St. Lawrence College

With the Vice-President Academic, it oversees, plans, and reviews college-wide academic changes, policy, procedures and directions. Issues of impact for Council may include:

• admissions and assessment policies
• grading, evaluation and transcript practices and policies
• program development
• credentialing
• student preparedness
• retention
• College program standards
• overseeing processes relating to student rights and responsibilities and academic appeals
• performance indicators and program review
• modes of teaching and learning, and
• academic needs and priorities.

Academic Council provides decisions, recommendations and advice to the President on issues affecting teaching and learning at St. Lawrence College.