Faculty Senate held their weekly meeting on Feb. 4 at the University of Idaho. They discussed a program proposal that would consider admitting 500 students that the university annually denies.
Big-ticket items:
- The university is looking to fill the dean’s position in the College of Natural Resources, the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, and the College of Art and Architecture.
- The Doctorate in Education expansion in Rexburg has been officially discontinued.
- The previous expansion expired in 2015 and has been officially discontinued. The Moscow program has been unchanged.
- Interior Design minor name changed to Interior Architecture and Design.
- The name change reflects the previous program and degree name change that took place last year.
- Vandal Pathways Proposal
- The University Pathway Program (UPP) would allow students who do not pass UI’s minimum admission requirements to enroll in a separate cohort with additional academic support.
- Students would be connected to mentors and be required to participate in four-credit hours a week for the program.
- 100 students would be admitted into the program and later be eligible to continue their studies as sophomores.
- The proposal aims to have the first cohort enrolled by August. Some students who have not met admission standards have already been offered enrollment in the program.
- Senate Chair Terry Grieb recommended creating a faculty advisory taskforce to work alongside the Office of Admissions and UPP to report back by the end of the semester.
Haadiya Tariq can be reached at [email protected]
