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The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University with each containing representatives from across the University and the School of Medicine. The Bylaws of the University invite the Faculty in general to organize themselves for discussion of matters of interest and to provide for representation of faculty opinion to the Administration and to the Trustees.

Academic Council Meeting Agenda

Academic Council Meeting
May 7, 2026
3:30 – 5:15 PM
0016 Westbrook Building (Divinity School)

  1. Welcome / Remarks from the Chair
     
  2. Approval of the April 16, 2026 Meeting Minutes
     
  3. Nomination of Candidates for Earned Degrees
     
  4. VOTE: Report from the Committee that examined Appendix I in the Faculty Handbook
     
  5. CONSENT ITEM: Approval of the Annual Reports from the Chairs of the following committees: Academic Programs, University Priorities, Global Priorities, and the Athletic Council
     
  6. Anonymous question submitted to be addressed by Duke leadership:

    Duke University Press is one of the university’s flagship entities in the Humanities and interpretive Social Sciences internationally. Through its leadership in recognizing and curating new ideas – of established and rising scholars - it continues to play field changing roles in our disciplines well beyond our own university. Despite its relatively small size, it has outpaced its larger peers in terms of its intellectual impact. For a cross-over reading public and for many scholars and graduate students beyond Duke, when they think of Duke University, the first thing that they think of is its Press. In this moment of institutional crisis, in what ways can the leadership of Duke University ensure the future of its Press? Could you please speak to the role you see the Press playing in the ongoing intellectual life and prestige of the university?
     
  7. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Annual report for AY2024-25 from the University Ombuds Jessica Kuchta-Miller
     
  8. EXECUTIVE SESSION: A conversation with Provost Alec Gallimore and Professor Melanie Manion, chair of the Advisory Committee on Duke Kunshan University, regarding Duke’s joint venture in China

    The meeting schedule for AY 2026-27 can be found here.
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Professor Mark Anthony Neal, Chair of the Academic Council