Admission & Records Policy Committee – Annual Report – 2024-2025

Members:

Name	Rank	Department	Div	E/A	Term End	Email
Lynne Jones	AS	UWM Libraries	–	E	2027	jones873@uwm.edu
Chiu Law	FAC	Electrical Engineering	NS	A	2027	lawc@uwm.edu
Nathan Salowitz 1	FAC	Mechanical Engineering	NS	A	2027	salowitz@uwm.edu
Heidi Anoszko	AS	UWM Libraries	–	A	2026	hanoszko@uwm.edu
Steven Michael 2	FAC	Lubar College of Business	SS	E	2026	stevmich@uwm.edu
Abigail Phillips	FAC	Information Studies	PR	A	2026	abileigh@uwm.edu
James Price	FAC	Freshwater Sciences	SS	E	2026	priceji@uwm.edu
Ioannis Floros, Chair	FAC	Finance	SS	E	2025	ivfloros@uwm.edu
Laura Stark 3	AS	College of Letters & Science	–	A	2025	starkl@uwm.edu
Kirk Tyvela	FAC	Social Sciences & Business	GS	A	2025	tyvela@uwm.edu
Kay Eilers	Assoc VC	Enrollment Management	x-o	o	2025	kceilers@uwm.edu
Jennifer Singer	AS	Center for International Ed Rep	x-o	o	2025	jksinger@uwm.edu
Shane Haensgen	US	Graduate School Rep	x-o	o	2025	haensgen@uwm.edu
Kristin Hildebrandt	AS	Registrar’s Office	x-o	o	2025	hildebra@uwm.edu
Andrew Snitka	AS	Dean of Students Rep	x-o	o	2025	snitka@uwm.edu
Marc Young	Director	Undergrad Admissions	x-o	o	2025	young242@uwm.edu
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Charter:

A1.3    Admissions and Records Policy Committee

1. Membership. Eighteen members as follows: seven Faculty members, not more than two of whom will be from the same college, four to be elected, three to be appointed by the Chancellor from a list to be submitted by the Nominations Committee; two members of the Academic Staff from the Division of Academic Affairs elected by the Academic Staff; one member of the Academic Staff elected at large; two students, one of whom shall be a graduate student; and ex-officio, the Chief Enrollment Officer or designee, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Dean of the Graduate School or designee, a representative of the Center for International Education, the Dean of Students, and the UWM Registrar or designee.
2. Functions
   1. Reviews regularly University policies regarding admission of students and the impact of these policies on the University as a whole.
   2. Recommends to the University Faculty or the Faculty Senate on matters of policy relating to students’ admissions, registration and record keeping.
   3. Maintains a liaison with appropriate system-wide committees and the Graduate Faculty Committee through its Chair.
   4. Approves, on an annual basis, operational guidelines for the admission of new freshman during the next application year. This information shall be included in the Admissions and Records Policy Committee’s annual report to the Faculty Senate.
   5. Receives on an annual basis from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, a copy of the proposed language for publicizing UWM’s admission requirements, including a profile of characteristics typical of students who are academically successful.   This information shall be included in the Admissions and Records Policy Committee’s annual report to the Faculty Senate.

Meetings:

The ARPC met once back on the 12^th of September. Here are the topics that were discussed and the decisions made:

1. Ioannis (Yianni) Floros was nominated and elected as Chair of the Admissions & Records Policy Committee
2. Given the low frequency of the ARPC meetings it has been brought to the attention of the committee members to potentially merge the ARPC with the Academic Policy Committee (APC).
3. It has been suggested that the ARPC members discuss in their next meeting the potential of making the probationary status known to the UWM transfer students. Another item has been added to the next ARPC meeting agenda that concerns the revision of the undergraduates’ English proficiency policy.
4. Mark Young agreed to provide ARPC members with details on functions D & E of the ARPC charter.

On the 17^th of September, Marc Young shared with the committee members an update on Admission decision criteria changes on second-choice major & probation decisions.

On the 7^th of February, I reached out by email to the ARPC members to inquire about any issues that have come that needed to be addressed with a follow-up meeting. No issues were raised and as a result the ARPC did not meet again.