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University Senate May 2, 1996 Administration May 10, 1996 Board of Regents - no action required |
The Senate confirms that in general each degree seeking student enrolled at the University prior to September, 1999, shall neither be disadvantaged nor advantaged due to the change from a quarter system to a semester system.
It shall be the responsibility of the Change to Semesters Implementation Task Force to design, develop, implement and evaluate a "Change to Semesters Advising Plan" (CSAP) to ensure that advising be conducted in ways that will advance a student's progress towards a degree from the University of Minnesota. The CSAP shall be approved by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy prior to Fall, 1998, and shall be implemented during the Fall Quarter, 1998. The CSAP shall include, but not be limited to: a systematic program for training advisors; a plan for proactive advising; written documentation for all students, faculty and staff; a student appeal process, and a plan that would demonstrate how advising will occur for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, as well as part-time students with more that 45 quarter credits
All students, at all levels, and in all programs, who are enrolled under both the quarter system and the semester systems shall be individually, in small groups, and/or electronically advised prior to their first enrollment in the semester system.
The University shall provide advising updates to all students, faculty and advisors during Fall, 1996 and Fall, 1997
Beginning Fall, 1996, colleges admitting new students and students who will most likely be enrolled anytime after Fall, 1999, need to advise and encourage those students to complete the campus-wide liberal education requirements as early as possible, so that students will not need to take the liberal education requirements under the quarter system and under the semester system.
Beginning Fall, 1996, colleges, departments and programs need to advise and encourage students to complete any 2-quarter or 3-quarter sequences, pre-major requirements, and other quarter courses that may not be offered under semesters.