ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE
COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2009-2010 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Admission and
Retention Policies
1.
Membership (include ex-officio
members): Natalie Stewart, Dana Espinosa,
Wendy Sharer, Baohong Zhang, Rose Bailey, Amy Frank,
W. Joseph Thomas, Anthony Britt, Jayne Geissler,
Catherine Rigsby, Sherri Jones, Tyler Richardson/Emily Litzenberger
2.
Meeting Dates (include members present*).
* and members who contributed to committee action, but were
not at the meeting.
August 31, 2009: Thomas, Stewart, Espinosa, Sharer, Bailey,
Frank, Britt, Geissler, Jones, Walker.
September 14, 2009: Thomas, Espinosa, Sharer, Bailey, Stewart,
Britt, Geissler, Jones.
October 5, 2009: Thomas, Espinosa, Sharer, Bailey, Stewart,
Frank, Britt, Geissler, Jones.
November 2, 2009: Thomas, Espinosa, Sharer, Zhang, Frank, Stewart, Britt, Geissler, Rigsby, Martinkovic.
December 7, 2009: Thomas, Sharer, Frank, Stewart, Britt, Geissler,
Rigsby, Jones.
January 11, 2010: Thomas, Zhang, Frank, Bailey, Sharer, Stewart, Britt,
Geissler, Jones, Rigsby, Walker.
February 1, 2010: Thomas, Frank, Sharer, Stewart, Zhang, Espinosa, Bailey, Britt,
Geissler, Jones, Rigsby, Sprague.
March 1, 2010: Thomas, Sharer,
Frank, Stewart, Espinosa, Bailey, Britt, Jones.
April 5, 2010: Thomas, Frank,
Stewart, Britt, Jones, Geissler, Rigsby. Others in
Attendance: Kristen Bonatz, Mark Sprague
3. Subcommittees established during the
year (include progress and/or completion of work).
A. Academic Integrity Policy subcommittee:
Wendy Sharer, Sherri Jones, Catherine Rigsby, Hunt McKinnon, and Maggie Olszewska. Subcommittee has revised multiple times and
begun meeting with the University Attorney’s Office (UAO) for input. This
policy should be ready for official UAO review by early in the fall semester.
B. SEMTF Response subcommittee: Jayne Geissler, Amy Frank, and Natalie Stewart. This subcommittee
examined the SEMTF report, to suggest any further revisions to the
Undergraduate Catalog. Their work resulted in the Faculty Senate resolution
#10-30 below. Task complete.
C. Class Attendance subcommittee: W. Joseph
Thomas, Rose Bailey, Dana Espinosa, and Baohong Zhang.
This subcommittee met with the Medical Director of Student Health and with
members of the Academic Standards Committee. The Class Attendance policy is
Faculty Senate resolutions #10-28 and #10-29 below. Task
complete.
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. Our committee worked with the
Academic Standards Committee on several policies, including the Disruptive
Academic Behavior Policy, Student Conduct, and the Student Attendance Policy.
Our committees co-presented the reports to Faculty Senate on Student Attendance
(see #10-28 and #10-29 below). The Academic Standards Committee presented
reports to Faculty Senate on Disruptive Academic Behavior (#10-27) and Student
Conduct (report given April 20, 2010).
B. Faculty Forum attendance:
1. October 14, 2009: Ways to Improve Retention and
Graduation
2. November 11, 2009: Academic Integrity and Academic
Retention
3. January 13 and 27, 2010: Reported on progress toward
revisions to the Faculty Manual
5.
Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).
#09-38 November 3, 2009. Revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V. Section I.J. Grade Appeals.
#09-42 November 3, 2009. Revisions to the University Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5: Academic Regulations (Dropping and Adding Courses, Grading System, and Academic Eligibility Standards).
#10-09 February 23, 2010. Proposed implementation dates for
revised University Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5: Academic
Regulations (Faculty Senate Resolution #09-42) relating to Dropping and Adding
Courses (FALL 2010), Grading System (FALL 2010), and Academic Eligibility Standards
(FALL 2011).
#10-10 February 23, 2010. Information in the current manual (Part V. Academic Information, Section
I. Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsection D. Class Roll Verification) be
retained with no revision at this time.
#10-28 March 30, 2010. Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic
Information,
#10-29 March 30, 2010. Revisions to the University
Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5. Academic
Regulations, Class Attendance and Participation Regulations
#10-30 March 30, 2010. Revisions to the University Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5. Academic Regulations, Special
Readmission (Forgiveness) Policy
#10-31 March 30, 2010. Revisions to the University
Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5. Academic Regulations, While
Enrolled in
#10-66 April 27, 2010. Revisions to the University Undergraduate Catalog,
Section 5. Academic Regulations, Subsection Grading System,
Grade Appeals.
6.
Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).
·
Receive
response from University Attorney's Office regarding draft revisions to the
Academic Integrity Policy, make any necessary further revisions, and report to
Faculty Senate.
·
Work
with Committee on Committees to clarify distinctions between the charge of this
committee and Academic Standards to prevent future confusion and duplication of
effort.
7. Evaluation
of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the committee's
work during the year).
A. Charge: The
distinction between the charge of this committee and the Academic Standards Committee
is not always clear. Several policies that seem to fall under the Admission and
Retention Policies Committee seem as if they could also fall under the purview
of the Academic Standards Committee and vice versa. It would be very helpful if
the Committee on Committees could review, revise, and clarify the charges of
these two committees. See also this item in Business Carried Over (above).
B. Personnel: It has
been very helpful to have committee membership from the Admissions Office and
Academic Advising, especially as our committee considers those policies
directly affected by the Provost’s encouragement on “goals to improve retention rates and committee’s role in assessing
suggested actions for improvement.” (From August 2009 minutes)
C. Attendance: Overall
attendance was good, although the committee did not reach quorum for its April
meeting.
D. Responsibilities: See comments about
the committee’s charge, above.
E. Activities: The committee has been very
active this year, in part reaping the fruits of last year’s labor. Committee
members should be recognized for their hard work.
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the
Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.
None apart from clarifying the charge of our committee, as
mentioned above.
9. Does
the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the
date set this year? No.
Signed:
Chairperson ___William Joseph Thomas_____
Secretary ___Rose Bailey_______