Spotlight & Events
LAUNCH OF THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
GRADUATE STUDENT FUNDING RESOLUTION
SCHOLARS AT RISK ANNUAL REPORT
2019-2020 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FOR THE GENERAL FACULTY AND FACULTY COUNCIL
TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE UT LIBRARIES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERY, COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND COMMERIALIZATION
WHAT IS THE FACULTY COUNCIL?
As The University of Texas at Austin’s Academic Senate, the Faculty Council is the guardian of the institution’s commitment to the academic principle of shared governance. It represents the 3,000 faculty members at UT, as well as students and staff. Its voting members are directly elected by the faculty and students. In open meetings, the Faculty Council discusses, evaluates, monitors, and recommends on all University undergraduate curricular changes and degree programs and on a wide array of policies and procedures, including those governing faculty evaluation, workload, compensation, academic freedom, and grievances; student services, activities, admissions, and employment; and libraries, research, information technology, among others. Recommendations often originate in faculty committees, with the Administration, or with the Faculty Council Executive Committee. The Faculty Council Executive Committee, which is elected by the Faculty Council, meets monthly on its own and also with the President, Provost, Graduate School Dean, CFO, VP of Legal Affairs, and other University Administrators to discuss pressing and long-term issues facing the University and its students, faculty, staff, and administration.
