• 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: