THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                                         FACULTY SENATE 


                                                             
                                            Senate Document Number  2195S
                                                              
                                            Date of Senate Approval  3/9/95

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:


                          THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

M E M O R A N D U M                                                             9 February 1995

To:            Faculty Senate

From:          Larry Wilson

Subject:       Course Auditors


Following the endorsement of the Academic Policies Committee, I
submit the following proposal to change our description of course
auditors.

CURRENT CATALOG STATEMENT ON AUDITS (page 40,41)

       Students must request "audit" status for individual courses
       at the time of registration.  Auditing students do not
       receive grades or credit, and instructors decide on the
       extent to which they may participate in class beyond their
       presence in the classroom.

       Students who wish to audit specific courses must pay the
       regular fees at the time of registration.  Students who are
       registered for credit may change their status to audit up
       until the announced deadline for late registration.


REVISED STATEMENT (catalog copy)

       Students electing to "audit" a course may do so by
       registering for the specific course on a CR/NC (credit non-
       completion) basis and by paying the regular tuition and fees
       for the course.  Students who are enrolled on a full-time
       status may audit for no additional charge.

       Satisfactory completion of the course work associated with
       the audit as defined by the instructor shall result in the
       awarding of non-graduation credit (CR) for the course. 
       Failure to satisfactorily complete the audit course work
       shall result in a Non-Completion (NC) grade by the
       instructor.

       Students may register for CR/NC status on a space available
       basis.  Students may change their status to regular credit
       until the announced deadline for late registration (end of
       add/drop period).

RATIONALE

       Currently auditors pay regular tuition and fees associated
       with the audited course but produce no FTE credit for UNCA. 
       Changing the audit status to CR/NC will allow us to count
       the enrollment of these students.

       Further, students often register for an audit to enrich the
       appearance of their transcripts and then attend the course
       on an infrequent basis.  Introduction of the CR/NC category
       will appropriately acknowledge completion of audit
       requirements as set by the instructor.  Failure to complete
       the audit requirements will result in expunging of the
       student's record for the course.

IMPACT

       Annually auditors register for about 15 FTE in course work. 
       Even though these students pay regular tuition and fees,
       they generate no FTE credits for us.  Change of status to
       CR/NC will allow these credits to be counted toward our
       enrollment total.