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Faculty Governance

The graduate curriculum at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø is governed by the Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø faculty and the provost, through various elected committees of the Faculty Senate. The Graduate College Advisory Committee (GCAC), which reports to the Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA), reviews graduate-level curriculum proposals after the college curriculum committees have approved them. Once GCAC approves a proposal, they pass it along to FCAA for final faculty approval before the final approval of the provost. 

FCAA has developed guidelines and forms for the curriculum proposal process. The latest versions of these forms can be found on. 

Developing New Graduate Programs

To begin work developing a new program, departments should involve their college's dean and the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research early on in the process. GCAC has developed a rubric they use to review new program proposals. Program proposal authors will find the rubric helpful with the successful development and implementation of a new graduate program. 

The GCAC membership

ConstituencyMemberTerm EndsEmail
Arts and SciencesJoel OlfeltAug. 31, 2025j-olfelt@neiu.edu
Arts and SciencesSeung-Hwan MunAug. 31, 2025s-mun@neiu.edu
Business and TechnologyKenneth SotakAug. 31, 2024k-sotak@neiu.edu
Business and TechnologyTung CuAug. 31, 2024tcu@neiu.edu 
EducationHulya Ermis-DemirtasAug. 31, 2024hu-ermis@neiu.edu
EducationBeth GilfillanAug. 31, 2024e-gilfillan@neiu.edu
Resource ProfessionalsEdward RemusAug. 31, 2024e-remus@neiu.edu
At-LargeApril Nauman Aug. 31, 2025a-nauman@neiu.edu
At-LargeJeanine NtihiragezaAug. 31, 2024j-ntihirageza@neiu.edu