Academic Affairs Update for Student Government

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Academic Affairs Updatefor Student Government

• Dr. Jeremy Haefner
• Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
  Affairs
• December 2009

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Roadmap for Presentation

• The Vision and Priorities
• The Initiatives
• Discussion Plus/Minus Grading system
• Discussion International Education

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The RIT Vision and Priorities
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Vision for RIT

• RIT will lead higher education in preparing
  students for innovative, creative, and successful
  careers in a global society
• A national, indeed international, university

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The Academic Affairs Initiatives for 2009-2010
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Discussion topic Plus/Minus Grading System
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Discussions to date

• Academic Senate passes proposal to add /- marks
  to letter grades
• GPA scale
• Voluntary
• Taskforce formed
• Nick Schneider
• Teraisa Chloros
• Matt Muri
• Alejandro Engle
• Joe Loffredo
• Jeremy Haefner

• Issues
• Scholarships affected?
• Academic probation changed?
• Prerequisite C or C-
• Multi-section courses graded consistently?
• Ideas
• Use /- marks for AY 10-11 but calculate GPA on
  whole letters
• Set consistency across multi-section courses
• Prerequisites set at C- or higher

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Discussion topic International Education
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International Education

• Part of strategic plan and gen ed outcomes
• Key pieces
• International Sites Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo
• Study abroad
• International students
• Multicultural awareness
• International Co-ops
• International Education Studies program

• Goal Send 100 students to Dubai and/or Croatia
• Goal Identify specific learning outcomes for
  International Ed
• Develop 1-stop nexus for IE in the new Global
  Village