Council of Academic Administrators Minutes
| Meeting Date: | 09/20/2010 |
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| Meeting Time: | 2:00 PM |
| Meeting Location: | Lyceum 200 |
Attendance
Other Attendance Information
Dr. O'Haver attended for Dean Cheng and Dr. Hawley attended for Dean Cyree. Three students attended as visitors.
Additional Minutes Notes
I. The minutes of the Undergraduate Council were considered in three separate motions: a. Course changes, additions, and deletions - Approved (Hopkins/Wells) b. Student petition - Approved (Wells/Chitwood) c. Proposal to change the Academic Probation Policy - Approved as proposed (Wells/O'Haver) Prior to approval of the academic probation policy there was considerable discussion and two subsidiary motions considered. Both subsidiary motions failed to pass. Subsidiary Motion 1: Motion to Postpone the motion to later time (Sullivan-Gonzalez/Moss) Failed Subsidiary Motion 2: Motion to change the proposal to add a change to the suspension threshold to a 2.0 also (DSG/Hopkins) Failed Discussion included the number of students affected, the concerns students have, and the importance of academic standards. II. Plus/Minus Grading Scale Implementation Plan Approved as proposed in the implementation plan (Eftink/Sullivan-Gonzalez) In addition to considerable discussion, there were four subsidiary motions, three of which failed and one that was withdrawn by incidental motion. Subsidiary Motion 1: Motion to postpone (Moss/Hopkins) Failed Subsidiary Motion 2: Motion to add a D+ & D - to the grading scale (Gispen/Wilder) Failed Subsidiary Motion 3: Motion to add an A+ to the grading scale (Gispen/Jackson) Withdrawn by incidental motion (Gispen) and consent Subsidiary Motion 4: Motion to Call the Question (Previous Question) (Pate/Hopkins) requires a 2/3 majority Failed Discussion included the history of the +/- grading scale, student concerns, the grading scale, the timeline for implementation, and the implications of implementing the scale as planned. III. A demonstration of Ole Miss Today, which replaces Email to Groups, was given by Dr. Kathy Gates No motions were made on this agenda item.