Academic Council
Purpose
Academic Council (AC) shall be the Shared Governance System (SGS) committee that will receive recommendations on academic matters from the Faculty Senate and other academics as appropriate. The AC will make final recommendations to the Provost on all academic matters including but not limited to policies on:
- Enrollment and admission
- Scholarships
- Catalog revisions
- Curriculum issues
- Degree requirements
- SACS accreditation
The responsibilities of the SGS also include monitoring and overseeing the implementation of policies and procedures.
Committee Structure
The Academic Council (AC) shall have representatives from the academic administration, the Council of Professors and Faculty Senate, and be chaired by the Provost. The AC voting membership is as follows:
- Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
- Vice Provost
- Sr. Associate Vice President for Information Technology
- Associate Vice President for Student Success
- Academic Deans (4)
- Faculty Senate (8)
- Representative from the Council of Professors (1)
- Representative from the Council of Chairs (1)
The Provost is the only officer and chair of Academic Council.
Regular meetings normally are called once a month, on the second Thursday during the nine-month academic year by the Provost. The Chair may cancel a regularly scheduled meeting if no action or discussion items are pending or for other good reasons. Special meetings may be called by the chair or when requested by 25 percent of the membership. Quorum: 60 percent of the membership constitutes a quorum (11 members).
Amendments to the Constitution require two-thirds of membership approval.
Committee Bylaws
Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held once a month on the second Thursday from 2-3:30 p.m.
Meeting Minutes
Academic Council
2024-2025
- September 2024
- October 2024
- November 2024
- December 2024
- January 2025
- February 2025
- March 2025
- April 2025
- May 2025
2023-2024
- September 2023
- October 2023
- November 2023 - Cancelled
- December 2023 – No Meeting
- January 2024
- February 2024
- March 2024
- April 2024
- May 2024
2022-2023
- September 2022*
- October 2022
- November 2022
- December 2022*
- January 31 2023 (Special Called)
- February 2023
- March 2023
- April 2023
- April 5 2023 (Special Called)
- May 2023
2021-2022
- September 2021*
- October 2021
- November 2021*
- December 2021
- January 2022*
- February 2022
- March 2022
- April 2022
- May 2022*
2020-2021
- September 2020*
- October 2020
- November 2020
- December 2020
- January 2021*
- February 2021* (cancelled/weather)
- March 2021
- April 2021
- May 2021
2019-2020
- September 2019 (Cancelled/Weather)
- October 2019
- November 2019*
- December 2019
- January 2020*
- February 2020
- March 2020 (Special Called)
- April 2020
- May 2020
- June 2020*
- July 2020 (Special Called, E-Votes Result)
2018-2019
- September 2018
- October 2018
- November 2018
- December 2018*
- January 2019*
- February 2019 (E-Votes Result)
- February 2019
- March 2019
- April 2019 (E-Votes Result)
- May 2019*
Meetings occur September through May; unless Special Called.
* = no meeting held