Minutes
Academic Standards Committee
December 6th, 2012
In Attendance: Danny Laesch, Robin Jacobson, Greg Elliott, Kristin Johnson,
Lori Ricigliano, Duane Hulbert, Isaac Olson, Bob Boyles, Debbie Chee, Landon
Wade, Brad Tomhave, and Sarah Moore
The meeting began at 8:35 AM.
Petitions Sub-Committee: The committee held meetings on November 14,
16, and 28, 2012. The petitions work during this time yielded the following
results:
1 Approved Late Registration
1 Denied Change of Registration from Graded to Audit
1 Approved Readmission from Dismissal
1 Approved Re-Enrollment from a Medical Withdrawal
1 Denied Re-Enrollment from a Medical Withdrawal
11 Approved Schedule Conflicts for Spring 2013
3 Approved Medical Withdrawals
1 Approved Second Repeat of a Course
2 Approved Alternate Courses for the Foreign Language Requirement
2 Approved Awards of Simultaneous Bachelor’s Degrees
24 Total Petitions
Registrar Approved: 1
Preview Team Approved:
8
Sub-Committee Approved: 13
Total Approved: 22
Sub-Committee Denied:
Total Petitions:
2
24
For the year to date, 74 petitions have been acted upon with 18 involving
late registration and 31 involving registration with a schedule conflict. (For
comparison, by November 28, 2011, 52 petitions had been acted upon with 8
involving late registration and 20 involving a schedule conflict.)
Of the 74 total petitions to date, 8 have been denied.
The recent late add was to correct a student’s lab registration and was taken
care of in the Registrar’s Office.
Bereavement Policy: Brad Dillman sent a message to ASC confirming
support from the Faculty Senate on the establishment of a bereavement
policy for students. Debbie Chee agreed to meet with Kristin Johnson to
craft guidelines for such a policy. Danny Laesch said ASUPS was also
interested implementing a policy for students. Sarah Moore asked if any
school already had a “good” bereavement policy. Lori Ricigliano said she
would research other schools.
Academic Integrity Survey: The results from the student survey were
collected last spring. Next semester, ASC can analyze the data and report
on the findings from the Spring 2012 survey. The committee recognized the
impact internet use by students has on academic integrity. Lori Ricigliano
asked if the questions on the student survey could be answered in the
tutorial for incoming students. When looking at the survey, Debbie Chee said
students aren’t always clear on how to separate research from plagiarism.
She also thought students confuse academic integrity and student conduct,
because there is similar language, but are separate issues. And processes.
She also noted 44% of students completed the survey. In addition to the
freshman survey, should upper classmen be tested as well? Landon Wade
said more cases of cheating had been brought to the Academic Integrity
Board in past few years. Since students have more information available
online, it’s easier for them to be dishonest.
Perhaps faculty should paper
topics that are not easy to research online. Students also tend to use papers
submitted by other students from previous classes. It’s also important for
student to document internet sources and to know how to identify primary
sources for research. Faculty need to clearly state their policies on cheating
in their syllabi.
Scheduling Survey
Some of the issues discussed were:
1. Most faculty prefer 2 day a week classes (TU/TH)
2. The faculty were divided on whether to implement a common hour
or not. Strong opinions went both ways on this issue
3. Should the faculty or the administration decide on this issue?
4. The Breitenbach plan could be another option, with more 3-4 day a
week classes in the morning, so more free time would be available
in the afternoon
5. Faculty should continue to find open slots in their schedules for
next year in order to identify possible common hour times.
6. One of the challenges in scheduling involves student taking crossdisciplinary courses
7. Other challenges in scheduling a late afternoon common hour:
music ensemble rehearsals and sports practices
8. Perhaps a midday common hour would be more feasible?
9. Adding more early morning classes could relieve the scheduling
pressure; would this be popular with students, though?
10. Would it be better to look at classroom schedules within
departments rather than creating a schedule with time blocks?
11.Have we looked at how other schools have successfully created a
common hour?
12.Weekend classes are not a popular option at this time.
The committee thanked Kristin Johnson for her service as chairman of ASC
for the Fall semester.
The meeting adjourned at 9:32 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Duane Hulbert
Secretary for the day