Academic Council, Minutes, July 6, 2005

I.  Minutes

--Approved as written

II. General Agenda

• Data Collection

 --No report

• Instructional Technology

--No report 

• Fort Bend Issues and Updates

--Questions on status of the search for an academic administrator (no progress to report)

III. Specific Agenda

·        Student Appeals

--Appeal for admission for co-enrollment with 1.98 GPA was denied.

--Appeal for waiver of TOEFL was approved.

--Appeal for waiver of TOEFL was referred to School of Business.

--Appeal for waiver of TOEFL was approved on condition that the student enrolls in MGMT 6351 in the first semester.

--Appeal for waiver of TOEFL was denied. 

--Appeal for graduate admission was denied.  Student needs to take GRE or MAT and reapply.

·        Faculty Development Requests and Reports 

--Approved a development grant for conference presentation ($1,000) to Dr. Nora Hutto, to the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 2005 Summer Conference, in Washington, D.C., in July. 

--Accepted grant funded conference travel reports from Dr. Li Chao and Dr. Jeffrey Di Leo (2).

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