COMMITTEE: Admission & Retention Policies Committee

MEETING DATE: August 31,2009 (4 pm to 5 pm)

PERSON PRESIDING: W. Joseph Thomas

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

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Anthony Britt, Jayne Geissler, Marianne Walker

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lori Lee, Marilyn Sheerer

ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Committee’s Charge to Review Retention Rates

Discussion: Marilyn Sheerer reviewed goals to improve retention rates and committee’s role in assessing suggested actions for improvement. Committee discussed impact issues from exit surveys; residential hall facilities and freshman campus living requirements for possible considerations.

Action Taken: Committee to review this after consideration of faculty manual revision priorities and determination of data needed for further review.

Assigned Additional Duties To: N/A

Agenda Item: Election of Committee Officers

Discussion: W. Joseph Thomas and Amy Frank agreed to serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of the committee respectively. Rose Bailey agreed to serve as Secretary on the Committee. As part of W. Joseph Thomas’s role as Chair he will be a member of the Faculty Advisory Group Steering Committee.

Action Taken: W. Joseph Thomas was unanimously voted to serve as Chair. Amy Frank was unanimously voted to serve as Vice Chair. Rose Bailey was unanimously voted to serve as Secretary.

Assigned additional duties to: N/A

Agenda Item: Review of Business of Committee Carried Over from 2008-2009

Discussion: Reviewed Open Business as Follows: (i) Rewording of Faculty Senate Catalog & Faculty Manual wording changes to incorporate the Joint Response of the Committee with the Academic Standards Committee to Section 2.8 of the Strategic Enrollment Management Task Force (SEMTF) Report; (ii) Finalization of recommendations to the Faculty Senate of the Grade Appeal Policy; and (iii) Finalization of recommendations to the Faculty Senate of the proposed revisions to the Academic Integrity Policy. Proposed completion dates for the report to the Faculty Senate were reviewed.

Action Taken: Committee to meet on September 14, 2009 to discuss above items.

Assigned Additional Duties To: Report from Jayne Geissler on joint response of this Committee and the Academic Standards Committee to Section 2.8 of the SEMTF Report;   Report from all committee members on faculty comments about Proposed Grade Appeal Policy; Report from Wendy Sharer Proposed Revisions to ECU Academic Integrity Policy.

NEXT MEETING: September 14, 2009

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Report from Jayne Geissler on joint response of this Committee and the Academic Standards Committee to Section 2.8 of the SEMTF Report;   Report from all committee members on faculty comments about Proposed Grade Appeal Policy; Report from Wendy Sharer Proposed Revisions to ECU Academic Integrity Policy.