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Committee advances Policy 101 procedural update and forwards emeritus, faculty‑fellow nominations

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Vermont State Colleges · May 5, 2026
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Summary

An EPPSA/academic policy committee on May 4 recommended a procedural update to Policy 101 (the five‑year program review), following discussion about requiring standardized metrics and annual data, and voted to forward recommendations for Faculty Emeritus status for Helen Mango and the VSC faculty fellow to the full board.

The Vermont State Colleges’ academic policy committee met May 4 and voted to recommend a procedural update to Policy 101 — the system’s five‑year academic program review and continuous improvement process — to the full board, after trustees and faculty liaisons debated metrics, timing and implementation.

Yasmin (presented in the packet as the official who led the policy overview) described Policy 101 as a five‑year self‑study cycle that aggregates annual assessment work and sets improvement goals. "The policy is designed as a five‑year cycle," Yasmin said, adding that annual program assessment (Policy 109) produces the data that is rolled up into the five‑year report.

Provost Atkins told the committee that programs perform annual assessments and…

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