Faculty At U of A Upset Over New "D" Transfer Rule
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Faculty members of the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville have voiced their disapproval of a change
in transfer rules to allow credit for "D" grades.
About 200 faculty members attended a special meeting yesterday
and overwhelmingly approved a resolution criticizing the boards
approval of the rule change.
The resolution does not call for action, but requests that it be
relayed to Chancellor John White, Provost Bob Smith, trustees and
Governor Huckabee, who appoints trustees.
The board on November 14th approved a resolution softening a
university rule that had barred transfer of credit for any Ds.
The idea of allowing Ds to be transferred arose from athletic
officials who said the schools rule barring Ds put it at a
disadvantage when recruiting, because many other universities allow
such credit.
