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Minutes of April 11, 2007

Members Present:

David Delker (TC), Karen Pence (HE), Maureen Herspring (Alternate for HR), Ike Ehie (BA), Carol Shanklin (Grad School), Monty Nielsen (RO), Al Cochran (PO), Kevin Donnelly (AG), John Allard (Alternate for DCE), Mike Perl (ED), Ray Hightower (EN), Shanna Pumphrey (AS)

Guests:

Julie Katz, Art Degroat

Absent:

Fred Fairchild (AA), Alison Wheatley (AS)

Call to Order:

David Delker, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.

Added to the Agenda:

Graduation (ETS) Assessment Fees

Minutes:

Approval for minutes of March 15, 2007 was moved by Ray Hightower and seconded by Mike Perl. Motion carried.

Special Reports:

Ft. Riley Update and Assessment (Julie Katz):

Julie discussed military recruitment and enrollment service initiatives that are being provided for the soldiers and their families. Services that are provided include a new recruitment brochure, a recruitment website that can be researched from the KSU home page, and a portal that provides soldiers with tuition assistance.

If soldiers are taking online courses and plan to return to KSU for further studies, they will need assistance from their advisor, faculty member and Julie Katz to complete a plan of study or long-range plan.

One contact person will need to be selected by each college for Julie to submit the curriculum reports to review for accuracy. The reports will be returned to her in a timely manner. Each CAPP member should send the name and e-mail addresses for their contact person to David Delker, who will send the contact list to Julie Katz at ksukatz@ksu.edu .

Senior Survey Response Rate Report (Cia Verschelden):

A senior survey was sent out for the first time by email to graduating seniors in December 2006. The survey had a sixty-percent response success rate.

Senior survey information was placed in the Collegian and on the side walks to promote student awareness. Incentives for the seniors to fill out the survey included prizes to be awarded.

It was recommended that the senior survey be emphasized to advisors and placed on the graduation checklist to be completed before graduation.

Alumni Surveys should be sent out electronically every one and four year alumni. The next alumni report will be available in May.

The next senior survey will be completed this summer.

Non-Standard Time Requests:

No Announcement

Unfinished Business:

Review of Past NST and ORC Actions (Delker)

The document is almost finished and will be sent to the Enrollment Services for review and approval.

Academic Fresh Start Policy (Wheatley):

The Academic Fresh Start Policy revisions are not completed and the issue is tabled until May CAPP meeting.

New Business:

Request for Honors Program Students Priority Enrollment:

CAPP Members discussed the possibility of permitting honor students priority enrollment scheduling. After much discussion, it was decided that it was best for all honor students to enroll by the number of hours that they have completed at the time of the enrollment session.

Added Issue to the Agenda: Graduation (ETS) Assessment Fees: (Ehie)

A question was raised whether a college has the right to include successfully passing an assessment test as a graduation requirement.

The College of Education currently requires the students to pass an ETS-based test before they are admitted into the degree program. The consensus was that such a decision is left to the individual college.

Standing Reports:

Admission/Financial Aid (Moeder):

No Announcements

Registrar (Nielsen):

It is greatly appreciated by the Registrar's Office on the impact of effort and participation in learning about the ISIS system by all.

Progress is being made on the electronic version of the Graduate and Undergraduate catalog.

EGS/electronic grading system training is now being held for the faculty who have not used online grading before. (See iTac website for information)

Academic Affairs/Faculty Senate (Fairchild):

Plagiarism Policy: During the last meeting a definition of plagiarism was finalized. The definition needs to come formally from CAPP to the Academic Affairs for approval and then to Faculty Senate.

First Reading of Final Exam Policy Clarification: Karen Pence will attend the next Senate meeting to clarify the final exam policy for approval.

Clarification for Honors Program Equivalency of Credit Hours : Five of seven colleges involved have approved the curriculum for the Honors program.

Provost Office (Cochran) : No Announcements

Continuing Education (Stevens): No Announcements

Educational & Personal Development (Lych): No Announcements

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 11:30AM.