£'1 NDTES oe 'l'HE ACADill·a ' AF1?AIRSCO~'"-;IT'l'EE l1EETi.l G
April 25, 1977
Members Presen'c:
Guest;
Previous
l'dnutes s
Labor~tudies
Technolog}":
Proposals from
Dean Scriven:
Recalculation of
Poin'c Average t
Edgar, Hakojarvi, l<hawaja, Juinby, Scriven,
Shuster, Slrarote, Voqel
Dean Sutton
The m'nutes of 4/18/77 were approved unanimously
with some minor editorial cIDrrections.
TheCommdt~eewas informed that I. Khawaja repre 
sented ita~the V.C.C. meeting on 4/18/77 and
requested that the U.CcC. circulate the courses
listed under this program. After a lengthy
discussion the u.e.c. agreed to circulate the
courses involved. Dro Edgar noted that he would
try to expedite the processing of this proposal
by suggesting to Dean Paraska that a meeting of
parties involved be held as soon as feasible.
1 .. l-iath 500
Dean Scriven infor.med the Committee of the diffi 
cuIties --hat may be caused by the system of grading
proposed by Dr. Brown in his memo to Dean Yozwiak.
He also observed tilat any grading system that
deviates from normal shoUld come to this committee
for itsrecomruenda~icn.The Committee agreed
that the best. 'way to handle the J'.'at' 500 situatio
would be to offer it on a competency basis.
2. A8C/NE
'l'he Commi'ctee agreedAthe revised t'Ut-grade
r
• policy
sen'c~cot,he Sena-i:e would correc'c the problem noted
in Dean Scriven's note.
The proposal from the Dean s Council was discussed
and Dean Sutton outlined the rationale for the
proposal. The discussion indluded a suggestion
that recalCUlation of a point average be restricted
to first 45 hours of course work. It was finally
agreed that no modification be nade to t.he PI'oposal
as sent by Dr.Edgar~It was also noted that ex 
ception to the policy should be handled on a case 
by-casbasis~and such sases should be settled
through administrative action. It was noted that,
although the policys~atesthat only students
currently enrolled in the University may request __
this recalculation,~hisshoUld not be interpreted
on strictly a rigid basis; rather, a reasonable
latitude should be allowed in the administrati3s
of this aspect of the pOlicy.
Po J. nt. Average
Cent'd;
Nert Pleating:
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April25~1977
Prol. Vogel moved and Prof. Quinby seconded that
-the Academic Affairs Com:..mi ttee recommend the
proposed change in rec&&culation of point average
for Senate approval. The motion was approved
unanimously_
The nent me e tin9 wi 11 be he 1don, t1 0 nday, May 9,
1977 at 10:00 a.m. In the Dean's Conference Room,
ES9.
Respectfully submitted,
ft-k~~
,. Kha'J'Jaja
PLEASE NOTE: No meeting on May 2, i977.
YOUNGSTOW STATE UNIVERSITY
INTER-OFFICE CORRESPO DE CE
TO
Nancy McCracken, Academic Affairs
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DATE
19 April 1977
FROM
Jean Kelty, Acting Chairman, Senate Executive Comm.
SUBJECT
Confirming our phone conversation of the other day, I have'
asked Virginia Phillips, secretary of the Senate, to. submit
all policies determined by the Senate during the 1976-77 year
to date.to Mrs. Collins at the Library for compilation into a
folder entitled "Senate Policies."
There will then be available to anyone who wishes to consult
the material the following folders: 1) minutes of the Academic
Senate, 2) condensed actions of the Academic Senate, and 3) poli 
cies of the Academic Senate. We will see that these are kept
up to date.
coples: V. Phillips, Bus. Educ.
Mrs. Collins, Univ. Library
" .
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY
I am referring the attached
for your comment
for your attention
- for your information
for your suggestions as to reply
Please return.
Please retain for your files.
.. -.-.
GUIDELIN - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1. The Committee receives proposals from the Vice President Academic
Affairs,De~ns,School Committees, departments, and faculty in
order to review and recommend to the Academic Senate. These
proposals include the following:
a. Proposals dealing with the general University
requirements.
b. Proposal s deal ing with academic standards.
c. Proposals for new majors, new degrees, and those
changes in degree and major requirements which
affect more than one department.
d. All other proposals within the charge of this
Committee as defined by the Academic Senate.
2. The Committee has direct responsibility to the Academic Senate.
It reports its actions and its recommendations to the Academic
Senate.
3. The Committee meets on aregula~basis;meetin~at least 3 times
per quarter.
4. The proposals are taken on a first come first serve basis, how 
ever, in certain cases special requests can be made to change
the order of proposal consideration. Due deliberation will be
given to each proposa I.
5. In reviewing a proposal the Committee may ask for input from any
relevant source within or without the University.
Gui del i nes
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6. When proposals are made to the Committee the proposer is
responsible for making such presentations and providing such
data as the Committee may require for its evaluation of the
proposal.
7. Proposal copies should be suppl ied by the proposer in sufficient
number for distribution to the Committee members and guests.
8. Any Committee member may make or second motions.
9. Committee votes are not identified by name; however, any member
may request his/her vote to be identified in the minutes.
10. No vote is taken on a motion while the proposer or any guests
connected with the proposal are present.
11. When a proposal fails to get Committee recommendation for Senate
approval, an explanation of this finding ISs~ntto the proposer,
who may ask for a reconsideration in writing to this Committee.
Should the Committee1s reconsideration result in another non-
recommendation, a report of this action and the vote of the
Committee will be presented to the Academic Senate as soon as
possible.
12. The minutes are the responsibil ity of the chairman of the
Committee. In addition to the Committee members, the relevant
minutes are sent to all the guests attending a meeting, and
copies of approved-minutes are sent to the Chairman of the
Senate Executive Committee and to the Chairman of the
Academic Senate.
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Guidelines
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13. The Committee may also undertake ongoing reviews of existing
a cad em i cpr0 g ram s, a cad em i c reg u 1at ionsand pol i c i e s as i t
considers necessary or as requested by the University
community to insure against unapproved revisions.
14. The Committee reports quarterly to the Senate.
Adopted May 23, 1977