Composition of faculty senate a) Is it discriminative or non-democratic to require that the senate of a university or faculty should contain at least 2 (or 3) professors, or associates? 

b) Is it discriminative or non-democratic to require that the senate of a university or faculty should contain at least 2 bachelor students, 2 master students and 1 PhD student?

c) Can your dean influence the composition of the senate at your faculty?

d) How do you elect the members of senate at your university/faculty?
Not sure what you mean by "professors" because that varies from system to system. It is completely normal that there be a quota on the number of "academic staff" (i.e .professors in an American sense) on a university senate. I don't think it is unusual that there be a quota for "chairs" or "full-professors" (i.e. professors in the British sense).

At our university the senate is composed of:


The president/vice-chancellor of the university (1)
The vice-president of research and vice-presdient of learning and teaching (2)
The deputies of the above (2)
The pro-vice-chancellor of each faculty (5)
The head of research and head of learning and teaching of each faculty (10)
The head of each academic department. (43)
35 staff representatives elected from those on grade 8 and over (Lectuer in Brit-speak, assistant/associate professor in US, or equivalent from professional services). (35)
The 5 full-time student union officers (5)
One undergraduate student from each faculty, elected by students in that faculty (5)
Two post-graduate students elected by the students union (2)
One mature student elected by the students union. (1)
The librarian.


Whether or not this is discriminatory or democratic is a matter for debate I suppose. I'd only note that senate being democratic is not specified in the university's statues.

The powers of senate are a matter for discussion and in recent years the power of senates in most British universities is not seen as that great, with the exception of Oxford and Cambridge whose equivalent bodies (Regent House and Congregation) include almost all permanent academic staff at the university. However, while these bodies nominally have the final say, they are so large and unwieldy that they seldom intervene.