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ISU curriculum council to recommend one-repeat rule
Ben Kennedy
Issue date: 11/19/05 Section: News
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Despite opposition from ASISU, the ISU Curriculum Council voted on Thursday, November 3, to recommend the College of Business's one-repeat proposal to the ISU Faculty Senate.
The proposal passed with a 6-5 vote with two abstentions.
The proposal, under discussion since October 13, would stipulate that all College of Business classes may only be repeated one time. If students fail the class twice, or wish to retake the class for a higher grade more than twice, they must petition to take the class again. The one-repeat rule does not apply to those students who withdraw from a class.
According to Darrell Scott, assistant dean to the College of Business, the policy would force students to try harder the first time and free up space in courses where seating is limited. Scott said that sometimes student take a class 5 or 6 times before they receive a passing grade.
After Barbara Hewitt, the student representative to the curriculum council, brought news of the proposal to the ASISU senate -- senators passed a vote of no-support. ASISU senators said they wanted to see statistics on how often students retake classes and what affect this had on overcrowding. The senators received the statistics after the vote was taken.
The report, provided by the College of Business, said that nine students in the last two years retook a class more than twice. The report also said that 381 students had to retake a core business class more than once in the last two years.
There was some talk that this policy would only affect College of Business majors, but the proposal voted on would apply to any student who takes a business class. Hewitt also said the curriculum council has formed a sub committee to research the possibility of making the policy a campus wide rule.
Hewitt told the ASISU Senate during their November 7 meeting that she pleaded with the curriculum council not to pass the proposal.
"If I had a vote on the council it wouldn't have passed." Hewitt told the senate.
At one time students did have a vote on the curriculum council. In 2003, the curriculum council changed the council's by-laws to remove the student's voting power. Hewitt said the council's reasoning behind this change dealt with the student representative's failure to routinely show up to meetings. Often the student members of the curriculum council were ill prepared and did not provide productive input during the meetings. Hewitt said she is currently trying to come up with a proposal that would reinstate voting power for the students
The curriculum council will now present the proposal to the Faculty Senate, who will decide whether or not to implement the policy. The Faculty Senate will hear the proposal during their next meeting on November 14 at 4 p.m. in the Red Hill Building. The meeting is open to the public. ASISU senators plan to attend the meeting and voice their disapproval of the policy.
The proposal passed with a 6-5 vote with two abstentions.
The proposal, under discussion since October 13, would stipulate that all College of Business classes may only be repeated one time. If students fail the class twice, or wish to retake the class for a higher grade more than twice, they must petition to take the class again. The one-repeat rule does not apply to those students who withdraw from a class.
According to Darrell Scott, assistant dean to the College of Business, the policy would force students to try harder the first time and free up space in courses where seating is limited. Scott said that sometimes student take a class 5 or 6 times before they receive a passing grade.
After Barbara Hewitt, the student representative to the curriculum council, brought news of the proposal to the ASISU senate -- senators passed a vote of no-support. ASISU senators said they wanted to see statistics on how often students retake classes and what affect this had on overcrowding. The senators received the statistics after the vote was taken.
The report, provided by the College of Business, said that nine students in the last two years retook a class more than twice. The report also said that 381 students had to retake a core business class more than once in the last two years.
There was some talk that this policy would only affect College of Business majors, but the proposal voted on would apply to any student who takes a business class. Hewitt also said the curriculum council has formed a sub committee to research the possibility of making the policy a campus wide rule.
Hewitt told the ASISU Senate during their November 7 meeting that she pleaded with the curriculum council not to pass the proposal.
"If I had a vote on the council it wouldn't have passed." Hewitt told the senate.
At one time students did have a vote on the curriculum council. In 2003, the curriculum council changed the council's by-laws to remove the student's voting power. Hewitt said the council's reasoning behind this change dealt with the student representative's failure to routinely show up to meetings. Often the student members of the curriculum council were ill prepared and did not provide productive input during the meetings. Hewitt said she is currently trying to come up with a proposal that would reinstate voting power for the students
The curriculum council will now present the proposal to the Faculty Senate, who will decide whether or not to implement the policy. The Faculty Senate will hear the proposal during their next meeting on November 14 at 4 p.m. in the Red Hill Building. The meeting is open to the public. ASISU senators plan to attend the meeting and voice their disapproval of the policy.