Academic Senate Representatives

Learn the duties of Sixth College's faculty representatives to the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate.

The Academic Senate is one of three governance branches in the University of California system. In the San Diego division of the Academic Senate, the Representative Assembly is the legislative body, which consists of 86 members:

• Ex-officio members
• Representatives from academic departments
• Representatives from UCSD's six colleges

In accordance with the bylaws, each college sends two representatives to the Representative Assembly.

Duties of Academic Senate representatives from Sixth College

An Academic Senate representative:

• Serves a 2-year term, meets 6 to 8 times throughout the year, and acts on committee recommendations on various matters
• Advises in the areas of faculty appointment and promotion, budget priority and policy, library policy, research policy, academic freedom, faculty privilege and tenure, faculty welfare, faculty and student affirmative action, campus planning, and computer policy
• Takes part in the search for deans, chancellors, and presidents, and is called upon to recommend faculty for service on administrative committees