{"id":21,"date":"2012-11-12T09:11:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T14:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:38:08","slug":"graduate-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who We Are<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Marshall University Graduate Council makes policy recommendations with respect to the graduate education mission of the university to the university President. Specific functions include: facilitation of long range planning for graduate education at Marshall University; recommendation of new programs and courses; evaluation of existing programs and courses; facilitation of graduate accreditation; recommendation of promotion and tenure policies related to graduate education; recommendation of approval of graduate faculty to the university President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum and Program Requests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Curriculum and Program requests are due on the <strong>1st day of the month<\/strong> before the next meeting of Graduate Council. Graduate Council meets January, February, March, April, September, October and November (or December, depending on the fall holiday break).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Courseleaf CIM Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/academic-affairs\/courseleaf-cim-instructions\/\">Courseleaf CIM Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Graduate Faculty Status BOG UPAA-13 Graduate Faculty Membership<\/h2>\n<p>The Marshall University Board of Governors approved changes to UPAA-13\u00a0Graduate Faculty Membership at the April 2023 BOG meeting. The policy update in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/policies\/files\/2023\/12\/UPAA-13-Graduate-Faculty-Membership-2023-5-26.pdf\">UPAA-13<\/a> will results in meaningful changes for Graduate Faculty and College Administrators. Implementation of the changes will occur over the Summer 2023 semester. The changes will occur as faculty apply or renew their graduate faculty status.\u00a0 New application forms are being developed to facilitate a smooth transition. We hope to have the new forms available on the GC website by June 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary of Major Revisions to UPAA-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added information related to <strong>\u201cethical research practices\u201d<\/strong> in 2.1.2.\n<ul>\n<li>Added conditions for removal or change for <strong>breach of ethical practices<\/strong> in 2.9.<\/li>\n<li>Added <strong>IRB completion<\/strong> as a requirement for Graduate Chair Faculty in 5.1.2.8.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Changed the <strong>number of levels<\/strong> of graduate faculty status from four to three.\n<ul>\n<li>5.1 Graduate Chair Faculty (for thesis and dissertation chairs)<\/li>\n<li>5.2 Graduate Faculty<\/li>\n<li>5.3 Associate Graduate Faculty (combined elements from Associate and Instructor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Added <strong>\u201cdegree applicable\u201d<\/strong> in 2.6.<\/li>\n<li>Added a consistent <strong>timeline for terms<\/strong> to end each semester in 2.10.<\/li>\n<li>Added a provision for <strong>Emeritus<\/strong> faculty in 6.2.<\/li>\n<li>Related to the lowest level of status\n<ul>\n<li>Removed stipulation that only the dean and not GC approves this level of status<\/li>\n<li>Removed indication that this level does not appear in the database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Updated the <strong>conditions for appeal <\/strong>under 7.2\n<ul>\n<li>Added a timeframe to appeal a GC decision in 7.3.2.1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John and Frances Rucker Award for Graduate Advising<\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/john-and-frances-rucker-outstanding-graduate-advisor-award\/\">here<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n<h2>Accelerated Master&#8217;s Degree<\/h2>\n<p>Consider proposing an accelerated master&#8217;s degree for your program.<br \/>\nThe new degree gives you a great opportunity to recruit your best undergraduate students and to help them save both time and money!<br \/>\n<a title=\"Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/forms-2\/accelerated-masters-degree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to get started!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Procedure for Conflict of Interest in Thesis\/Dissertation Committees<\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/files\/Conflict-of-interest-in-thesis-committees.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Graduate Expedited Admissions Policy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/accelerated-graduate-admissions-policy\/\">Policy and List of Opt-In Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>New Policies Approved by the Graduate Council and President Smith in December 2023. Details of the following approved policies can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/files\/2023-24-GC-FINAL-AGENDA-December-1-2023-120123.docx\">https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/files\/2023-24-GC-FINAL-AGENDA-December-1-2023-120123.docx<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Graduate Intent to Plan and Degree Approval Pathway (GC-23-12-02-PC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The approved new pathway will significantly increase the ITP\/Degree approval process without changing the shared governance structure<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Graduate Admission Criteria Change: Conditional and Provisional Admissions (GC-23-12-03-PC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The change allows programs to accept students conditionally and\/or provisionally unless the program has specifically stated otherwise in their program-specific admissions language.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Graduate Admission Criteria Change &#8211; Transcripts (GC-23-12-04-PC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The change will allow international students who have earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree from a non-US institution and a graduate degree from a US institution to be fully admitted by providing the official transcript for the graduate degree.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catalog Change: Definition of Full-Time Status for Summer Graduate Students (GC-23-12-05-PC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The change defines full-time summer course load as 6 credit hours. and half-time summer credit load is 3 credit hours.<\/p>\n<h2>Cross-Level Linked Courses Policy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/files\/Cross-Level-Linked-Courses-Policy-2-23-24.pdf\">Cross-Level Linked Courses Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are The Marshall University Graduate Council makes policy recommendations with respect to the graduate education mission of the university to the university President. 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