President McCormick's February 13, 2012 Response to Report and Recommendations on Charge S-0807A, Add/Drop Period

TEXT OF PRESIDENT McCORMICK'S FEBRUARY 13, 2012 RESPONSE TO REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHARGE S-0807A, ADD/DROP PERIOD

I am writing in response to the Report and Recommendations on Charge S-0807A on the Add/Drop Period, as adopted by the University Senate on January 27, 2012. I thank the members of the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) for their continued attention to this issue.

My administration accepts the Senate's recommendation to lengthen the add/drop period by one day to an eight-day drop period and a nine-day add period, making permanent the trial period adopted during the last two academic years. By copy of this letter, I ask that the online Academic Calendar be adjusted to reflect the extended add/drop period going forward. In addition, in accordance with the Senate’s second recommendation, I ask that the online Schedule of Classes and the Webreg website post the Senate’s recommended cautionary language regarding the risks that students run by adding a course late in the add/drop period.

I appreciate ASRAC’s careful deliberations on this issue and am pleased that a permanent resolution has been reached.

Sincerely yours,
Richard L. McCormick

c: Richard Edwards, Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Ken Iuso, Registrar
    Chris Morett, Director of Scheduling and Space Management
    Wendell Pritchett, Chancellor, Camden Campus
    Barry Qualls, Vice President for Undergraduate Education
    Philip Yeagle, Interim Chancellor, Newark Campus