Academic Integrity Committee

The purpose of the Academic Integrity Committee is to:

• review the Academic Integrity Policy and make recommendations for change
• to administer the Academic Integrity Policy by making decisions on cases which have been referred to the committee
• to review cases as necessary
• to provide reports to VP Academic and the Office of Student Affairs at the end of September, January and May. These reports will be anonymous and are to be used to provide the institution with an overall picture of Academic Integrity at TRU.
• to provide education to faculty, staff and administration regarding the implementation of the Academic Integrity Policy.

Faculty Members/Dean/DSD Representative:
The Term of Appointment for all but student members will be two years. All members have the option to renew the term with constituent approval.

Students:
Students' term of appointment will be for one year only with the option to renew the term one time.

Ex Officio Member:  
Office of Student Affairs representative will be an on-going appointment.

All cases are to remain confidential. The Secretary will retain all records and will provide related information only to those persons in places of authority at TRU (President, Vice-Presidents, Registrar). Members who are unable to provide secure storage of their files may request that the Secretary maintain their files between meetings.

Fifty percent plus one members are required to achieve quorum.

Any member may be granted a leave of absence for up to three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Council. Any absence without leave for three consecutive meetings shall result in a declaration of vacancy by the Vice-Chair.

Members of the Academic Integrity Committee are ultimately appointed by the Steering Committee of Senate. Names of prospective members (obtained following the processes described below for each of the groups represented on the AIC) are forwarded to the Steering Committee by the Chair of the AIC.

· Faculty members are elected by their respective Faculty Councils;
· The representative for TRU World is nominated by the Associate Vice President International and Chief Executive Officer TRU World Global Operations;
· The representative for TRU Library is nominated by the University Librarian;
· OL members are nominated by the Program Director for OL; and
· Student members are nominated by TRUSU.

Three Undergraduate students

One Graduate student

One Faculty of Science faculty member

One Faculty of Arts faculty member

One Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts & Tourism faculty member

One Faculty of Human, Social and Educational Development faculty member

One Faculty of Law faculty member

One School of Business & Economics faculty member

One School of Trades & Technology faculty member

One School of Nursing faculty member

One Division of Student Development faculty member

One Open Learning faculty member (OLFM)

One Open Learning non-faculty member

One Dean

One TRU World Representative

One University Library Representative

One Ex Officio Student Affairs Officer

One secretary provided by the Vice-President, Student Affairs Office (To maintain records, minutes, database and other such files). The secretary will set up all meetings and related duties.