EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE

 ANNUAL REPORT

 

2006-2007 Academic Year

 

 

COMMITTEE:  Admission and Retention Policies Committee

 

 

1.   Membership (include ex-officio members).

a.       Regular members

                                                               i.      Wendy Sharer (English - Chair)

                                                             ii.      Shahnaz Aziz (Psychology—Vice Chair)

                                                            iii.      Natalie Stewart (Theatre & Dance)

                                                            iv.      John Kerbs (Criminal Justice)

                                                              v.      Xiaming Zeng (Allied Health Sciences)

                                                            vi.      David Siegel (Education)

                                                           vii.      Lena Carawan (Social Work)

b.       Ex-Officio members

                                                               i.      Michele Myers (Academic Advising)

                                                             ii.      Carol Nichols (Admissions)

                                                            iii.      Lee Grubb (Business)

                                                            iv.      NanYoung Kim (Art)

                                                              v.      Cole Jones and Cassie Crowley (Student Government)

c.       Guests

                                                               i.      Mark Taggart

                                                             ii.      Larry Seese

                                                            iii.      Angela Anderson

                                                            iv.      Nita Boyce

                                                              v.      Margaret Olszewska

                                                            vi.      Ashley Yopp

                                                           vii.      Jon Massachi

                                                         viii.      Lynn Roeder

                                                           ix.      Corey King

 

2.   Meeting Dates (include members present)..

a.       August 28 2006

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Stewart, Grubb, Nichols, Seese, Sharer

b.       September 11, 2006

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Stewart, Nichols, Sharer, Zeng

c.       October 2, 2006

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Stewart, Nichols, Sharer, Zeng, Siegel         

d.       November 6, 2006

                                                               i.      Kerbs, Grubb, Stewart, Sharer, Zeng, Siegel

e.       January 22, 2007

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Stewart, Nichols, Sharer, Zeng, Siegel

f.     March 5, 2007

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Stewart, Sharer, Zeng, Siegel

g.        April 2, 2007

                                                               i.      Aziz, Kerbs, Grubb, Stewart, Nichols, Sharer, Zeng, Siegel

 

3.      Subcommittees established during the year 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.       Research, discuss, compose and approve plus/minus grade point system for undergraduate catalogue.  Policy passed by the Senate, pending Chancellor’s response.

b.       Discussion of SGA-written grade appeal policy document. Document returned to SGA for revisions.

c.       Discussion of Revised Academic Integrity Policy

d.       Discussion of Nontraditional Student Policy

                   

 5.  Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).

a.       Plus/Minus Grading System –February 20, 2007 (07-03).

 

6.   Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).

a. Grade Appeal Process Policy

b. Nontraditional student admission policy

c. Academic Integrity Hearing Policy and Procedures

d. Forgiveness policy, transfer policy, GPA calculation and other areas which integrate with/relate to degrees of distinction

 

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 and the division of duties between the Academic Standards Committee and this committee should be clarified.

          B.       Personnel:

          C.       Attendance:

Quorum was present for all meetings. Lack of attendance on the part of some members. Of particular note was lack of attendance on the part of an SGA representative. Had an SGA representative regularly attended, some of the confusion and resistance from students that was encountered following the Faculty Senate’s approval of the plus/minus grading system might have been avoided.

          D.       Responsibilities: See comments under “Charge.”

          E.       Activities:

The development of the grading system involved extensive research and incorporated feedback from a number of university faculty and administrators; however, the process was hampered by a lack of regularized communication channels between the committee and the university community (including broader segments of the faculty, administration, and students)

 

8.   Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.

Develop better means of communicating committee and Faculty Senate work to the university community. While minutes are circulated and/or posted to the Faculty Senate website, more aggressive communication appears necessary when academic policies are under consideration.               

 

9.   Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year? 

a.       No

                     

Signed:  Chairperson

Wendy Sharer____________________________

 

Secretar(ies): John Kerbs and Natalie Stewart