Welcome to the Academic Senate
UC faculty in the Academic Senate carry out shared-governance responsibilities established by The Regents. The Senate is empowered by UC's governing body, the Board of Regents, to exercise direct control over academic matters of central importance to the University – to determine academic policy, set conditions for admission and the granting of degrees, authorize and supervise courses and curricula; and to advise the administration on faculty appointments, promotions and budgets.
2024-25 Academic Council Chair: Steven Cheung
2024-25 Academic Council Vice Chair: Ahmet Palazoglu
What's New
Shift in Senate Regulation Wording
The Academic Senate changed the language of its systemwide regulations to support student success.
Mitigating Covid-19 Impacts on Faculty Final Report
Read the final report of the joint Academic Senate-Administration working group on mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on faculty careers.
Oliver Johnson Award Winners
UC Santa Barbara Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani and UC Irvine Professor Mary Gilly were selected as the recipients of the 2024 Oliver Johnson Award.
Incoming Academic Council Vice Chair Ahmet Palazoglu
UC Davis Professor Ahmet Palazoglu has been elected by the Assembly of the Academic Senate to serve as the systemwide Academic Council vice chair for 2024-25, and as the chair for 2025-26.
Paper on Shared Governance
View a new paper on the history of shared governance at UC by John Aubrey Douglass from the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education. (October 2023)
Divisional Sites
Travel & Reimbursement
Video Conference Instructions
Oliver Johnson Award
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