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Admissions & Standards

2024-2025

Committee Roster

John Sherer, North Carolina, Chair (john UNDERSCORE sherer AT uncpress DOT org)
Douglas Hildebrand, Alberta 
Alexandria Leonard, Princeton 
Lara Speicher, UCL
Wendy Queen, Johns Hopkins 

Central Office Liaison
Peter Berkery

Central Office Support
McKenzi Thi Murphy

Charge

General Objective:

  • Evaluate all applications from presses to become Association members in the various categories and recommend acceptance or rejection to the Board.

Specific Charges to the Admissions & Standards Committee:

  1. Provide timely, comprehensive consideration and evaluation of all applications from presses to become Association members in the various categories and recommend acceptance or rejection to the Board. 
  2. Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 24 October 2024, and 28 February 2025; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 23 May 2025.  
  3. Complete the implementation of systems and processes to mentor and monitor progress of Introductory members toward permanent membership. Specifically, produce an annual update document for Introductory members to submit in order for the Committee to assess their progress to member of affiliate member. 
  4. Liaise with the new Global Partnerships Taskforce to explore the barriers to entry for a potential wider global membership and if appropriate propose a way forward. 
  5. Begin creation of a best practices document for committee members to guide practices on application reviews.    

ننهض بالدور الأساسي للمجتمع العالمي من دور النشر التي تتمثّل مهمتها في ضمان التفوّق الأكاديمي وتنمية المعرفة.

— AUPresses Mission Statement in Arabic