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

November 5, 2008

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

Members Absent: K. Fugelsang (excused), F. Padilla (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 10/15/2008.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
  3. Communication and Announcements.
    1. Chair Edmonson announced the following:
      1. Still looking for a volunteer liaison from the Student Affairs
        committee for the Facilities and Campus Environment Liaison
        Committee (FACEL)—first Wednesday of the month at 2:00 p.m.
      2. Report from Executive Committee:
        • CSU declared as impacted—this will tighten up readmission
          for disqualified students.
        • The Add/Drop Policy was discussed in light of Chancellor
          Reed’s Executive Order 1037.
          1. We may have to revise our policies in light of this
            Executive Order.
  4. (APM 235) Policy and Procedures on Cheating and Plagiarism and
    (APM 236) Honor Code of Academic Integrity - Discussion.
    iii. D. Nef clarified via email that we are supposed to find a way to
    connect the two policies and offer revisions.
    iv. Discussion of need for student representatives on honor code
    committee and judicial review board.
    v. Discussion of the responsibility of Administrators to support
    faculty in pursuing cheating and plagiarism.
    vi. Discussion of the need to regularize or institutionalize the “ad
    hoc” honor code committee.
    vii. Need to get data from the recent survey conducted by the ad hoc
    honor code committee.

MSC to adjourn at 10:50 a.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the Student Affairs will be November 19, 2008 at
10:00 AM in the University Center #208.

Agenda.

  1. Approve of the Minutes from 11/5/08.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. New Business in Response to Executive Order 1037
    1. Campus Policies Affected by EO1037
    2. Discussion with Chair Fred Schreiber AP&P
    3. EO1037 Deadline for implementation 8/1/09
    4. Volunteers for Drafting Revisions of Policies
  5. (APM 235) Policy and Procedures on Cheating and Plagiarism and
    (APM 236) Honor Code of Academic Integrity - Discussion.

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