BACKGROUND AND CHARGES

According to the Bylaws of the AACP, the Academic Affairs Committee shall consider: the intellectual, social, and personal aspects of pharmaceutical education. It is expected to identify practices, procedures, and guidelines that will aid faculties in developing students to their maximum potential. It will also be concerned with curriculum analysis, development, and evaluation beginning with the preprofessional level and extending through professional and graduate education. The Committee shall seek to identify issues and problems affecting the administrative and financial aspects of member institutions. The Academic Affairs Committee shall extend its attention beyond intra-institutional matters of colleges of pharmacy to include interdisciplinary concerns with the communities of higher education and especially with those elements concerned with health education. In July 1993, the AACP Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Center for the Advancement of Pharmaceutical Education (CAPE). CAPE became, and continues as, the organizational structure within AACP that focuses the Association’s resources and energies on 1) developing and maintaining contemporary educational outcomes for the professional degree program in pharmacy, 2) facilitating program assessment activities, and 3) enhancing faculty teaching and scholarship skills