COMMITTEE: Admission and Retention Committee

MEETING DATE & TIME: August 27^th of 2007 (4:00pm to 5:00pm)

PERSON RESIDING: Wendy Sharer

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Dana Espinosa, John Kerbs, Natalie Stewart, Xiaoming Zeng

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Christine Zoller

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Mark Taggart

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Election of committee officers

Discussion: Committee members nominated Wendy Sharer and John Kerbs as the Chair and Vice Chair of the committee respectively. Committee members discussed the possibility to have two secretaries on the committee. Xiaoming Zeng and Dana Espinosa agreed to serve as the secretaries.

Action Taken: Wendy Sharer will serve as the Chair of the committee. John Kerbs will serve as the Vice Chair. Xiaoming Zeng and Dana Espinosa will serve as the co-secretaries.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Meeting Date in September

Discussion: Committee members discussed whether a meeting in September is necessary given the limited number of agenda items.

Action Taken: The meeting on September 2^nd is cancelled. Next meeting is on Oct 1^st, 2007.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Retention Policy

Discussion: John Kerbs proposed that the committee should investigate a retention policy change for the University given the current low graduation rate (56%). Committee members discussed the issues related to such policy change and key university personnel who may provide useful information for the policy.

Action Taken: The retention policy will be priority one on the list of committee goals for 2007/2008. Wendy will invite Al Smith from the First-Year Experience and Michael Poteat from IPRE to attend future meetings.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Review of the request to form a “first-day attendance policy”

Discussion: Mark Taggart shared with the committee members the request to form a “first-day attendance policy” from the School of Communication.

Action Taken: Committee members will review the request in next meeting. Wendy Sharer will invite key members from the School of Communication to the meeting.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Committee Goals for 2007/2008

Discussion: Committee members prioritized the goals for 2007/2008.

Action Taken: A list of goals was created: 1) Investigate issues related to retention and consider policy changes to improve retention, 2) First day attendance policy, 3) GPA +/- policy, 4) Grade appeal process policy, 5) Nontraditional student admission policy, 6) Academic integrity health policy and procedures, and 7) Forgiveness policy.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Adjournment

Discussion: N/A

Action Taken: The members of the Admission and Retention Committee unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 4:55pm.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

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