Undergraduate Standards Committee

Committee Membership

• Seven-member Committee: two administrative non-voting representatives designated by the AVP, one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members, and four elected representatives of the McNichols faculty.

Members

5 faculty representatives

Elizabeth Hill, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 2010)

Robert Ross, Chairperson, Physics, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 2010)

Rita Barrios, Computer and Information Systems, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 2011)

Constance Burke-Schmidt, College of Health Professions (term expires 2011)

Jennifer Rike, Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Education (MFA)

2 non-voting administrative representatives

Diane M. Praet, Associate Vice President and Registrar (term expires 2010)

TBA (tem expires 2011)

Charge

Initial Organizational Structure and Tasks

• Determine Committee's organizational structure (officers/leadership e.g., chairperson, secretary, and/or other positions).

• Draft operational policies and procedures (e.g., frequency of meetings, who calls meetings), notification time of meetings (e.g., ten days), time period for distribution of agenda (e.g., five days), timeline for preparation and approval of meeting minutes.

• Establish procedures for keeping records of approved resolutions, determinations, advice, membership records and other actions

• Draft general assessment process and goals for first year (to be updated annually)

• Include clear time limits for action on various issues as per paragraph 4 under "Further Details" of Shared Governance Task Force proposal as approved by the university community. See also language under section on MFA indicating "During the pilot period, stringent timelines will be established both for committee and MFA processes and actions."

• Deliberate and act on pending issues identified by the Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Provide the Shared Governance Task Force with draft operational policies and procedures by December 1.

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Make determinations regarding minimum cross-cutting admissions-related standards, undergraduate grading policy, minimum graduation requirements, and standards that apply for the transfer of credits.

• With the Graduate Standards Committee make determinations regarding standards that apply for study abroad.

• Develop a set of guidelines/checklist of standards that need to be met by non-accredited undergraduate certificate programs.

• Keep the university community informed of committee activities through providing summary minutes of meetings and reports posted to the shared governance website. The secretary of the committee is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings.