S75-14 USE OF CONSULTANTS IN REVIEW OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS; PROGRAM PLANNING

Legislative History:

Document dated June 13, 1975.

The Academic Senate, at its meeting of May 12, 1975, passed the following recommendation as presented by Ms. June McCann, Chairwoman, Curriculum Committee.

ACTION BY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved with the understanding that there can be no guarantee by the adminsitration that funds will be available to pay outside consultants." Signed: John H. Bunzel, June 13, 1975.

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

RECOMMENDATION # 3 REVIEW OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

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WHEREAS, The CSUC Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Standards, after careful study of the whole matter of maintaining high academic standards, has recommended (as #3 of 15 recommendations) that:

Procedures be developed whereby campus groups reviewing academic programs include "outside" members drawn from other departments on the same campus, from the same department on other campuses, or both; and

WHEREAS, The Curriculum Committee, charged with (1) review of this recommendation and (2) making recommendations for implementation, believes the following to be desirable procedure for this campus; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the Senate endorse recommendation # 3 of the report of The CSUC Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Standards; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Graduate and Undergraduate Studies Committees use the recommended procedure in (1) reviewing existing programs, and (2) studying new programs prior to forwarding them to the Academic Senate Curriculum Committee.