COMMITTEE: Admission & Retention Policies Committee

MEETING DATE: March 1, 2010 (3 pm to 5 pm)

PERSON PRESIDING: W. Joseph Thomas

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Wendy Sharer, Amy Frank, Natalie Stewart, Dana Espinosa, Rose Bailey

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Anthony Britt, Sherri Jones

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Hunt McKinnon

ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Student Conduct Policy and Disruptive Academic Behavior Policy

Discussion: Our committee has been charged with jointly reporting to Faculty Senate on these two policies. Mike Brown, from the Academic Standards Committee, had suggested he was working on revisions to these policies already, but since he was not able to attend this meeting, WJThomas asked if he could forward the revised policy by email to the committee for their review and vote.

Action Taken: Committee supported review and vote by email.

Assigned Additional Duties To: WJThomas will forward to the committee by email

Agenda Item: Attendance Regulations Policy Revisions

Discussion: The committee reviewed and discussed both the catalog copy and the faculty manual copy and proposed additional revisions.

Action Taken: The committee unanimously approved both versions of this policy with additional revisions.

Assigned Additional Duties To: WJ Thomas will send revised version to Faculty Senate Agenda Committee

Agenda Item: Permission to take Courses Elsewhere Revisions

Discussion: The committee reviewed and discussed revisions and proposed additional revisions.

Action Taken: The committee unanimously approved the policy with additional revisions.

Assigned Additional Duties To: WJ Thomas will send revised version to Faculty Senate Agenda Committee

Agenda Item: Review of Academic Integrity Policy

Discussion: The committee reviewed and discussed revisions.

Action Taken: The committee unanimously approved the policy

Assigned additional duties to: WJThomas will forward proposed version to the University Attorney for her review.

Agenda Item: Forgiveness Policy Revisions

Discussion: The committee reviewed and discussed revisions.

Action Taken: The committee unanimously approved the policy with additional revisions.

Assigned Additional Duties To: WJ Thomas will send revised version to Faculty Senate Agenda Committee

NEXT MEETING: April 5, 2010, 4:00-5:00pm, 2500 Old Cafeteria Building

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

· Feedback from University Attorney’s office on Academic Integrity Policy (if possible)

· Student Conduct Policy

· Disruptive Academic Behavior Policy