About the Committee

1.73.5

The Committee on Academic Performance shall consist of six elected members of the Faculty, three undergraduate students, and the following ex officio nonvoting members or their designee(s): the Vice Chancellor; the Vice President and Dean for Student Life; the Registrar; the Medical Director; the Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services; the Associate Deans and Directors of Student Support Services and Student Disability Services; and one additional member designated by the Vice Chancellor. The Committee shall be concerned with the academic performance of undergraduates. It shall make recommendations to the Faculty on such matters as minimum scholastic standards, calendar changes, examinations, and grading, in consultation with the Committee on Graduate Programs on those matters which also relate to graduate students.

  1. The Committee shall act with power on petitions from individual undergraduate students relating to exceptions to established academic standards, and on requests to return at the undergraduate level after a personal, medical, or required academic leave, or a leave of absence.
  2. At the conclusion of each regular examination period, the Committee shall hold meetings with representatives of the Office of the Vice Chancellor and of the second-year, third-year, and fourth-year Faculty Advisors, in order to review the academic records of undergraduate students and to take appropriate action in the name of the Faculty.
  3. The Committee shall present to the Faculty its recommendations on candidates to be awarded Bachelor's degrees, and also a summary of its other actions.

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