winter Study Program and administers it, including review of all faculty and student projects for approval and allocation of funding. [Ollie Beaver, Chair, Ilona Bell, Robyn Marasco, Nathan Sanders, Arafaat Valiani, Barbara Casey*, Paula Consolini*, Christine Menard*, Kimberly Dacres '08, Diana Jaffe '08, Stephanie Kim '10, Jenny Schnabl '10.]