Academic Policies, Procedures, and Standards Committee

Charges 2015 – 2016

Standing Charges

  1. Elect a chair and secretary, or rotate the secretarial duties if desired. Email these selections to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Liberal Studies, Dean of STEM Programs, Dean of Career Education, Dean of the Academy of Culinary Arts, the Administrative Assistant of Academic Affairs,

andChair of the FAEC.

  1. Review these charges to be sure that (1) the recommended charges of the previous year were addressed, (2) minutes of all meetings conducted in the previous year were submitted online to (login: atlantic; password: cape). (3) all normal standing charges are included, (4) the charges listed are correct, still valid and properly placed, (5) charges that were completed aren’t repeated and (6) the charges are clear. Email corrections and changes to the Co-Secretaries of the FAEC.
  1. Minutes of the committee meetings should be submitted to Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Liberal Studies, Dean of STEM Programs, Dean of Career Education, Dean of the Academy of Culinary Arts,the Chair of the FAEC, and the Administrative Assistant of Academic Affairs. An additional copy of all committee meeting minutes shall be submitted electronically to (login: atlantic password: cape) under the appropriate committee category AND to the Committee’s Website. A progress report is due by the end of December. A year-end report is due by the end of May.
  1. Minutes of all meetings and a description of your activities should be posted on Atlantic Cape’s website, along with a list of members.
  1. Elect a Chairperson for the next academic year at the last scheduled meeting of the academic year (May).
  1. Submit name of Chairperson for the next academic year and recommendations for next year’s charges to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Career Education, Dean of Liberal Studies and the Chair of the FAEC by the end of May.
  1. Before the end of the spring semester, discuss the summer appeals meeting to assure that it will be adequately staffed. All committee members are expected to attend. If there is a need, consider soliciting help from past members of the committee or contact the Chair of the FAEC.
  1. Evaluate grade appeals and credit amnesty cases.
  1. Continuously evaluate and recommend academic standards, policies and procedures to ensure that they promote student success.

Academic Year 2015-2016

TITLENAMEEMAIL ADDRESS

Vice-President of Academic AffairsOtto

Dean of Liberal StudiesDenise

Dean of Career EducationDonna

Dean of the Academy of Culinary Arts Kelly

Dean of STEM programsElmer

Administrative Asst. Academic AffairsHeather

FAEC ChairpersonDonna Marie

FAEC Co-SecretariesJoseph

Rich Russell

Additional Charges

10.Revise and finalize a college-wide definition of plagiarism to be presented at the faculty

assembly, and to be included in the college policy on plagiarism.

11.Investigate a need to create a motion to reinstate department chairs, including polling faculty

regarding how the change has affected chain of command structure, departments, faculty,

and student success.Tabled

12. Develop Faculty Advisement handbook (start with the handbook developed for Spring 2015

advisement days).

13. Work with Vice-President of Student Affairs and the committee to develop Freshman

Seminar, as part of Student Success Planning.