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Graduate Council Agenda

Thursday, April 19, 2012
at 2:00 p.m.
Upchurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

  1. Minutes for the March 15th, 2012, Graduate Council meeting will stand approved if no corrections are received.  (Please review the minutes on the Graduate School web page before the meeting: grad.uark.edu).
  2. Announcements
  3. Reports from the Academic Appeals Subcommittee and the Teaching Assistant Effectiveness Advisory Committee
  4. Discussion Item: Would the Council consider a policy of requiring the Department/Program Head/Chair/Director or Graduate Coordinator signature on the Doctoral Record of Progress, as we do for the Master’s Record of Progress? (Attachment A)
  5. Discussion Item: Would the Council consider a policy requiring all theses/dissertations to be checked for plagiarism before a student could submit these to the Graduate School for graduation?
  6. Discussion Item: Would the Council consider changing our policy on grade forgiveness to allow this in cases of academic dishonesty, as currently stated in the Academic Integrity Policy? (Attachment B).
  7. Graduate faculty recommendations for faculty: A preliminary list is attached (Attachment C). A complete list will be distributed at the meeting.
  8. Other Business