The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 29, in 112 Kern Graduate Building on the University Park campus. Items to be discussed include:
n Curriculum report of Feb. 15
n Admissions, records, scheduling and student aid -- proposed changes to Policy 14-00, nondegree students (legislative)
n Admissions, records, scheduling and student aid/undergraduate education -- revision of Policy 51-50, cumulative grade point average (legislative)
n Committee and rules-revision of Standing Rules, Article III, Section 7(b) (legislative)
n Joint committee on academic integrity -- academic integrity report (legislative)
n Joint committee on academic integrity -- report on improving the academic integrity report (advisory/
consultative)
n Undergraduate education -- revision of Senate Policy 42-50, credit by examination/proficiency examination (legislative)
n Faculty affairs-proposal to change the language in HR-23 concerning the relation of tenure and promotion in tenuring decisions (advisory/consultative)
n Faculty affairs -- promotion and tenure summary for 1998-99 (informational)
n Faculty benefits -- activities of the Penn State Travel Services Office (informational)
n Faculty rights and responsibilities -- annual report for 1998-99 (informational)
n Undergraduate education -- grade distribution report (informational)
Members of the University community may attend. Any member of the University community who is not a member of the Senate may request the privilege of the floor on any item of business already before the Senate. Such a request must be made to the chair, through the executive secretary of the Senate, at least four calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.
For information on how to submit major, minor, option or course proposals, the "Guide to Curricular Procedures" is now available on the Web from the Faculty Senate home page at http://www.psu.edu/ufs/.