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Bylaws Information

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 6)

Membership

Provost/Executive Vice President or designee, administrative officer
Vice President for Student Life or designee
Registrar
Six members of the teaching faculty elected for two-year terms, one from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from each of the schools into which the institution is organized, and two members-at-large from among the teaching faculty. Three members will be elected each year, with at-large members elected in different years. The committee will elect annually in May a chair from among these faculty members.
Representative appointed by and from the Academic Advising Office, ex officio, without vote
Two student members appointed by the President of the Student Government Association
Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee

Duties

To periodically review standards for satisfactory academic performance by undergraduate students of the University
To periodically review academic standards for probationary status or suspension of undergraduate students whose work fails to meet these standards
To recommend an appeals procedure for undergraduate students contesting academic standing decisions
To establish procedures for the readmission of suspended undergraduate students
To periodically review the operation of the grading system and to propose changes that will provide for academic quality
To publish periodic reports of its work to the faculty
To advise on standards for making Dean’s list, Honors, and other academic programs and recognition for the undergraduate program
To consider special projects or policies as proposed by Academic Council
To evaluate the effect of curricular or program change on academic standing issues (e.g., Elon Core Curriculum changes, student body changes)
To periodically review the grade appeal process
None of the above duties of the committee will apply to the law school or graduate programs