Graduate Educational Affairs includes all graduate program directors, the SVPAA, one graduate student, and the chairperson. Non-voting members and resource persons to the committee include the Dean of each of the schools, the Library Director, the Registrar, and the Director of Academic Operations. This committee will handle issues of broad graduate academic or educational concern as directed by the Faculty Council. These issues may include but are not limited to providing a forum for graduate student or program needs, development of the graduate culture at Bellarmine, assessment and evaluation of graduate programs, quality assurance, and graduate academic policies.