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===Purpose===
==Purpose==
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The purpose of this committee is to ensure the integrity, quality, and continuous improvement of the undergraduate nursing program. It is responsible for overseeing student admission and progression, guiding curriculum development and evaluation, and supporting examination processes to uphold academic standards and student success. </p>
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The purpose of this committee is to ensure the integrity, quality, and continuous improvement of the undergraduate nursing program. It is responsible for overseeing student admission and progression, guiding curriculum development and evaluation, and supporting examination processes to uphold academic standards and student success. </p>


===Functions===
==Functions==
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<li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">'''Admission and Progression'''
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===Membership===
==Membership==
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<li>The chairperson (or co-chairs), is/are elected annually by the committee members.  The chair (or co-chairs) must be a faculty member. The chair (or at least one co-chair) shall have served a minimum of one (1) year on the committee. The chair-elect for the following year is elected annually by the committee members. The chair elect shall have served a minimum of one (1) year on the committee.</li>
    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">The Undergraduate Affairs Committee will consist of 15 faculty members, elected for three-year, staggered terms
<li>The Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation & Scholarship/Grant Committee will consist of the following elected membership for three-year terms, staggered so that no more than 3 positions are open for election in a given year:<br /><br />
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">2 faculty members elected from each CON division </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">5 at large members
<td>Omaha Division -</td>
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              <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">At least 2 of the 5 at large members must include a representative of the BSN-Accelerated track and a representative of the RN-BSN track. </li>
<td>One (1) member</td>
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<td>Lincoln Division -</td>
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    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Ex-officio members of the committee are the following:
<td>One (1) member</td>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Undergraduate student services coordinators from each division </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Associate Dean for Academic Programs </li>
<td>Kearney Division -</td>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management and Student Success </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Assistant Dean of Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement </li>
<td>One (1) member</td>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Director, Undergraduate Program </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">One undergraduate nursing student from each division </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Online Testing Coordinator </li>
<td>West Nebraska Division -</td>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Application Specialist </li>
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<td>One (1) member</td>
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<td>Northern Division - </td>
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<td>One (1) member</td>
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<td>Two (2) members at-large</td>
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    <td>Associate Dean for Academic Programs</td>
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    <td>(ex officio member)</td>
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    <td>Director of the Undergraduate Program</td>
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    <td>(ex officio member)</td>
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    <td>Director, Student Services</td>
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    <td>(ex officio member)</td>
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    <td>Undergraduate Student Services Coordinators from each division ex officio member</td>
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    <td>Nursing students from any level, selected from a pool of students, one (1) from each division.</td>
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===Guidelines===
==Guidelines==
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<li>The committee will meet at least monthly during the 9 month academic calendar year. </li>
    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Meets onetime per month during the academic year, special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair </li>
<li>On an annual basis, the committee will review criteria utilized for admission, progression, and graduation of students and recommend changes to the faculty for final action.</li>
    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Major curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that were approved by committee and taken to the total General Faculty Organization for final approval or action. Major decisions include:
<li>All elected members have voting privileges including the chairperson.  The Director of the Undergraduate Programs, an ex-officio member, has voting privileges in the case of a tie. </li>
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<li>Student members will be excused when confidential student items are discussed.</li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Change in course descriptions and outcomes
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Approval of new courses
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Approval/changes in policy related to:
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">RN-BSN or RN-MSN track </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">validation of nursing credit </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing courses offered by the College of Nursing </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing required courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">certificate programs </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Elimination of courses within the curriculum
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                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">required nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">elective nursing courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">non-nursing required courses </li>
                    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">certificate programs </li>
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing a nursing elective to a required course. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing credit allocation of required nursing and elective nursing courses. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing prerequisites for required nursing courses. </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Changing the sequence (order) of the required nursing courses. </li>
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    <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Minor curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that are approved by the committee and are taken to the total General Faculty Organization for information but not decision-making. Minor decisions include:
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          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Placement of content (classroom and clinical). </li>
          <li style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;">Moving content (classroom and clinical) between courses/years. </li>
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    </li>
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