Academic Standards Committee

3.3.3.2 Academic Standards Committee

1. Membership:
   • a. Two (2) faculty from each college (CEBAH, CAFES, CAS); at least one of these faculty members should have graduate faculty status.
   • b. One (1) faculty who is a member of the University Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee.
   • c. Dean, or designee, of each college (CEBAH, CAFES, CAS).
   • d. Registrar or designee.
   • e. One (1) faculty member from the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee.
   • f. Up to four (4) students
2. Term of Office: Three years for faculty, one-third being appointed each year; one year for students.
3. Duties:
   1. to develop and recommend academic policies in the following areas: admission, drop-add, graduation requirements, pass-fail, probation, retention, scholastic standards, student academic load, student program changes, transfer, re-entry, and withdrawal.
   2. to recommend procedures for the implementation of academic policies
   3. to interpret academic policies upon the request of the Provost and Vice Chancellor and/or the Registrar
   4. to hear appeals relative to academic policy implementation.
4. Procedure:
   1. The Registrar will carry out the academic policies of the University under the direction of the Provost and Vice-Chancellor.
   2. Each Academic Dean shall have the prerogative within the established policy to make decisions regarding requirements in his or her own College. The appeal of the Dean’s decisions may be made to the Academic Standards Committee by students or faculty.
   3. All policy questions about university requirements shall be referred to the Academic Standards Committee
   4. Decisions of the Academic Standards Committee may be appealed by the student to the Provost and Vice Chancellor.