Retention Working Group
The mandate and responsibilities include:
- Support the development of targets to improve student retention by gathering industry best practice insights and assembling student profiles which are representative of the diversity of Memorial’s student population.
- Recommend to PEC, tactics and strategies to meet these identified retention targets.
- Develop action plans and set timelines to achieve these retention targets.
- Establish metrics and processes to track progress towards retention targets.
- Address policy and practices that can support the continuous enhancement of retention activities at Memorial.
- Assess retention resources and make recommendations to PEC on how these might be strategically employed.
- Employing a lens of equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism and indigenization, analyze established practices and polices related to retention to determine where inadequacies or gaps might exist and offer concrete, actionable solutions to address them.
Membership
Position |
Role |
Director, Student Life | Co-Chair |
University Registrar |
Co-Chair |
Manager of Communications (Provost Office) |
Member |
Director (Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation), interim |
Member |
Vice-Provost (Labrador Campus) and Dean, SAAS (or delegate) |
Member |
Campus Registrar, (Marine Institute) |
Member |
Dean of Libraries |
Member |
Director, Graduate Enrolment Services |
Member |
Co-Director, CITL |
Member |
Campus Registrar (Grenfell Campus) |
Member |
Associate Registrar, Academic Advising and Outreach |
Member |
Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, Office of Development and Alumni Engagement |
Member |
Manager, Planning and Operations (Office of the Vice-President (Research)) |
Member |
Associate Dean, Competitive Entry program |
Member |
Associate Dean, Non-competitive entry program |
Member |
Head, Certificate and Diploma program |
Member |
Undergraduate Student |
Member |
Graduate Student |
Member |
Operations
- The mandate of the Working Group shall be reviewed by PEC on an annual basis.
- Changes to the mandate or membership requires approval of PEC
- Meetings will be held at a minimum once per month for 90 minutes or at the call of the Co-Chairs (when required).
- The Working Group can establish other specific sub-groups as required.
- Agenda and supporting documentation provided electronically at least one week in advance of meeting.
- Quorum will consist of 50% + 1 of members, with all members having voting rights.
- Decision making will be based on consensus or agreement of most members.
- The Office of the Registrar will provide a resource who is responsible for taking meeting minutes.
- The Office of the Registrar will provide a resources who is responsible for overseeing information management and record-keeping for the Working Group.