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Canadian association for graduate studies

Canadian association for graduate studies. Office of the Vice-rector, Academic and International Activities. Quality assurance framework Francois Pothier, Ph.D. Deputy Vice Rector, Educational Quality and Student Success. Quality Assurance Frameworks.

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Canadian association for graduate studies

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  1. Canadian association for graduate studies Office of the Vice-rector, Academic and International Activities Quality assurance framework Francois Pothier, Ph.D. Deputy Vice Rector, Educational Quality and Student Success

  2. Quality Assurance Frameworks

  3. Evaluation based upon the type of programs

  4. Best conditions for creating a new program • Socioeconomicenvironment • Systemic opportunity • In house resources • Promoter’sleadership • Quality of the project • Support offers by the institution

  5. Creation of a new undergraduate or graduate program Internal authority: • Board resolution of the concerned faculty • Conformity report from the Faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies or from the General direction of Undergraduate programs • Report from the Academic programs committee • Approval by the Senate Time : between 6 and 12 months

  6. Process of creation of a new undergraduate or graduate program • ExternalAssessessment of the quality • New Program Evaluation Commission of the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Québec Universities (CREPUQ) • Evaluationprincipalybased on the review of threeindependant experts • The Commission drafts a final quality report Time: Between 6 and 12 months

  7. New programRoles of the MESRST • Final approval : • Socioeconomic, sociocultural, systemic and institutional opportunity • Auhtorized Funding by Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur, de la recherche, de la science et de la technologie Time : between 3 and 6 months

  8. Creation of a new « short » program • Restricted to internalapproval: • Boardresolution of the concernedfaculty • Conformity report from the Faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies or from the General direction of Undergraduate programs • Report from a sub committee of the Academic program committee • Approval by the Senate Time : 1 month

  9. Current program evaluationreview To assess the scientific, social, systemic and institutional pertinence Procedure • Production of a self-assessment report • Review of the program by twoexternal experts including a threedaysvisit • Report of the University Appraisal committee • Production of an Implementation plan by the dean • Approval by the Senate

  10. Quality assurance of current programs • Periodicevaluation:maximal cycle of tenyears • Audit conducted by the CREPUQ • Coordination with accreditation reviews

  11. Continued improvement • Program‘s evaluation by students • Program’s evaluation by teachers • Teaching assessment

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