Duke University. Academic Council.

The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University. The formation of an Academic Council was recommended in a March, 1962 report of the University Faculty's Committee on Faculty Organization, and authorized in a 1962 revision of the University Bylaws. The first meeting was held on October 18, 1962. The officers of the Academic Council, all elected from the faculty, are the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary. The Academic Council, the Executive Committee that it elects, and the University Policy and Planning Advisory Committee replaced the University Council as the primary vehicles for faculty representation and participation in the governance of the University. In 1972, the faculty granted to the Academic Council full power to act on their behalf. The Academic Council has become the principal open forum for discussion of all matters of interest to the University community. The minutes of the Council constitute an open record of discussion and opinion on all matters that the faculty deems important for University consideration.

The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University. The formation of an Academic Council was authorized in a 1962 revision of the University Bylaws.