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Academic Senate

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An academic senate is a governing body in some universities and colleges, and is typically the supreme academic authority for the institution. [1]

27 relations: Academic administration, Academic degree, Academic department, Agenda (meeting), Ancient university, Ancient university governance in Scotland, Chairman, College, Committee, Dean (education), Faculty (division), General council (Scottish university), Honorary degree, Policy, President, Principal (academia), Provost (education), Robert's Rules of Order, Scotland, Senate House, Cambridge, Students' representative council, United States, University, University council, University Court, University of Glasgow, University system.

Academic administration

Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities.

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Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, normally at a college or university.

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Academic department

An academic department is a division of a university or school faculty devoted to a particular academic discipline.

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Agenda (meeting)

An agenda is a list of meeting activities in the order in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and ending with adjournment.

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Ancient university

The ancient universities are seven extant British and Irish medieval universities and early modern universities founded before the year 1600.

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Ancient university governance in Scotland

The ancient university governance structure in Scotland is the organisational system imposed by a series of Acts of Parliament called the Universities (Scotland) Acts 1858 to 1966.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one.

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Committee

A committee (or "commission") is a body of one or more persons that is subordinate to a deliberative assembly.

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Dean (education)

In academic administrations such as colleges or universities, a dean is the person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both.

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Faculty (division)

A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas.

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General council (Scottish university)

The general council of an ancient university in Scotland is the corporate body of all graduates and senior academics of each university.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Policy

A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.

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President

The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics.

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Principal (academia)

The principal is the chief executive and the chief academic officer of a university or college in certain parts of the Commonwealth.

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Provost (education)

A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at most Australian universities.

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Robert's Rules of Order

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, commonly referred to as Robert’s Rules of Order, RONR, or simply Robert’s Rules, is the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Senate House, Cambridge

The Senate House of the University of Cambridge is now used mainly for degree ceremonies.

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Students' representative council

A students' representative council, also known as a students' administrative council, represents student interests in the government of a university, school or other educational institution.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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University council

A university council may be the executive body of a university's governance system, an advisory body to the university president, or something in between in authority.

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University Court

A university court is an administrative body of a university in the United Kingdom.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu; Universitas Glasguensis; abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

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University system

A university system is a set of multiple, affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Senate

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