Academic Standards Committee
Minutes
October 31, 2011
Present: Bill Barry, Debbie Chee, Ben Lewin, Gary McCall, Sarah Moore, Kali Odell (student),
Lori Ricigliano, Brad Tomhave, Landon Wade, Maddi Werhane (student), Ann Wilson, Paula
Wilson
Approval of Minutes : The minutes of the meeting of October 3 were approved as written. The minutes of the meeting of October 17 were distributed and will be reviewed at the next meeting.
Petitions Committee Report : The following report was prepared by Brad Tomhave, University
Registrar for the Petitions Subcommittee and the Petitions Preview Team meetings on October
10 and October 24 th
. The petitions work for the two aforementioned meetings yielded the following results:
1 Approved Late Add
1 Approved Schedule Conflict
1 Approved Waiver of the “Last 8 Units Rule”
1 Denied Completion of Foreign Language with Less than 1 Year of Credit
1 Approved Withdrawal with a W Grade
1 Denied Application of On-Line Course to Foreign Language Requirement
6 Total Petitions
Registrar Approved: 0
Preview Team Approved: 3
Sub-Committee Approved: 1
Total Approved: 4
Sub-Committee Denied: 1
Total Petitions: 2
For the year to date, 25 petitions have been acted upon with 7 involving late registration and 9 involving registration with a schedule conflict. (For comparison, by October 26, 2010, 29 petitions had been acted upon with 14 involving late registration and 6 involving a schedule conflict.)
In addition to petition actions, 1 student was placed on Academic Warning and 2 were placed on
Academic Probation based on incomplete grades converted to poor or failing final grades.
Of the 25 total petitions to date, 5 have been denied: The 2 Foreign Language petitions listed above plus an appeal of a transfer credit decision, a Late Add, and a Schedule Conflict.
Of particular interest have been recent petitions from two students who, despite their preparation, did not pass a proficiency examination in order to complete the Foreign Language Graduation Requirement.
Continuation of discussion of awarding university honors to students with academic integrity or student integrity violations : The committee continued its discussion of the criteria for receiving university honors and a plan for considering students who met the stated criteria for grade point average but whose actions may have violated either academic integrity or student integrity.

Chee reported that students who violate the Student Integrity Code are sanctioned by the Integrity Code
Board of the Student Honor Court. Moore reported that the ASC has the ability to disqualify a student from receiving university honors for cause by virtue of the authority that the Hearing Board has in such matters as stated in point 4 of the Hearing Board Procedures in Matters of Academic Integrity on page 5 of the 2011-2012 Academic Handbook.
Tomhave reported that first offenses of academic integrity violations are typically reported and filed with the Office of the Registrar. The Hearing Board primarily addresses second offenses of violations of academic integrity unless requested by a student or faculty member to address a first offense. According to the current policy, if a violation of academic integrity is brought before the Hearing Board, the Hearing
Board has the authority to impose sanctions ranging from a warning to expulsion from the university. In order to clarify this authority to specifically address issues that may possibly affect a student’s ability to receive university honors, the ASC proposes to add language to point 4 of the Hearing Board Procedures.
MOTION: Add language to point 4 of the Hearing Board Procedures in Matters of Academic Integrity on page 5 of the Academic Handbook to read to specify the ability to disqualify a student from receiving university honors to the list of sanctions it is able to impose. The current language reads:
4. “The Hearing Board may find the allegations not to be factual, or the Hearing Board may impose sanctions. Sanctions include, but are not limited to, warning, reprimand, grade penalty, removal from the course or major, probation, dismissal, suspension and/or expulsion.”
The proposed language would read:
4. “The Hearing Board may find the allegations not to be factual, or the Hearing Board may impose sanctions. Sanctions include, but are not limited to, warning, reprimand, grade penalty, removal from the course or major, disqualification from receiving university honors, probation, dismissal, suspension and/or expulsion.”
ACTION: M-S-P 12-0
Discussion of policy on transferability of credit earned through Portland State University’s
Challenge Program: Brad Tomhave and Sarah Moore received a communication from Sally Hudson,
Director of the Challenge and LINK High School Programs at Portland State University regarding Puget
Sound’s policy of not accepting transfer credit for programs offered at a high school. Moore reiterated the university’s policy for the members of the ASC and clarified that this policy applies to all such programs and not just the one offered by Portland State University. Tomhave reported that this issue comes up occasionally in the ASC Petitions Subcommittee, including at one of its recent meetings.
A concern was raised about whether Puget Sound was losing applicants by imposing such a policy. It was suggested that George Mills, Associate Vice President for Enrollment, be contacted to see what impact, if any, this policy has on admissions. A. Wilson agreed to contact George and report back at the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Ann Wilson