agenda status: approved Agenda:
Phone or E-Mail Robin Pline (353-5380; pline@msu.edu) if you cannot be present. Please remember that you are asked to send a substitute from your college. Attachments: Religious Observance Subcommittee Proposal minutes status: approved approved at meeting of 11/30/2006 UCAP Minutes for meeting held on 11/09/2006 University Committee on Academic Policy Thursday, November 9, 2006 Meeting Minutes Members Present: Dennis Banks, Renée Canady, R. Sekhar Chivukula, Peter Cobbett, Richard Hallgren, Yen-Hwei Lin, Folke Lindahl, Helen Mayer, Philip Moon, Ralph Putnam, Brandon Sethi, Mike Shields, Jon Sticklen, Alex von Eye, Connie Zheng, Keri Zolman Members Absent: Antonio Nunez, Edmund Outslay, Daniel Roth, Colleen Tremonte, Paul Turner III, Bruce Vanden Bergh Agenda: November 9, 2006 agenda was approved. Minutes: October 12, 2006 minutes were approved. Comments from Chair Ralph Putnam discussed issues that would be coming to the committee’s attention in the near future:
Academic Scholars Program: discuss making this a permanent program Assoc. Deans are finalizing their recommendations and, in addition to those mentioned by Ralph, several additional policy issues will come before the committee soon. Religious Observance Subcommittee Proposal The Religious Observance Subcommittee presented a proposal to modify the current Religious Observance Policy. After discussion of the proposal language and the timing appropriate for notification of the intention to be absent from class to observe a religious holiday, the committee recommended further consideration by the subcommittee. The subcommittee will consult with Brandon Sethi and Philip Moon prior to the next discussion to be sure that issues raised by ASMSU are taken into consideration. Academic Dishonesty Subcommittee The Academic Dishonesty Subcommittee presented a proposal for modifying the policies related to academic dishonesty. Whereas UCAP in previous consideration of this issue recommended the establishment of an academic dishonesty grade to appear on a student’s transcript, the subcommittee recommended not using such a grade. The subcommittee recommended instead establishing an “Academic Dishonesty Probation” marker that could be placed in the student’s record and would aid in tracking instances of academic dishonesty. They also proposed increasingly severe consequences for repeat offenders. A variety of issues were raised in the discussion of the proposal. The Academic Dishonesty Subcommittee will take these issues into consideration and revise the proposal to be presented at a future meeting of the full committee. Fall Break Subcommittee Update The Fall Break Subcommittee will present their report at the next UCAP meeting on November 30, 2006. Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm. Respectfully submitted by Keri Zolman |
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