F78-3 DISREGARDING PAST WORK IN COMPUTATION OF GRADUATION GPA

Legislative History:

Rescinds S73-17.

Document dated October 31,1978.

Copies sent to Academic Vice President, Executive Vice President, Ombudsman.

ACTION BY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved as University Policy" Gail Fullerton, December 13, 1978.

DISREGARDING PAST WORK IN COMPUTATION OF GRADUATION GPA

Whereas, Academic Senate Policy S 73-17, Policy on Petitions for Retroactive Withdrawal was developed prior to the issuance of Executive Orders 213 (Academic Renewal) and 268 (Grading Symbols); and

Whereas, Executive Orders 213 and 268 do not provide for Retroactive Withdrawal; and

Whereas, Executive Order 213 specifies the explicit conditions for disregarding one or two past terms of work in computation of GPA for graduation, and because Academic Senate Policy S 73-17 does not reflect these explicit conditions; and

Whereas, Executive Order 213 does provide for disregarding a portion of a past term of work either through repeat of the course(s) via Academic Renewal (S 77-2) or by administrative decision in the case of extenuating circumstance, including rare and genuine hardship; and

Whereas, no reviewing committee currently exists for the consistent assessment of extenuating circumstance, including rare and genuine hardship; Therefore be it

Resolved, That Academic Senate Policy S 73-17, Policy on Petitions for Retroactive Withdrawal, be rescinded; and be it

Resolved further, That the responsibilities of the Academic Fairness Committee be amended to include the authority to consider and recommend to the Academic Vice President that an unrepealed portion of a past term's work be eliminated from g. p. a. computation for graduation in cases where the student shows that his/her performance had been adversely affected by extenuating circumstance or rare and genuine hardship of a kind to which no other remedial procedure is properly applicable.