UNF Faculty Association

Faculty Association	January 10, 2001

WRITTEN RESPONSES

QUESTIONER:	DATE ASKED	WRITTEN RESPONSE:
No	Written	Responses

QUESTIONS FORWARDED PENDING RESPONSES

QUESTIONER:	DATE ASKED	FORWARDED TO:
Dr. Rama Murthi Rao	October 4, 2001	Robert Fagin Vice President For Administration & Finance

QUESTION SYNOPSIS

Can pedestrian crossing stripes be painted and a warning light installed at the entrance to the parking garage near the Fine Arts Building so that the first floor parking decal does not become a ticket to get hit by a car entering the garage when you cross over to the Fine Arts Building side? A stop sign is also necessary for cars coming from the parking lane to the left of the garage so that cars entering the garage and cars exiting that parking lane do not collide.

QUESTIONER:	DATE ASKED	FORWARDED TO:
Dr. Royal Van Horn	November 1, 2001	David Kline Provost and Vice President For Academic Affairs

QUESTION SYNOPSIS

Dr. Scott Hochwald asked some questions about students being able to get tuition refunds for any reason other than being called to active duty. One specific question addressed the possibility of a faculty member excusing a student from a class and telling him to withdraw and ask for a tuition refund. President Hopkins responded that university policies did not allow that and that the policies appeared in the undergraduate and graduate catalogs. Dr. Van Horn did not think the question was answered sufficiently. He asked for clarification.

Dr. Royal Van Horn e-mail message:
I do not believe the catalog has a policy that prohibits a faculty member from excusing a student from his or her class. Obviously there are procedures to petition and so on should this happen. And, it is certainly within a faculty member's rights to strongly suggest that a student withdraw from a class. I believe it should be possible to do this in a non-punitive fashion. Thus, can a student so removed from a class petition for refund of tuition? Can a faculty member suggest such a refund?