Graduate Academic Programs and Research Committee: will provide guidance on matters relating to graduate academic programs and the development and sustainability of faculty research and other scholarship that further the institution’s mission beyond classroom and curricular activities. To these ends, the committee shall identify and address issues pertaining to the policies, procedures, operation, criteria, quality, encouragement, and support of existing and proposed graduate academic programs within the University. The Committee shall also review and recommend policies and practices that affect the ability of faculty to conceive, fund, conduct, and/or report activities related to research and other scholarship within the University.