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Governance Minutes ArchiveApril 15, 1992
MINUTES VPI&SU COMMISSION ON GRADUATE STUDIES 15 APRIL, 1992 3:30 P.M. 206 SANDY HALL Present: Drs. Boyle, Eaton, M. Johnson, R. Johnson, LaBerge,Lutze, McCoy, O'Brien, Orcutt, Sporakowski, Stephenson, Strickland, Stout, Tideman, Robert Tracy (for A. Snoke), Mr. Jay Comeaux Absent with notification: Hooper, Snoke, Strickland, Towsend Absent: Brown, Harris, Niles, Faw Visitors: Marvin Foushee - Registrars Office Susan Trulove - Spectrum Representative Guests: Wayland Winstead - University Director of Planning 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS - Dr. Eaton stated Dr. Hooper was unavailable for today's meeting. On April 29, a reception will be held in the Emerald Room at the Uni- versity Club for the members of the Commission on Graduate Studies, the Commission on Research and the CARS Committee. The Graduate School has received information from the Budget Office re- garding Instructional Fee Scholarship dollar allocations for next year. Statements of tuition and fees have also been received and distributed to departments for their information. 2. INFORMATIONAL HANDOUTS - none 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA - The agenda was approved with addition of 8.2 - Report on the status of the Graduate Honor System for the year. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 18 MARCH 1992 - the minutes were approved as submitted. 5. COMMITTEE REPORTS Course and Program Criteria Committee - Mike O'Brien presented the minutes of the last meeting. Mr. O'Brien noted that, in addition to the various courses listed, a program proposal for the Master of Science in Ocean Engineering was approved. The proposal for the combined degree of DVM/MS or Ph.D. in VMSC was tabled. The committee supports the concept of the program and the way it is structured, however, they were interested in the way the courses overlap within the curriculum. With additional information from the department, this proposal will be reviewed again next year. The report was accepted as submitted. Graduate Appeals Committee - Dr. Fred Lutze presented the committee's report. He briefly stated the background of the case the committee reviewed. He also stated that the appeals procedures had been reviewed by the committee and he briefly explained the suggested new procedures that the committee would like to have implemented. The revision of this process will be brought before the CGS next year for consideration. The committee's report was accepted. Scholarship Committee - Dr. Eaton announced that the next meeting of the scholarship committee will be April 17. 6. GRADUATE STUDENT ASSEMBLY - Mr. Jay Comeaux stated that the Graduate Research Symposium was held last week at the CEC. The speaker was Richard Bakker and he gave an outstanding talk. Mr. Comeaux expressed the dismay of the graduate community over the increase of tuition, how- ever, he stated that the graduate community will also appreciate the 2 percent increase that has been proposed for the stipend levels in De- cember of this year. OLD BUSINESS 7. 7.1 - IMPACT OF POLICY CHANGES ON STUDENT SYSTEMS - Wayland Winstead stated that, with budgetary cuts, the Student Systems group no longer has adequate resources to implement new undergraduate and graduate aca- demic policies and at the same time to implement essential productivity enhancing improvements to the student systems. Mr. Winstead asked the CGS for input regarding a priority setting suggestions. Dr. Eaton suggested that the Provost's staff group draft a set of pri- orities and then go to an ad hoc committee of the CGS and CUS for re- view. The CGS membership agreed that this would be acceptable. Mr. Winstead will take this suggestion to the Provost's group for review. NEW BUSINESS 8. 8.1 - MEMBERSHIP ON AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COURSE AUDITS - Dr. Eaton stated that the CGS had previously discussed the issue of students signing up for courses as an audit, receiving the audit credit but never attending the course. The issue has been brought to the CUS and there was considerable interest in pursuing the issue. The CUS named two persons, Jim Marchman and Rita Purdy, to serve on an ad hoc commit- tee in conjunction with members from the CGS. Jay Comeaux, Steve Boyle and Ernest Stout volunteered for this committee. 9. 8.2 - REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE GRADUATE HONOR SYSTEM - Martha Johnson stated that there were twelve honor court cases this year. Four of the twelve did not go forward from the investigative panel which meant that the group did not deem that there was sufficient evi- dence to hear the case. There were four cases of plagiarism with five charges of plagiarism, three charges of cheating, and one charge of falsification. All the cases heard, excluding one, were found guilty. The most frequently given penalty was in the probation category. A grade of "F" was given in three instances, zero on assignment was given in three instances and that caused the students to receive an "F". De- cision is pending in two cases. Dean Johnson also stated that there has been an increase of honor court cases in the past three years and the cases are becoming increasingly serious. 10. ADJOURNMENT - 4:23 p.m. Respectfully submitted, John L. Eaton Secretary
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