Academic Affairs Council

Charge of the Committee: Composition: the dean of the faculty and the division chairs; there is no committee chair; agenda is set by all members. The committee is responsible for setting long-term academic priorities; allocation of resources, including faculty lines, replacement positions and courses, lecturers, and temporary faculty positions; oversight of the curriculum (including reviewing, vetting, and approving, as appropriate, extra-cost Short Term courses); oversight of General Education requirements; oversight of graduation requirements, including the types of courses that count towards graduation (including Advanced Placement and transfer credit policies); oversight of policy regarding the academic calendar; oversight of majors, minors, general education concentrations, thesis (number of courses per major, thesis threshold requirements), and participation in decadal reviews in academic units; reviewing policies concerning: academic integrity, number of meeting hours for courses, exam protocols, and course enrollment; serving as a liaison with the Academic Affairs Committee of the Trustees; consulting and meeting with the Curriculum Review Committee every semester to discuss matters of mutual interest, including curricular management and oversight.

Composition: The chair of each division of the faculty and the dean of the faculty.

Committee Members:

  • Malcolm Hill, mhill@bates.edu, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty (ex officio)
  • Alexandre Dauge-Roth, adaugero@bates.edu, Humanities Division Chair (2024-2027)
  • Francesco Duina, fduina@bates.edu, Social Sciences Division Chair (2022-2026)
  • Holly Ewing, hewing@bates.edu, Interdisciplinary Programs Division Chair (2023-2027)
  • Meredith Greer, mgreer@bates.edu, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Chair (2023-2027)

Agendas and Minutes

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Resource Allocation Information

Communications to the Faculty:

  • Presentation from The October 4, 2021 Faculty Meeting
  • The February 14, 2022 Policy Forum (Bates faculty only)
    • Video (Bates faculty only)
    • Presentation slides (Bates faculty only)
    • Notes:
      • The slide deck has been updated to include an additional slide (slide 17) that was referenced during the presentation and visualizes the differences by major in exposure to DEI concepts through the curriculum.
      • Correction: For slide 20, the question was framed in a way that students were asked to indicate the extent to which they were exposed to these issues in ANY major that they had.

Current Faculty Resource Policies: