UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ACADEMIC PLANNING COUNCIL

PURPOSE AND MEMBERSHIP

 Both the Transition Team Task Force on Academic Planning and the Academic Council recommended that the Office of the President establish a joint administrative and Senate coordinating council that could guide Universitywide strategic academic planning. The resultant body, the Academic Planning Council (APC), replaced the Academic Planning and Program Review Board (APPRB).

The intention is to create an academic planning board that is parallel in scope of responsibility and configuration to the Executive Budget Committee. At the Universitywide level, the Council is intended to parallel the joint administrative/Senate committees on campus that are organized to assure timely decision-making on matters of academic planning. The APC does not alter or lessen the planning functions of other existing bodies, such as the Academic Council and the Council of Vice Chancellors.

Please go to the webpage for Academic Planning at the Systemwide Level – APC Statement of Purpose, which further describes the role of the APC and its relationship to other University groups.

APC Membership (as of 2004-05):

Chair: Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Four Office of the President Administrative Officers: Vice President for Health Affairs, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vice President for Educational Outreach, and Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives.

Four Campus Administrative Officers: Two Executive/Academic Vice Chancellors, one Vice Chancellor for Research or Graduate Dean, one Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Affairs or Undergraduate Dean.

Eight Academic Senate Members: Chair and Vice Chair of the Academic Council. The chairs of CCGA, UCPB, UCEP, and UCORP. Two additional Council members to be named by the Academic Council. The Chair of the Academic Council serves as the Vice Chair of the Academic Planning Council.

Two Student Members: one undergraduate student, one graduate student

February 23, 1994

revised September 2004