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Academic Policy Committee (APC)

What We Do

The Academic Policy Committee (APC) facilitates the development of effective and broadly applicable academic policies and processes via four primary functions:

  1. Codifying and assessing existing university academic policies and operational standards
  2. Representing their home unit's needs and interests as they relate to any policy under consideration
  3. Gathering information and insight from across the university and from external sources to inform policy development
  4. Evaluating potential unintended consequences of new policies and policy changes

Policies are developed with substantive input and insight from group members (faculty, academic administrators, and operational administrators) and must comply with legal and regulatory requirements (including US Department of Education, NYSED, MSCHE). Policies are designed to balance the desire for cross-university consistency with the needs of the individual colleges, their constituents and administrative units.

Academic requirements and standards are represented by college representatives, and operational needs are represented by key administrators from across the university. Internal policies must be in compliance with external requirements and defensible within accepted higher education practices. Upon completion, policies are made accessible to the university community and the public.

Decision Making: APC makes operational and implementation decisions pertaining to existing policy and practice. It makes recommendations to the Executive Deans, Provost’s Council, and Provost for new and revised academic affairs and academic affairs-related policy and practice. These endorsed policies then move into the Institutional Policy Review pipeline, where they are reviewed by all Responsible University Officers and approved by the Executive Policy Officers before implementation.


Who We Are

Charged By

Renée White, Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs

Committee Chair

Ryan Gustafon, Associate Provost, Academic Affairs

Committee Members

25-26 Membership

Role

Prisca Wood, Assistant Provost, Compliance & Accreditation

Academic Planning - Compliance and Accreditation

Max Tremblay, Assistant Provost for Student and Academic Systems

Academic Planning - Systems

Stephen Brown-Fried, Vice Dean for Curriculum and Learning

College Representative - Performing Arts

Gina Canterucci, Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Learning

College Representative - Lang

Francesca Ferrono, Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Affairs

College Representative - NSSR

Deirdre McConnell, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs and Curriculum [PJ Gorre Fall 24]

College Representative - Parsons

Edward Mills III, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Academic Planning, and Registration

College Representative - Parsons Paris

Joyinn Paulin, Senior Director of Student and Academic Affairs

SSE - Adult and Nontraditional Learner Programs

Nikki Cherry, Assistant Provost, Academic Standards

CLAA Rep

Grace Hindman, University Registrar

Enrollment Management - Registrar

Jim Deleppo, Director for International Student and Scholar Services

Enrollment Management - ISSS

Sarah Fevig, Associate Vice President, Financial Aid

Enrollment Management - Financial Aid

Elizabeth Puleio, Director of Transfer, Adult, and Visiting Admission

Enrollment Management - Admissions

Keisha Davenport, Assistant Provost of Academic Advising

SSE - Advising

Nicholas Faranda, Director of Student Disability Services

SSE - SDS

Shondrika Merritt, Associate Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

SSE - Dean of Students

Glynis Rigsby, FTF College of Performing Arts

UFS - FTF

Aviva Shulem, PTF Parsons School of Design

UFS - PTF

VACANT

USS - Undergraduate

VACANT

USS - Graduate

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