Academic Policy Committee (APC)

Report to University Senate, March 31, 2008

Respectfully submitted by Janet H. Clark, APC Committee Chair

At the March 7 APC meeting the following actions were taken:

• Approval of the Ad Hoc Calendar Committee recommendations for the 2009-2111 GCSU Academic Calendar. Special thanks to Professor Tanya Goette for her leadership role in the successful endeavor.
• Revision of the exam schedule conflict statement (http://www.gcsu.edu/registrar/examschedule.html) as follows: To replace “students with exam conflicts or three scheduled exams on the same day should arrange appropriate substitute times with their instructors. Students are strongly encouraged to make these arrangements AT LEAST two weeks in advance of the exam day to ensure that alternative test times and locations can be identified” to read as follows ““students with exam conflicts or three scheduled exams on the same day should contact their instructors at least 14 calendar days in advance of the exam day to arrange appropriate substitute times. ” The correction will be implemented by Kay Anderson, the GCSU Registrar.
• The following agreements were made regarding the tentative agenda for the next APC meeting on Friday, April 4^th in A&S 2-51:
  1. Ed Hale (Director of Institutional Research) presentation on submission of end of course student evaluations on line.
  2. Continue discussion of perceived concern of excessive student first day of class no-shows.
  3. Preparation of year end APC Comprehensive Annual Report