UW–Madison Preferred Name was implemented in 2013 to allow campus users to indicate a preferred first name, with options to suppress legal name in some systems. The 2013 policy also allowed a user to change legal middle name display to middle initial only. UW–Madison Preferred Name was implemented in 2013 to allow campus users to …
In May 2019, the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) approved a departmental placement exam policy establishing the practice of creating and posting the results of a department-administered placement exam. This policy was meant to work in concert with the existing Credit by Departmental Exam Policy, which had been approved in 2017. In May 2019, the University …
In March 2021, after extensive document review, policy analysis, emails and meetings of cross-campus stakeholders facilitated by Degree Audit Encoder Sharon Sumner of the RO and Academic Planner Karen Mittlestadt of APIR, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Jocelyn Milner sent out a memo to Associate Deans, Capstone Certificate Coordinators and Academic Planners, to make campus …
In May the Faculty Senate changed the Faculty Policy II-105, Summary Period for Academic Semester. The amended policy now reflects that all grades are due 72-hours after the last day of the summary exam period, regardless of whether a two-hour summary block exam was held. Exceptions may be made for faculty who have scheduled exams …
With the upgrade to the 9.2 environment in SIS many upgrades and enhancements occurred, and are still occurring. For instance, when the university transitioned to using the delivered transcript in SIS 9.2, an associated decision was made to align with AACRAO best practices to consistently and permanently display academic standing on the transcript. The enhancement …