CHARGES TO THE ACADEMIC PROCEDURES AND POLICIES COMMITTEE FOR FY-05

 

Approved by SenEx: 6/17/04

 

Standing Charges

1.         Confer with the Senior Vice Provost and/or other administrative officials on academic matters that seem appropriate, including, but not limited to any changes in class scheduling, course duplication, and enrollment procedures.

 

2.         Monitor issues raised by COCAO (Council of Chief Academic Officers) and the Council of Presidents of Regents' Institutions that might have implications for University policy.

 

3.         Act on petitions for exceptions to the general graduation requirements of the University.

 

4.         Submit to SenEx: a) the approved minutes of each meeting (minutes must be kept), b) recommendations for action as they are approved by the committee, and c) a final report by April 1, 2005. The final report should make clear what was done (or not done) about each of the charges to the committee and should make recommendations to SenEx for action. The report should also provide the names of the committee members, include suggestions for charges to, membership in, and the chair of the next year's committee.

 

 5.        Monitor Program Restructuring and Discontinuance and hold hearings and offer recommendations in accordance with USRR Article VIII.

 

Additional Charges

  1. Monitor the revised university-wide common withdrawal procedure and evaluate the success of the implementation.

 

  1. Monitor implementation of the Global Awareness Certification Program, and make recommendations for improvements as necessary.

 

  1. Continue to monitor potential issues related to grade inflation, and prepare summary information materials and recommendations in a manner readily disseminated to academic departments, faculty, staff and students.

 

9.   Coordinate with student senate to draft a proposal for a campus wide honor code to address issues related to academic misconduct, and develop resources to increase awareness of the nature and consequences of academic misconduct.

 

10. Develop guidelines for the approval and oversight of undergraduate certificate programs, to ensure that certificate programs and faculty appointments in such programs are overseen in manner equivalent to degree programs.

 

11.  Review data on the course repeat policy and determine whether or not to recommend changes to the policy or procedure.

 

12.  Review the final report on Student Success Initiatives, and monitor implementation of recommendations related to academic procedures and policies.