agenda status: approved Agenda: AGENDA University Committee on Academic Policy Meeting of Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:15 a.m., Hannah Administration Bldg. Board Room
Phone or e-mail Sandra Walther (353-5380; swalther@msu.edu) if you cannot be present. Please remember that you are asked to send a substitute from your college. Attachments: March 15, 2007 Minutes (Draft) Academic Integrity - current 3_26_07 (Draft) Academic Integrity – possible changes 3_26_07 (Draft) Undergraduate Instruction Assistants 3_26_07 (Draft)
minutes status: approved approved at meeting of 04/12/2007 UCAP Minutes for meeting held on 03/29/2007 Present: Renée Canady, Sekhar Chivukula, Doug Estry, Richard Hallgren, Yen-Hwei Lin, Helen Mayer, Philip Moon, Antonio Nunez, Edmund Outslay, Ralph Putnam, Daniel Roth, Matt Caramagno for Brandon Sethi, Jon Sticklen, Colleen Tremonte, Bruce Vanden Bergh, Amanda Venettis, Alex von Eye, Connie Zheng Absent: Dennis Banks, Peter Cobbett, Lauren Doherty, Brandon Sethi Guests: Elizabeth Simmons, Director, and Steve Spees, Associate Director, Lyman Briggs School The Agenda was approved. The Minutes for March 15, 2007 were approved. Comments from the Chairperson Professor Putnam encouraged committee members and their colleagues to participate in faculty voice discussions by attending the Faculty Council meeting on April 10. More information about the recommendations of the Faculty Voice Taskforce is available on the Angel site announced through an email to all faculty. Comments from the Associate Provost No comments from the Associate Provost.ECAC Request for Consultation: Lyman Briggs School of Science Return to College Status Guests: Elizabeth Simmons, Director, and Steve Spees, Associate Director, Lyman Briggs A motion by Jon Sticklen to give voice to Lyman Briggs representatives Elizabeth Simmons and Steve Spees passed. Committee discussion centered on the following concerns:
As the Lyman Briggs Proposal to Return to College Status moves forward through academic governance, it would useful to include additional information about the economic impact of the proposal as it moves forward to Faculty Council and Academic Assembly. Motion by Connie Zheng to endorse the proposal with added comments passed unanimously. Course Repeat Policy Associate Provost Estry reported that the Undergraduate Associate/Assistant Deans (UGAAD) committee, after review of the Registrar’s course repeat data, recommended that no change be made to the current Course Repeat Policy. Estry explained that, under the current policy, a student may exceed the repeat credits limit with permission by an Associate Dean. UGAAD recommended that the Office of the Registrar notify students of university policy (through ESAP) each time a course is repeated. Putnam stated that unless a proposal was made to change the policy there was no action to be taken. Academic Integrity Professor Putnam provided an overview of the draft documents provided to committee. He stated that, in the spirit of the subcommittee proposal, an occurrence of academic dishonesty happens when a faculty member or instructor lowers a grade or a penalty action affecting a grade is required. Committee discussion centered on the following issues:
Clarity and consistency of language. The point at which a dean is notified of an occurrence of academic dishonesty. Timing of student’s right to appeal. Need for agreement on the basic philosophy for how sanctions are determined. Record keeping for multiple instances of academic dishonesty. Professors Putnam and Sticklen will circulate materials describing the two general approaches being considered for discussion at the next meeting:
consequences determined by appropriate hearing boards Undergraduate Instructional Aids Motion to move discussion of Undergraduate Instructional Aids to the next meeting was approved. Roundtable No Roundtable comments. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted by Sandra Walther |
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