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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976
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16 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 17 President's Report on Actions of the Senates Revision in Requirements for the Master of Social Work Degree, Urbana (18) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal from the Jane Addams School of Social Work for a reduction in the total number of units (presently 16) required for the Master of Social Work degree for students with a recognized bachelor's degree in social work. The M.S.W. degree was established when there were no undergraduate professional programs approved by the national accrediting body, the Council on Social Work Education. That Council now recognizes such study; and a Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.) degree was approved for the University by the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1973, and by the Illinois Board of Higher Education on December 4, 1973. A reduction of a maximum of six units for students who have completed the B.S.W. or its equivalent at an institution with an approved undergraduate professional program in social work is proposed in order to better articulate the present undergraduate and graduate degrees. With the start of the B.S.W. degree in the Jane Addams School in August 1974, undergraduate professional students will complete the equivalent of what is now the first year of the 16-unit Master's degree. It is anticipated that the proposed change not only will reduce the cost of professional study for students but also will use teaching resources more productively. Resolution Regarding Grading Policy, Urbana After considerable discussion of the Educational Policy Committee report on the review of grading policy, the Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a resolution: Requesting that the teaching staff of each instructional unit establish a system for developing grading recommendations for its courses; Encouraging teaching staffs to develop and articulate the level of understanding or achievement, or the specific skills corresponding to each grade; Encouraging that these standards be disseminated for the information of instructors and students in each of these units; and Encouraging each unit to review its grading practices to minimize unwarranted variability of grades among sections of multi-section courses. The resolution encourages faculty leadership in utilizing the increased amount of data available for critical review of current practices, and in initiating informal, ongoing discussions within the various instructional units in an attempt to reach agreement on more refined operational meanings of the letter grades A, B, C, D, and E. This report was received for record. Revision of University Statutes: Graduate Work of Academic Staff Members (19) Article IX, Section 7, of the University Statutes provides that no person may be a candidate for an advanced degree at the University who also holds an appointment as an assistant professor, associate professor, or professor at the University. The intent of the language, which is identical to that contained in the 1957 version of the Statutes, was to prevent conflict of interest between members of the academic staff of professorial rank when one is also, at the same time, a candidate for a degree. Developments within the University since 1957, particularly in graduate faculty and degree programs at the Chicago Circle campus, have made it likely that a
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