SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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February 18, 1992
SUBJECT: Senate Committee on Instructional Methods
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MOTION: that Senate establish an ad hoc Senate Committee on
Instructional Methods and Organization with the Terms of
Reference and Membership as set out in 8.92-21"
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Senate Committee on
Agenda and Rules
SUBJ: Senate Committee on
Instructional Methods
and Organization
FROM:
W.G. Saywell,
President
DATE: February 17, 1992
It is timely that there be a comprehensive examination of the University's
instructional system. We have experienced major and unpredicted increases in
enrollment. The pressures of this growth led to the establishment of the Task Force
on the Quality of Service in 1990. More recently, the AUCC's Smith Report (1991)
has noted many concerns over the approach to instruction in all universities.
These concerns are set in an extended period in which increases in funding
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are falling well short of increases in costs. For us, this situation may worsen in the
next three years. Further, pressures on the University to continue to grow will be
strong and, perhaps, irresistible. Funding will increasingly be tied to the level of
enrollment, especially undergraduate enrollment. Therefore, growth can be
expected to bring increases in resources; these could exceed the direct costs
associated with growth, but only if we can introduce ways of operating the
University which reduce the per student cost of instruction. If we cannot do this,
the downward pressures on salary levels, infrastructure, and non-salary budgets
will become ever stronger.
In order to provide an in-depth, balanced review of these issues, I am
recommending that Senate move to establish an ad hoc Senate Committee on
Instructional Methods and Organization. This proposal follows extensive
consultation within the senior administration and with the Faculty Association. I
believe it will provide us with invaluable guidance on improving and rationalizing
one of our most important functions, the provision of undergraduate education.
W.G. Saywel
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SENATE COMMIEE ON INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
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The Committee will seek input from across the University in its deliberations. In
particular, Faculty Deans will be asked to report on the situation facing their
own. units.
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The Committee will be a sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning. It will report to SCAP before September 15, 1992.
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The Vice President, Academic or his designate, who shall act as Chair.
February 17, 1992
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