Senate & Committee Handbook

Located Inside: Academic Council Senate.

Table of Contents

An Overview of University Governance

The Founding Grant

The Articles of Organization of the Academic Council

The Senate of the Academic Council

The Committee Structure of the University

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

Charges to University Committees

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

Charge to the Committee on Faculty Staff Human Resources

Charge to the Committee on Health and Safety

Charge to the Committee on Land and Building Development

Charge to the Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility

Charge to the Editorial Board of Stanford University Press

Charge to the KZSU Board of Directors

Charge to the Committee on Public Events

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