Academic Affairs Committee

Charges

Mandate from Policy B2.0:

The Academic Affairs Committee shall be the educational policy committee of the Senate and shall formulate and review all matters related to educational policies and procedures, with the exception of policies that are in the purview of the ICC and Graduate Council. The committee shall also serve as liaison with appropriate administrators and administrative bodies of the university. The Academic Affairs Committee shall consist of the following: one faculty member per college, each to be elected by their collegial faculty; three members at large elected by the Faculty Senate; and the provost or their delegate (ex officio, voting). 

AY2022 AAC Charges:

1. Make recommendations to address the problem of insufficient time for instructors to submit grades after the last final

2. Investigate and make recommendations related to reasonable expectations for provision of academic accommodations.

3. Provide recommendations to FS for a Curricular Flexibility taskforce with the Provost.

4. Request Faculty Senate investigate, report on, and recommend policy on AI generators as cheating tools.

5. Review policy D.08 – Student Academic Integrity with the view to ensure consistency between section VII and policy D18.2 – Student Appeals Process, and in collaboration with Grad Council sections IV. and V. whether this policy is appropriate and adequate in the present research /publishing environment, especially as RIT moves more towards being a research and graduate education institution. In-process. Carried over to 2020-2021 and now 2021-22. A revision has been drafted and needs to receive final vetting by concerned parties before going to the Senate. (Continuing Charge from AY 2021)

6. Benchmark with other institutions that have robust online learning policies to develop, in consultation with AAC and with the Associate Provost for Online Education, policies and responsibilities specifically for online classes, programs, students and faculty at RIT. (Continuing Charge from AY 2021)

7. Bring to the Senate the analysis and recommendations completed AY19-20 on the guidelines for establishing contact time per credit hours in the case of laboratory intensive classes. (Previous charge lost in the pandemic).

Members

Larry Buckley

College of Science

Chair, AY2022-2023

Provost's Delegate

Open term

Dennis Andrejko

Golisano Institute for Sustainability

2021-2023 (3rd Term)

Robin Cass

College of Art and Design

2022-2024 (1st Term)

Michelle Chabot

College of Science

2023-2025 (1st Term)

Martin Gordon

College of Engineering Technology

2022-2024 (1st Term)

Neil Hair

Academic Affairs

2022-2025* (1st Term)

David Hazelwood

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

2022-2024 (1st Term)

Bruce Herring

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

2023-2025 (1st Term)

Christopher Hoople

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

2023-2025 (1st Term)

Larry Kiser

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

At-large representative

2022-2024 (1st term)

Amy McLaren

College of Art and Design

At-large representative

2022-2024 (1st term)

 

William Middleton

College of Liberal Arts

2022-2024 (1st term)

Clarence Sheffield Jr

Academic Affairs

2021-2023 (1st term)

Nancy Valentage

College of Health Sciences and Technology

2021-2023 (1st Term)

Teresa Wolcott

College of Engineering Technology

At-large representative

2022-2024 (1st term)