Faculty Senate Status Report for 2013-­‐2014
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Graduate 7/15/13 Studies
Catalog
Public 7/15/13 Health
Infrastructure
Regional Curriculum
7/15/13 College
Graduate 9/9/13 Studies
Catalog
Effective Date
Senate Response
President/ Provost Response Status
Faculty Senate Action
Establishment of (catalog) policy on academic standing for graduate students to replace current policies on dismissal and dismissal appeals. Fall 2013 Tabled
N/A
Merger of two academic departments in College of Public Health
Fall 2013 Approved
Approved
Establishment of Agribusiness major within the Bachelor of Science Degree, to be offered on the Tuscarawas Campus. Included in the proposal are establishment of 14 AGRI courses. Minimum total credit hours to program completion are 121.
Establishment of (catalog) policy on Academic Standing -­‐ Graduate Students to replace current policies on dismissal and dismissal appeals. Revision to administrative policy 3342-­‐3-­‐01.2 regarding class attendance and class absence to ensure compliance with state and federal laws (e.g. Administrative American with Disabilities Act) and to provide greater procedural clarity 9/9/13 EMSA
Policy
relative to the various reasons for students' class absences.
Revision to university registration policy to limit course registration adds after the semester has begun -­‐-­‐ from current end of second week to proposed end of first week (prorated for summer and part-­‐of-­‐term EPC Ad courses) -­‐ as well as to update language reflecting current practices. Hoc (Note: Faculty Senate approved for implementation contingent upon the 9/9/13 Committee Catalog
creation of an electronic petition process.)
Curriculum Revision to policy on Instructional Activities and Credit Hour to include 9/9/13 Provost
Services
the definition of emporium courses.
9/9/13 Provost
10/10/14
Action Pending
Revision to policy on Catalog Rights and Exclusions to include course specifications, and revision to Administrative Policy and Procedure Administrative 3342.3-­‐01.1 Regarding Academic Requirements, Course Specifications Policy; Catalog and Course Offerings.
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Approved -­‐ 9/18/13 Board of Trustees
Fall 2014 Approved
Approved
Fall 2013 Approved
Approved
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees.
Revision implemented with 2013-­‐2014 catalog.
Approved
Information Item -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees. Spring 2014
Approved
Fall 2014 Approved
Approved
Fall 2013 Approved
Approved
Approved
Fall 2014 Approved
Approved
Implementation contingent upon creation of electronic petition process (anticipated Fall 2015).
Updated on curriculum services website.
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Information Item -­‐ 9/17/14 Board of Trustees
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Arts and 9/9/13 Sciences
Faculty Senate Action
Revision to Administrative Policy 3342-­‐01.5 on Academic Forgiveness to replace outdated language regarding how the university calculates credit Administrative hours and GPA when academic forgiveness is applied to a student's Policy
record.
Fall 2014
Inactivation of the American Studies major within the BA degree. There have only been two graduates in the past 10 years; admission was suspended in Fall 2010. Proposal includes inactivation of American Curriculum
Studies minor and all AMST courses.
Fall 2013
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Faculty 9/9/13 Senate
University Policy
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Effective Date
9/9/13 EMSA
Faculty Senate 10/7/13 Executive
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Resolution
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Faculty 11/4/13 Senate
Arts and 12/9/13 Sciences
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12/9/13 CCI
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EPC Ad Hoc 2/10/14 Committee Catalog
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Motion
Infrastructure
Curriculum
Amendment of Faculty Senate Bylaws (3342-­‐2-­‐06) regarding representation of colleges.
Resolution on Presidential Search calling on the search committee and the Board of Trustees to ensure that final candidates meet with the Faculty Senate Committee on Administrative Officers, as required by university policy, and faculty and staff provide input on candidates before the search committee submits final recommendations to the Board of Trustees.
FaSBAC, the university body charged with overseeing budgetary concerns, will conduct a comprehensive review of RCM as currently implemented and report to the Faculty Senate by the end of the academic year. Senate Response
Approved
Approved
Approved (Executive Committee) Deferred
Information Item -­‐ 9/17/14 Board of Trustees
Possible opportunity for new undergradute enrollment.
Approved -­‐ 9/18/13 Board of Trustees
Fall 2013 Approved
Approved
N/A
Sent to Chair and Vice Chair of BOT and Vice Chair of Presidential None Required Search Committee
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Approved
Approved
Revision of department name from Psychology to Psychological Sciences 7/1/14
Approved
Inactivation of the Visual Communication Design major within the BS and Combined BS/MA degrees.
Fall 2014 Approved
Revision of (catalog) policy to reduce the minimum number of semester credit hours required to graduate with an undergraduate degree from 121 hours to 120 hours for a bachelor's degree, and from 61 hours to 60 hours for an associate degree.
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President/ Provost Response Status
Approved
Motion distributed to FaSBAC co-­‐chairs, Provost Diacon, and VP Floyd.
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees
Approved
Information item -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees.
Pending
Approved
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EPC Ad Hoc 2/10/14 Committee Catalog
Arts and 2/10/14 Sciences
2/10/14 CCI
Arts and 2/10/14 Sciences
Arts and 3/10/14 Sciences
Faculty Senate Action
Effective Date
Establishment of a (catalog) policy that requires students placed into any Approved -­‐ developmental (remedial) course to register continuously until they have passed successfully completed their program's first mathematics requirement. Fall 2014 unanimously Approved
Curriculum
Consolidation of the French Translation, German Translation, Russian Translation, and Spanish Translation majors within the Bachelor of Science degree into a new Translation major with four areas of concentration. Included in the proposal are program revisions that replace subject area specialty with the requirement that students declare a departmentally-­‐approved minor, certificate or second major/degree, among other changes. Minimum total credit hours to program completion are unchanged at 121.
Fall 2014
Revision of major name and course requirements, establishment of two concentrations, and inactivation of three concentrations for the Electronic Media major within the Bachelor of Science Degree. Fall 2014
Curriculum
Reactivation of the Justice Studies major within the Master of Arts degree, with substantial revisions.
Curriculum
Infrastructure
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Catalog
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4/14/14 CAEST
Infrastructure
Senate Response
President/ Provost Response Status
Approved -­‐ passed unanimously Approved
Approved -­‐ passed unanimously Approved
Approved -­‐ passed Fall 2014 unanimously Approved
Establishment of the Center of Comparative and Integrative Programs
Fall 2014 Approved
Revision of admission requirement for new freshment to the Kent campus and for deferred students at a regional campus wishing to enroll at the Kent campus.
Fall 2014 Approved
Revision of college name from College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the College of Aeronautics, Applied Engineering and Construction Management.
7/1/14
Approved
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Information item -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees.
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees
Approved
Approved -­‐ 3/12/14 Board of Trustees
Approved -­‐ 5/28/14 Board of Trustees
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Tabled
Tabled
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Meeting Date
Unit
Type
Effective Date
Senate Response
Faculty Senate Action
Revision of Credit-­‐Hour Requirement for Graduation policy (catalog) to include (a) Ohio Board of Regents mandate that associate degree programs contain a minimum of 15 semester hours of the Ohio Transfer Module (Kent Core); and (b) allow undergraduate students who have had courses or credits waived to graduate from their program when they earn fewer than the minimum credit hours stated for that program int he Catalog, provided that they fulfill all requirements for the program and meet the university minimum credit hours -­‐ 120 for bachelor's and 50 for associate -­‐ for graduation.
Fall 2014 Approved
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EPC Ad Hoc 4/14/14 Committee Catalog
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EPC Ad Hoc 4/14/14 Committee Catalog
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Faculty 4/14/14 Senate
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EPC Ad Hoc 5/12/14 Committee Catalog
Establishment of Retroactive Credit policy to allow students to earn credit for designated lower level course(s) by successfully completing a designated advanced course in the same subject.
Election of Faculty Senate Officers (2014-­‐2015) -­‐ Lee Fox-­‐Cardamone (Chair), Deborah Smith (Vice-­‐Chair), Thomas Janson (Secretary), Fred Smith (At-­‐Large). EPC Ad Hoc Committee for Academic Policies: Revision of Credit Testing Eligibility policy to remove a credit-­‐hour restriction of Advanced Placement (AP), Credit by Examination (CBE) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) combined—maximum 30 hours for bachelor’s degree students, 15 hours for associate degrees and 50 percent for certificates. 28
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Revision of Transient Work at Another University policy to eliminate the 18-­‐credit restriction and require students to be in good academic standing for eligibility, among other changes. Fall 2014 Approved
Governance
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President/ Provost Response Status
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Fall 2014 Approved
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. 2014-­‐
2015
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N/A
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. N/A
Fall 2014 Approved
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Faculty Senate Action
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Senate Response
Revision of undergraduate Dismissal policy to include statement that the provost will not dismiss a student who earned a 2.000 term GPA (unadjusted for the recalculation provisions in the course repeat policy). Under-­‐ Catalog and This statement inadvertently was removed the last time the policy was graduate Administrative revised. (NOTE: Revision to Administrative Policy 3342-­‐3-­‐01.20 Regarding 5/12/14 Studies
Policy
Dismissal of Undergraduate Students for Academic Reasons.)
Fall 2014 Approved
Establishment of Change in Program of Study policy to provide guidance for graduate students transferring from one graduate program to Graduate another within the university. Amended by Faculty Senate to remove 5/12/14 Studies
Catalog
requirement to reapply when changing colleges.
Fall 2014 Approved
Revision of Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Programs policy to adhere to credit-­‐hour guidelines specified by the Ohio Board of Regents; to specify student status (undergraduate/graduate) for purposes of Graduate tuition, financial aid, etc.; and to distinguish between formal (university 5/12/14 Studies
Catalog
approved) and informal combined degree programs. Fall 2014 Approved
Revision of Leave of Absence policy. Language is added regarding students’ financial obligations to the university; and the timeframe is extended, from one calendar year to three consecutive semesters (e.g., Catalog and fall, spring, summer) with allowance for one extension for maximum one Graduate Administrative additional semester. (NOTE: Revision of Administrative Policy 3342-­‐3-­‐
5/12/14 Studies
Policy
01.12 Regarding Leaves of Absence for Graduate Students.)
Fall 2014 Approved
Approval of additional course for the Kent Core for Fall 2014 -­‐ PH 10002 5/12/14 Provost
Curriculum
Introduction to Global Health, College of Public Health
Fall 2014 Tabled
Faculty 5/12/14 Senate
Resolution
Resolution on the Procedural Failures in the Presidential Search Passed
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Motion Supporting the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty Faculty letter concerning the release of public records pertaining to the 5/12/14 Senate
Presidential search.
Passed
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Human Revision of University Policy 3342-­‐5-­‐16 regarding unlawful discrimination 5/12/14 Resources Policy
and harassment.
6/13/14 N/A
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President/ Provost Response Status
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Information Item -­‐ 9/17/14 Board of Trustees
Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Approved
Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Revision implemented with 2014-­‐2015 catalog. Approved
Information Item -­‐ 9/17/14 Board of Trustees N/A
Tabled
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N/A
Approved
Approved -­‐ 5/28/14 Board of Trustees
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Meeting Date
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5/12/14 Provost
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Information
Faculty Senate Action
Kent State University Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan
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President/ Effective Senate Provost Date
Response
Response Status
Approved -­‐ 5/28/14 Board N/A
Approved
of Trustees
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