Council Charge
The Council on Academic Personnel (CAP) meets weekly and is responsible for the review of all significant academic personnel actions. CAP reviews actions for Senate series including Professor, Professor-in-Residence, Professor of Clinical X, Professor of Teaching, and Acting Professor, and non-Senate series including Adjunct Professor, Non-Senate Instructional Lecturer, and Professional Research. CAP’s standing committee, ClinCAP, reviews actions for the Health Sciences Clinical Professor series. CAP reviews actions including appointments, fourth-year appraisals, promotions, accelerated merit increases, and merit advancements. CAP also reviews other actions, such as change in series, change of department, split appointments, merit equity reviews, and other actions as requested by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Personnel.
CAP's charge is to maintain standards and equity across the campus. Although its role is, strictly speaking, advisory, the opinion of CAP, as expressed in the reports it submits, are given considerable weight. According to current practice, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Personnel will not make a decision that is inconsistent with the recommendations of CAP without informing the Council, either through its Chair and Vice Chair or in the course of a visit to the Council as a whole.
Membership. Fourteen voting faculty, appointed by the Committee on Committees and confirmed by the Legislative Assembly for a three-year term.
Interactions with Administration. The Council interacts extensively with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Personnel and, as needed, with relevant Deans and Chairs.
Meeting Frequency. CAP meets every Tuesday from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
AY24-25 CAP Chair: Reza Ahmadi, reza.ahmadi@anderson.ucla.edu
