Mandate and Functions of the Senate Program Academic Review Committee1

The main purpose of program review is the continuous improvement of the academic programs at Bishop’s University with respect to their quality and breadth of offerings. The review will also ensure that programs conform to provincial government requirements as well as national and international norms specific to each discipline. Reviews assess how a program enacts specific internal University-wide objectives including those articulated in the University’s Mission and Vision Statements and its Strategic Plan. Reviews also provide information that may be used in academic planning and for budgetary purposes.

The implementation of the Senate-approved procedures for program review will also allow the university to meet its responsibility to account for its resources and to make efficient use of them.

These review procedures relate to the individual academic programs and shall not be used for the evaluation of a particular faculty member for the purposes of administrative decisions on renewal of contract, tenure, promotion, or dismissal or on any other matter covered by the Collective Agreement.

Composition and Membership of the Senate Program Academic Review Committee2

  • Vice-Principal Academic and Research (Chair)
  • One faculty member nominated by each Division and School
  • One student nominated by the Students’ Representative Council (SRC)

1 As approved at the 639th Senate meeting on December 10, 2021.
2 As approved at the 451st Senate meeting on November 18, 2002.

Committee Members

NamePositionNominated by:First TermSecond Term
A. WebsterVice-Principal Academic and Research, ChairEx officio  
P. Gallina (TBC)Faculty (1)Williams School of Business22/23
23/24
 
T. GulliverFaculty (2)School of Education21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
J. CrooksFaculty (3)Division of Humanities21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
B. WillmsFaculty (4)Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
J. Robbins-KanterFaculty (5)Division of Social Sciences24/25
25/26
 
S. BrawleyStudentStudents’ Representative Council24/25