Graduate Council Minutes
| Meeting Date: | 12/11/2020 |
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| Meeting Time: | 10:00 AM |
| Meeting Location: | ZOOM |
Attendance
Other Attendance Information
Three guests attended the meeting to present briefly about agenda items particular to them: Prof. Jaime Harker, Director, Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and Professor of English; Prof. Desiree Stepteau Watson, Interim Chair of Social Work and Associate Professor of Social Work; and Prof. Jim Taylor, GPC for the online M.S. in Hospitality Management and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management.
Additional Minutes Notes
638022922 Conditional Admit Status Discussion was a discussion that did not include or result in a motion. The Conditional Admission status for graduate students is described in the official Graduate Admissions Statuses policy: "Applicants who have not met requirements for full standing admission but whose credentials include a baccalaureate degree and appropriate standardized test scores and who indicate a reasonable chance for success, may be admitted in this category. Upon advancement to full standing admission and recommendation of the departmental chair concerned, credit earned while enrolled in this status may be applied to a degree program. Students admitted in this category must satisfy all conditions of admission by the end of their first term of enrollment or their status will be changed to nondegree. Except in unusual circumstances, students may not remain in conditional status more than one semester. Conditional students may not preregister for a second enrollment." The discussion centered around the fact that conditionally-admitted students are not eligible for federal loans during their time in that status. Departments were asked to consider the possibility of removing the status, so that there would only two degree-seeking statuses for graduate students, Regular and Qualifying. "Approval" is checked, meaning that the item was discussed.