Sub-series consists of records relating to various matters relating to teaching and staff, including salaries, benefits, teaching load, policy development, faculty discipline procedures, research ethics (including the activities of the University Research Ethics Review Committee), faculty exchange programs, contracts for services (including the contract relating to the SFU / Secwepemc Cultural Education Society program), faculty disputes, and faculty and university responses to the province-wide general strike ("Operation Solidarity") in 1983. Records include correspondence, reports, faculty handbooks, the Simon Fraser Student Society teacher and course evaluation guide (1980), sessional budget requests, policies and procedures, agreements and contracts, and legal advice.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with the various university committees, both standing and ad hoc. The VP Academic's relation to particular committees may vary: the VP may be a member; or the senior administrator to which the committee reported; or a correspondent. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Science and its departments. The Faculty of Science was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with university search committees for senior academic and academic support administrators, including faculty deans, the Registrar, the University Librarian, and the Director of Computing Services. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Arts and its departments. The Faculty of Arts was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965; it was renamed Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in 2004. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Education and its subdivisions. The Faculty of Education was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965. Until 1971 it was administratively organized into a number of Centres and sub-sub-series 2 contains the correspondence relating to these. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-series consists of records relating to faculty appointments, including policy and procedures, and appointment requests and recommendations. Records include correspondence, reports, policies and procedures, lists of appointments, faculty requests and authorizations.

Sub-series consists of records relating to faculty salaries and economic benefits. Activities and topics documented include salary policy, salary reviews, and market differentials. Records include correspondence, reports, reviews and recommendations, and statistics, including comparisons with other universities.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Computing Centre. The Computing Centre was established in 1969 and reported to the VP Administration until 1985, when it was renamed Computing Services and moved to the newly formed Vice-President, Research / Information Systems portfolio. It ceased operations in 1991, when two successor bodies were established: Academic Computing Services (ACS) and Operations and Technical Support (OTS). Activities and topics documented in this sub-series include IT systems planning, an external review of the Centre in 1975, development and implementation of the university's computing policies, operations of the Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) program, and the deliberations and activities of the University Computing Committee, the Ad Hoc Committee on Computing Science (1972), the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Computing (1973-1974), the Computing Policy Committee, and the Systems Review Board. Records include correspondence, reports, usage statistics, department IT systems plans, meeting agendas and minutes, proposals, recommendations, cost estimates and feasibility studies.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Graduate Studies office. The first Dean of Graduate Studies was appointed in 1970. Prior to 1985, the Dean of Graduate Studies had major responsibilities for the university's research support services (thereafter transferred to the Vice-President, Research / Information Systems). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of Graduate Studies; graduate students and their enrollment, progress, supervision, fees and support; teaching assistants and their unionization; research ethics and the development of the university's Research Ethics Policy; correspondence with and applications to external research granting agencies; supervision of research centres and institutes; academic program proposals and planning; and the activities of the University Publications Committee (1980-1985) and the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate – Faculty Relations (1993). Records include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, proposals, and planning documents.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, including personal correspondence, business correspondence not filed under more specific file categories, and (after 1992) memoranda sent by the VP Academic for wide distribution on a variety of subjects. Activities and topics documented include the search for a Vice-President, Academic (1968-1970) and the appointment of the Associate Vice-President (1975); correspondence with external individuals and organizations; purely personal correspondence of the Vice-President with colleagues, students and professional bodies; the organization and administration of the VP Academic's office, and staff relations; university policy development and university reorganization; strategic planning, and budget planning and allocation; legal advice; and meetings with Vice-Presidents, Academic from other universities. Records include correspondence, policies, reports, job descriptions, invitations, contracts and agreements, legal services invoices and legal advice, wide-distribution memoranda, and personal papers and essays.

Note that sub-sub-series 4 ("Chronological correspondence") consists of copies ("flimsies") of all outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically. The records are duplicates of "file copies" that were organized by subject using the classification plan (both flimsies and file copies are annotated with the same classification code). The VP Academic's Office maintained such "chrono files" throughout the entire time span of this sub-series (1968-1999), but the Archives has only retained the records for the period prior to the appointment of Brian Wilson as VP (i.e. September 1970); the sub-sub-series therefore represents the chrono files of the first two Acting VPs Academic, R.R. Haering and Lalit Srivastava. With Wilson's appointment, the Office was formally established and the file classification system clearly in place. Prior to it, it is not always possible to establish that records in the chrono files are in fact duplicated in the subject files, and therefore they have been retained in their entirety.

Note that sub-sub-series 5 ("File indices") is an artificial series established by the archivist for the annual file index created by the VP Academic's Office. The file index shows classification codes and category titles; the indices were created by Office but not integrated into the classification system.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Personnel Department (renamed Human Resources in 1992). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include development and implementation of the university's personnel policies; matters relating to campus employee unions, including the Association of University and College Employees (AUCE) strike in 1979, and the formation of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) and the Administrative and Professional Staff Association (APSA); benefits, study leave, and the modified work week; and an external review of the department in 1973. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, collective bargaining proposals and agreements, transcripts of legal and arbitration proceedings, legal advice, union constitutions and newsletters, press clippings, and a student petition relating to SFU–AUCE negotiations in 1979.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with Senate and various Senate committees. It is not always possible to determine whether the records represent the VP Academic's working file as a committee member or rather correspondence between the VP and the committee. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Registrar's Office. Although the Registrar reported to the VP Academic from the outset, for the first two years of the file classification plan (1970-1971), correspondence with the Registrar was grouped under "Administration." Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include department organization, calendar preparation, registration issues including pre-registration in the context of the trimester system, enrollment and convocation. Records includes correspondence, reports, and a transcript of the Acting VP Academic's comments to Senate on pre-registration on December 1, 1969.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Bursar's Office and later the Finance Department. The sub-series generally coincides with the tenure of D.H.M. Ross as Bursar (1965-1985). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of the department, university budget planning, faculty salaries and salary policy, and account charges and transfers. Records include correspondence, reports, organization charts, financial statements and budgets.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Registrar (Registrar / Dean of Student Services after 1996) and with university departments during the periods in which they reported to the Registrar / Dean, including the University Archives. Most of the functions of Student Services were merged with the Registrar's Office in 1996 and the Registrar became the Registrar / Dean of Student Services. Throughout the period covered by this series, the Register / Dean reported to the VP Academic, either directly or indirectly through the Associate VP Academic. Activities and topics documented include enrollment, admissions, registration procedures, high-school liaison, and student recruitment; grading policy, class scheduling, and calendar revisions; Registrar's Office organization and staff relations; the telephone registration project (1990-1991); development of student information systems, including a systems plan (1980), the design and implementation of the SIMON database (1986), and planning (from 1996) for the replacement / migration of SIMON; and implementation of compliance with the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) Act (from 1995). Records include correspondence, reports and statistics, job descriptions, IT systems technical specifications and planning documents, and FOIPP advice and access request case documentation.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Physical Plant and Planning (renamed Facilities Management in 1988). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the department and external reviews in 1975 and 1985; maintenance, expansion, renovation, and construction of campus buildings and roads; and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, architectural plans and drawings, engineering studies, proposals, cost estimates, space usage studies, and brochures and other printed material.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Dean of Student Affairs (1969-1970) and the Vice-President, University Services (1970-1978). With the resignation of the VP University Services in 1977, most of the functions of this office were transferred to the Director of Student Services (see sub-series 3). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the VP University Services portfolio, budget planning and allocation, day care, student housing and residence, and the cooperative education program. Records consists predominantly of correspondence.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with the Board of Governors and various Board committees. It is not always possible to determine whether the records represent the VP Academic's working file as a committee member or rather correspondence between the VP Academic and the committee. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the University Library and the University Bookstore (which reported to Library until 2000) during the periods in which the Library reported to the Vice-President, Academic (1970-1985, 1990-1994). Activities and topics documented include policy development; evolution of the Library's administrative structure; meetings of the Library Management Group (after 1992); external reviews, including a departmental review (1973-1974), review by the President's Advisory Committee on the Library (1984), and the Library Review Committee (1991-1992); library budget and funding; acquisitions and collections policy; cooperation with other libraries, including the "college processing" project of the early 1970s; IT systems planning and implementation; and management, operations, and finances of the Bookstore. Records include correspondence, reports, budgets, meeting minutes of the Library Management Group (LMG), legal advice, inventories, and Bookstore financial and operating statements.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and its departments. The Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies was established in 1970. It was dissolved in 1985 and its departments were redistributed to the Faculty of Arts and the newly created Faculty of Applied Sciences. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Vice-President, Administration. Activities and topics documented include the organization of university administration, development and implementation of administrative and personnel policies and procedures, relations with campus employee unions, personnel issues including the modified work week, operations of the Diamond University Club, Naheeno Park (park land on Burnaby Mountain), and external reviews of administrative departments. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, drafts and working papers.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of Ian Mugridge (Assistant VP Academic, 1972-1975), Robert R. Walsh (Special Assistant to the VP Academic, 1976-1977), and Sue Roppel (Assistant to the VP Academic, 1996-1999). Activities and topics documented include budget planning, university endowment funds, and (from 1999) external reviews. Records include correspondence and reports, including external review reports. Note that there is a gap in the series between 1977 and 1995.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA). Activities and topics documented include negotiations for the collective framework agreement, consultations with SFUFA on development of academic policies, procedures and other maters affecting the terms and conditions of academic employment, and the activities of the Advisory Committee on Faculty Salaries (1975) and the Advisory Committee on Collective Bargaining (1977). Records includes correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, agreements, and legal advice.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Academic Planner. The Office of the Academic Planner was established in 1964; it ceased operations in 1974, when the incumbent, John Chase, was made Director of a new department, Institutional Studies (later Analytical Studies). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include development of planning mechanisms, enrollment projections, faculty salaries, the trimester system, development of new academic programs, teaching methods, and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, and statistics.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Continuing Studies office. The Division of Continuing Education was established in 1971; in 1974 its Director was elevated to the rank of Dean, and in 1975 it was renamed Continuing Studies. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include policy development, fees, teaching appointments, program development, downtown programming prior to the establishment of the Harbour Centre campus, programming for the BC Interior, distance education, the Prison Education Program, workshops and seminars, and SFU's participation in the cable TV Knowledge Network (KNOW). Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, contracts and agreements, program posters, brochures and other printed material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Activities and topics documented include CAUT's 1971 censure of SFU relating to the dispute in the university's Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology (PSA) Department, university governance, faculty benefits, and development of research ethics policies. Records include correspondence, reports, news releases and other CAUT printed material.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Instructional Media Centre (IMC) during the period in which IMC reported to the VP Academic (1973-1985; 1990- ). Note that the department was called the Audio Visual Centre until 1981, and in 2002 it merged with the Centre for University Teaching to become the Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the establishment of the Audio Visual Centre as department administratively independent of the Library (1973); policy development, including the audio-visual equipment policy; provision of audio-visual support services to faculties and departments, and costs and charges; administrative organization and staff relations; administration of Images Theatre; and the activities of the Audio-Visual Committee (1972) and the Instructional Media Centre Advisory Committee (1982-1983). Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and statistics, policies, drafts and working papers.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Academic Advice Centre. The Centre was established in 1971 and dissolved in 1991; for the span of its existence it belonged to the VP Academic reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include operations and services of the Centre; faculty and student advisor appointments; and participation in the Education Information Centre Consortium (a collaboration of post-secondary institutions operating an office in downtown Vancouver starting in 1980). Records include correspondence, reports and statistics, proposals, and job descriptions.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Ancillary Services. For the duration of its existence as a separate department (1969-1984), Ancillary Services reported to the VP Administration. It merged with Physical Plant and Planning in 1984 to form Facilities Management. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include campus security, traffic and parking, telephone and mail services, photocopying and duplicating, and food services on campus. Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, and contracts.