Academic Quality Enhancement Committee

Terms of Reference

The Academic Quality Enhancement Committee shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To consider, study, and review all matters pertaining to the University’s Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP), and make recommendations to Senate, thereon. In the case of editorial changes to the IQAP, consider and approve such changes on behalf of Senate, and report to Senate for information.
2. On behalf of Senate, consider and approve all Final Assessment Reports and Progress Reports within the University’s IQAP, and provide Senate with a summary of the committee's deliberations in this regard. Any matter of controversy that might arise may be referred to Senate.
3. On behalf of Senate, consider and approve any aspects of the quality enhancement processes that fall outside the remit of the IQAP, and provide Senate with a summary of the committee's deliberations in this regard. Any matter of controversy that might arise may be referred to Senate.

The membership of this committee shall consist of the following:

• The associate vice-president, academic, who shall co-chair this committee.
• The associate vice-president, graduate studies and postdoctoral affairs, who shall co-chair this committee.
• Three faculty members, drawn from either the ex-officio or elected/appointed members of the Undergraduate Council of Senate, who shall serve for a term of two years, appointed on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Council.
• Three faculty members, drawn from either the ex-officio or elected/appointed members of the Graduate & Research Council of Senate, who shall serve for a term of two years, appointed on the recommendation of the Graduate & Research Council.
• Two members of Senate from the elected student members, one of whom shall be an undergraduate student and one of whom shall be a graduate student.

Approved by Senate on May 6, 2024