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Academic Affairs Policy 2.17
Staff Approval of Routine Academic Requests
Effective December 5, 2002

In order to expedite the processing of routine academic matters, the Board of Regents hereby authorizes the Deputy or Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs to approve routine academic requests, limited to the following types of requests:

  1. Request to Change the Name/Degree Designation of an Existing Academic Program
  2. Request to Change the Name of an Existing Academic/Research Unit
  3. Request to Consolidate Existing Academic Programs
  4. Request to Consolidate Existing Academic/Research Units
  5. Request for a Deadline Extension for a Required Report/Action
  6. Request to Offer an Existing Academic Program through Distance Learning Technologies.

Actions taken by authorized staff under the purview of this policy shall be reported to the Academic and Student Affairs Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting immediately following the date of staff approval. The Committee and the Regents reserve the right to review and reconsider the appropriateness of staff actions. Authorized staff may also elect at any time to defer its authority under this policy should it determine that a particular request has implications that merit full scrutiny by the Committee and the full Board of Regents.



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