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Gallaudet University, Graduate School
AUTHOR: Council on Graduate Education
APPROVED BY: A unanimous vote of support by the CGE on December 3, 2013 (Revised October 2019)
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2013 (Revised October 2019)
FREQUENCY OF REVIEW: Every 5 years, or as required by changes to Faculty By-Laws
LAST REVIEWED: October 2019 DATE OF NEXT REVIEW: October 2024
Academic Policy: Curriculum and Policy Actions Requiring Council on Graduate Education (CGE) Approval
A. Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to give discretionary authority to faculty in graduate departments and programs to make specified decisions about their curricula, courses, program requirements, faculty knowledge and skills, and other academic and curricular decisions. The policy also identifies and empowers the CGE to maintain its authority over a specific and limited number of policy, curricular, and program decisions.
B. Scope
This policy applies to all current and future graduate programs at Gallaudet University offered via a traditional (e.g., on campus), hybrid, or online format.
C. Definitions
D. Policy
Faculty in graduate departments and programs are empowered to make specific and relevant curricular, course, program, faculty, and student decisions without approval from higher governance bodies when those decisions satisfy the following decision criteria:
Although department and program faculty are empowered to make these decisions without approval they must report those actions to the CGE using the curriculum or policy proposal forms so the decisions can be codified and stored in a repository of curricular and policy actions. When necessary, the CGE must report those changes to the Faculty Senate, and appropriate offices (for example, the Registrar’s Office).
The Faculty Senate and the CGE also have specific and relevant decision-making authority for actions that affect all graduate education programs.
To implement the above policy a set of guidelines is required. Many years ago, the former Graduate Council (now, the Council on Graduate Education), created a set of guidelines to implement the above policy. Those original guidelines were revised and they are found below in the Table of Authorities.
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