Table of Contents

An Overview of University Governance

The Founding Grant.................................................................................................................... i

The Articles of Organization of the Academic Council................................................................. i

The Senate of the Academic Council........................................................................................... ii

The Committee Structure of the University................................................................................ iii

Articles of Organization of the Academic Council

Chapter I Articles of Organization of the Academic Council

Chapter II. The President

Chapter III. The Acting President

Chapter IV. The Professoriate and the Academic Council

Chapter V. Elections to the Senate and the Advisory Board

Chapter VI. The Advisory Board

Chapter VII. The Senate of the Academic Council

Chapter VIII. Committees, Boards, Panels and Commissions

Chapter IX. The Departmental Professoriate

Chapter X. The Registrar

Chapter XI. The Director of University Libraries

Chapter XII. The Academic Secretary

Charter of the Senate of the Academic Council

Article I

Article II: Composition of the Senate

Article III: Organization and Rules

Article IV: Committees of the Academic Council

Article V: The Academic Council and Its Relation to the Senate

Article VI: Amendments

Rules of the Senate of the Academic Council

I. Membership, Meetings, and Quorum

II. Order of Business

III. Officers

IV. Attendance, Debate, and Voting

V. Limitation of Succession of Representation

VI. Committees of the Academic Council

VII.  Accessibility of Official Records

VIII. Apportionment of the Academic Council, Senate Electoral Units, and
 Advisory Board Electoral Groups

IX. Other Provisions

Academic Council Standing Committees

Committee on Committees Position on Academic Council Committee Memberships

Powers and Responsibilities of Academic Council Committees

Responsibilities of the Chair of an Academic Council Committee

Excerpt from the "Report on the Committee Structure of the University"

Committee Responsibilities and Operations

Charges to Standing Committees of the Academic Council

Charge to the Committee on Academic Computing and Information Systems

Charge to the Committee on Graduate Studies

Charge to the Committee on Libraries

Charge to the Committee on Research

Charge to the Committee on Review of Undergraduate Majors

Charge to the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aids

Charge to the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policy

Charge to the Policy and Planning Board

Guidelines for Committees, Panels, and Commissions

Letter from the President

Guidelines On Confidentiality of Administrative Panel Proceedings

Rules Regarding University Committees

Policy Regarding President's Commissions

Policy Regarding Administrative Panels

Charges to University Committees

Charge to the Committee on Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation

Charge to the Committee on Faculty and Staff Human Resources

Charge to the Committee on Health and Safety

Charge to the Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility

Charge to the Panel on Outdoor Art

Charges to Special Administrative Panels

Charge to the Administrative Panel on Biosafety

Charge to the Administrative Panel on Human Subjects in Medical Research

Charge to the Administrative Panel on Human Subjects in Non-Medical Research

Charge to the Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care

Charge to the Administrative Panel on Radiological Safety