Faculty Senate Minutes 1995

Attachment D

Faculty Senate Minutes

7 February 1995

TO:			Faculty Senate

FROM:			Joel B. Piperberg Chairperson, Academic Standards Committee
			Geraldine Benson (1996), Library Darrell Davis (ex-officio), Director of Admissions Cheryl Desmond (1995), Educational Foundations Stuart Foreman (1995), English Mariano Gonzalez (ex-officio), Registrar Delray Schultz (1997), Mathematics Irene Sigler (1997), Mathematics Judith Wenrich (1997), Elementary & Early Childhood Education Rachel Wywadis (ex-officio), Associate Registrar Carolyn Yoder (1996), Chemistry
			Student Senate Representatives to the ASC Brenda Cook Mike DiTommaso Nicole Edwards Brenda Stoker

Date:			February 7, 1995

1. The Academic Standards Committee met on january 18 and January 19, 1995 to hear the appeals of those students dismissed at the end of the Fall 1994 semester. The following table summarizes the results for this semester:

Categories	Number (%)
1. Total number of dismissals	118
2. Total number of appeals	53 (45%)
3. Number of appeals granted	35 (66% of the total appeals)
4. Number of dismissals upheld	18 (34% of the total appeals)

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) 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.

Hearings for students appealing their dismissals for the Spring 1995 semester will be held in June, 1995. The specific dates will be determined at a later date.

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