Academic Council Minutes,
July 15, 2002
I. General Agenda
--The PeopleSoft group has prepared recommendations for the next
Board of Regents meeting. Liz Branch will share these by e-mail.
--Policies and processes for disenrolling
(zapping) students for lack of payment were discussed, with Greg
Fanelli, Lois Lemke, and Carolyn Mallory present.
It was concluded that students taking online or in-person courses
should be treated in the same manner and that the current policies and
processes are working about as well as the circumstances permit.
An increase in the fee for late payment was recommended,
especially since students who pay on time and then drop or withdraw now
face a greater penalty than those who choose not to pay.
It was also recommended that we check to see what policies UHCL
has in place for dealing with the problem.
--Chari Norgard reported on UHV's
participation in the Coordinating Board's Texas Distance Learning and
SREB's Electronic Campus. These are web sites that students can
access if interested in seeing what participating institutions have to
offer. Participating means listing our online offerings in the
prescribed format, which can be time-consuming to keep up. The
decision was to let each school determine whether to participate and if
so with which programs.
--Norgard also shared draft questions to
include in the biennial survey of student satisfaction.
II. Specific
Agenda
--Denied the request of a student to
re-enroll despite being on academic suspension.
--Approved the request of a student to
waive the TOEFL on the basis of demonstrated English proficiency.
- Faculty
Development Grants
--Approved the request of Dr. Mel Damodaran
for a travel grant ($1,100) to present and chair a session at the
International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference,
in Fort Lauderdale, FL, for FY 03.
--Approved the request of Dr. Carol Klages for a travel grant ($210) to present at the 9th
Annual Meeting of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum, in
Tulsa, OK, for FY 03.
--Approved the request of
Dr. Nagarajan Ramamoorthy for a travel grant ($1,100) to present at the
British Academy of Management Conference, 2002, in London, for FY 03.
--Approved the request of Dr. David Satava for an article submission fee ($90) to the MIDSouth
Association of Business Disciplines.
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