The Senate met to continue discussion on the Cum Laude Proposal. We were joined by Mr. Gillespie who very helpfully brought a set of data to the meeting to illustrate the complexities of the process. Sorting and resorting the data by different categories provided some fascinating results. While we had limited time to edit the proposal after Mr. Gillespie's presentation, but two changes seemed recommended.
1) The committee should be charged with performing the same kind of data analysis we were doing, identifying top students for each of the categories, not just sorting by GPA.
2) The current language on Honors classes needs to be emended to read "50% of Honors and/or AP classes" available to the student.
For me, personally, the discussion clarified my thinking about the final step in the process. Because of the complexities analysis of the data reveals, and Mr. Gillespie's own support for the committee making the final decision on those students at the margin, I see that final step as an important one. Look forward to seeing what others are thinking.
Monday, December 7, 2009
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