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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

CAA tables gateway admission revisions

Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter March 31, 2017

  The Council on Academic Affairs approved 3 items on its agenda Thursday and tabled a proposal for revisions to Internal Governing Policy no. 68 to allow for further discussion concerning proposed...

CAA approves HR minor, extends online business BA

Cassie Buchman, News Editor March 23, 2017

  The Council on Academic Affairs approved a minor in human resource management at its meeting Wednesday. Melody Wollan, associate chair of the School of Business, said the minor was developed...

CAA to vote on new minor

Staff Report March 22, 2017

The CAA will vote on adding a new human resource management minor at its meeting 2 p.m. Thursday in Room 4440 in the Booth Library. According to the proposal for the minor, human resource management...

CAA approves recommendations, neurobiology major

Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter March 10, 2017

The Council on Academic Affairs approved 22 items on its agenda Thursday, including its recommendations to President David Glassman concerning program elimination and reorganization, as well as revisions...

CAA to vote on recommendations

Staff Report March 9, 2017

The Council on Academic Affairs will vote on approving its own recommendations for programs being considered for elimination or reorganization at its meeting 2 p.m. Thursday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. Recommended...

CAA debates posting midterm grades

Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter March 3, 2017

The Council on Academic Affairs debated on whether to require professors to post midterm grades in PAWS, after hearing a proposal policy presented by Karla Sanders, co-chair of the committee on retention...

CAA drafts vitalization recommendations, approves 2 new majors

Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter February 24, 2017

On Tuesday, the Council on Academic Affairs went through a draft document with recommendations for the programs being considered for elimination and reorganization. These include Africana studies, philosophy,...

CAA to discuss program recommendations

Staff Report February 23, 2017

The Council on Academic affairs will discuss its draft document of recommendations for programs being considered for elimination or reorganization. It is scheduled to meet 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 4440...

Academic programs present case to CAA

Chrissy Miller, Administration reporter February 19, 2017

Programs recommended for elimination or reorganization by Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs during the vitalization project, presented their cases before the Council on Academic Affairs...

CAA to hear from programs

Staff Report February 15, 2017

The Council of Academic Affairs will hear from two of the groups being considered for elimination or consolidation at its meeting Thursday. According to the agenda, the bachelor’s program in Adult...

CAA approves course revisions, adds new courses

Angelica Cataldo, Managing Editor February 9, 2017

The Council of Academic Affairs approved the revision, expansion and creation of various courses in Eastern’s catalog at Thursday’s general meeting. A sustainable communities course in the family...

CAA prepares for vitalization issues

Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter February 3, 2017

The Council of Academic Affairs held an unofficial brainstorming session before their official meeting time to help them prepare for the upcoming weeks of vitalization issues and class proposals. Kinesiology...

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