Senate Document SD 96-14
(Approved, 4/14/1997)

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE MANOR

 

 

To: Fort Wayne Senate

From: Educational Policy Committee
B. Bulmahn, chair

Date: March 20, 1997

Subject: Guidelines for Weekend College

(Supersedes Indiana FWSD 79-5 and Purdue FWSD 79-8, "Proposed Guidelines for Weekend College Calendar" and "Proposed

Guidelines for Weekend College")

 

Disposition: To the Presiding Officer for implementation

 

Resolved, That the Fort Wayne Senate approve the following guidelines for Weekend College.

 

Guidelines for Weekend College

Mission

The mission of Weekend College is to increase the educational opportunities to the citizens of  northeastern Indiana by offering regular credit  courses and programs on weekends. 

Goals

 
The goals of Weekend College, in order of priority, are:  
 
1.      To increase participation in higher education,  especially among students whose

 employment and domestic responsibilities necessitate alternative  scheduling  
 
2.      To identify degrees and certificate programs that will be made available entirely on

weekends, and to offer a schedule of classes that enables students to make  steady

progress in these programs each semester  
 
3.      To offer a schedule of classes that meets the intellectual and professional-advancement

needs of nondegree students with specific career interests 
 
4.      To increase the scheduling options for enrolled traditional and other students.

Scope

 
Weekend college consists of all credit courses and programs offered on-campus Friday evenings 

(beginning 4:30 p.m.), Saturdays, and Sundays.

Programming

 
The schedule of classes for Weekend College is based upon student needs and interests that are

consistent with the goals expressed above and that have been identified through surveys among

prospective enrollees and enrollment experience. Participation by units and by departments/

divisions within the units and by resident faculty and professional staff will be voluntary. 

Calendar and
Class Patterns

 
Classes for Weekend College will normally begin on the weekend following the first Monday of

the semester and will normally end on the weekend preceding the last Monday of the semester.

When this scheduling provides 15 weeks of classes, three-credit lecture courses will have class

periods of 170 minutes per week to provide 2,400 contact minutes per semester and to include

an appropriate break time in each class period. When, because of holiday weekends (classes will

not meet on the weekends of Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Easter),  fewer than 15 weeks are

available for classes, the time periods will be adjusted as necessary. Scheduling for other courses

will be determined by appropriate  adjustment of the three-hour lecture pattern mentioned 

above.  
 
A department/division/school may modify the number of  minutes per class and/or the number of

class meetings  per semester to provide flexibility and to maximize opportunities for students to

enroll in the courses  they need. Such modifications will be made in  consultation with the

appropriate Dean or Coordinator  and the Weekend College Director and will be printed in the

Schedule of Classes. The regular university  policy concerning class meetings during the last

week  of the semester will also apply to Weekend College  courses. 
 
The Calendar Subcommittee shall be responsible for the preparation of the Weekend College

calendar and shall include the Weekend College calendar information in the recommendations

made annually to the Senate.

Compensation 

Compensation for resident faculty and professional  staff will be either on an overload basis or as

part of the regular load. A qualified professional staff  member approved by the respective

department/division  to teach will be compensated on a basis comparable to  that for resident

faculty members.

Administration  

Weekend College will be administered by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or a designee

(Director of Weekend College) with the provision that at the end of 1998-99 a review will be

conducted by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the purpose of deciding whether

Weekend College should be assigned elsewhere for administration.  Responsibilities for Weekend

College belong to the Director of Weekend College and the deans/directors as follows: 
 
 The Director of Weekend College shall 
              1.             Implement Weekend College program goals 
              2.             Promote Weekend College with the schools/divisions and with student publics 
               3.            Conduct need/demand surveys in collaboration with the deans/directors 
              4.             Prepare the annual Weekend College budget request and allocate budgets to the schools/divisions 
              5.             Approve the schedule of classes. 
 
 The deans/directors, working with the chairs and faculties, shall 
              1.             Collaborate with the Director of Weekend College to project Weekend College program goals that are congruent with school/division academic missions 
              2.             Provide courses that fulfill the program goals of Weekend College 
              3.             Approve instructors for courses. 
 
Except as provided herein, existing departmental, school/division, and university policies and procedures pertain to the offering of courses in Weekend College.

 

 
 

 

URL:HTTP://www.ipfw.edu/senate/document/sd96-14A.HTM
LAST MODIFIED: 20 March 1997
MAINTAINED BY: B. BLAUVELT