University Senate action Dec. 5
On Monday, Dec. 5, University Senate heard reports from:
- David Sayler, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
- Tom Crist, Chair, Department of Biology
- Drew Reffett, Chair, Executive Committee of University Senate
Items received on the Senate consent calendar included:
- Curriculum items dated December 5, 2016
- Graduate Student Handbook revision – 4.5.G Time Limits for Degree Completion
- Graduate 1.2.B Graduate Course Load for Full-Time Students
- Academic Policy Committee Minutes - November 11, 2016
- Committee on Faculty Research minutes – November 18, 2016
- Student Handbook 1.2.C.3 – Course Repeat
- Student Handbook 1.3.G, 1.3.H, 1.3.H.2, 1.1.E, and 2.5.C: Academic Action Policies
Minutes of the University Senate Nov. 21, 2016 meeting were approved.
With the approval of the Nov. 21, 2016 minutes, University Senate endorsed the following resolution:
SR 17-01
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate endorse proposed revisions to the Academic Program Review Committee charge, as set forth below:
In the ByLaws of University Senate, 6.B.3.a, regarding Committee composition and membership of the Academic Program Review Committee, the faculty composition will include tenured faculty and Senior Lecturers and Clinical/Professionally Licensed Faculty, and the term length shall be changed from two years to three years. The faculty composition is updated to reflect changes to the regional campus college structure. Additionally, “if warranted by the number of programs under review, or the timing of those reviews, one or two additional ad hoc eligible faculty members to be nominated by the Executive Committee of University Senate in consultation with the Academic Program Review Committee Chair for a one-year term.”
