Highlights from Graduate Council Meeting - March 25, 2020
The Graduate Council Meeting on March 25, 2020 covered various topics including the seating of substitute council members, consent agenda items, old business discussions on faculty status policies, expired course policies, MFA degrees, and more. Specific issues such as the impact of expired course policies on students pursuing non-academic careers were also addressed.
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GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25, 2020
CALL TO ORDER Seating of substitute council members Consent Agenda Minutes of Graduate Council Meeting, February 19, 2020 Graduate Certificate in Breeding for Organic Crops Concurrent Degree in Event Management Dual-List Arch 451X/551X Dual-List NREM 483X/583X
OLD BUSINESS Exception to full graduate faculty status policies Expired course policy and MFA degrees Masters tuition policy EDD committee member requirement Postdoc Contact Person
EXCEPTION TO FULL GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS POLICIES Full text changes
OLD BUSINESS Exception to full graduate faculty status policies Expired course policy and MFA degrees Masters tuition policy EDD committee member requirement Postdoc Contact Person
EXPIRED COURSE POLICY FOR MFA/EDD Proposed new policy for MFA expired courses: Masters 30 6 0 MFA (proposed) 60 (average) Any 24 PHD 72 Any 36 Required Credits Credits 8-10 years old Credits more than 10 years old Credit more than 17 years old 0 10 12
EXPIRED COURSE POLICY, CONT. https://www.grad-college.iastate.edu/handbook/chapter.php?id=6&search=expired%20course§ion=6.3#search Issues that have been raised: Expired course policies negatively impact students who pursue non-academic career paths in between a master s and doctoral program May be a deterrent for students entering doctoral programs from industry
OLD BUSINESS Exception to full graduate faculty status policies Expired course policy and MFA degrees Masters tuition policy EDD committee member requirement Postdoc Contact Person
MASTERS GRADUATE ASSISTANT TUITION SCHOLARSHIP RATE 3.3.1 Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarships Graduate students appointed to a graduate assistantship appointment of 1/4-time or more for at least 3 months in fall and spring terms and for 4 weeks in summer term, are assessed tuition at the full-time resident (in-state) rate for the fall and spring term. Summer term tuition is assessed at resident (in-state) rate for the number of credits registered for. The graduate assistantship tuition scholarships are not paid directly to the student, but are applied to the student s tuition bill. The scholarship awards are equal to: For a master s student: 50% of full-time tuition per semester for each student on an assistantship appointment of 1/2-time or more or 25% of full-time tuition per semester for each student on an assistantship appointment of 1/4-time or more, but less than 1/2-time. For a Ph.D. (and terminal master s program) student: 100% of full-time tuition per semester for each student on an assistantship appointment of 1/2-time or more or 50% of full-time tuition per semester for each student on an assistantship appointment of 1/4-time or more, but less than 1/2-time. https://www.grad-college.iastate.edu/handbook/chapter.php?id=3#3.2
Stipend (50% FTE,1 semester) Tuition University of California Davis $7778.25-$15241.50 minimums with stepped increases All tuition and fees covered/waived if above 25% PEER INSTITUTIONS TUITION AND STIPEND POLICIES University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana $8894 minimum All tuition and some but not all fees if between 25% and 67% Michigan State University $7095.20-$8173.20 minimums with stepped increases All tuition for 9 credits, no fee waiver University of Minnesota $7671.19-$12210.56 range 50% FTE= 100% tuition 25% FTE= 50% tuition 12.5% FTE= 25% tuition North Carolina State University $2610-$21600 range All tuition covered, but with strict number of semester limits Ohio State University $8257.5 minimum 50% and above: All tuition and fees Penn State University $11202.50 average All tuition University of Wisconsin $9306 minimum 33% and above:All tuition, no fees Iowa State University $9200 minimum Masters: 25% FTE= 25% tuition; 50%FTE=50% tuition Ph.D.: 25% FTE= 50% tuition; 50% FTE=100% tuition
OLD BUSINESS Exception to full graduate faculty status policies Expired course policy and MFA degrees Masters tuition policy EDD committee member requirement Postdoc Contact Person
EDD COMMITTEE MEMBER REQUIREMENT School of Education wanted to share their Handbook and the approval of the program through the Board of Regents. Also, they wanted to share that all faculty, EDD and PhD/Masters faculty, unanimously supported the idea of 4 members on the EDD committee Link to original proposal
OLD BUSINESS Exception to full graduate faculty status policies Expired course policy and MFA degrees Masters tuition policy EDD committee member requirement Postdoc Contact Person
POSTDOC CONTACT PERSON Link to proposal
NEW BUSINESS Documentation and Dissemination of Grad College Handbook revisions Counting 4-credit courses in fulfillment of POSC requirements that would exceed Graduate Council credit-limit policies
DOCUMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF GRAD COLLEGE HANDBOOK REVISIONS Dean Adams
NEW BUSINESS Documentation and Dissemination of Grad College Handbook revisions Counting 4-credit courses in fulfillment of POSC requirements that would exceed Graduate Council credit-limit policies
COUNTING 4-CREDIT COURSES IN FULFILLMENT OF POSC REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD EXCEED GRADUATE COUNCIL CREDIT-LIMIT POLICIES Exception previously made for counting STAT 587(401) for non-degree students allowing ten credits rather than the standard nine credits Should this expand to Concurrent (6 or 12 credits), Masters expired courses (6 credits), Credit under 500 level (9 credits allowed, as long as only 3 are 300 level). Should this be allowed for all four credit courses? What about 2 2credit courses? Class and lab? Looking for guidance more than official policy change.
