The Vice President of Learning and Student Success leads the Academic Council’s strategic efforts, facilitates meetings, and serves as final approval for decisions made in Academic Council. They provide strategic direction and oversight, aligning the committee’s work with institutional goals, budget, and accreditation standards, and ensuring the curriculum remains relevant and forward-thinking. An academic council handbook provides the framework for the membership, roles, practices and procedures used in curriculum management.
Faculty have primary responsibility for the development, review, and integrity of curriculum management. This includes reviewing:
- Course content and learning outcomes
- Program structure and sequences
- Assessment of student learning
- Processes and practices tied to curriculum development and delivery
Only curriculum approved by the committee is forwarded to the Vice President of Learning and Student Success, the chief academic officer, for review. The vice president assesses these approved proposals to either ratify or return them with recommendations for further refinement, ensuring decisions are well-founded and aligned with GHC’s strategic goals
In the spirit of shared governance, the Vice President for Learning and Student Success works with academic deans and division chairs to establish instructional policies, procedures and practices for the College. The Academic Council along with the Division Chairs (AC/DC) will meet monthly during the academic year.
Membership of the Academic Council includes:
Division Chairs (Faculty): Allied Health, Business, Humanities & Communication, Industrial
Technologies, Math & Engineering, Science, Social Science Physical Education, Stafford Creek
Corrections Center (SCCC) Education Programs, and Transitions.
Instructional Leadership: Associate Dean of Nursing, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Dean of Workforce Education, Dean of Transitions, and Dean(s) of Corrections Education.
Non-Voting Members: Vice President for Learning and Student Success, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President, Instructional office representative, Registrar, Financial Aid Director, Advising Director, e-Learning Coordinator.