Academic Standards Committee
April 9, 2004
Present: Mirelle Cohen, Houston Dougharty, John Finney, Fred Hamel, Martin Jackson, Betsy
Kirkpatrick, Martins Linauts, Andreas Madlung, Bob Matthews, David Moore, Jack Roundy, Maria
Sampen, Ross Singleton, Brad Tomhave, Ann Wilson, Kate Sojda (student), Emma Archer (student)
Absent: Geoffrey Block, Michael Johnson
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
M/S/P The minutes of the meeting of March 26 were approved as
written.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kirkpatrick reminded committee members that the next meeting of the
Academic Standards Committee will be in the Misner Room of the
library.
PETITIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
Actions on petitions are as indicated on printouts submitted to Wilson and summarized below.
Date
3/24/04 to 3/30/04
Approved
2(1**)
Denied
1
No Action
0
Total
4
3/24/04 to 4/6/04
2(1**)
1
0
4
YTD
78(44*, 39**)
39
1
201
*or ** Parenthesized numbers indicate the number of the stated approvals done by the Office of the
Registrar (*) as authorized by the Academic Standards Committee for resolution of specific issues of
registration or by the Petitions Preview Team (**) according to established guidelines.
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
The committee reviewed the revisions that Finney proposed to amend the policy on page 26 of The Logger
concening eligibility to participate in intercollegiate club sports. Since the current policy was not intended
to include intercollegiate sports, the revisions proposed by Finney amounted to inserting the word “varsity”
before the word “intercollegiate” in the current policy.
ACTION HAMEL M/S/P THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO
THE POLICY IN THE LOGGER AS PROPOSED.
DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED POLICY REVISION FOR ACADEMIC WARNING
The committee reviewed the revisions that Roundy proposed to amend the policy on academic warning on
page 21 of The Logger to include the need for students who are on academic warning to develop a plan for
academic improvement, as students who are on academic probation are already required to do.
After considerable discussion, the committee agreed to a slight revision of the language that Roundy had
proposed. The revised language to the policy will read: “When placed on academic warning, a student is
expected to develop a plan for academic improvement with a counselor from the Academic Advising
Office with the student’s academic advisor. Compliance with this plan will be considered by the Academic
Standards Committee in deciding whether to continue a student who is placed on academic warning for a
second term (and is therefore eligible for suspension).”
ACTION ROUNDY M/S/P ADDING LANGUAGE ABOVE TO THE ACADEMIC
WARNING POLICY IN THE LOGGER THAT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO DEVELOP A
PLAN FOR ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT.
Given that there were no other agenda items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 12:25pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Ann Wilson