Standing Committees

Find out about CAQC's two standing committees and their responsibilities

CAQC's Standing Committees

The Campus Alberta Quality Council's standing committees review certain proposals and assist in monitoring degree programs.

These two standing committees include:

  • Proposal Review Standing Committee (PRSC)
  • Monitoring Standing Committee (MSC)

Proposal Review Standing Committee (PRSC)

In keeping with its commitment to being expeditious, Council’s PRSC acts on behalf of the full Council according to the following terms of reference:

Terms of Reference

The committee:

  • Exists as a standing committee of CAQC until such time as Council may decide by formal motion to dissolve it
  • Is comprised of Council's Chair and, normally, three Council members
  • Reviews all requests for partially or fully expedited reviews, in accordance with Council's policies and criteria
  • Conducts a desk review of all proposals granted a fully expedited review
  • Reviews any other issue that Council, or Council's Chair and/or Secretariat, decide to refer to it for advice. Council members will be given the opportunity to comment before acting on PRSC's advice/decision
  • May make a positive recommendation to the Minister on behalf of the full Council. Negative recommendations to the Minister can only be made by the full Council
  • Reports in writing to the full Council at each meeting following any evaluative work it does or any recommendation it has made

Read more about CAQC review process.

Revised: 3 July 2009

Monitoring Standing Committee (MSC)

The Monitoring Standing Committee is comprised of Council's Chair or delegate and, normally, two Council members. It exists as a standing committee of CAQC until such time as Council may decide by formal motion to dissolve it. 

Terms of Reference

Council has delegated to this Committee the following specific tasks:

  • To consider the adequacy of institutional responses to conditions and expectations set by Council regarding any degree program that has been approved upon its recommendation
  • On behalf of Council to provide feedback to institutions on their annual reports
  • To decide, on behalf of Council, the disposition of information provided by institutions about changes to their approved programs (such as regards to curriculum, faculty or delivery)
  • To report in writing to the full Council at each meeting following  any evaluative work it does or any decision/recommendation it has made in its discharge of its monitoring role
  • To recommend to Council that it make a negative ruling about a matter it has considered in the course of discharging its delegated responsibility

Read more about CAQC monitoring processes.

Added April 2011