Minutes of the Student Affairs Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5240 N. Jackson Avenue, M/S UC 43
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743

September 3, 2008

Members Present: C. Edmondson (Chair), A. Fiala, K. Fugelsang, D. Lewis.

Members Absent: C. Coon (excused), D. Helsel (excused).

The meeting was called to order by Chair Edmondson at 10:00 a.m. in the
University Center Room #203.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 4/30/2008.
  2. Agenda: MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
  3. Communication and Announcements.
    Chair Edmondson announced the following:
    • Looking for a volunteer liaison from the Student Affairs Committee for
      the Facilities & Campus Environment Liaison Committee (FACEL).
    • Need a volunteer secretary to take minutes.
      (A. Fiala Volunteered.)
    • Chair Edmondson reminded the committee that if they need a letter for
      RTP recognizing their service on the committee, they should request one
      from her.
  4. Pending Business.
    a. Discussion of APM 231 Policy on Adding and Dropping Classes.
    • Remaining questions:
      1. What is a “serious and compelling reason” for a late
        drop/withdrawal?
      2. How serious is the problem of students who chronically drop
        classes late?
    • Possibility of doing a survey on campus to discover how serious the
      problem of chronic withdrawal is and to discover how faculty and
      administrators deal with the problem.
    • Committee Comments:
      1.  Academic advisors should be consulted in addition to the
        “instructor of record” and the department chair.
      2. The 20th day may be too early for students to know whether they
        have academic problems (i.e., because it is prior to midterm
        exams).
      3. Why shouldn’t a “serious and compelling reason” be that the
        student is worried about poor academic performance?
      4. Worry that by not including academic poor performance, we
        encourage students to be disingenuous when applying for
        withdrawal.
        Chair Edmondson will summarize this discussion and pass it by the
        committee prior to the next meeting.
  5. Next Meeting.
    1. Discuss APM 235 Honor Code of Academic Integrity and APM 236 Policy
      and Procedures on Cheating and Plagiarism.
    2. Think about inviting Linda Gannaway to talk about advising.
    3. Talk about accessibility issues.

MSC to adjourn at 10:50 a.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the Student Affairs will be Wednesday, September
17, 2008 at 10:00 am in the University Center # 203.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes from 9/3/2008.
  2. Approve of the Agenda
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. APM 231 Policy on Adding and Dropping Classes.
  5. APM 235 Honor Code of Academic Integrity and
    APM 236 Policy and Procedures on Cheating and Plagiarism.

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