Academic Standards Committee

1995-96 Annual Report

Submitted 5/7/96 by Joel B. Piperberg, Chair

1995-1996 Members	Department	Term Expires
J. Piperberg, Chair, elected from Faculty Senate	Biology	1997
G. Benson	Library	1996
I. Sigler	Mathematics	1997
D. Schultz	Mathematics	1997
J. Sciarretta	Developmental Studies	1998
D Shanahan	Geography	1998
J. Wenrich	Elem. & Early Chlldhood Ed.	1997
C. Yoder	Chemistry	1996
D. Davis	Director of Admissions (ex-officio)
M. Gonzalez	Registrar (ex-officio)
R. Wywadis	Associate Registrar (ex-officio)
Jeanne Ferullo	Student
Josh Sosnin	Student

Meetings:
A two-day meeting lasting from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM is held after both the Fall and Spring semesters. This academic year the meeting was held on January 18 - 19, 1996 and June 4 - 5, 1996. No formal minutes were taken at either of the meetings. Average attendance was 11 members each day.

Motions Forwarded to Senate:
None

Other Deliberations and Actions:
The IMP (Improve My Performance) program has been given the names of certain students who appear to be likely to benefit from the program. Participation is optional. Preliminary information indicates that those students who have elected to participate in the program have done better than those who have not. We will continue to steer students to the program.

The Academic Standards Committee met on January 17 and january 18, 1996 from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM to hear the appeals of those students dismissed at the end of the Fall 1995 semester. The following table summarizes the results for this semester.

Categories			Number (Percentage)
Total number of dismissals			113
Total number of appeals			55 (49% of dismissals)
Number of appeals granted			32 (58% of appeals)
Number of dismissals upheld			23 (42% of appeals)

DEMOGRAPHICS OF DISMISSED STUDENTS

A. Race and Gender Data* - The self-reported racial identification of the dismissed students appears below:

41% females			82% white			4% Hispanic
59% males			12% African-American			2% Asian

B. School of Studnets Dismissed*

% of Students	School	Mode Major
41%	HMSS	BUAD
19%	SCMA	BIOL
17%	EDUC	PSYC
24%	NONE	UND

MAJOR	# OF STUDENTS	MAJOR	# OF STUDNETS
Undecided	27	Ind. Tech.	3
Business	14	OSHM	3
English	9	Sociology	3
Biology	7	Social Work	3
Psychology	5	EDTE	2
Art	4	Meteorology	2
Computer Science	4	Social Studies	2
Ele. Ed.	4	Geography	1
Math.	4	International Studies	1
Communications	4	Music	1
History	3	Political Science	1

Every student received verbal notification of the Committee's decision immediately following the hearing and a formal (written) notification approximately one week later from the Committee Chairperson. Students whose appeals were granted received recommendations appropriate to their needs (e.g. counseling, academic advisement, career planning, repetition of courses, the IMP program, etc.) in order to assist them in quickly reestablishing satisfactory academic standing. The number of appeals upheld this semester is comparable to those granted during these meetings for the past five years.

2. The Committee also heard seven requests for readmission to the University under the terms of the Academic Amnesty policy. All seven requests were approved by the Committee and notification of the Committee's approval was sent to the Registrar.

Matters Currently in Committee
None

Future Plans
None

Additional Information Comments:
An Addendum to this report will be filed after the Spring 1996 meetings which are scheduled to take place on June 4-5, 1996.

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