The Scholastic Committee is one of five standing committees
of the Campus Assembly.

Membership: The Scholastic Committee consists of sixteen members, including eight faculty members, four students, and four ex officio, non-voting members, one from the administration, one civil service/staff person, the registrar, and the Commission on Women Coordinator.

Powers: The Scholastic Committee develops, reviews, and recommends policies affecting the quality of education. It is concerned with such matters as admissions, academic progress, course related behavior, scholarship, and graduation. It has the power to grant exceptions to academic regulations when the spirit of such regulations has been satisfied. The committee admits students and evaluates transfer credit in accordance with standards established by the campus assembly.
--from the UMM Constitution and By-Laws

Duties of the Chair of the Committee and of the Secretary of the Committee
[Excerpted from the Scholastic Committee manual prepared by the first Secretary, Stephen Granger, updated annually.]

Proposed members of the 200-2010 Scholastic Committee:

The Scholastic Committee monitors and grants exceptions to a broad range of academic regulations including those governing admissions, grading, academic progress, transfer, and degree requirements. Operating within its charge the committee recommends to the Assembly admission standards, changes in the grading system, regulations and procedures governing registration, academic progress requirements, transfer policy, standards for awarding credit by examination, and changes in the advising system. The Committee establishes procedures for exemption from degree requirements. While the admissions office makes admissions decisions, the committee consults on the annual admission plan, monitors compliance with policies, and reviews results. The committee monitors the academic progress requirements and a subcommittee of the Scholastic Committee acts on appeals of suspension. The committee, through the Registrar's Office, verifies that all degree requirements have been met. The Transfer Specialist, for the committee, awards transfer credit consistent with college and all-university transfer policy.