ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Overview
Advisory to the
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Identifies, advises, and
consults on academic issues of importance to the entire University in
conjunction with SACUA and Senate Assembly.
Recent Topics: Expansion of Faculty Senate (clinical faculty, assistant librarians), flexible tenure, grade inflation, online grade reporting, registration brackets, satisfaction surveys of students and faculty, textbook lists, undergraduate admissions and student success, budget concerns due to reduction in state appropriation, online teaching evaluations, selection process for Deans and Department Chairs, shared governance.
Chair 2009-2010:
Greg Wakefield, Electrical Engineering
ghw@umich.edu
3637 CSE, Box 2121
(734) 763-1254
Membership:
| Name | Unit | Term Ends: |
| Greg Wakefield, Chair | Electrical Engineering | 09/01/10 |
| Stanley Berent | Medicine-Neuropsychology | 09/01/11 |
| David Dowling | Mechanical Engineering | 09/01/12 |
| Lincoln Faller | LSA-English, Language and Literature | 09/01/10 |
| Timothy McKay | LSA - Physics | 09/01/12 |
| Elizabeth Moje | Education | 09/01/12 |
| Charles Smith | Medicine-Pharmacology | 09/01/11 |
| Patricia Van Volkinburg | Kinesiology | 09/01/11 |
| Arthur Verhoogt | Classical Studies | 09/01/10 |
| Michigan Student Assembly | 05/01/10 | |
| Michigan Student Assembly | 05/01/10 | |
| Faculty Governance Office | N/A | |
| Tom Schneider | Faculty Governance Office | N/A |
Established by Senate Assembly according to Regent's Bylaw 4.06 :
...The assembly shall establish standing committees to advise and consult with the vice presidents of the University on matters within the areas of their respective responsibilities....
Purpose: Advises the Vice President for Academic Affairs, SACUA and Senate Assembly]
Composition: On September 20, 1993 Senate Assembly approved the expansion of AAAC from six to ten faculty members.
Procedures: Meets every other week during the academic year.
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