COMMITTEE:  Admission and Retention Policies Committee

MEETING DATE: Monday, September 13  (3:30 to 4:50 pm)

PERSON PRESIDING:  W. Joseph Thomas

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Wendy Sharer, Allison Danell, Patrice Morris, Natalie Stewart

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Jayne Geissler, John Fletcher, Sherri Jones

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Belinda Patterson, Marianna Walker, Maggie Olszewska

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ACTIONS OF MEETING

 

Agenda Item: Approval of Minutes of August 30.

 

Discussion:  N/A

 

Action Taken:  Minutes Approved

           

Assigned Additional Duties To:  Natalie will forward approved minutes to Lori Lee.

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Agenda Item:  Proposal to conduct revisions and voting on meeting minutes by email.

           

Discussion:  This would be a two-step process:

                        Step 1:  Minutes are sent out by email, with a deadline for revisions.

Step 2:  On the deadline date, the revised minutes would be sent out via email for approval.

Action Taken:

            All approved voting on the meeting minutes by email.

 

Assigned Additional Duties To:  Joseph and Natalie will coordinate the voting process.

           

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Agenda Item:  Latest Draft of the Academic Integrity Policy

           

Discussion:  Discussion involved the following topics: 

-the form of the "Academic Integrity Board" and the "Academic Integrity Appeal Board", and the use of all regular members instead of alternates.

-how the policy can best meet the needs of graduate students.

-how to deal with multi-student violations.

 

Action Taken:  Wendy made some changes to the draft based on the discussions.

 

Assigned Additional Duties To: 

                        Belinda Patterson will report back to her office regarding the inclusion of the graduate school.

                        Wendy will revise the document and send it to the subcommittee for feedback.  After feedback from the subcommittee, Wendy will send the revised document to the Admission and Retention Policies Committee one week prior to the next meeting on Monday, October 4th.

                        Joseph will follow up on the DE question he received over the summer.

 

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Agenda Item:  Review of Department of Recreation Leisure Studies grade appeal policy to make sure that it's in line with the revised university policy.

           

Discussion:  Allison Danell had compared the two documents and reported on some differences:  the RCLS policy lacks sufficient detail to guide the student through the appeal process, the chain of command differs, and the wording leaves open the possibility for a student to ask for an exception to departmental policies.

                       

Action Taken:  The committee felt that it would be better for the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies to refer students to the university policy instead of having a separate policy.

           

Assigned Additional Duties To: Joseph will report back to RCLS.

                       

 

ADJOURNED:  4:50 PM