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.
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