What is the Academic Senate?
The Academic Senate is the voice of the faculty in the University of California. It represents the Faculty in the “shared governance” of UC. This responsibility is delegated by the Regents and shared with the University administration, both at the campus level and systemwide. The University of California Academic Senate is one of the most highly developed and influential faculty governments in any university. It is the one organization through which the faculty, as a whole or on any of the campuses, can express its views on an issue.
