Championing Academic Quality in the University System of Georgia

Academic Affairs promotes and ensures academic quality in the University of System of Georgia. The various departments within Academic Affairs work closely with USG institutions to ensure that the citizens of Georgia can pursue further studies from a rich variety of high quality academic programs – undergraduate, graduate, and professional – to meet their interests and lifelong career needs. Through the creation of policies and collaborative work, Academic Affairs advises and provides leadership on all academic-related areas to the members of the System; identifies and reviews solutions for the USG strategic plan in the departments of Academic Planning, Academic Programs, Data Administration, Educational Access and Success, Faculty Affairs, Information Technology Services, Research & Policy Analysis, Student Achievement and Student Affairs. Academic Affairs supports several special initiatives designed to enhance the quality of education and research in Georgia.

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Departments within Academic Affairs

  • Academic Affairs and Policy

    Advances academic achievement, quality, and diversity through transformative practices, partnerships, and research.

  • Strategic Academic Initiatives

    Responsible for all aspects of system-wide academic partnerships with external allies in higher education and the Regents Academic & Administrative Advisory Committees.

  • Academic Programs

    Responsible for information on University System of Georgia academic programs, degree waivers, certificates, accreditation, and major disciplinary areas.

  • Complete College Georgia

    Supports campus efforts to improve student access to and graduation from institutions of higher education in Georgia.

  • Faculty Affairs

    Responsible for overall coordination of Board policies and procedures related to faculty and for other faculty-related personnel matters.

  • Faculty Development

    Promotes faculty and student success by encouraging the use of 21st Century teaching and learning pedagogies.

  • Georgia Archives

    Identifies, collects, manages, preserves, publicizes, and provides access to records and information of Georgia and its people and assists state and local government agencies with their records management.

  • Georgia Public Library Service

    Responsible for administrative support to Georgia’s public libraries; develops and implements statewide policies, procedures, and programs; and encourages reading, literacy and education through the continuing support and improvement of Georgia’s public libraries.

  • International Education

    The International Education mission is to strengthen the global dimensions of teaching, learning, research, and service throughout the University System of Georgia.

  • Library Services (GALILEO)

    Supports University System of Georgia libraries and other libraries in Georgia in collaborative efforts to provide high quality services to students, faculty, staff, and citizens.

  • Student Affairs

    Responsible for advising the Chancellor and the Board of Regents on all matters affecting student life on the campuses of the 29 colleges and universities comprising the University System of Georgia.

Academic Affairs Resources

  • Academic and Student Affairs Handbook

    Policies and procedures that affect the day-to-day operation of the office of the chief academic officer.

  • Academic Calendars

    Application and registration deadlines, course start and end dates, drop/add, and recess dates for all USG institutions.

  • Academic Common Market

    A cooperative tuition reduction agreement among participating Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states.

  • Advisory Committees

    Academic and Administrative Advisory Committees of the University System of Georgia.

  • Regents Centers for Learning Disorders

    Services and resources for students with learning disorders.

  • Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC)

    An initiative to remove barriers and provide access to knowledge for individuals with physical, sensory, and learning print-related disabilities.

  • What is a Momentum Year?

    By helping students make a purposeful choice about what they wish to study, institutions help narrow the thousands of course options to a manageable level and align the work a student undertakes in college with their goals, interests, and expectations.

  • College 2025

    In recent years, many have raised questions about the cost and mission of public higher education. New forms of instruction, technology, and student learning are all challenging long-held views of public higher education. To address these challenges, Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced the College 2025 Initiative to inform the future direction of our public higher education system and allow Georgia to maintain its position as a state that is responsive to the educational needs of its citizens.