University Senate The University Senate is the sole legislative body on all ques tions that pertain to the educa tional interests of the University. This year the senate has approxi mately two hundred and fifty mem bers who are appointed or elected faculty or advisory personnel. The senate is principally composed of faculty members elected from each college. The senate meets the - first Tues day of each month and studies the broad policies of the Univei sity and decides whether or not any of the policies should be changed -or dropped. It decides such things as which course should be added, changed or deleted, the number of credits needed for grad uation from the various colleges, and the time schedule of events on the University. At the last meeting of the se nate, November 7, the Committee on Calendar and Class Schedule was informed that the student •body felt the time between clas ses exceeded the necessary time to move from one class to another The student body felt that twen ty minutes was in excess of the required time, but not long enough to accomplish much work. It therefore felt that fifteen minutes would be a more suitable period of time. Shortening the time be tween periods would enable the last class to end at approximately 4:30 P.M., instead of the pre sent time of 5:00 P.M. (Editor's note: If • any student on campus wishes to express his or her opin ion on the above matter, Mr. Kochel or this paper would like to be informed of such reactions. Thank you.) The following is the policy on Associate Degree Programs that was accepted at the last meeting of the senate. • As a result of its study of the associate degree problem, the Se nate Committee on educational Policy makes the following policy recommendations: 1. The Pennsylvania State Uni versity offers two types of asso ciate degree programs. Such as sociate degree programs may be occupational or terminal in nature, (Type I), or may represent an integrated preparation base for further education in college or university, (Type II). All such programs must originate with the colleges and must be specifically approved by the Senate as "asso ciate degree" programs. They must be of at least six terms in duration and contain a minimum THE NITTAN Y _CUB of 60 semester credits, but no more than 75, and must meet the gene ral education requirements pre viously passed by the Senate for associate degree programs. Credit load limits per teha are the same as those for baccalaureate degree students; the minimum graduation average is 2.0, (The Committee suggests that a candidate in a Type I associate degree program be designated As sociate in some specialty (e.g. Electrical Technology, Hotel Ad ministration, etc.). A candidate in a Type II associate degree pro gram should be designated an Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science as the case may be.) 2. The University remains pri marily concerned, at the under graduate level, with baccalaureate instruction and its admission policy should continue to reflect this em phasis. No candidates for the associate degree should be admit ted to the University Park Cam pus when facilities exist elsewhere within the Univesity. However, the admissions policy for associate degree programs of both types may be different than that for any baccalaureate degree program. Such an admissions policy should reflect the local circumstances in volved, the needs of the com munity or student body to be ser ved, and instructional resources available. Such an admissions policy should be independent of any baccalaureate admissions poli cy should permit a flexible stan dard of admissions to the various programs, and should be depen dent only upon the ability of the University or its component parts to match available resources with student need and with competen cy to pass associate degree pro grams. 3. Transfer of a student from an associate degree program to a baccalaureate degree program may be accomplished at any time, un der regultions governing change of curriculum, if the student meets, all the admission requirments for the baccalaurate program. Other students may transfer only after completion of the associate degree and acceptance by the College of their choice. The term standing of a transfer student together with the credits and courses ac ceptable towards a "baccalaureate degree will be determined by the Dean of the College in which the student enrolls. Any baccalaure ate degree student, upon the in terruption of his baccalaureate degree program, may apply for any associate - degree for which he might qualify, with the appro val of the Dean of his College. S. G. A. REPORT ter five and on weekends the old paddles will be used. Coat hangers for Turnbull Hall were discussed and, as there are not enough of these, new ones will be brought in. Items to be discussed at the first meeting of the Student Af fairs Committee were: Why ath letic funds and equipment are not being provided for us by 'Universi ty Park; the lack of adequate health facilities on Behren.d Cam pus; installation of coin changing machine in Erie Hall; higher charge for meals this year and showing of meal tickets at every meal; and the possibility of hav- COPYRIGHT THE COCA-COLA COMPANY COCA-COLA ANO COKE ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS • ~,, .. ..... .. .. ... ... ... IizBETWEEN Titer-es nothing like a Coker Get that refreshing new feeling with Coke! Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., ERIE, PA. ing the cafeteria open fifteen mi nutes earlier on Wednesday morn ings to avoid the rush. The Stu dent affairs Committee consists of Mr. Lane, Mr. Fryer, Al McAllis ter, and Dale Black. The items listed above were discussed and are presently being looked into. It was decided that the $BB.OO collected for the class gift remain on the Behrend Campus instead of being sent to University Park. The S. G. A. would like to re mind you. that all students are free to bring any problems or suggestions either to a member of the S. G. A. or to a S .G. A. meet ing which is held wilekl3r on Wednesday nights at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 5, 1961
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