Senate Document SD
09-1
MEMORANDUM
TO: Fort
Wayne Senate
FROM: Glenda
Moss, Chair
Educational
Policy Committee
DATE: 24
April 2009
SUBJ: Proposed Amendments to the IPFW
Academic Regulations and Procedures: Approval of Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal
Policy
DISPOSITION: To the
Presiding Officer for implementation
WHEREAS, Students
who miss more than 50% of their class meetings of a given section during the
first four weeks of the fall or spring semesters or have the potential to fail
because of not meeting the course requirements (i.e. not completing course
assignments, not taking tests or quizzes); and
WHEREAS,
faculty currently have no means of initiating withdrawal of students in obvious
danger of failing to make satisfactory progress;
BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Educational Policy Committee proposes a Faculty Initiated
Withdrawal Policy, giving faculty authority to withdraw students.
Approving Not
Approving Absent
B. Abbott A.
Ushenko
I. Hack
J. Jackson
G. Moss
P. Iadicola
Senate Document
SD 09-1
Retention
Initiative
Faculty-Initiated
Withdrawal Policy
·
Students who miss more than 50% of their class meetings
of a given section during the first four weeks of the fall or spring semesters
or have the potential to fail because of not meeting the course requirements
(i.e. not completing course assignments, not taking tests or quizzes) may be
withdrawn from that course. Undergraduate students may be withdrawn regardless
of class level. This Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal Policy may be implemented in
all undergraduate-level courses subject to the following provisions: If a
faculty member chooses to use Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal Policy, the policy
must be included in the course syllabus with specific language as to the
policy. Students must be informed that withdrawal may have an impact on their
Financial Aid awards and/or student visa status.
- When
adopting the Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal Policy for a course, it is the
course instructor’s responsibility to document attendance for the first
four weeks or failure to make satisfactory progress to justify the
withdrawal. The course instructor initiates the withdrawal process and has
the right to stop the process at any time.
- Prior
to using the Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal Policy in a course, the
instructor will notify the student at least one week before the
withdrawal.
- Faculty-Initiated
withdrawal will take place after the fee refund period up to the last
scheduled class prior to finals. Students who are withdrawn from the
course will not be eligible for a tuition refund.
The Registrar’s Office will report each semester on the
number of faculty-initiated withdrawals for each course.
Language
to be included on the syllabus
Faculty-Initiated Withdrawal: A basic requirement of this course is that you
will participate in class and conscientiously complete all course requirements.
If you miss more than half our class meetings within the first four weeks of
the semester or are not making satisfactory progress in fulfilling the course
requirements, you may be withdrawn from this section. Withdrawal may have
academic, financial, and financial aid implications. Withdrawal will take place
after the refund period, and if you are withdrawn from the course you will not
be eligible for a tuition refund. If you have questions about the
faculty-initiated withdrawal policy at any point during the semester, please
contact me.
Senate Document
SD 09-1
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE
UNIVERSITY AT FORT WAYNE
DOCUMENTATION OF FACULTY INITIATED WITHDRAW
GRADE
DRAFT –
4/24/09
Reason for Faculty Initiated Withdraw (Documented by
Instructor)
Absent from at least 50% of Class
Meetings Failure
to make satisfactory progress
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STUDENT NAME: __________________________________________ I.D. # ________ -
_______ - _______
ADDRESS __________________________________________
CITY ___________________
STATE _______ ZIP ____________
STUDENT'S MAJOR
_________________________________ LAST DOCUMENTED DATE OF ATTENDANCE
____________
_______ _______ ________ _______ _________________________________________________
Subject Course
# Section # Cr. hrs. Course Title
Semester/Session for which "W" grade
assigned:
____Fall ____Spring ____ Summer I ____ Summer II
20 _____
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INSTRUCTOR'S NAME:
______________________________________________ DEPT:
____________________________
OFFICE: ____________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE: ______________________
Instructor Signature:
________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________
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COPIES: White-Registrar Yellow-Instructor's
Division/Department Pink-Student Gold-Instructor
REGISTRAR OFFICE:
FORM 175 – 3/2009