Oakland University Senate

November 20, 1964

Agenda

MEMORANDUM
November 13, 1964

TO: All Members of the Senate

FROM: Donald D. O'Dowd, for the Steering Committee

RE: Agenda for Meeting of November 20, 1964

The next meeting of the Senate will be on Friday, November 20, 1964, at 4:00 p.m. in room 126 of the Oakland Center.

A. New Business

1. Recommendation from the Steering Committee (Mr. O'Dowd)

a. The following membership specification is recommended to replace the existing membership specification of the Cultural Programs Committee.

Membership will consist of seven members.

b. It is recommended that a new standing committee of the Senate be established.

Long-Range Planning Committee

To study and shape the long-range future growth of the University. Such topics as curriculum development, priorities in the growth of programs, rate of growth and the organization of the student body, building plans, and University organization should come within the purview of the committee.

Membership will consist of the Chancellor as chairman, the Dean of the University, the Director of Business Affairs, the Dean of Student Affairs, and three members of the faculty.

c. Additional nominations for membership of Standing Committees of the Senate.

Cultural Programs Committee
Hetenyi, chairman;  Fitzsimmons; Di Chiera;  Haden; Stillman; McGarry; D. Burdick

Financial Aids Committee
Schwab, chairman;  G. White; Jenkins; Wilson;  G. Brown, ex officio; Sells, ex officio

Continuing Education Committee
Malm, chairman; Urla; Cherno; Evarts;  Eklund, ex officio

Long-Range Planning Committee
Varner, chairman; Tomboulian; O'Dowd; Hetenyi; Swanson; Matthews; Stoutenburg

2. Recommendation from the Committee on Instruction (Mr. Tomboulian)

a. The Committee on Instruction has noted that faculty members occasionally find a student's name on their class list but the student has not been in their class. Checking with the Office of the Registrar sometimes reveals an error in registration but often no apparent error is detected. As an attempt to solve this problem, it is recommended that the Senate approve the following proposal:

"At any time up to the end of the seventh week, an instructor may request the Dean of Students to remove a student's name from his class list, provided that the student has not been attending class. The Dean of Students will take action appropriate to the case and inform the instructor accordingly. One of the options available to the Dean of Students will be to ask the Registrar to drop the student's name from the class list and give the student an N grade."

3. Recommendation from the 1963-64 Student Affairs Committee (Mr. Hildum)

a. The following recommendation was sent to the Steering Committee on February 26, 1964. Due to a very crowded agenda last winter it was not acted upon. It seems appropriate to submit the proposal to you at this time. The Student Affairs Committee of last year recommended the following motion for approval by the Senate:

"An examination file shall be maintained by the University Library to provide all students with an opportunity to read copies of past examinations used in credit courses. All members of the faculty will supply copies of suitable examinations to the Library shortly after each examination is given."

This legislation will protect the faculty member from having to concern himself with individual requests for copies of previous exams. It will also equalize the access to old examinations among commuter and dormitory students, students who have many contacts and those who have few, transfer students and those who entered as freshmen at the same upper-class level. Finally, many students are encouraged to organize their thinking in a variety of ways as they formulate model answers to a number of questions on the same subject matter.

4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee (Mr. Hucker)

a. The Senate is asked to repeal the following legislation on midterm grades adopted October 27, 1560;

"That all faculty shall report for all first-term freshmen midterm grades who are failing or in serious danger of failing."

Explanation:
The use of the Student Report Form for freshman students that is now being directed by the Dean of Freshman's office provides more useful and more timely information than was provided under the old system. The Student Report Form provides a greater amount of information on the progress of the student, and it does not put the reporting faculty member under the constraint of contributing information that becomes a part of the permanent record.

5. Report of Steering Committee Activities (Mr. O'Dowd)

a. The Steering Committee has accepted a report from the Committee on Instruction concerning the use of the New York State College Proficiency Examinations. The report recommends that Oakland University should not use these in addition to the Advanced Placement Program for awarding credit by examination. The Developmental Programs Committee raised the question of the possible use of these exams last year.

b. The ad hoc Committee on the Revision of the Constitution, Bylaws, and Elections Procedures has been reconstituted at the request of Mr. Hoopes, its chairman. Mr. Appleton will replace Mr. Hoopes as chairman, and Mr. Hoopes and Mr. Burdick will continue as members of the committee. A suggestion for several constitutional amendments drafted by Mr. Williamson have been forwarded to the committee.

DDO'D:ir