ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2004-2005 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Admission
and Retention Policies Committee
1. Membership (include ex-officio members).
a.
Regular members
i.
Gary Levine (Medicine)-- Chair
ii.
Larry Seese (Business)--Vice Chair)
iii.
Wendy Sharer (English)
iv.
Frederick Fladenmuller (Foreign Languages)
v.
Randy Parker (Economics)
vi.
Shahnaz Aziz (Psychology)
vii.
Natalie Stewart (Theatre & Dance)
b.
Ex-Officio members
i.
Jayne Geissler (Academic Advising)
ii.
Carol Nichols (Admissions)
iii.
Lee Grub (Business)
iv.
Christine Avenarius (Anthropology)
v.
Maggie O’Neill (Student Government)
c.
Guests
i.
Henry Peel
ii.
Catherine Rigsby
iii.
Shannon O’Donnell
iv.
Amy Bissette
v.
David Barnes
vi.
Patty Manning
vii.
Don Joyner
viii.
Gerry Clayton
ix.
Laura Sweet
x.
Stephen Gray
xi.
Nita Boyce
xii.
Nick Floyd
xiii.
Connie Blake
xiv.
Karl Abrahamson **
xv.
Robert Ainsworth **
xvi.
Carol Collins **
xvii.
Renee Manley **
xviii.
Dorothy Muller **
1.
** (attended open
forum on degrees with distinction)
2. Meeting Dates (include members present*).
* and members who contributed to committee
action, but were not at the meeting.
a. August 30, 2004
i.
Avenarius, Geissler, Grubb, Nichols, Seese, Sharer (no
quorum)
b. September 13, 2004
i.
Avenarius, Geissler, Grubb, Nichols, Seese, Sharer, Stewart
(no quorum)
c. October 4, 2004
i.
Fladenmuller, Grubb, Stewart, Nichols, Aziz, Avenarius,
Levine, Seese, Parker, Sharer, Geissler
d. December 6, 2004
i.
Aziz, Grubb, Levine, Parker, Seese, Sharer, Stewart
e. January 10, 2005
i.
Levine, Sharer, Fladenmuller, Seese, Aziz, Stewart, Nichols,
Grubb, Avenarius, O’Neil
f.February 7, 2005
i.
Levine, Nichols, Sharer, Aziz, Geissler, Seese
g. March 7, 2005
i.
Levine, Geissler, Stewart, Parker, Seese, Nichols, Sharer,
Aziz, Avenarius
h. March 21, 2005 (Open Forum on Degrees with
Distinction)
i.
Levine, Geissler, Grubb, Nichols, Parker, Seese, Stewart
i. April 4, 2005
i.
Levine, Sharer, Seese, Aziz, Stewart, Avenarius, Geissler
3. Subcommittees
established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).
None
4. Accomplishments
during the year, especially as addressed through committee
goals. Please include recommendations
made to any University agency other than the Faculty Senate that will be
noted under #5.
a. Discussion and approval of Class Attendance and
Participation Regulations and submission of recommendations to the Faculty
Senate
b. Discussion of
c. Discussion and approval of a recommendation to
allow students entering the university with transfer credit equivalent to
English 1200 to satisfy the General Education requirement in English
composition, but require them to complete a total of 12 hours of credit in
writing intensive courses.
d. Discussion, with input from a public forum, on
degrees with distinction, and a report submitted to the Faculty Senate recommending
that this area be discussed further and linked to review and possible revision
of policies related to forgiveness, transfer of grades from other institutions,
and GPA calculations.
5. Reports to the Faculty Senate
(include dates and resolution numbers).
a.
Class Attendance and Participation Regulations
b.
Elimination of
c.
Degrees with Distinction
6. Business carried over to next year (list in
priority order).
a. University Excused Absence Attendance
Policy
b. Degrees with Distinction
c. Forgiveness policy, transfer policy,
GPA calculation and other areas which integrate with/relate to degrees of
distinction
d. Plus/minus grading options
7. Evaluation of
the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the committee's work
during the year).
A. Charge:
The charge to the committee is rather
extensive
B. Personnel:
Committee members have been
responsible and cooperative
C. Attendance:
Quorum was present in 7/9
meetings, ex-officio members had excellent attendance in general and contributed extensively to the work of
the committee, Fladenmuller & O’Neill only attended 1 meeting each
D. Responsibilities:
Secretarial
responsibilities were voluntarily shared among committee members, which was not
a satisfactory solution for the committee’s secretarial needs
E. Activities:
Improved communication
between the faculty senate and the committee leadership would have helped the
committee accomplish its goals
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty
Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.
a.
Appoint an administrative secretary to handle minutes and
distribute materials to committee members.
b.
Elect a Vice Chair/Chairman elect from members in their 2nd
year of service to the committee – this individual will assume the Chairman
role the following year and facilitate continuity of leadership – this is
really important for this committee to function effectively
c.
There needs to be a direct communication between the Chair
of the Faculty Senate and the Chair of this committee whenever an item
pertaining to the Admissions and Retention Policies Committee shows up on the
agenda of the Faculty Senate
9. Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need
to be earlier than the date set this year?
a.
No
Chairperson: Gary I
Levine MD
Secretary: Wendy Sharer