Academic Council
The Academic Council includes instructional Division Chairs, faculty, instructional administrators, and representatives from instructional support systems of the college. It makes recommendations to the College President in the following areas: Academic policies, including teaching loads for faculty, minimum class size, and faculty work week; credit program and course additions, deletions, and modifications; college catalog changes; lab/special fees; and the preliminary evaluation of instructional programs and teaching disciplines. The Academic Council also assists in providing oversight for certain substantive changes as defined by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Substantive Change for credited Institutions of the Commission on Colleges Policy and Procedures.