The Office of the Assistant Vice President for University Academic Policy (AVPUAP) supports the president's academic and faculty relations responsibilities by working collaboratively with campus academic administrators who are members of IU's Academic Leadership Council (ALC) on a range of issues in a variety of contexts, including academic program development, faculty support and student success initiatives.

The ALC promotes the integrity and excellence of all Indiana University academic programs by assuring that new and existing academic programs on all of IU’s campuses meet the university’s high standards, by anticipating and resolving academic issues that arise among campuses, and by working collaboratively with the faculty on university academic policies. (Please refer to the Academic Approvals Document Store for reporting information on academic programming and process documentation.)

Membership

The Academic Leadership Council consists of an executive committee as well as members who represent academic administration from all IU campuses.

The executive committee of the ALC is comprised of the Executive Vice President and Bloomington provost; the Executive Vice President and IUPUI Chancellor; the Vice President for Regional Campuses and Online Education; and the Executive Vice President for University Clinical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine. The executive committee advises the president and exercises the president’s delegated academic responsibilities for university-wide and inter-campus academic matters.

In addition to the executive committee, the ALC members include Executive Vice Chancellors of Academic Affairs (EVCAAs) for each campus as well as academic administrators who have campus and university-wide responsibilities. The ALC reports to the president of Indiana University through the executive committee.