The Faculty Senate acts for the entire faculty in coordinating faculty governance at the University of New Mexico. The Senate exercises the faculty's responsibilities for education, care of students, their contributions to the academic excellence of the University, and to an environment in which all members of the campus community are free to learn and communicate. The policies and procedures by which this is governed, the Faculty Constitution and Faculty Senate Bylaws, as well as personnel policies regulating sabbatical leaves, promotion, and tenure, are found in the UNM Faculty Handbook.