2022-02-18 Academic Senate Minutes

Abstract

Contains minutes of Senate meeting including announcement that the Library renewal policy ballot item passed; introduction of the Reorganization, Elimination and Merger of Academic Units and Programs at Indiana University South Bend policy; introduction of two policies from the Academic Affairs Committee 1) extending auto W to the last day of classes through he end of the COVID pandemic 2) establish administrative withdrawal for Guided Pathway Academy students to the last day of classes; presentation by the interim Dean of Libraries about access to library resources for online classes; introduction of new Academic Success Coaches at the Titan Success Center; explanation of why the ALEKS test score cannot fulfill the quantitative reasoning general education requirement; a report for the Chancellor about the 1% equity pool, administrative restructuring of departments and units across campus to save money; and a report by the EVCAA about the mid-March report required by the budget memo and the Academic Organizational Design Task Force.