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Board approves four policy updates, reviews several academic programs and a center name change
Summary
Trustees approved four policy changes covering grading/repeat courses, sick and family leave, legacy credit workflow and graduate-study limits; the board also approved program-review actions for family studies and outdoor recreation, a name change for a campus center and several program discontinuances.
Trustees approved four university policy changes and took action on several academic program reviews and a center name change after deliberations by the Academic Policy Committee.
Policy updates approved included: • PPM 4‑19 (grading/repeat-course counting): the policy was revised to change how repeat courses count toward academic records in order to support student success; faculty retain oversight of syllabi and academic standards. • PPM 3‑21 (sick and family leave): the policy clarifies leave management for faculty and notes interactions with federal FMLA timing and semester‑length assignments. • VPN 6‑17 (legacy credit workflow): the university eliminated recording fees for AP and CLEP credits and streamlined legacy-workflow processes to remove barriers and reduce time-to-degree. • PPM 11‑1 (graduate studies): the revision implements a state directive limiting the number of upper‑division undergraduate credits that can count toward post‑baccalaureate certificates that stack into graduate degrees and clarifies expectations for mixed‑level courses.
Committee members discussed four program-review items. The board approved program-review findings and recommended actions for the Department of Family Studies and for Outdoor and Community Recreation Education. Family Studies has declined from approximately 309 to 240 students; the department proposed new initiatives including a financial‑planning program in collaboration with the business college and a concurrent-enrollment gateway course for high‑school students. Outdoor and Community Recreation Education, launched in the late 2010s, drew discussion about market fit and enrollment; trustees approved the program to continue with recommendations to explore refocusing on tourism or youth-sports education and to increase marketing and cross‑college partnerships.
The board also approved a name change for the Center for Poverty and Inequality to the Crossroads Economic Center and approved discontinuance of several programs, including the Master of Science in Respiratory Therapy, after the committee concluded demand and enrollment did not support continuation.
Trustees moved each action by motion and approved them by voice vote; the Academic Policy Committee will monitor implementation and recommended follow-up with deans on recruitment and curriculum realignment.
