Referred to a standing committee
BAS degree program structure
Pres. Ruud asked the Provost to explore the possibility of offering a Bachelor's of Applied Science degree. It is one of his key priorities for this year. His goal is to enhance our relationships with Iowa Community Colleges. He believes we need to mitigate barriers for community college students to transfer to UNI.
Revisions to Policy 10.08 University of Northern Iowa Policy on Distributed Learning and Intellectual Property Rights
This policy has been revised to reflect new technologies in content delivery and instruction as well as clarifying details of copyright ownership for materials created by faculty and staff at UNI.
Proposed Changes to policy for transfer credit
Currently the letter grades for classes taken from other institutions are transferred in along with credit for the courses. This is problematic for several reasons.
1. Degrees and curricula are the province of the faculty, and UNI faculty have no control over the quality or rigor of courses taken at other institutions.
2. Some students have cumulative GPAs which are much higher than their UNI GPA owing to courses taken at other institutions. This can have an impact on decisions for maintaining existing scholarships or acquiring new scholarships.
Consideration of Changes to the Student Code of Conduct
The student code of conduct has been modified as in the attached file. These changes are now to go through the regular policy process.
Revisions to Policy 10.08 University of Northern Iowa Policy on Distributed Learning and Intellectual Property Rights
This policy has been revised to reflect new technologies in content delivery and instructoin as well as clarifying details of copyright ownership for materials created by faculty and staff at UNI.
BAS degree program structure
Pres. Ruud asked the Provost to explore the possibility of offering a Bachelor's of Applied Science degree. It is one of his key priorities for this year. His goal is to enhance our relationships with Iowa Community Colleges. He believes we need to mitigate barriers for community college students to transfer to UNI.
University Writing Committee Report and Recommendations
Whereas, early in 2014, the Faculty Senate asked the University Writing Committee (UWC) to undertake an initiative with the goal of improving the writing skills of UNI undergraduate students;and whereas the UWC has addressed this task, in part by studying writing requirements at peer institutions, and, based on its findings, has prepared the attached report and recommendations;