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Academic Senate Resolution and Reports

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  • Senate Resolution (May 20, 2005):

    "The Academic Senate requests that the 2005-06 CEP, in consultation with CPB and CAFA, seek to determine (1) the principal causes that prevent students from completing their degrees at UCSC and (2) whether there are policy changes that could be instituted, without negatively impacting the quality of undergraduate education, which could increase the graduation rate at UCSC.  CEP is requested to report on their results at the final meeting of the Academic Senate in the 2005-06 academic year."


CEP 2005-06 Report

  • Report on Undergraduate Graduation Rates (AS/SCP/1495, May 4, 2006):

    "Summary of Recommendations

    1.  Adopt a campus goal of achieving a 6-year graduation rate of 80% by 2012.

    2.  Adopt a campus goal of achieving a 2-year retention rate of 86% by 2010.
     
    3.  Create a task force with representation across the campus to ensure continuing focus on retention, graduation, and their improvement.
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    "Therefore Be it Resolved

    "That the Santa Cruz Division requests the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor to ensure that issues of retention and graduation are a key component of academic and budgetary planning and evaluation; and

    "That the Santa Cruz Division requests the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor work with the Division to establish a task force on retention that brings together those with interests and with authorities related to retention and graduation; and

    "That the Santa Cruz Division requests each of its programs to consider ways to improve retention and graduation among its students with particular attention to students seeking academic challenge in the lower division."