Committee on Course & Standings Meeting Minutes on Friday, March 1, 2019

The Academic Senate Committee on Committee on Course & Standings met on Friday, March 1, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in Room # A-104

Committee Members in Attendance:

Chair Dr. Daniel Armstrong, Health & Physical Education

Prof. Gina Capozzoli, Counseling;

Ms. Katwicia Desruisseaux, College Discovery

Dr. Susan McLaughlin, Biology;

Dr. Fei Ye, Math Department;

Dr. Kathleen Wentrack, Art & Design

Excused:

Dr. Rose-Marie Aikas, Social Science;

Dr. Paul Marchese, Physics;

Prof. Margaret Stroehlein, Nursing

Liaisons in Attendance:

Administration Representatives:

Florence Farrat, Associate Registrar;

Lisandra Rodriguez, COA

Business:

The meeting was called to order at March 1, 2019 at 10:00 a.m

• Looked over minutes from last meeting
• Split into 2 groups to look over appeals
• Dan briefed about Forgiveness Policy and Change of grade policy
  • Hope to bring to Academic Senate in April
  • Wording is not finalized
  • Committee backs a Fresh Start program—not necessarily all the wording included in the presented document
  • 2 year time limit for change of grades
  • Committee will continue to look at appeals older than 2 years and recommend some to be sent to the Provost for approval
  • Question about mental health appeals which will continue to go to Counseling
  • Committee agrees Dan can look at mental health appeals as they come in

Fresh Start: hope to be in effect by Spring 2020

• No limit on the number of transfer credits that students can come in with
• If GPA falls below a 2.0 within this program, the student will be dismissed
• Question if student can appeal a grade while in the Fresh Start program? Yes
• Recommended different wording to “student will be readmitted to one department” –suggest changing to “program”
• Question about whether a Director from Counseling or Health Services should be involved in the Fresh Start admission process
• Advisement should be involved to review prerequisites a student has that may no longer be used in a particular department (i.e. MA 5 vs MA 10)
  • The department can get involved to evaluate equivalency

Next meeting: Friday, April 12 at 10 am

The Committee also was able to review many retroactive withdrawal appeals. The results of these appeals are below.

Summary of Appeals Reviewed

	TOTAL APPEALS	APPROVED	DENIED	CONDITIONAL APPROVAL	NO JURISDICTION
LATE WITHDRAWAL	0
RETROACTIVE WITHDRAWALS	51	18	33	0	0

Respectfully submitted by:

Lisandra Rodriguez

Minutes typed on March 1, 2019