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- Academic Senate
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The Senate is one of the two governing bodies of Nipissing University (the other being the Board of Governors), and is responsible for academic policy. Originally, when it was an affiliated college of Laurentian University of Sudbury, Nipissing College's academic programs were overseen by Laurentian's Senate, of which Nipissing College's Principal/President George Zytaruk was a member. In 1973, Nipissing College established a Senate of its own, which was bound by the terms of the affiliation agreement to ensure that the College's academic programs were congruent with those of Laurentian University. When Nipissing College received its university charter in 1992 and became Nipissing University, the Nipissing University Act re-established the Senate as one of the two branches of governance of the new University.
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North Bay, Ont. (1973-)
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The mandate of the Senate is to establish the educational policies of the university and make recommendations to the Board of Governors regarding any matter of academic concern to the university. The Senate's authority derives from the Nipissing University Act (1992).
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Created March 18, 2015 by Peter Houston
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- English
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Sources
Nipissing University. "Governance." Accessed March 19, 2015. http://www.nipissingu.ca/about-us/governance/Pages/default.aspx