Oakland University Senate

May 8, 1969

Agenda

To:  Members of the University Senate

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

Re:  Agenda for the Meeting of May 8, 1969

The next meeting of the University Senate will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 3:30 p.m., in Rooms 128-30 of the Oakland Center.

A. Old Business

1. Recommendation of the Admissions and Financial Aids Committee. (Mr. Cafone)

The following motion received its first review at the Senate meeting of April 17, and is presented now for its second reading.

ALL STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID MAY HAVE THEIR AID RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS PROVIDED THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS A MINIMUM OF 2.0 OR HIGHER.

Comment: This recommendation represents a change in the current policy which stipulates that a student have a grade point average of 2.5 in order to have financial aid renewed. It is hoped that the suggested change in standard, from a G.P.A. of 2.5 to a G.P.A. of 2.0, will eliminate several inequities resulting from the present policy. For example, financial aid from federal and state sources on which we are largely dependent, use a G.P.A. of 2.0 as the criterion for continued support. Thus some students lose their aid from Oakland University because they fall below a G.P.A. of 2.5 set by the university, while many others continue to receive aid simply because the major source of the aid is a state or federal program.

With the new legislation, students falling below 2.0 may be placed in a provisional financial aid status which may or may not allow aid to continue. In all such cases these students will have their applications for assistance reviewed on an individual basis.

B. New Business

1. Recommendations from the Academic Standing and Honors Committee. (Mr. McKay)

a. THAT THE THREE MOTIONS PRESENTED BELOW BE APPROVED FOR FINAL VOTE AT THIS MEETING.

b. THAT THE FACULTY OF OAKLAND UNIVERSITY NOMINATE FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, CONFERRED AS OF APRIL 19, 1969, THE STUDENTS NAMED IN THE LIST DISTRIBUTED AT THIS MEETING.

c. THAT THE FACULTY OF OAKLAND UNIVERSITY NOMINATE FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE, CONFERRED AS OF APRIL 19, 1969, THE STUDENTS NAMED IN THE LIST DISTRIBUTED AT THIS MEETING.

d. THAT UNIVERSITY HONORS BE AWARDED TO THE GRADUATING STUDENTS NAMED IN THE LIST DISTRIBUTED AT THIS MEETING.

 

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