COMMITTEE: Admission & Retention Policies Committee

MEETING DATE: September 14, 2009 (4 pm to 5 pm)

PERSON PRESIDING: W. Joseph Thomas

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

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

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: None

ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item: Approval of Minutes from August meeting.

Discussion: Determined SGA representative attending missing.

Action Taken: Minutes approved conditional on insertion of name of attending SGA representative on motion of Sherri Jones with second my Wendy Sharer.

Assigned Additional Duties To: RLBailey to make such insertion, repost minutes on Sharepoint and forward minutes to Lori Lee.

Agenda Item: Status update regarding Review of Academic Integrity Policy

Discussion: Wendy Sharer in contact with Maggie Olszewska, Director of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, regarding compilation of feedback from the open forums for the Committee’s review in the October meeting.

Action Taken: None

Assigned additional duties to: Wendy Sharer to coordinate obtaining revisions for Committee review in October meeting.

Agenda Item: Review of Revisions to Grade Appeal Policy

Discussion: Committee discussed various concerns raised by Committee members from their discussion with faculty in their respective areas.

Action Taken: Additional clarifying language regarding process and notice rights were added and Committee voted on motion by Sherri Jones, seconded by Natalie Stewart that these additions be incorporated by Wendy Sharer into a revised draft to be distributed by email to all Committee members for approval in time to meet deadline for submission to the Agenda Committee for inclusion on the agenda for the October meeting of the Faculty Senate.

Assigned Additional Duties To: .Wendy Sharer to incorporate approved revisions and Joseph Thomas to circulate revised draft for approval.

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Agenda Item: Comments from Jayne Geissler on Section 2.8 of the SEMTF Report

Discussion: Brief discussion in light of other agenda items.

Action Taken: Agreed to continue further discussion on this agenda item in next meeting

Assigned Additional Duties To: Committee to review Section 2.8 of SEMTF Report in light of Jayne Geissler’s comments for further discussion in next meeting

NEXT MEETING: October 5, 2009

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Further discussion of Joint response of this Committee and the Academic Standards Committee to Section 2.8 of the SEMTF Report;   Report from Wendy Sharer Proposed Revisions to ECU Academic Integrity Policy.