ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Meeting Time: 8:00 am April 3, 2002

Meeting Place: KU 211

Presiding: James Dunne

Senators Present: Biers, Dunne, Hallinan, Hartley, Johnson, Lasley, Pedrotti, Saliba

Ex Officio Member Present: Palermo

 

Handouts: Jim Dunne distributed a draft of the background and rationale to accompany the proposed revision of the administration section of the General Education Policy Document. A draft of the revision had been distributed via email prior to the meeting.

 

1.         The minutes of the March 20, 2002 meeting of the APC were approved.

 

2.         Ongoing Oversight

           

            Jim Dunne noted that a discussion of the status of the proposal to revise the Quantitative Reasoning Competency would take place at the April 17 meeting of the APC.

 

Linda Hartley reported that the Calendar Committee, of which she is a member, had met and developed various scenarios for the 2003/2004 academic year.

 

Pat Palermo noted that the structure of the orientation process would soon be undergoing a periodic review.

 

It was noted that the APC has oversight on the process of consultation across divisions when there is a proposed curriculum change. The status of the current consultation process will be discussed at the April 17 meeting of the APC.

 

Pat Palermo noted that the language in the bulletin related to residence requirements needs to be clarified and updated to properly take into consideration programs such as the study abroad program and distance learning programs.

 

Pat Palermo noted that the implementation of the new +/- grading scale is scheduled for Fall 2002 and a reminder should be sent to faculty members.

 

3.         Revisions to the General Education Policy Document

 

Dave Biers reported that the GE 2002 Subcommittee tasked with a review of the Rationale and Goals portion of the General Education Policy document had appointed subcommittees to read various university policy documents and to suggest wording changes that would be consistent with these documents. The subcommittee members are reporting suggested changes at a Quick Place site. Dave Biers reported that the GE 2002 Subcommittee is scheduled to meet soon to discuss the suggestions but that a recommendation to the APC would not be forthcoming until the fall semester.

 

The APC voted to approve the proposed revisions, authored by Pat Johnson, Pat Palermo, and Jim Dunne, to the Administrative-Responsibility section (section V) of the General Education Policy document. It was noted that the vote was provisional since the proposal would also be brought before the Provost’s Council for approval. Jim Dunne distributed specific wording for the background and rationale for the proposal for the APC members to review and critique. The APC members agreed that, should the Provost’s Council approve the revisions, the proposal would be brought before the full Academic Senate at the April 19th meeting.

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4. The meeting adjourned at 8:40 am.

 

Wearily submitted by Leno Pedrotti.