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TO: All Members of Senate 

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FROM: H.M. Evans, 

Secretary of Senate and 

Registrar. 

November 19, 1968. 

Re: SPECIAL MEETING OF SENATE -- Wednesday, November 20, 1968. 

Submissions from the Simon Fraser Student Society. 

Request has been received that the attached papers with proposals 

be provided to Senate for consideration on Wednesday, November 20, 

1968. 

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November 19, 1968 

Dr. K. Strand 

Acting President/Chairman of Senate 

Simon Fraser University 

Burnaby 2 B. C. 

Dear Dr. Strand: 

Please be informed that council has set up a new committee to 

consider admissions regulations and credit transfer. This 

committee consists of the Arts President - Terry Devlin, Sports 

Co-ordinator - John Niscra, and the 1st Vice President - Chris 

Dumfries. ? 

Mr. Devlin will be acting as Chairman of this committee. 

By way of background, I may add that this committee has been in 

existence, as you may know, since last Thursday evening and was 

formally ratified by the council last night. Also last night 

council received proposals from Mr. Devlin. These proposals 

have since received approving signatures from the majority of 

council members. Mr. Devlin was further instructed to relay 

these proposals to you, which I believe he has done at this time. 

I would hope you will bring these proposals to the direct attention 

of the Senate and that provision will be made for discussing these 

proposals at the Senate Meeting on Wednesday night. 

Yours very 

Rob. Walsh 

President 

Student Socjety 

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November 18, 1968 

Dr. K. Strand 

Acting President 

Simon Fraser University 

Burnaj 

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Dear Dr. Strand: 

As you are aware, Simon Fraser's policies and practices relative 

to admissions, credit and standing have been under internal 

scrutiny for some while. They have also been of deep concern to 

the Simon Fraser Student Society and to students at large. 

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You will recall that in September, as one of its first acts, the 

Student Council appointed an inquiry committee who were to have 

reported back to council in order that appropriate action could 

be commenced. You will recall also that the present writer, in 

his capacity as Arts President, also called upon you in September 

to discuss the possibility for changes in the area. 

Since that time, many events have transpired and the original 

committee is being replaced with a new one consisting of the 

following: 

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D. Terry Devlin, Arts President (Chairman) 

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C. Dumfries, 

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1st Vice 

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John Misera, 

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Sports Co-ordinator. 

In line with the terms of our appointment and our present continuing 

discussions with yourself, Mr. 

Registrar, and others of the 

Senate Admissions 

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COmmittCC,w submit herewith the attached eleven 

proposals for your consideration. 

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Although these proposals are tentative and must remain simply 

the views of this committee until presented to and ratified by 

the Simon Fraser Student Council, it is expected that they will 

ratified and we would urge that you give them your immediate 

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and take all possible steps to insure their early 

implementation. 

Yours very truly, 

D. Terry Devlin 

Chairman - Council Committ? 

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PROPOSALS 

1.

That the President request of Senate to set up immediately an 

investigating body to look into the question of credit transfer 

and admissions and that this body be instructed to report back as 

.soon as possible, no later than February 1, 1968. 

2.

That 'In the interim period between now and the return of the 

investi 

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ation report, an appeal board be set up to deal with those 

Simon Fraser Students' who believe their cases to have been unfairly 

dealt with. 

3.

That this appeal board be not composed of the same persons who made 

the original decisions In respect to the cases coming before It. 

4.

That students be included on this appeal board. 

5.

That this appeal board begin its hearings, immediately. 

6.

That Students be given adequate representation of the Senate Admissions 

Committee in respect to the formulation of the operative policies of 

that board. This is not to be construed as allowing students to have 

access to other students' academic records. 

7.

That no student shall be denied admission to Simon Fraser University 

without detailed written reasons for his refusal. 

8.

The formulation, publication and distribution of a set policy in respect 

to credit transfer and admission to Simon Fraser University. 

9.

That the Registrar of Simon Fraser personally meet with appointed 

representatives of Vancouver City College Student Council to investigate 

special problems of credit transfer from that Institution. 

10.

That the present policy of disallowing grade 13 credit transfer from 

institutions outside of British Columbia, be revoked. 

11.

The Acting President be Instructed to facilitate the co-ordination of 

Simon Fraser University admissions policy with other institutions 

throughout British Columbia. 