Academic Senate

The Academic Senate’s primary function is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters, such as:

1. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites
2. Degree & Certificate Requirements
3. Grading Policies
4. Educational Program Development
5. Standards & Policies regarding Student Preparation and Success
6. College governance structures, as related to faculty roles
7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation process
8. Policies for faculty professional development activities
9. Processes for program review
10. Processes for institutional planning and budget development
11. Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon

The Academic Senate is made up of representatives from MPC’s academic divisions and disciplines and are elected by colleagues in their respective areas.  Senators  serve three-year terms on a staggered schedule, so that one-third of the Senate is elected each academic year.

Current Senate Membership

Faculty membership in standing, ad hoc, and hiring committees at MPC is overseen by the Senate’s Committee on Committees.  Committee recruitments/replacements are selected based on specific committee needs and faculty members' interests, expertise, availability, and diversity.

If you are aware of an open faculty position on a committee or if you would like to volunteer for a committee, please contact the Committees Chair by email at senateexeccommittee@mpc.edu.

Standing Committees

The Academic Senate convenes the first and third Thursdays of each month from 2:30-4:30 PM in the Sam Karas Room of the Library on the MPC Monterey Campus.

Senate meetings are public meetings, and campus and community members are encouraged to attend. The agenda is determined by the Senate Executive Committee one week prior to each meeting; requests for agenda items should be submitted in advance to senateexeccommittee@mpc.edu.

Meeting schedules, agendas, meeting materials, and minutes from 2022 to the present are available via BoardDocs. Meeting documents prior to 2022 are available by request; email senateexeccommittee@mpc.edu.

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