Academic Delivery Group Meeting
August 28, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Ruby Hicks Hall, Room 248
Members Present: Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Scott Britten, Scott Harvey, Lynn Lewis, Amoena Norcross, Sarah Shumpert, Brian Swords
Members Absent: Doug Allen
Others Present: Amanda Blanton, Robert Ellenberg, Dan Holland, Richard Parker
Length of Meeting: 2.5 hours
Topics Discussed:
The minutes of August 14, 2012 meeting were approved with revisions.
Galen discussed the state procedure, Grading System and Standards of Student Progress. He referenced the first paragraph, under Standards of Progress, on page four of the procedure, and asked the members of the group if they thought we were out of compliance by having less than a 2.0 GPA in the tiers of our standards of progress procedure. The group noted the last sentence in the second paragraph which stated that each college could create a scale that shows satisfactory progress and questioned the need for a scale, if the requirement is a 2.0 GPA. Galen will ask for clarification from the staff at the System Office, and report back to the group at a later meeting.
The alignment of the Financial Aid SAP and the AA SAP was mentioned briefly. The group will wait to review the data from the Research Office, once it is available.
At this point in the meeting Sarah Shumpert began the consensus workshop. The group focused on the question “What are the issues on which the Academic Affairs Division committee should provide research, analysis, guidance and other input that would ensure continuous improvement of academic programs and academic support in a multi-campus environment? Sarah facilitated the remainder of the afternoon. She will transcript the group’s findings and will e-mail them to everyone. From these findings, Galen will re-draft the committee charter and bring it to the group for discussion at a later meeting.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Recorded by: Anne Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 11, at 2:00 p.m., in RH 102
