ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE ACADEMIC SENATE
Academic Year
2006-2007
TITLE: Annual Report of the Student Academic Policies Committee
SUBMITTED BY: Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate
DATE: April 19, 2007
Student Honor Code
The committee’s focus this year was primarily on development of a proposed university honor code and the establishment of an honor board.
A statement of purpose for the code was drafted first and approved by committee members. Attention then turned to the proposal for a university honor board, the appeals procedure and punitive issues. Legal questions concerning punitive measures were discussed with a representative of the Legal Affairs office. In order to assess the impact of the proposal on current policies and procedures, as well as to assess the level of support within the units, members volunteered to discuss the proposal with, and solicit input from, their respective Deans. That input was then discussed and some changes were introduced into the current draft.
The current draft of the proposal will be provided to the incoming committee, along with summaries of the Deans’ comments and a status report detailing outstanding issues.
The committee participated in the review of the Habit of Inquiry and Reflection document (Doc-06-09), and approved comments were forwarded to the Academic Policies Committee.
The committee participated in the review of the University Promotion and Tenure Policy document (Doc-06-10), and approved comments were forwarded to the Faculty Affairs Committee.
Members of the committee were assigned chapters of the self study to review, and were encouraged to provide comments via the self study web site.
prepared by: Dale Courte