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Graduate Council Minutes

April 19, 2012

MEMBERS PRESENT

Voting:            Professors T.P. Cronan, A.J. Dowdle, A.E. Ellstrand, V.H. Hunt, M.D. Richardson, F.M. Scheide, P.R. Selvam, T.G. Shields, J.D. Wiersma; Ms. Emilija Djurdjevic; Ms. Tamara St. Marthe

Non-Voting:     Professors P.R. Koski, M. Limayem, M.T. Miller, L.J. Robertson, J.R. Young; Ms. Harwood-Rom

MEMBERS ABSENT

Voting:            Professors M.S. Bradley-Engen, R.M. Costrell, P.M. Hewitt, T.W. Martin

Non-Voting:     Professor C.H. Adams

SECRETARY     Ms. T. M. Fisher

GUESTS            Professor K. Vickers

The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Chair Patricia Koski

  1. Minutes for the March 15, 2012 Graduate Council meeting stand approved, as no changes were suggested. (The minutes of the Graduate Council may be found at grad.uark.edu/dean/gradcouncil/minutes/).
  2. The Council congratulated Professor M. Limayem for being named Dean of the College of Business at the University of South Florida.
  3. The Council unanimously passed this resolution: Let it be resolved that we, the members of the Graduate Council at the University of Arkansas, commend Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long for his courageous leadership in upholding the standards of integrity commensurate with the stature of the University of Arkansas.
  4. The Council approved this resolution by a vote of 10 in favor and one opposed: Effective immediately for incoming students, doctoral Records of Progress will require the signature of the department/program chair/head/director or graduate coordinator, to signify that departmental/ program requirements have been met.
  5. The Council declined to approve a resolution allowing grade replacement in cases of academic dishonesty. However, Council members were asked to check with their constituencies about whether we will allow an X to be removed from an XF grade “upon graduation or completion of the period of suspension,” as currently stated in the Academic Integrity Policy.
  6. The Council approved this resolution: The Graduate School will make available to graduate students and faculty plagiarism software and will encourage graduate students to check their theses/dissertations for plagiarism before submitting them to the Graduate School. At the May 2013 meeting, the Council will reconsider the proposal to mandate plagiarism checking on all theses/dissertations before they are submitted to the Graduate School to meet graduation requirements.
  7. The Council approved the graduate faculty recommendations listed in Attachment A.

There being no other business, the Council adjourned at 3:03 p.m.

Submitted by:                                                      Approved by:

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Patricia R. Koski, Chair                                       Todd G. Shields, Dean