Overall Rating Platinum - expired
Overall Score 88.31
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2018
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Thompson Rivers University
IC-3: Academics and Demographics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A James Gordon
Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator
TRU Office of Environment and Sustainability
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Number of academic divisions (e.g. colleges, schools):
9

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
31

Number of students enrolled for credit:
22,336

Total number of employees (staff + faculty):
2,229

Full-time equivalent student enrollment (undergraduate and graduate):
11,963

Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty):
1,269

Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
3,812

Number of students resident on-site:
880

Number of employees resident on-site:
0

Number of other individuals resident on-site, e.g. family members of employees, individuals lodging on-site (by average occupancy rate), and/or staffed hospital beds (if applicable):
0

Weighted campus users, performance year:
7,285

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Staff and Faculty
(figures from TRU Human Resources office):
Annualized FTE
* Full-time equivalent of employees
1,269.0 (as of July 18, 2017)
Staff + faculty, annualized FTE

Headcount
* Number of employees
2,229.0 (as of July 12, 2017)
Staff + faculty, headcount

Students
FTE student enrollment figures are from TRU Factbook (2016-2017): https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Factbook_2016-201741020.pdf
The Student Headcount Unduplicated Total figure reported above (22,336) is different from the figure in the Factbook (page 2 of 14, under 'TRU Headcount at a Glance') which is reported as 27,071. The difference, according to Matt Kennedy, from the TRU INTEGRATED PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS office, is due to 4735 students not counting for the following reason: "Given the criteria in the section, you could exclude students who are in Continuing Education (3900), as they are not taking courses that count towards a formal award. Additionally, Apprenticeship students (835) 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, not TRU)".
27,071 - (3900+385) = 22,336

The figure for 'Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education' (3,812) is slightly different from when it was first reported (3,689). This was a mistake on our part since this last figure was from 2015-2016 figures and not 2016-2017.


Staff and Faculty
(figures from TRU Human Resources office):
Annualized FTE
* Full-time equivalent of employees
1,269.0 (as of July 18, 2017)
Staff + faculty, annualized FTE

Headcount
* Number of employees
2,229.0 (as of July 12, 2017)
Staff + faculty, headcount

Students
FTE student enrollment figures are from TRU Factbook (2016-2017): https://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/Factbook_2016-201741020.pdf
The Student Headcount Unduplicated Total figure reported above (22,336) is different from the figure in the Factbook (page 2 of 14, under 'TRU Headcount at a Glance') which is reported as 27,071. The difference, according to Matt Kennedy, from the TRU INTEGRATED PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS office, is due to 4735 students not counting for the following reason: "Given the criteria in the section, you could exclude students who are in Continuing Education (3900), as they are not taking courses that count towards a formal award. Additionally, Apprenticeship students (835) 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, not TRU)".
27,071 - (3900+385) = 22,336

The figure for 'Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education' (3,812) is slightly different from when it was first reported (3,689). This was a mistake on our part since this last figure was from 2015-2016 figures and not 2016-2017.

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