Pam Horton, ex officio
Jenny Freeman, Student Senate Soph.

Academic Standards and Admissions Committee

(1)  Membership: Five full‑time faculty members to include at least two with at least
        five years’ experience at Lon Morris College.  The academic dean is member
        ex‑officio.  The director of student recruiting is an advisor.  A sophomore
        student will have voting privileges in committee meetings which involve
        policy‑making decisions.  This student will not participate in meetings involving
        admission or grade appeals.  The student will have a GPA of 3.0 or better.
(2)  Selection: Members will be elected at‑large by the faculty.  The Student Senate
        President will appoint the student representative after an open invitation has been
        issued to the student body.  The student member will serve from October through
        May.
(3)  Purpose: Evaluate, develop, and recommend policies, practices, and standards of
         admission, and scholastic achievement.
(4)    Duties:
    (a)  Evaluate and recommend policies governing admissions and assist the
            recruiting staff in conducting a realistic and viable program for
            recruitment of students. 
    (b) Evaluate, recommend, and maintain policies for academic probation and
           suspension.
    (c)  Develop criteria and recommend procedures for awarding certain
           academic scholarships.
    (d) Hear appeals procedure adopted by the faculty.  The  ex-officio
           members of the committee shall not participate in grade appeal votes.
    (e)  Hear appeals from students whose admission has been denied for
           academic reasons.  The Academic Dean and Dean of Admissions shall
           not vote in the decision on such students.
    (f)  Serve as a screening committee for high-risk students.