Past Senate Special Committees and Ad-Hoc Groups
The Academic Council regularly convenes task forces and workgroups to address specific issues within a limited timeframe. Periodically, special committees are created for longer duration.
Past Workgroups and Task Forces
- Academic Senate Task Force on UC Adaptation to Disruptions (UCAD) (2025-2026) Final Report
- Academic Senate AI Workgroup (2024-2025) Final Report
- Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) Workgroup on Mathematics (Area C) Preparation (2023-2024) Stage 2 Report
- Academic Senate Climate Crisis Faculty Group (2021-2022) Memorial to the Regents on Fossil Fuel Combustion
- Entry Level Writing Requirement Task Force (2021-2022) Charge
- BOARS Ethnic Studies Implementation Workgroup (2022-2023)
- Standardized Testing Task Force (2019-2020) Website
- Academic Council Teaching Evaluation Task Force (2019-2020) Final Report
- Online Undergraduate Degree Task Force (2019-2020) [Report with review comments]
- ACSCANR - Academic Council Special Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (2011-2015) Annual Report 2014-15
- Blue Ribbon Panel on Evaluation of Online Instruction Pilot Project (2013-2014) Report
- CAGSS - Academic Council Task Force on Competitiveness in Academic Graduate Student Support (2011-2012) Final Report
- Senate-Administration Task Force on Faculty Salaries (2011) Recommendations
- Task Force on Senate Membership (2009-2010) Final Report
- Special Committee on Remote and Online Instruction and Residency (2008-2010) Final Report
- Academic Council Work Group on the UC Science and Mathematics Initiative (2005-2006) Final Report
- ACSCONL - Academic Council Special Committee on the National Labs (2004-2007)
- Special Committee on Scholarly Communication (2004-2006, See UCOLASC Resources)
- Academic Council AP Honors Task Force (2003-2005) Report
- Academic Council Ad-Hoc Committee on Bylaws (2002-2004) Report
- Professorial Step System Task Force (2003-2004) Final Report
- Academic Council Task Force on Course Descriptions (2002-2003) Final Report
- Academic Senate’s Workgroup on the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) (1998-1999) Final Report
Leadership Searches
- 2025 Academic Advisory Committee for the UC Presidential Search
- Chancellor Search Advisory Committees:
