October 24, 2006
Members Present
- Julie Galloway
- Wade Faw
- Robert Hodum
- Roy Loutzenheiser
- Shirley Laird
- Beth Mannle
- Yung-Way Liu
- Barbara Jared
- Leigh Southward
Members Absent
- Robert Owens
- Jerri Winningham
- Paul Semmes
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Hodum asked for clarification of the minutes of the March 21, 2006 meeting regarding “courses with grades of S/U are included in the determination of full-time status for Dean’s list honors”. Ms. Young explained that after much discussion, the Committee had agreed on the current wording. Ms. Galloway suggested that the minutes be left as recorded. The motion to approve the minutes was made by Dr. Faw, seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser, voted upon and approved.
Mr. Hodum introduced the subject of subcommittee appointments vs. full committee responsibilities, stating that a subcommittee requires minimum of four members including at least two members of a college. He suggested that there should be at least seven members for proper representation. He reminded the committee that the full committee is required for policy changes while a subcommittee reviews Requests for Exception to University Policy. He reminded the Committee that the first Tuesday of each month would be reserved for Exception reviews. Mr. Hodum asked for the following to serve on the Exception subcommittee: Barbara Jared, Shirley Laird, Leigh Southward, Julie Galloway, Sammie Young, Roy Loutzenheiser, and Beth Mannle. He also asked that Roy Loutzenheiser, Shirley Laird join him on a subcommittee to look at duplicate diplomas.
Jerri Winningham, Transfer Coordinator, asked the Committee to review the International Baccalaureate credit proposal, a copy of which is attached. Corrections were discussed. The motion to approve the proposal as edited was made by Dr. Loutzenheiser, seconded by Beth Mannle, voted upon and approved.
Advanced Placement credit was reviewed and clarification of the AP Table was discussed. It was agreed that Mr. Hodum would check with the Provost to see if this information needs to go before Academic Council. Discussion ensued regarding TTU’s acceptance of AP credit from transfer students. It was agreed that the Committee would accept the item changes on the attached AP chart. The deletion of the statement “advanced placement credit awarded by an institution that has requirements different from those at TTU will be accepted if the student has completed the next successive course in the sequence with at least a grade of C was agreed upon with the understanding that information be gathered to see if students who went on to the next courses were prepared to succeed. That information would be further discussed at the spring Committee meeting. The motion to approve the change was made by Dr. Faw, seconded by Dr. Loutzenheiser, voted upon and approved.
Paul Semmes began the discussion of the Banner Project at TTU (attached) by stating that the SIS System was obsolete and therefore was being phased out over a period of about a year in all TBR schools. He described some anticipated obstacles in the Banner system that will need to be addressed, specifically TTU’s allowance of partial repeats, the cap on repeat hours, simplification of the retention table, and S/U credits for Dean’s List.
It was moved by Dr. Loutzenheiser, seconded by Beth Mannle and approved that partial repeats no longer be allowed, effective after Fall 2006 and subsequently notify the advisors of the decision. The motion carried.
As there were no other matters, the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
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