RSCC Policies & Guidelines
Roane State Community College
Policy Number: AA-05-01
Subject: Academic Council
- Purpose
The purpose of the Academic Council is to ensure that Roane State's courses, programs and related policies meet the needs of its stakeholders while maintaining consistent quality standards with college mission and goals, complying with Academic Council Bylaws, Tennessee Board of Regents and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements.
- Membership
The membership of the Academic Council consists of representation from faculty and administration by virtue of the following positions:
- Vice President Student Learning, Chair
- Dean (of each academic division)
- Director of Records/Registration
- President of the Faculty Senate
- Faculty Representative(s) – (One from each academic division)
- Student Representative(s) – 2
- Director of Student Learning
- Director of Advising and Articulation Argreements
- Dean of student Academic Support Services
- Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
- Representative from Library Services
- Meetings
Meetings will be held according to the following guidelines:
- Frequency
- Meetings will be held monthly during the academic year subject to cancellation for lack of agenda items.
- Specialcalled meetings may be schedule and held with 1 (one) week notice.
- Rules of Order
- Quorum: A majority (half plus one) of voting members.
- Proxy: A voting member may designate a proxy with full voting privilege to represent them in their absence. Members who carry faculty rank may only give their proxy to another member of the faculty.
- Parliamentary authority: Robert's Rules of Order, current edition.
- Requests for agenda items will be sent to an Academic Council member two weeks prior to the meeting date.
- Submission of items for consideration and support material should be submitted by an Academic Council member no later than one week before the meeting date in order to be distributed to council members four (4) days prior to the meeting.
- Will be taken at each meeting and be placed on the network for viewing no later than one week after the meeting. The minutes will remain in draft form until approval by the Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Revision History: 11/08/1999, 02/12/2007, 05/05/2008, 05/08/2015
Revision Date Effective: 05/05/2025
Revision Approval By: Christopher L. Whaley, President
Original Date Effective: 02/15/1999
Original Approval By: Sherry L. Hoppe, President
Office Responsible: Vice President Student Learning
Reviewed: 03/10/2025
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