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Academic Priorities Council

Chair: Kathleen Debevec

Membership List

Minutes

2008-2009 Annual Report

2003-2004 Annual Report

During the Fall 2009 semester the Academic Priorities Council will meet:
  Tuesday, September 22 (CC 905-09)    
  Tuesday, October 20 (CC 911-15)
  Tuesday, November 17 (CC 903)
  Tuesday, December 8 (CC 903)

All meetings will be held at 3:00 p.m.

An Exploration into Improving Academic Supply (Deliverables) Relative to Student Demand
AQAD Summaries 1998-2004


The Academic Priorities Council shall:
(a) Provide advice to the Administration on all matters of academic planning and priority;
(b) Provide periodic advice to the Administration relating to the growth, stabilization, reduction
     merger and closure of academic programs;
(c) Review, at the request of the Administration, long-range plans involving changes in
     academic priorities;
(d) Develop criteria and procedures whereby programs can be assigned an academic priority;
(e) Review all proposals for new programs. Since the concept of priority includes competition for
     resources, the Council's review may include an assessment of the priority of the proposed
     new program in relation to existing program with which the new program will compete; and
(f) Review and respond to AQAD Reports.

Its membership shall be:
(a) Fifteen Faculty Members, including one from each of the Schools and Colleges and one from
     the Professional Library Staff selected at large;
(b) A Representative of the Massachusetts Society of Professors;
(c) The Provost or a designee, serving ex officio;
(d) The Chairperson of the Academic Matters Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(e) The Chairperson of the Program and Budget Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(f) The Chairperson of the Graduate Council or a designee, serving ex officio;
(g) The Secretary of the Faculty Senate or a designee, serving ex officio, non-voting;
(h) One Graduate Student; and
(i) Two Undergraduate Students.

From Chapter 5 Section 3 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws

 

Councils

Academic Matters
Academic Priorities
Athletic
General Education
Graduate
Health
International Studies
Program and Budget
Research
Research Library
Status of Diversity
Status of Women
Student Affairs and University Life
Undergraduate Education
University Relations and Advancement
University Service, Public Service and Outreach

Committees

Admissions and Records
Campus Physical Planning
Committee on Committees
Rules
Service Departments
University Computer and Electronic Communications
University Press
University Writing

Ad Hoc Committees

Certificates (ACERT)
Executive Advisory Council (EAC)
General Education Revision and Implementation (GERICO)
Impact and Implications of Digital Scholarship
Online Learning (ACOL)
Strategic Oversight (AHCSO)
Student Plagiarism (ACOSP)
System Performance and System Structure (ACOSS)

Capital Asset Task Force (CATF)
UMA 250 Task Force