Notes:
Duke: https://www.dukestudentgovernment.org/_files/ugd/808093_09446412f8814536a557cf484d3a7586.pdf
- “having a proactive role in pursuing student interests and lobbying the Administration through their active involvement in the Senate, DSG Standing Committees, and University Committees.”
- responsible for attending all meetings unless excused otherwise
- “expected to complete the Student Organization Financial Training as well as a cultural competency or implicit bias training each session”
- “expected to provide public project updates at once per semester. Such updates may include a special presentation or report to the full Senate, legislation to be voted on by the full Senate, or written account submitted to the Vice President of a Senator's committee.”
- expected to apply to join speciality committees that work on issues related to finances, bylaws, statutes, equity, campus life, and sustainability.
- SECTION 1: The Academic Affairs Committee
- The Academic Affairs Committee oversees all activities that support the academic mission of the University. The Academic Affairs Committee shall have purview over Duke curriculum, faculty programs and pedagogy, course evaluations, academic advising, course registration, tuition, financial aid, the university academic calendar, admissions, student-faculty interaction, the Undergraduate Honor Code, academic services, study abroad programs, international civic engagement programs, and special academic programs. The Academic Affairs Committee shall also work closely with the Office of the Provost, the office of the Dean of Trinity College, the Office of Undergraduate Education, and the office of the Dean of the Pratt School for Engineering.
Yale: https://www.gpsenate.yale.edu/bylaws
- “vote on each matter where the Nonstock Corporation Act of the State of Connecticut, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws require the vote of the members of the Corporation”
- “responsible for relaying the views and feedback of Student Members in their Department, Program or School”
- “shall serve on at least one permanent Standing Committee per Senate Session” unless an officer
- “fails to attend at least three fifths (3/5) of the regular meetings held by The Senate per semester, without justification, shall be deemed Not In Good Standing. Senate Members Not In Good standing will receive a notice by the Secretary notifying them of their status and shall lose voting rights until they attend one regular meeting”
- Irrelevant to academic senator responsibilities, no specific sector related to that
Upenn: https://secretary.upenn.edu/univ-council/bylaws-university-council
- “requires a readiness to attend meetings of the Council regularly and to participate fully in its business, including the work of its committees. It is the continuous obligation of the members of the Council to report to the members of their constituencies about the discussions, decisions, and recommendations of the Council and to solicit questions and suggestions from them for presentation to the Council.”
- Irrelevant to specific responsibilities of academic senators
https://senate.ucr.edu/about/duties_structure
- This is adult senate overseeing several institutions
- Responsibilities
- Authorize, approve, and supervise all courses (except those of certain graduate professional schools).
- Determine the conditions of admissions, certificates and degrees.
- Recommend the hiring and promotion of faculty members.
- Approve the publication of manuscripts by the University of California Press.
- Advise on the administration of the UC libraries.
- Assist in the searches for deans, chancellors, and presidents.
- Advise the university president and the chancellors on budget and administrative matters under the rules of "shared governance."
- Shared governance - establish communication channel and relationship with faculty and administrators
- Address issues ranging from resource allocation and planning, benefits and working conditions, teaching, affirmative action and diversity, disciplinary action – basically anything related to faculty/staff topics, admissions, student standing
- Assuring faculty quality
- Relationship between students and faculty - complaints, suggestions, reviews, promotion/tenure or also termination
- Academic senate committees
- Faculty welfare (could also be student welfare in our case)
- Educational policy? What policy?
- Affirmative action
- Privilege and tenure - student review/faculty quality
- Rules and jurisdiction
https://senate.ucsd.edu/Operating-Procedures/Senate-Manual/Appendices/105.2
- I dont think relevant, different interpretation of academic senate
https://academic-senate.catholic.edu/
- “Establishing, maintaining, supervising, and in general being responsible for the academic policies of the universtiy”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14E_N8Vk17wsiZeyU1fRVoggpEj3fDQ-mLoQzWGEriNU/edit
- Academic Director committees
- Course of Study Committee
- Committee on Teaching, Learning, and Advising
- Calendar Committee.
Overall
- Most academic senates are composed of faculty/staff regarding higher institutional issues above reach of SGA
- Academic senate typically viewed as speaking on behalf of the faculty and overseeing all things academic - new majors, courses, admissions requirements, etc
- Idk if you want to do something similar or kinda create our own thing bc idt ive found a single one thats undergraduate - closest one was duke’s academic affairs committee