The Academic Affairs Committee has the
authority to recommend to the Faculty Senate policies pertaining to
academic affairs, and to determine such policies subject to review
by the Senate, in such matters as the following:
- The Mission of the University: The committee shall
regularly review the mission and the long-range goals of the
university and may recommend changes in both.
- Outreach programs: The committee shall recommend policies
pertaining to the organization, curriculum, and staffing of such
programs as continuing education, summer and interim sessions, and
international programs.
- Learning Resources: The committee shall recommend
policies pertaining to learning resources and to related facilities
and services.
- Academic Standards: The committee shall recommend such
policies as those pertaining to preadmission counseling, admission,
grade review, academic probation and dismissal, readmission of
students, graduation requirements, general degree requirements,
assessment of students, and the individually planned major.
- Inter-organizational Collaborations: The committee shall
review, prior to formal signing, all academic agreements with other
universities or organizations which will lead to inter-institutional
affiliation.
The Academic Affairs Committee includes the following
subcommittees.
The
Assessment Subcommittee recommends policy pertaining to the
assessment of students. The Subcommittee:
- Reviews the methods and instruments to be used to test and
assess general education;
- Reviews and recommends to the vice chancellor/provost the
approval of department's proposed methods and instruments to be
used in discipline-specific assessment;
- Informs departments of changes in assessment requirements
imposed by the UW System and accrediting agencies;
- Serves as a resource to departments regarding assessment
issues (e.g., new testing instruments, changing perceptions of
assessment, assessment efforts of peer institutions);
- Reviews the annual institutional report on assessment
prepared by the vice chancellor/provost's office for the UW
System;
- Determines whether the assessment process is improving
teaching and learning at UWSP; and
- Performs other related duties assigned to it by the Senate,
the Executive Committee and the Academic Affairs Committee.
The Grade Review Subcommittee reviews grade appeals and
assures continuity and consistency in the screening of grade
appeals.
The International Affairs Subcommittee encourages all
programs with an international emphasis.
The Subcommittee:
- Reviews and recommends policies and standards for
international programs, including recruitment, admission, and
retention of students, as well as policies and standards for
participating faculty.
- Reviews and recommends policies and standards for the
Foreign Student Programs;
- Reviews and recommends policies and standards for English
as a Second Language Program.
- Makes policy recommendations on the allocation of budgetary
resources with an international emphasis.
- Makes recommendations designed to contribute to the
internationalization of the curriculum.
The Department Review Subcommittee is responsible for
conducting all local program reviews. The goal is to review the
programs within each department every ten years according to an
approved reporting cycle schedule.
