Academic
Council Minutes, November 3, 2003
I. Minutes
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Approved
II. General
Agenda
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Data Collection
--Trudy Wortham is working with the IT Director at UH
to improve the Online Course Lookup feature.
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Instructional Technology
--First training for Vista is now scheduled for
November 10 for pilot group of three faculty.
With regard to grouping levels for sharing Vista files, Arts &
Sciences and Education indicated a preference for groupings at the program
level and Business, at the school level.
--IT described a plan for upgrading and
moving to UC 215 the ITV equipment currently in UW 120, which will
revert to a classroom. Computers
will also be added to UC 215. Other
moves include switching the Computer Science Special Projects room (UC
208A) to a larger room (UC 202A). Also,
the computer classroom (UC 201) will be expanded from 30 to 36 stations
for next fall.
III. Specific Agenda
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Faculty Development Conference
Presentation and Research Requests/Reports
--Approved a
development grant for research ($200) to Dr. Donald Loffredo for a
study titled “College Students and HIV/AIDS.”
--Approved a
development grant for research ($1,000) to Dr. David Satava to
determine if professionals believe the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will
be effective in improving the reliability and accuracy of public
financial statements, pending receipt of outstanding report.
--Accepted a
grant-funded conference travel report from Dr. Jifu Wang.
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Student Appeals
--An
appeal was approved for a prospective graduate student to be admitted as
an undergraduate pending confirmation of the award of the bachelor’s
degree in January.
--An appeal for an
exception to the TOEFL was approved on the basis of the student’s
demonstrated English proficiency.
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Other
--The
Council discussed adding a note to transcripts in the case of failure
owing to academic dishonesty. It
was agreed that, given the permanent status of transcripts, such a note
should be added only in flagrant cases, such as ones involving repeat
offenses or conspiracies. The
Registrar’s office will bring back language that could be added to
existing policy, as stated in the Student Handbook and Faculty Manual.
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