The university, as a community of scholars sometimes referred to as the "academy", vests responsibility for effectively carrying out its educational mission to the faculty. Faculties have traditionally played a key role in shared governance and academic collegiality of institutions of higher education.

The primary mechanism for the formulation and oversight of academic policy is the Faculty Senate. Concerns addressed by the Faculty Senate include the following: course and program development and change; policies related to academic procedures; academic freedom and faculty rights and responsibilities; and quality of teaching, research and service.

Information:

Jayne Harvie, Coordinator, Governance Office
474-7964      fysenat@uaf.edu

Marsha Sousa, Faculty Senate President
455-2867     ffmcs@uaf.edu

Jonathan Dehn, Faculty Senate President-Elect
474-6499     jdehn@gi.alaska.edu