Oct. 12, 2011   UAPC Meeting – Library Seminar Room – 1:30 – 3 pm

Meeting Minutes

Attending:  Diane Webber, Tracy Wang, Vicki Nelson, Cathy Santos, Debbie Clifford, Sally Buckley

1.    Discussion of revised Academic Credit Hour Policy

Meets Federal guidelines, has been approved by Calendar and Scheduling Committees, Grad Council, Asst. Director of CE (D. Clifford), Student Financial Services, Dean of CE (R. Sherman), Associate Dean/Registrar (S. Buckley), in process with UCC and CAO.

Deadline was July 1, 2011 as noted in Federal Regulations. UAPC expects new policy to be in place by Dec. 2011, before NEASC visit.

ACTION:  Unanimous vote by UAPC  and Asst. Director of CE, to approve Academic Credit Policy (see below).

Next steps:

·      Bring policy language to Chairs, Coordinator, Directors group via David Potash.

·      Send policy language to faculty in advance of Nov 2 faculty meeting for faculty approval on an “up or down” vote.

2.    Academic Honesty Policy

Ad Hoc Committee met at 12:30 on Oct 12. (Jeff Lemberg, Cathy Santos, Rachel King, Diane Webber, Lynn Zlotkowsky). Ed Tallent  and Jen Balboni will also join the Ad Hoc group.

Short-term initiatives to raise awareness of the importance and meaning of academic integrity and honesty - in progress:

·      Email faculty/staff with current policy language and encouragement to discuss and use policy. Include detail including  the appropriate vehicle for reporting academic dishonesty which is an email to Lynn Z and/or an Academic Alert as a central repository for policy violations with Dean’s Office for follow-up (D. Webber)

·      Student Affairs – send email to students with details  - around midterms

·      (R. King)

·      Currier Times article – student article in early Dec. edition, including survey data  - sent before finals (J. Lemberg)

·      Encourage Dean Potash to discuss with Chair/Coordinators/Directors (D. Webber)

·      Coordinate with ET (Marcy Holbrook) to set up ET Workshop on Academic Honesty – preferably in Nov. (J. Lemberg & Jen Balboni)

·      Speak with Lisa Ijiri to coordinate efforts with A. Grahm Bell Honor Society and other college honor societies to solicit student suggestions/feedback (D. Webber)

·      Connect with FYS Director (C. Cokely) to encourage classroom discussions (D. Webber)

·      Connect with Writing Coordinator (S Kaye) and Writing Fellow (G. Regney) to encourage classroom discussions (D. Webber)

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Other suggested initiatives:

·      Involve RAs in programming (R. King)

·      Collect resources for further education (R. King) (e.g. Center for Academic Integrity and Purdue Owl)

·      Develop online tutorial (model with Indiana U)  -(D. Webber)

·      Include honesty statement in convocation pledge

·      Develop Honor Code – widely publicized – (Faculty Center, Offices, etc)

·      Revise Academic Honesty Policy – UAPC spring 2012 initiative

·      Work with library as a repository and/or site providing information/links

Curry College Credit Hour Policy with UAPC revisions as of 10.8.2011

DRAFT (approved by R. Sherman and Grad Council and Sally Buckley)

The institutional process for assigning credit hours to courses, in accordance with federal regulations, is based on the minimum academic activity for students to achieve intended learning outcomes as verified by evidence of student achievement. Each credit hour of instruction consists of approximately one hour of classroom or directed faculty instruction. In addition, students are expected to complete a minimum of two hours of “out of class” work each week for each credit hour of instruction, for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time for semesters of other durations.  For classes offered in other formats leading to the award of academic credit, the equivalent amount of academic activity is required.

The College’s two traditional academic terms, Fall and Spring, typically consist of fifteen weeks of class including a final examination week. In some programs of study, courses may be scheduled differently. Typically, one semester credit hour is awarded for each 50-minute lecture class or 2-3 hour laboratory or studio period per week. Each credit hour of lecture typically requires two additional hours of outside student work to achieve the intended learning outcomes. Thus, a student enrolled in five, three-credit courses per semester, should be allotting at least 45 hours in class and study per week.