What Is APAC?
WHAT IS APAC
The Academic Professional Advisory Committee (APAC) of the University of Illinois Chicago is an elected body whose function, as defined by University of Illinois Board of Trustees Statutes Article II, Section 5, is to provide for the orderly voicing of suggestions for the good of the University, afford added recourse for the consideration of grievances, and furnish a channel for direct and concerted communication between the Academic Professional (AP) staff and the administrative officers of the University, its colleges, schools, institutes, divisions, and other administrative units on matters of interest or concern to the Academic Professional staff or any member of it.
The Academic Professional Advisory Committee (APAC) is a formally recognized committee that represents the more than 2,500 academic professionals on campus. As advisors to the University Administration, we review policy, represent academic professionals on search committees, voice concerns regarding academic professionals to the Chancellor, and play an active role in professional development efforts at UIC.
University of Illinois Board of Trustees Statutes
ARTICLE II. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION
Section 5. Professional Advisory Committee
At each university, the academic professional staff whose appointments as academic professionals require at least 50 percent (50%) of full-time service shall elect a professional advisory committee. The academic professional staff consists of those staff members on academic appointment whose positions have been designated by the president and the chancellor/vice president as meeting specialized administrative, professional, or technical needs in accordance with Article IX, Sections 3a, 3c, and 4a.
Any member of the professional advisory committee electorate shall be eligible for membership. System-level administration staff shall be members of the electorate of the university at which their principal office is located. Each chancellor/vice president (or the president in the case of system-level administration staff members) after consultation with the body may identify senior administrative officers to be excluded from the electorate.
Bylaws and articles of procedure covering such matters as name of the body, nomination and election of members and officers, size of the body, and terms of office shall be developed at each university and after approval by the chancellor/vice president made available to the members of the electorate.
The body shall provide for the orderly voicing of suggestions for the good of the university, afford added recourse for the consideration of grievances, and furnish a channel for direct and concerted communication between the academic professional staff and the administrative officers of the university, its colleges, schools, institutes, divisions, and other administrative units on matters of interest or concern to the academic professional staff or any member of it. The body shall report to the chancellor/vice president, the president, and the academic professional staff at least once a year.
In performing its functions, the body upon the request of the chancellor/vice president, the president, or any member of the academic professional staff, or upon its own initiative shall make such investigations and hold such consultations as it may deem to be in the best interest of the university. Any member or retired member of the academic professional staff shall be entitled to a conference with the body or with any member of it on any matter properly within the purview of the body.