Academic Actions Committee

4.08 Academic Actions Committee

(1) Membership
The Committee shall consist of:

(a) Five members of the faculty, elected at large;
(b) One appointed member of the academic staff;
(c) Two students.

(2) Functions
The Committee shall:

(a) Receive and act on appeals for special consideration as provided by the admissions requirement policy;
(b) Act on appeals in cases of academic probation, drop actions and readmissions of students dropped for academic reasons;
( c) Act on student requests for waivers of University-wide academic policies, including, but not limited to, requests for waivers of general degree requirements;
(d) Act on student requests for deletions in their official academic record, exclusive of complaints or grievances involving individual course grades;
(e) Convey, through its Chair, the actions of the Committee to the Administration for implementation.

(3) Limitation on Appeals Decisions made under the authority of this committee in individual cases may not be appealed to the Faculty Senate under provisions of UWPF 4.0l(4).