{"210361":{"#nid":"210361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Approve Revised Handbook","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring the last meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate of the semester, faculty members approved a revised version of the Faculty Handbook.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe handbook was revised to make the content more concise and easy to understand. For example, the first 27 sections have been reorganized into five, and bulleted lists have been added to improve clarity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other meeting news: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProvost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Rafael L. Bras encouraged faculty members to attend the commencement ceremony for doctoral and master\u2019s candidates on May 3 at 7 p.m. and the two ceremonies for bachelor\u2019s candidates on May 4 at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. All ceremonies will be held in McCamish Pavilion. More information can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/commencement\/spring2013\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/commencement\/spring2013\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe degree candidates for spring graduation were presented by Registrar Reta Pikowsky and were approved.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe policy regarding expulsions was changed to state that students who are on expulsion are not eligible for readmission.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe policy regarding academic programs that have been deactivated or terminated was changed to state that students returning to Tech cannot re-enroll in these programs. They must select active programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe policy regarding academic minors was revised to clarify procedures for applying for and completing a minor.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view the meeting agenda and supporting documents from the April meeting, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring the last meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate of the semester, faculty members approved a revised version of the Faculty Handbook.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"During the last meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate of the semester, faculty members approved a revised version of the Faculty Handbook."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-04-30 08:30:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:08","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/","title":"Faculty Governance"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7811","name":"Academic Senate"},{"id":"627","name":"commencement"},{"id":"12022","name":"faculty governance"},{"id":"14752","name":"Faculty Handbook"},{"id":"12984","name":"General Faculty"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ron.bohlander@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERon Bohlander\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESecretary of the Faculty\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}