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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
South Dakota Board of Regents
Basement Conference Room
Pierre, SD
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST
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1.
 Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval
    
2.
 Minutes
 
A.
May 2015
 
B.
June 2015
 
C.
July 2015
 
3.
 Consent Agenda Items
 
A.
Program Modifications
  
1)
No Report
   
 
B.
Course Modifications
  
1)
No Report
 
 
4.
 New Programs
 
A.
New Program Requests
 
 
1)
 SDSU – MS in Industrial / Organizational Psychology  (Revised 8/28/2015)
   
 
B.
New Certificate Requests
 
 
1)
No Report
   
 
C.
New Site Requests
 
 
1)
No Report
   
 
D.
Intent to Plan Requests
 
 
1)
BHSU – BFA in Photography  (item pending)
  
2)
BHSU – BFA in Graphic Design  (item pending)
  
3)
BHSU – BFA in Studio Art  (item pending)
    
 
E.
 Summary of Pending and in-Progress Requests
 
F.
 BOR Approved Program Sites
 
G.
 Programs Listed on University Center Websites
 
H.
 New Program Institutional Review Process
 
   
5.
 Policy Revision and Development
 
A.
 BOR Policy Revisions
  
1)
 BOR Policy 2:5 – Transfer of Credit
  
2)
 Second Reading Policy for BOR Policies
  
3)
 Academic Disciplinary Procedures
  
 
 
 
B.
Academic Guidelines
  
1)
 Program Fee Guidelines
    
 
C.
Dashboard Review  (placeholder for presentation by Daniel Palmer)
 
D.
 2015 Title IX Athletic Interest Survey – Planning
 
E.
 Dual Credit Update
 
F.
 Reverse Transfer Opportunities
 
G.
 Review of Action Items & Discussions from BOR Retreat
 
H.
 ACTA “What Will They Learn Report?” Report
 
I.
 Proactive Admissions
 
J.
Student Preparation in Math
 
K.
Common Course Catalogue Issues
  
1)
 WF & SP Grades
  
2)
 Course Auditing and Visitor Program
  
3)
 Instructional Type A Assignments
 
L.
 Teacher Education Disclosure Statement/Policy
 
M.
 Program Productivity Review      Attachment II      Attachment III
  
1)
 Program Review Reports – SDSMT & SDSU
 
N.
 Reading Remediation
 
O.
 USD Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment (Jolene’s Law Taskforce)
 
P.
 SDSU Program Title Change – Addendum to Articulation Agreements
 
Q.
 Discipline Councils for 2015-2016
 
R.
 Art Education – Increase to 128 Credit Hours
 
S.
 NASH – Taking Student Success to Scale
 
T.
 Revisions to Terminal Degrees Table – SDSU  (Added 8/28/2015)
   
6.
 Informational Items
 
A.
 Certificate Production
 
B.
 IDEA Campus Lab
 
C.
 Agreement on Academic Cooperation – USD
 
D.
 D2L Attendance Reporting  (Added 8/28/2015)