UND Student Senate
SR 1112-06
Senate Resolution
To:
The Student Senate of the University of North Dakota
Authors: Jennifer Vetter, Off-Campus Senator; Jacob Gapp, Off-Campus Senator
Sponsors:
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CC:
Logan Fletcher - Student Body President, Eric Watne - Student Body Vice President, Cassie
Gerhardt - Student Government Advisor, Dr. Robert Kelley – President of the University of
North Dakota, The President’s Cabinet – the University of North Dakota, The North Dakota
State Board of Education, The North Dakota Student Association
Date:
[Enter date of when the bill/resolution will be brought to Senate]
Re:
State Board of Higher Education 3-Tier Proposal Stance
Whereas, There is too much variance in the sample size in the state of North Dakota for calculating a
student’s skills and merits for entrance into post-secondary education due to extremely small and large
class sizes, and
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Whereas, Many smaller high schools in North Dakota are not able to offer many of the recommended
classes and eventually “preferred courses” for admission into post-secondary schools, and
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Whereas, The proposed plan for a per-credit tuition system would be detrimental to the degree
progression of students in institutions like the University of North Dakota in which students pay for up to
twelve credit hours and then do not have to pay for additional credit hours until after they exceed 21
credit hours, and
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Whereas, Standardization of course curriculum, numbering, and naming across the NDUS is first vital
to implementation of a system like this, and
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Whereas, It is felt that more research and time is needed before the currently set time of
implementation, and
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Therefore, be it resolved that the University of North Dakota Student Senate, the representative body of
our campus’s students, opposes the 3-tier proposal plan as it stands, and
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Therefore, be it further resolved that the Student Senate requests that the listed issues are resolved
before systematic implementation, and
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Therefore, be it furthest resolved the Student Senate calls for a delay in the timeline for implementation
of the 3-tier plan for additional research and changes to the current proposal.
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