Academic planning council

IRAP supports the Academic Planning Council (APC), a joint Academic Senate and UC Administration committee that addresses planning issues and considers policies related to the University’s academic mission.

APC efforts include work on:

  • Planning principles for the Long Range Enrollment Plan
  • Approaches to estimate the cost of instruction
  • Performance indicators reported to the State
  • Update and revision of system-level program review processes outlined in the Compendium
  • UC policies related to the academic mission including Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Programs, Open Access (publication of scholarly works), and International Activities

Academic Planning Council Roster, 2025-26

Leadership

  • APC Chair: Katherine S. Newman, Provost and Executive Vice President
  • APC Vice Chair: Ahmet Palazoglu, Chair, Academic Council

Academic Senate

  • Susannah Scott, Vice Chair, Academic Council
  • Partho Ghosh, CCGA, UC Santa Barbara
  • Catherine Sugar, UCEP, UCLA
  • James Weatherall, UCORP, UC Irvine
  • Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, UCAP, UC Riverside
  • Robert Brosnan, UCPB, UC Davis
  • Marta Margeta, Division Vice Chair, UC San Francisco
  • Mark Stacey, Division Chair, UC Berkeley

Administration

  • Katherine Yelick, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley
  • Kurt Schnier, Vice Chancellor and Provost, Academic Planning and Budget, UC Merced
  • Judy Kim, Dean, Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, UC San Diego
  • Louie Rodriguez, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education, UC Riverside
  • Willie L. Banks, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, UC Irvine
  • Estella Atekwana, Dean of the College of Letters of Science, UC Davis
  • Cain Diaz, Associate Vice President, Budget Analysis & Planning, UCOP
  • Monica Varsanyi, Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs, UCOP

Students

  • Graduate Student, TBD
  • Undergraduate Student, TBD

Staff

  • Pamela Brown, Vice President, Institutional Research and Academic Planning
  • Monica Lin, Executive Director, Academic Senate
  • Todd Greenspan, Executive Advisor, Academic Planning
  • Ethan Savage, Planning and Policy Analyst - Academic Planning