A Paoer on University nol icy on Admissions an Standinos
by Stan Wong and Lawrence Boland, SFU Senate
Freedom of Transfer
I. the Academic Board be recognized as the sore authority to
establish a r'eoister of approved courses and programs in the b.C.
ecucational system. Any course or program on this register wiH
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ciutomaticaHy be accepted for transfer credit (not necessarily advance
standino) throughout the b.C. System.
(Note this should not be
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construed to conflict with existing policy whiCh permits a maximum
of 60 transfer credi ts,
.2. the SFU Senate olve every possible assistance to the AUCC for
the establishment of a Cdradiein 'College-Board' exam to insure ad-
rv j ssion standards
frOfl
out-of-province educational institition
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In order to facilitate advance standing, The Senate require
all academic deoartmenls to make available oroficiency exams Cvritten
and/or oral) for all required courses in the 100 and 200 level.
If
a student passessuch a proficiency exam, he will automatically receive
advanced standing.
Periodically, the University will communicate the
frequency of pass and failure of proficiency exams to the schools from
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which the students, who wrote the exams, transferred.
Senate Undergraduate Admissions and Standin
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this committee be reconstituted to include as voting m€mbers:
3 elected students, 3 elected faculty
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with the Academic Vice-President
as Chairman-;and to include as non-voting members: the Registrar and/or
his representatives.
The Academic Deans be invited to attend as
• non-voting members. At scheduled policy meetings of the committee,
one represenative chosen by 'the regional colleges and one representative
chosen by the universities be invited to attend as observors with
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speaking privileges,
2, that this committee
have
access
to all files in the Restrar's
Office concerning admissions
and
standings.'
3. any applicant rejected
must
be irif6rmed in writing with
reasonstated for his rejection and must be notified in writing of
his right to appeal,
Appeals Committee
I. election of permanent members to the Appeals Committee,
e1ablished November
20, 196P,
by the usual Senate electoral procedures.
2. that, in the interim until Iey I, 1969
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this committee be
permitted to recommend policy changes to
the
Senate one-man policy
review commi ttee established
Novemb'r
20, 196P.
3, that this committee apply the current admissions and
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siandings policy os approved by the Senate.
4. that this committee has access to all files in the Registrar's
Office concerning admissions and standings.
- enate 0ne-s\
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an P01 icy Review Committee
, that the Senate establish additional terms of reference-:
a) that any policy recommendation, should contribute to the
maintenance of the academic autonomy of the University;
b)that the committee be directed to draw up policy
recomrnendationsOn the maintenance of academic standards
through internal scrutiny rather
,
/ugh admissions policy;
•c)that Senate direct this committee to fid means of
facilitating admissions and transfer only.
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renes5/CloS€dness of Student H les
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that every student has access to all his files
2.
that all files are otherwise closed* except
a) to the Reisfrar and/or
his
representatives for
internal university use;
/ b) to the Senate Undergraduate Admissions and Standings
Committee for internal university use;
C)
to the Senate Apptals Committee for internal university uses
d) to all other Individuals and/o.r groups within University
or outside the University by written permission of the studenl•
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"closed"we mean no one can put in or take out any item.
3.
any alle(ed violation of this policy will be investicated by
a Senate committee* to be established- This committee be empowered
to recommend ta the President suspension,.dlsm.issal, and/or legal
action by the University for any violation of the above principle of
closedness of student files.
*the Acting President has publicly called for the formation of
such
a committee.
Financino of Higher Education in B.C.
I. that the Acting President, Chairman of
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Senate, be directed
to prepare a report to be presented to Senate on:
a)
how B.C. educational institutions are financed;
b)
the enrolment capacities of existing physical plant and the
increase in capacity by virtue of the expected additions to -
the physical plant in the current and next fiscal year
2. that the President present to Senate a proposal for the
establishment of an office of Institutional research to provide
educational data to facilitate the long-range academic planning and
financing of the University.
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3, that the President and a 3-man committee of Senate be
directed to meet with counterpart committees from the other universities
An the province to prepare a püb ic
report
on the Ion-terr: needs
of higher education in 13,C.0
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December 2,
I96
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