

The Academic Senate recommends nominees to the Governor for the Faculty Trustee member serving on the CSU Board of Trustees.īylaws are the guiding documents of the Academic Senate.

Plenary sessions are held at the Chancellor’s Office preceding each meeting of the Board of Trustees from September through May. With offices at the Chancellor's Office, the headquarters of the CSU in Long Beach, California, the Academic Senate operates throughout the year as an agency of faculty governance. The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate, led by the Senate Chair, organizes the activities of the Academic Senate and is principally responsible for representing the Academic Senate in its dealings with many groups, including the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor and Chancellor's Office staff, the California State Student Association, the CSU Alumni Council, statewide policymakers, and the public. The Academic Senate is the primary consultative body on the academic implications of systemwide fiscal decisions. serves as the official voice of the faculties of the California State University in matters of systemwide concern.recommends policies to the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor on systemwide academic, professional, and academic personnel matters.advances the principles of academic freedom and freedom of inquiry to promote academic excellence in the CSU.The Academic Senate of the California State University consists of 53 faculty members elected by their colleagues at the 23 individual universities comprising the California State University system.
