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The Faculty Advisory Committee was mandated
by the law that established the State Board for
Higher Education. The Committee's thirteen mem-
bers represent faculties from all segments of higher
education in the State, including the private sector.
The FAC is the only body that officially represents
the 7,000 faculty members in Maryland's public
and private educational institutions. Committee
members are elected to three-year terms by official
faculty groups of the various segments. The Com-
mittee meets monthly.

LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Dr. John Williamson

The Library Advisory Committee is composed of
eleven members representing both the professional
librarians and the central administrations of the
segments of higher education: the University of
Maryland, the State colleges and universities,
Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of
Maryland, the community colleges, and the inde-
pendent colleges and universities. The Division of
Library Development and Services of the State
Department of Education is also represented.

STUDENT ADVISORY ASSEMBLY

Chairperson: Kimberly McFann

The Assembly consists of the presidents of the
student government associations of all two- and
four-year public and independent institutions of
higher learning in Maryland and is the only
officially sanctioned body representing the State's
239,000 college students.

The Assembly was created in 1980 when the
State Board for Higher Education unanimously
passed a resolution presented to it by the out-going
Student Advisory Committee. The Assembly re-
places that Committee and provides more equal
and better representation of students before the
State Board and the Maryland academic communi-
ty.

MARYLAND FIRE-RESCUE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Charles W. Riley, 1987

Thomas J. Baginski, 1985; Robert J. Smith, 1985;
J. Donald Mooney, 1986; Frederick R, Seibel
III, 1986; Robert N. Dempsey, 1987; Peter J.
O'Connor, Jr., 1987; Elwood H. Banister, 1988;
Steven T. Edwards, 1988; Elizabeth Scanlan,
1988; Robert H. Shimer, 1988.

16 Francis St.
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 269-2971

Chapter 682, Acts of 1976, established the
Maryland Fire-Rescue Education and Training
Commission within the State Board for Higher
Education. The Commission reports to and is
subject to the authority of the Commissioner of
Higher Education. The Commission consists of
eleven members appointed by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Senate.

The Fire-Rescue Education and Training Com-
mission develops standards for fire-rescue educa-
tion programs and procedures, and for the accredi-
tation of instructors and schools involved in these
programs. The Commission develops and main-
tains a statewide master plan to coordinate all
emergency services training courses and activities
in Maryland. In support of its other activities, the
Commission collects and disseminates data and
reviews research relevant to fire-rescue education.
The Commission prepares an annual report that
describes its activities and sets forth its recommen-
dations for improvements in emergency services
education. The Commission's activities are carried
out in cooperation with the University of Mary-
land and other schools engaged in training fire-
rescue personnel in the State (Code Education
Article, sec. 12-113).

ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES
ACTS

Chairperson: Constance Lieder, Secretary of State
Planning

William M. Brish; J. Elizabeth Garraway; David
W. Hornbeck; Brent M. Johnson; Henry J.
Knott; Parlett L. Moore; William A. Ruhl, Sr.;
Jean E. Spencer; one vacancy.

Charles J. Lietwiler, Executive Secretary

c/o Department of State Planning
301 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2270

Title VII-A of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(Public Law 89-329, as amended) provides federal
grants to institutions of higher education to finance
the construction of classrooms, laboratories, and
libraries.

Title VII-C of the same Act provides federal
grants to subsidize the interest payments on bonds
and mortgages used to finance such construction
when direct federal funding is unavailable.