Academic Affairs
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE NEW SCHOOL PROPOSALS - GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION (TEMPLATE)
NEW DEGREE PROPOSAL TEMPLATE
PROTOCOL FOR REVIEW
Membership:
Fourteen members with four appointed
by the Executive Council each year. The committee shall consist
of four members selected from the College of Arts and Sciences
and one member selected from each other School of the University.
At the time of his or her selection, each member shall be a regular
member of the Faculty Senate who does not hold a position as a
dean, associate dean or assistant dean in any school. The chair
of the committee is an ex-officio member of the Executive Council.
Ex officio:
Senate Chair, Senate Chair-Elect, and Executive Vice President and Provost
Term in office:
Staggered three-year terms
Functions:
At the beginning of each academic year, the
committee will meet with the Provost to review emerging academic
issues, to discuss priorities for the agenda in the year ahead,
and to plan for ad hoc assignments pertaining to academic affairs.
The committee will be responsible for all issues pertaining
to matters of curricular and academic program review and will
be responsible for the Senate's role in the creation and elimination
of academic programs. The committee will formulate policies
affecting faculty in the performance of their duties; consider
policies and offer advice pertaining to student admissions,
graduation, and enrollment; and oversee work relating to student
assessment and academic program evaluation. A member of the
committee will be nominated to serve as the Senate representative
on the University Teaching Award Committee. As necessary, the
committee will ask the Executive Council to appoint ad hoc subcommittees
to assist in the performance of its duties.
Standing Charges summarized:
- Meet with Provost at beginning of year to discuss priorities
for year ahead.
- Review curriculum and academic programs as
issues emerge.
- Consider policies affecting faculty in the
performance of their duties.
- Offer advice pertaining to student
admissions, graduation and enrollment.
Members (2012-2013)
- Senate Members
- Executive Council
- Committees & Task Forces
- Faculty Senate Survey
- Meetings & Minutes
- U.Va. Committee Representatives
- Faculty Grievances
- Reports & Documents
- Faculty Senate Degree Program Review, Resolutions, and Statements
- Chair's Report - Kenneth Schwartz (November 29, 2006)
- Faculty Demographics - Gertrude Fraser (November 29, 2006)
- Kenneth Schwartz's Remarks to the Faculty Senators, September 21, 2006
- Kenneth Schwartz's Remarks to the BOV Educational Policy Committee -- September 12, 2006
- New Senator Orientation 2006/2007, August 28, 2006
- Faculty Senate Report - Houston Wood, Chair & Kenneth Schwartz, Chair-Elect
- Chair's End of the Year Report (2006) -- Houston G. Wood, Chair
- Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Mt. Graham Telescope Project
- Proposal for a Faculty Senate By Laws Amendment -- Kenneth Schwartz
- A University Policy Recommendation -- Teresa Culver
- Houston G. Wood Comments to the Board of Visitors -- April 7, 2006
- Statement of the Faculty Senate Against Intolerance, September 19, 2005
- Chair's End of the Year Report (2005) -- Marcia Day Childress, Chair
- Marcia Day Childress - Comments to the Board of Visitors, February 3, 2005
- Statement of the University of Virginia Faculty Senate on Restructuring Public Higher Education in Virginia
- Marcia Day Childress Comments to the BOV Education Policy Committee -- September 18, 2004
- Robert E. Davis Comments to the Board of Visitors -- October 3, 2003
- Michael J. Smith Comments to the Board of Visitors -- April 5, 2003
- Michael J. Smith Comments to the Board of Visitors -- October 5, 2002
- Faculty Senate resolution regarding the University of Virginia's current admissions policies (October 4, 1999)
- The Role of Information Technology in the Life of the University: A University-Wide Conversation
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 2005-2006
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 2004-2005
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 2002-2003
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 2001-2002
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 2000-2001
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 1999-2000
- Faculty Senate Retreat - 1998-1999
- Reports on IT Usage at UVA, Faculty Senate
- Academic Affairs Committee
- Charge to Committee on Academic Affairs
- Graduate Student Funding
- Initiative to Promote Excellent Teaching
- Reports on IT Usage
- Residence Halls Conversations
- Departments
- Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Development
- Dissertation-Year Fellowships Review
- Dissertation-Year Fellowships - 2004-2005
- Dynamic Synergy: Teaching and Research at the University of Virginia
- Faculty Senate Resolution
- Policy and Procedures
- Faculty Grievance Committee
- Harrison Undergraduate Research Award Recipients 1999-2000
- Harrison Undergraduate Research Award Recipients 2001-2002
- Harrison Award Winners 2002-2003
- Harrison Undergraduate Research Award Recipients 1999
- Academic Affairs Committee
- Recommendations Concerning Interdisciplinary Teaching
- A University-Wide Discussion of the Role of Information Technology: Reports
- Junior Faculty Development and Retention
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering - School of Engineering & Applied Science
- Faculty Senate Planning and Development Committee 2005-2006
- Charge to Research and Scholarship Committee
- Committee on Research and Scholarship
- Research and Scholarship Committee
- Research and Scholarship Committee
- University-wide Conversation on Teaching
- University-wide Conversation on Teaching
- Information Technology and the Life of the University: A Conversation
- University Teaching initiative Projects
- University-Wide Teaching Conversations
- Statement to the Virginia Tech Community
- A Faculty Senate Vision for U.Va.
- Feasibility Study for a Graduate Professional Student Studies Center at U.Va.
- School of Architecture
- Department of English
- Department of Economics
- Department of Environmental Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Religious Studies
- McIntire School of Commerce
- Darden School of Business
- Department of Curriculum, Instruction, & Special Education
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Leadership, Foundations, & Policy
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- Department of Biochemistry
- School of Nursing
- Degree Program Review, Resolutions, and Statements
- Awards & Fellowships
- Constitution and Bylaws
- Archived Documents
- FAQS And Resources
- Contact/Location
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