FOR INFORMATION
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S,91-25
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
Subject:
Senate Appeals Board (SAB)
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Annual Report 1990
From: ?
Nick Heath
Secretary, SAB
Date: ?
March 20, 1991
The Senate Appeals Board met 15 times in 1990.
Membership
F. Riahi - Chair
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(Elected by SAB)
mSUAB-1 Member
(Faculty member)
(Alternate member-elected Oct. 9/90 to replace J. Spagnolo)
m Senate - 1 Member
(Faculty member - Elected June/89 replacing
R.W. Mathewes)
(Alternate - Elected June/89 replacing P. Winne)
m Student Society -2 Members
(Student member appointed Aug/89 replacing A.
Richmond)
(Student member appointed July/89 replacing W.
Dang)
(Alternate appointed Oct/89 replacing T.
Hendrickson)
(Alternate appointed Nov/90 to fill vacant position)
D. Ryeburn
A. Rogow
P. Winne
E. Palmer
T. Pagliacci
T. Hendrickson
D. Belado
S. Bukovac
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Senate Appeals Board
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Annual Report 1990
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Page 2
In addition to the appeals shown on the attached table, the Director of Admissions and Liaison handled
cases through delegated authority as follows:
Sustained
Denied
Total
Admission
21
83
104
Readmission
17
1
18
Early Readmission
3
0
3
Retroactive withdrawal
43
1
44
Selective Retroactive withdrawal
9
3
12
Other
1
8
9
Total
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94 ?
96 ?
190
Personal hearings for readmission appeals were again suspended in 1990, because of the volume of
appeals. The Senate Appeals Board was again gratified to see that most readmitted students (formerly
RTW or PW) performed well at SFU in their first semester following readmission, indicating that
the
criteria
being used for readmission were effective. These criteria are: "The Senate Appeals Board generally
expects that students who wish to be readmitted will have completed one or two semesters of further
transferable coursework (12 or more semester hours) at another institution in order to demonstrate that
their academic performance has improved. A GPA of approximately 3.0 will be expected if the student has
a further 12-15 semester hours of coursework; a GPA of approximately 2.5 will be expected from students
who have completed a further 18-30 semester hours of credit. These averages are estimates only and are
subject to change without notice." These criteria are published in
"A Guide to
Academic Standing and
Continuance,"
which is distributed to every student who is placed on 'Academic Probation' or who is
withdrawn for academic reasons At one readmission appeal meeting, the Director of the Academic
Advice Centre was invited to attend as an observer, and this proved helpful in providing feedback to the
Academic Advice Centre's Special Advisers on the nature of decision making in the SAB and the criteria
used.
The Board discussed revised appeal forms both among themselves and with the Director of the Academic
Advice Centre. In 1990, significant revisions were not achieved, although agreement was reached to
delete a contentious question on the readmission appeal form, namely, "Do you give authorization for a
Special Adviser in the Academic Advice Centre to have access to the information included in this appeal?"
The University benefits greatly from the efforts of the SAB and the voluntary contributions of
its members
deserve appreciation from students, faculty and administration.
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