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Proposed policy revisions will be part of the formal university approval process, including approval by the Educational Policies Council and Faculty Senate. However, to be sure it is fully inclusive and transparent, each policy under revision will include a 30-day feedback period, initiated when the first draft of the policy becomes available. During this time the Kent State community is invited to ask questions, provide comments or present suggestions for these policy revisions before they are submitted for approval.

Policies Under Revision for Academic Year 2024-25

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy updates format for readability, updates language to ensure that it reflects all current state and national transfer policies and includes transfer FAQ.
Scope: All undergraduate students
Feedback period: From 25 November until 24 December 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback:

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy removes from dismissal consideration 8 credit hours of grades lower than B or more than 4 credit hours of grades lower than C. In addition, language on plagiarism and cheating is added, as well as including minors, certificates and non-degree licensure programs in the minimum C grade requirement. The probation section is also revised.
Scope: All graduate students
Feedback period: From 17 October 2024 until 15 November 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy includes the Ed.D. degree in programs requiring a dissertation; decreases dissertation committee membership from minimum four to three members; and requires student’s advisor to have full graduate faculty status in their college and be in the student’s program area.
Scope: Doctoral students seeking a Ph.D. or Ed.D. degree
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Policy will be inactivated; instead, the information will become a definition in the .
Scope: Undergraduate and graduate courses
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Policy language is updated reflected the connection of the audit to the catalog year in force and its use for graduation clearance. In addition, the policy will be added as a link to the Graduation policy to connect the two.
Scope: All students
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: – new name Program Progression Requirements (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy adds appeal information; removes the specific business process that were never implemented; and renames policy to “Program Progression Requirements – Undergraduate.”
Scope: Undergraduate students
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: – new name Credit/No Credit (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy updates name to Credit/No Credit and removes restriction of maximum one course per semester.
Scope: Undergraduate courses
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy adds a residence restriction for graduate certificates and minors. This restriction was previously only in the graduate transfer policy.
Scope: Graduate students
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended

Policy Name: (KSU login required)
What has changed: Revised policy includes all graduate programs; removes time limits for passing candidacy and oral examinations; removes requirement that transfer coursework must be earned within six years; increases limit for post-master’s doctoral students, from nine to 10 years, to align with post-master’s doctoral students; clarifies the process that must be completed for an extension to be granted, as well as the actions that will occur when a student is denied an exception; and removes requirement that the application for an extension beyond a year include “evidence that the degree candidate is current in his/her field of study.”
Scope: Graduate students
Feedback period: From 29 August 2024 until 27 September 2024 (11:59 p.m.)
Provide feedback: Feedback period has ended