We cannot afford the perception that our international teaching and research assistants are not proficient in English. He specifically asked that the Board discuss the issue for the summer months. Discussion followed and several views were expressed. The Graduate School is not really in a position to make a judgment should a request be submitted, but if the department supported a request for a student to take on an extra job and felt it would be academically beneficial, the Graduate School would be inclined to support the request. The student's research advisor and his Director of Graduate Programs should be consulted before extra work is approved by the Graduate School.
Situations vary and emergencies do occur.
The College of Education and Psychology, in response to a directive contained in the Excellent Schools Act of 1997, is upgrading ten of its Master's degrees leading to advanced licensure for teachers to meet new accrediting requirements called Advanced Competencies. Six additional programs will be revised later this month. The programs were not structurally changed but significant course revisions have been made on the professional side, e.g. teacher leadership, multi cultural, professional development, handicapped, etc. A clear process must be in place for review of all BI course actions since there will be many more submitted for approval in the future. Copies were not distributed to Board members .