Academic Assembly
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Academic Assembly is a common name the legislative branch of many university student governments. Universities that call their legislative councils "Academic Assembly" include Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Bath, Seattle University, and California State University, Monterey Bay.
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Michigan State University
Template:Main Michigan State's Academic Assembly comprises one half of the ASMSU undergradute student government, along with the Student Assembly. At MSU, the Academic Assembly has jurisdiction over academic affairs, and controls over thirty seats in the University Academic Governance System, making it theoretically more powerful than most student governments in the United States. It has in practice, though, been difficult to always fill all these seats, and in 2004, the Academic Assembly opened up these seats to any interested undergraduates. The Academic Assembly has two representatives per college, like the U.S. Senate, plus a seat for select racial, ethnic, or progressive student groups.
The ASMSU Academic Assembly has three officers and one staff member. The Chairperson, Internal Vice-Chairperson and External Vice-Chairperson are elected each April by the newly-elected representatives. The Assembly usually - but not always - votes its own members to leadership positions. The one staff member, the DUGBA, is hired by a Human Resources hiring committee, and then approved by the Assembly. As of December 2005, the Academic Assembly is in its 14th session.
Structure
Below is the basic structure for the ASMSU Academic Assembly. For the entire organizational flowchart, please see the article on ASMSU.
| Academic Assembly 47 elected seats 18 appointed seats | |||||||
| Academic Assembly Chair | |||||||
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| Internal Vice Chair | External Vice Chair | <math>\rightarrow</math>
| Academic Council Chaired by MSU President Lou Anna Simon 1/3 students, 1/3 faculty, & 1/3 administration | ||||
| DUGBA | |||||||
| Executive Committee of Academic Council | |||||||
| Standing Committees | Advisory Committees | Athletic Council | |||||
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State's Academic Assembly is part of the University Student Government (USG). It is the main unicameral assembly for Penn State's State College campus. It does not represent other campuses in the Penn State system.