| Overall Rating | Platinum |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 86.17 |
| Liaison | James Gordon |
| Submission Date | May 31, 2022 |
Thompson Rivers University
PRE-5: Academics and Demographics
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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James
Gordon Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator TRU Office of Environment and Sustainability |
Number of academic divisions:
Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
Number of students enrolled for credit:
Total number of employees:
Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
Full-time equivalent of employees:
Number of students resident on-site:
Number of employees resident on-site:
Number of other individuals resident on-site:
Weighted campus users, performance year:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The number of reported academic divisions includes the following eight faculties (the ninth faculty, the School of Trades and Technology, is not included since it is not an academic faculty): Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism; Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Education and Social Work; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Science; Faculty of Student Development; Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics; and School of Nursing.
The number of reported academic departments (23) was arrived at by subtracting 15 departments from the total at TRU, which is 38 (38 was provided by the TRU Registrar's Office). The reason for excluding these 15 is because the courses taught within them are not considered traditional academic courses but rather fall within the parameters of what departments can be excluded as per the STARS Technical Manual (page AC-01 p.5; Part 2, second paragraph: "An institution may exclude departments that exclusively offer practice-oriented courses (see above on p. 4), as long as they are excluded from both the count of departments with sustainability course offerings and the count of total academic departments." From p. 4 it says: "The following course types may be excluded at the institution’s discretion, as long as they are excluded from both the count of sustainability course offerings and the count of total courses:
● Individually-directed courses (e.g., thesis, independent study, practicum)
● Courses of four or fewer students
● Special topics courses (e.g., courses that address emerging issues or specialized content and that are not offered on an ongoing basis)
● Required courses for which the content is dictated by external bodies or legislation and not under institutional control (e.g., legally mandated courses on research ethics)
● Courses that are strictly practice-oriented, e.g.:
○ Medical courses dedicated to clinical practice.
○ Arts courses dedicated to performance, technique, or composition.
○ Physical education courses that are activity-based.
○ Trades courses dedicated to hands-on learning or practice.)
Students: FTE student enrollment figures are from TRU Factbook (2019-2020): https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/2019-202051980.pdf
The Student Headcount Unduplicated Total figure reported above (26,660) is different from the figure in the Factbook (page 2 of 13, under 'TRU at a Glance, Student Headcount Trends by Fiscal Year’) which is reported as 30,432. The difference, according to Pete Hrkac, from the TRU INTEGRATED PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS office, is due to 3,772 students not counting for the following reason: "Given the criteria in the section, you could exclude students who are in Continuing Education (2,788), as they are not taking courses that count towards a formal award. Additionally, Apprenticeship students (984) could be excluded as they also do not receive an award from TRU (it is the Industry Training Authority that gives them their red seal award, not TRU)".
30,432 - (2,788 + 984) = 26,660.
On-Campus Residents: figures are from September 2019 data, and provided by TRU Ancillary Services (Brandon de Kreiger).
Employees: headcount figure (1,816), and full-time equivalent (FTE) of employees figure (1512.6) are as of Feb 2021; and provided by Jody Coolahan, TRU Human Resources/Payroll Coordinator.
The number of reported academic divisions includes the following eight faculties (the ninth faculty, the School of Trades and Technology, is not included since it is not an academic faculty): Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism; Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Education and Social Work; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Science; Faculty of Student Development; Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics; and School of Nursing.
The number of reported academic departments (23) was arrived at by subtracting 15 departments from the total at TRU, which is 38 (38 was provided by the TRU Registrar's Office). The reason for excluding these 15 is because the courses taught within them are not considered traditional academic courses but rather fall within the parameters of what departments can be excluded as per the STARS Technical Manual (page AC-01 p.5; Part 2, second paragraph: "An institution may exclude departments that exclusively offer practice-oriented courses (see above on p. 4), as long as they are excluded from both the count of departments with sustainability course offerings and the count of total academic departments." From p. 4 it says: "The following course types may be excluded at the institution’s discretion, as long as they are excluded from both the count of sustainability course offerings and the count of total courses:
● Individually-directed courses (e.g., thesis, independent study, practicum)
● Courses of four or fewer students
● Special topics courses (e.g., courses that address emerging issues or specialized content and that are not offered on an ongoing basis)
● Required courses for which the content is dictated by external bodies or legislation and not under institutional control (e.g., legally mandated courses on research ethics)
● Courses that are strictly practice-oriented, e.g.:
○ Medical courses dedicated to clinical practice.
○ Arts courses dedicated to performance, technique, or composition.
○ Physical education courses that are activity-based.
○ Trades courses dedicated to hands-on learning or practice.)
Students: FTE student enrollment figures are from TRU Factbook (2019-2020): https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/2019-202051980.pdf
The Student Headcount Unduplicated Total figure reported above (26,660) is different from the figure in the Factbook (page 2 of 13, under 'TRU at a Glance, Student Headcount Trends by Fiscal Year’) which is reported as 30,432. The difference, according to Pete Hrkac, from the TRU INTEGRATED PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS office, is due to 3,772 students not counting for the following reason: "Given the criteria in the section, you could exclude students who are in Continuing Education (2,788), as they are not taking courses that count towards a formal award. Additionally, Apprenticeship students (984) could be excluded as they also do not receive an award from TRU (it is the Industry Training Authority that gives them their red seal award, not TRU)".
30,432 - (2,788 + 984) = 26,660.
On-Campus Residents: figures are from September 2019 data, and provided by TRU Ancillary Services (Brandon de Kreiger).
Employees: headcount figure (1,816), and full-time equivalent (FTE) of employees figure (1512.6) are as of Feb 2021; and provided by Jody Coolahan, TRU Human Resources/Payroll Coordinator.
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