UD German Professor Publishes Fairy Tale Reader for Beginning Learners
Eidt’s book retells the fairy tales plainly but authentically, bringing students into “the ongoing great conversation” of German as soon as possible.
+ Read MoreUniversity of Dallas procedures for reporting substantive changes for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Type of Change | SACS Reporting Requirements | Time Frame | How Initiated at UD | Who at UD Determines if Substantive Change1 | Who Reports to SACS |
Initiating coursework or programs at a more advanced level than currently approved |
Notification and Approval | 12 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: GSM Curriculum Committee Constantin: N/A SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Expanding a current degree level with significant departure from current programs | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin: Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiative programs at a lower degree level | Notification and Approval | 6 months |
Braniff: N/A COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: Dean |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating a branch campus | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating off-campus sites where students can earn 25% or more of the credits required for a program |
Notification only (25 - 49%) Notification and Approval (>49%) |
1 month or 6 months | Appropriate Dean and Provost | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Adding significantly different programs at an approved site | Notification only | 1 month | Appropriate Dean | Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating distance (online) learning in which students can earn 25% or more of the credits required for a program | Notification only (25 - 49%)
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1 month or 6 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (Undergraduate)GSM Curriculum Committee (graduate) Constantin: Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating programs or courses offered through contractual agreement or consortium | Notification only | 1 month | Appropriate Dean | Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating merger or consolidation | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Altering significantly the educational mission of the institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Relocating a campus | Notification only | 1 month | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Changing governance, ownership, control, or legal status of the institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Altering significantly the length of a program | Notification and Approval | 6 months |
Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee COB: Joint Committee on Business Education (undergraduate) Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Initiating degree completion programs | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Braniff: Braniff Curriculum Committee
Constantin:Constantin Curriculum Committee SOM: SOM Curriculum Committee |
Appropriate Dean and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
Entering into a "teach-out" agreement or closing an institution | Notification and Approval | 6 months | Provost and President | Provost and SACS Liaison | SACS Liaison |
1 The Deans, Provost, and President are responsible for submitting to the SACS Liaison on December 1 and June 1 all curricular, program, and institutional changes approved during the previous six months.
Eidt’s book retells the fairy tales plainly but authentically, bringing students into “the ongoing great conversation” of German as soon as possible.
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