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
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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-
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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