Academic Standards Committee Meeting
Meeting
January 30, 2013
In Attendance: Debbie Chee, Ken Clark, Karl Fields, Duane Hulbert, Jim Jasinski, Danny Laesch, Jan
Leuchtenberger, Sarah Moore, Jill Nealey-Moore, Isaac Olson, Lori Ricigliano, Don Share, and Brad
Tomhave
Spring Semester Meeting Times and Dates
The ASC policy meetings will be held between 3:00 – 4:00pm on Wednesdays (February 13, February 27,
March 13, March 27, April 10, April 24, and May 8). Jim Jasinski teaches until 3:20pm and will attend
after class.
Approval of Minutes
The December 6, 2012 minutes have not been circulated yet. They will be up for approval on February
13, 2013.
Petitions for the Period 11/29/2012 – 01/23/2013
The Petitions Sub-Committee held meetings on December 5, December 12, December 20, January 3,
January 17, and January 23. The petitions work yielded the following results:
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3
3
3
8
1
12
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
60
Approved Readmissions or Reinstatements
Denied Readmissions or Reinstatements
Approved Re-enrollments from a Medical or Emergency Administrative Withdrawal
Denied Re-enrollments from a Medical Withdrawal
Approved Registrations with a Schedule Conflict
Denied Registration with a Schedule Conflict
Approved Medical Withdrawals
Approved Emergency Administrative Withdrawal
Approved Waivers of the “Last 8 Units” Requirement
Approved Concurrent Enrollments
Approved Course Repeat for Second Time
Denied Course Repeat for Second Time
Approved Waiver of 6-Year Rule
Approved Waivers of Minimum GPA Required for Independent Study
Approved Waivers of Upper-Class Standing for Independent Study
Approved Transfer Credit from Community College by Upper-Class Student
Denied Waiver of Core Requirement
Approved Withdrawals with a W Grade
Denied Withdrawal with a W Grade
Approved Waiver of Regression Rule
Denied Appeal of Transfer Credit Evaluation
Total Petitions
Registrar Approved:
Preview Team Approved:
Sub-Committee Approved:
Total Approved:
0
24
26
50
Sub-Committee Denied:
Total Petitions:
10
60
For the year to date 134 petitions have been acted upon with 17 involving late registration and 40
involving registration with a schedule conflict. (For comparison, by January 24, 2012, 103 petitions had
been acted upon with 8 involving late registration and 26 involving registration with a schedule conflict.)
Of the 134 total petitions to date, 116 have been approved and 18 have been denied.
The Petitions Sub-Committee also placed 114 academic sanctions on undergraduate students based on
their fall grades:
37
6
1
47
4
16
3
Warning
Suspension
Suspension/Probation
Probation
Continued Probation
Semester Dismissal
Year Dismissal
Of the 16 semester dismissals, 11 were freshmen or transfer students dismissed for a grade point
average below 1.00 in their first semester at Puget Sound.
The Petitions Sub-Committee placed 3 academic sanctions on graduate students:
2
Probation
1
Continued Probation
The Petitions Sub-Committee for the spring semester will meet Wednesdays at 12:00 and consists of:
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Bob Boyles
Dan Burgard
Debbie Chee
Ken Clark
Greg Elliott
Danny Laesch
Martins Linauts
Sarah Moore
Jill Nealey-Moore
Isaac Olson
Brad Tomhave
The Sub-Committee held its first meeting on January 23 and its second meeting at noon today.
Charges and Issues under Consideration (Status Update)
Don Share, chair, asked the committee to review ASC’s charges and offer updates in efforts to organize
the agenda for the semester.
A. Student Bereavement Policy: There was agreement to further explore the bereavement
policy. Next steps: Debbie Chee and Lori Ricigliano volunteered to draft a policy to bring to
committee for discussion.
B. Concurrent Baccalaureate Degrees discussion: The ASC has not formally discussed a policy on
offering concurrent baccalaureate degrees. Our current practice is to address individual
requests through the Petitions Committee. Next steps: Brad Tomhave will research the practice
and consult with peer institutions. Other considerations in the creations of this policy would be
financial impact, if any, and availability of seats in upper division courses.
C. Common Hour and Class Schedule: A survey was administered to Chairs and Directors in the
fall in an effort to identify features of a schedule that work and do not work and seek input
about the interest of a common hour. We learned that faculty who took the survey liked the
idea of a common hour if there was a feasible way to accommodate it in the schedule. Next
steps: Sarah More and Brad Tomhave will put together a draft schedule and seek input academic
department schedulers.
D. Mid-term Grades: In efforts to support student retention and identify practices and policies
that clearly communicate a student’s status in the classroom, Puget Sound’s current practice of
assigning mid-term grades was identified as a practice that would be good to review. The
transition to PeopleSoft may afford us an opportunity to review our mid-term grading practices.
Next steps: The ASC will begin this conversation.
E. Academic Dishonesty: A survey was administered in the spring 2012 and results were
discussed in the December 6, 2012 meeting. Next steps will be decided at a later meeting.
F. Organization of Charges for the Spring 2013 Semester:
 Concurrent Baccalaureate Degrees
 Student Bereavement Policy
 Common House and Class Schedule
 Mid-term Grades
Ken Clark moved to adjourn the meeting. Landon Wade seconded.
Minutes taken by Debbie Chee