Gibson reminded faculty to upload their materials to Interfolio.
8. Academic Policies Committee: Chair Marlin McKay was absent, so committee member Jason Keeler gave the report:
The committee discussed students being added into classes after the drop deadline. A concerned faculty member attended the last committee meeting to discuss this issue. The committee agreed that the instructor should be consulted on whether a student can be added to a course late. There used to be a form that professors had to sign to allow late adds.
The committee discussed course enrollment caps: some online courses have 40 students, some have 2. Is that divergence fair for the students or the faculty?
Deputy Provost Kim Sipes brought the committee a possible change to the scheduling of courses.
A committee member noted that the most recent Catalogue states that students need the instructor's signature to get into a closed class. But the language is vague about what “closed” means; for instance, does “closed” mean at the enrollment cap? It seems to be up to the advisor, not the instructor, to add students.
At this point, Sipes distributed to the Faculty Senate this new scheduling proposal: