R 81, Support for First Year Undergraduate Suspension Policy Change

Support for First Year Undergraduate Suspension Policy Change

R 81, 84th Session

Version Info:

11-2-2004, as initially introduced: HTML

11-13-2004, committee version: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Buffkin and Hinton

Secondary Sponsor(s):

Stephenson

Current Status:

Not Adopted by Senate

Report(s):

AC-06

Long Title:

AN ACT IN SUPPORT OF THE UAOC RECOMMENDATION FOR A CHANGE IN THE SUSPENSION POLICY FOR FIRST YEAR UNDEGRADUATE STUDENTS

Summary of Purpose:

Expresses support for the UAOC's recommended change in suspension policy affecting first year undergraduate students.

Consideration History:

11-3-2004 Senate:

First Reading
Referred to the Academics Committee by the Student Senate President

11-10-2004 Committee:

Academics Committee Consideration
The Academics Committee reported the bill to Senate, AC-06

11-17-2004 Senate:

Second Reading
Defeated by roll call vote (Failed: 21-23-2; 11 absent)

Roll Calls:

Senate, 11-17-2004:

Adopt R 81, Failed: 21-23-2; 11 absent

Online Text

(as of 11-13-2004, committee version)

RESOLUTION 81

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act in support of the uaoc recommendation for a change in the suspension policy for first year undergraduate students

Short Title: Support for First Year Undergraduate Suspension Policy Change (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators Buffkin and Hinton; Senator Stephenson

First Reading: November 3, 2004 Version Date: November 13, 2004

Referred to: ___Academics Committee______________________

WHEREAS, On Thursday October 21, 2004 the Undergraduate Academics Officers Council voted in unanimous support of recommendations to change the suspension policy for first year Undergraduate students; and,

WHEREAS, This recommendation calls for following policy:

Students who have received final grades for at least 12 credit hours at NC State University and have earned a cumulative GPA of less than 1.0 will be suspended immediately at the end of the current semester of enrollment (Fall or Spring); and,

WHEREAS, The goals of this change are fourfold:

1. Set higher academic standards for this institution

2. Improve behavior to make it less likely that a student will be in academic trouble

3. Reduce the likelihood of a student turning a problem into a bigger problem

4. Allow the University to enroll additional new students during the Spring Semester, and;

WHEREAS, Research of freshman performance entering the University from 1999 through 2003 reveals that of 682 freshman who earned below a 1.0 GPA their first semester: 89.3% failed to bring their GPA up to a 1.8 (the level needed to continue enrollment) by the end of their second semester and of the 190 transfer students who earned less than 1.0 GPA their first semester, 87% failed to bring their GPA up to 1.8 by the end of second semester, and;

WHEREAS, Comparison of like institutions shows that NC State’s current suspension policy is overly lenient, and this is detrimental to reputation of the University and ultimately devalues each and every degree that the University issues, and;

WHEREAS, the current policy allows a student to accumulate low quality Grade Points and can ruin the student’s chances for eventual academic success, and this policy is unfair to quality students who are attempting to gain admission, and ultimately deprives the University of an outstanding academic culture and now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate hereby supports the recommendation of the UAOC and that this resolution shall be forwarded to the Provost.

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