Calendar Committee FY2015
Committee Details:
Committee: Calendar Committee
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the University Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2015
Fiscal Year: 2015
Members—
- Chair: Jide Wintoki, Business, (2015)
- Edward Peltier, CEAE, (2016)
- Sanjay Mishra, Business, (2016)
- Albert Sheu, Mathematics (2017)
- Brian McDow, Associate Registrar
- Hannah Reinhart, hreinhartt@gmail.com, Student, Vice Chair
- Richie Hernandez, r982h589@ku.edu, Student
- Jessie Pringle, jessiepringle@gmail.com, Student
- Marquise Paige, mpaige27@gmail.com, Student
- Robin Merritt, Undergraduate Advising Ctr., Unclassified Staff (2015)
- Shima McCurdy, Parking & Transit, University Support Staff (2017)
- Ex-officio (not voting): KUMC Observer: Keith Dawson, Registrar
- Ex-officio (not voting): Charles Olcese, Director ISSS
Charges—
Standing Charges
- Monitor compliance with University Senate Rules and Regulations 1.3.2 concerning final examinations, including: (a) ensuring that adequate arrangements are made each semester to inform students and faculty through the Schedule of Classes about the regulations governing final examinations, and the appropriate procedures to be followed if questions arise about the application of the regulations; (b) informing the teaching faculty and GTAs, via an e-mail from the chair, one week before the beginning of each semester (in August and January) of these regulations and their rationale; and (c) considering requests for exceptions, as provided in the regulations. Report actions taken on these matters to SenEx. (ongoing)
- Monitor compliance with University Senate Rules and Regulations 1.4.2 concerning the scheduling of examinations outside of regular class hours. Following the committee’s established procedures, approve or disapprove applications for tests other than final examinations to be held at times other than regular class hours. Report actions taken on these matters to SenEx.
- Update the five-year calendar report to SenEx by 1/15/2015.
Specific Charges
- Continue working to develop a policy for scheduling final examinations in dual-campus courses, seeking input from the Edwards Campus. Consider whether the policy should blanket all classes, or differ by time or mode of delivery and whether the comparative size of the enrollment (from Edwards or Lawrence) should play a role in determining the exam schedule. Using data on the number of courses that are dual-campus, consider the viability and impact of each of the four options identified last year plus any other options identified by the committee.
- Allowing the professors involved to work out the schedule details (this is the current policy).
- Allowing the University to develop/set policy, incorporating the opinions of those more directly involved and thus more knowledgeable of the situations.
- Allowing each campus to set its own distinct policy for final exams, thus eliminating the necessity of theses exams occurring at the same time.
- Declaring that one or the other of the campuses involved simply must adhere to one or the other of the campus’ current final exam schedule.