University of Dayton, Ohio

Senate Membership

Academic Senate
The Academic Senate is the representative body responsible for academic and educational policies of the University of Dayton having significant, university-wide impact. Its membership includes faculty, administrators, and students. 

Executive Committee of the Academic Senate (ECAS)
The term of office on the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate (ECAS) is two years, except for student representatives who serve one year and also cases noted below where the individual elected will be completing the remainder of a term.  ECAS usually meets once per week.  Like all Senators, ECAS members will attend one Academic Senate meeting per month and one-to-two meetings per month for the subcommittee to which they are assigned. 

Three Academic Senate standing committees are:
Academic Policies Committee (APC)
Work may entail consideration of degree requirements, standards for development of curriculum program evaluations and curricular options. 

Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)
Work may entail consideration of the faculty grievance process, standards of evaluation, sabbaticals, professional development, research and promotions. 

Student Academic Policies Committee (SAPC)
Work may entail consideration of grading, attendance, examinations, cheating, plagiarism and grievance policies. 

Senate Documents & Resources

The Academic Senate Documents are archived in the University of Dayton's institutional repository eCommons, a service of the University Libraries.  eCommons is a space for content produced by our diverse campus community.  It is a permanent multimedia archive of UD's continuous pursuit of transformative education and world-changing research.  For more information about eCommons, please contact Kathy Webb, Dean of University Libraries, at 937-229-4265.