Academic Excellence Committee
2024–2025
Chair: TBA
FSEC Liaison: TBA
Members: TBA
The Academic Excellence Committee shall propose and monitor solutions to issues of rigor, innovations, and creativity in order to sustain academic excellence in the University.
Standing Charges
- Propose solutions to issues arising from policies, procedures, programs, and goals that affect the academic excellence of the University.
- Continue to support the work of Director of Core Curriculum Theresa Gaul and relevant committees in the ongoing review and revision of undergraduate Core requirements.
- Work with registrar’s office to improve policies and communication surrounding the completion of incomplete grades.
- Act as a consultative body for the Faculty Senate (FS) representative to Faculty Advisory Committee for the John V. Roach Honors College and bring relevant issues to FS.
- Propose strategies for innovation, creativity, and rigor in university programs.
- Complete and present previous AEC committee work surveying accessibility and disability accommodations in TCU classrooms and their impact on teaching practices and academic excellence; make recommendations for aligning accessibility with academic excellence.
Special Charges
- Work with the Student Relations Committee and other relevant bodies on the creation of a university committee to coordinate cross-campus efforts to support student and employee mental health.
- Report on impacts of departmental budget cuts on teaching, scholarship, and academic excellence.