Provost's Task Force on the Academic Progress of Undergraduates

Meeting Notes

December 12, 2003

Meeting Agenda

• Miniconference of Provosts/Vice Provosts
• Report to the Legislature: Needs
• Task Force Assignments
• Proposal Considerations
• Report Preparation Plan

Miniconference of Provosts/Vice Provosts

• A wide difference in academic progress policies among Washington 4-year institutions
• Only two have timelines and deadlines for major declaration and degrees

Report to the Legislature: Needs

• Policies and Practices
• Description of students whose academic progress does not comply with university policies
  - Students with excessive withdrawals
  - Grades and performance of students on low scholarship
  - Grades and performance of high scholarship students
  - Transfer credit; 2-year and 4-year
  - AP/IB
  - Running start
  - Experiential learners: study abroad, internships, research

Deacription of Institutional Barriers to Progress

• Bottleneck courses
• Need to address institutional barriers and not focus on the students as the issue

Report Preparation Plan