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Faculty, staff and students are invited to ask questions, provide comments or present suggestions for these policies via the .

Policies Under Review for Fall 2025

10. Operational Policy Regarding Posthumous Degrees

Policies Under Review for Spring 2026

1. Administrative Policy Regarding Experimental and Integrative Studies

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What has changed: Revised policy removes from dismissal consideration 8 credit hours of grades lower than B or more than 4 credit hours of grades lower than C. In addition, language on plagiarism and cheating is added, as well as including minors, certificates and non-degree licensure programs in the minimum C grade requirement. The probation section is also revised. (KSU login required).
Scope: All graduate students

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What has changed: Revised policy includes the Ed.D. degree in programs requiring a dissertation; decreases dissertation committee membership from minimum four to three members; and requires student’s advisor to have full graduate faculty status in their college and be in the student’s program area. (KSU login required).
Scope: Doctoral students seeking a Ph.D. or Ed.D. degree

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What has changed: Revised policy adds two degrees to the list of programs that cannot be taken in conjunction with or subsequent to another degree program; and adds additional resources and FAQ. (KSU login required).
Scope: Undergraduate and graduate students

Policy Name: Flexibly Scheduled Course Sections
What has changed: Policy will be inactivated; instead, the information will become a definition in the . (KSU login required).
Scope: Undergraduate and graduate courses

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What has changed: Revised policy replaces mention of department chair, school director and program coordinator with "unit administrator"; and moves policy into new format with additional information for reason for policy, resources, FAQ, revision history, etc. (KSU login required).
Scope: Graduate students

Policy Name:
What has changed: Revised policy removes the late application fee and moves policy into new format with additional information for reason for policy, resources, FAQ, revision history, etc. (KSU login required).
Scope: All students

Policy Name:
What has changed: Policy language is updated reflected the connection of the audit to the catalog year in force and its use for graduation clearance. In addition, the policy will be added as a link to the Graduation policy to connect the two. (KSU login required).
Scope: All students

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What has changed: Revised policy includes more explanation to help students understand the meaning and purpose of midterm evaluations. In addition, recommendations have been made to improve several business practices (not policy) surrounding midterm evaluations, including open midterm grading to all undergraduate courses and to develop better communication to students surround midterm evaluations. (KSU login required).
Scope: Students enrolled in lower-division undergraduate courses (00000, 10000, 20000 levels)

Policy Name: – new name Program Progression Requirements
What has changed: Revised policy adds appeal information; removes the specific business process that were never implemented; and renames policy to “Program Progression Requirements – Undergraduate.” (KSU login required).
Scope: Undergraduate students

Policy Name: – new name Credit/No Credit
What has changed: Revised policy updates name to Credit/No Credit and removes restriction of maximum one course per semester. (KSU login required).
Scope: All undergraduate students Scope: Undergraduate courses

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What has changed: Revised policy adds a residence restriction for graduate certificates and minors. This restriction was previously only in the graduate transfer policy. (KSU login required).
Scope: Graduate students

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What has changed: Revised policy includes all graduate programs; removes time limits for passing candidacy and oral examinations; removes requirement that transfer coursework must be earned within six years; increases limit for post-master’s doctoral students, from nine to 10 years, to align with post-master’s doctoral students; clarifies the process that must be completed for an extension to be granted, as well as the actions that will occur when a student is denied an exception; and removes requirement that the application for an extension beyond a year include “evidence that the degree candidate is current in his/her field of study.” (KSU login required).
Scope: Graduate students

Policy name:
What has changed: Revised policy reflects current practices. (KSU login required).
Scope: Undergraduate and graduate students

Policy name:
What has changed: Revised policy includes (1) elimination of Kent State courses under the definition of "transfer" (2) removal of 50% transfer credit for certificates/minors, which will be moved to the Residence Policy (3) clarification on how transfer credit counts toward overall hours, GPA, etc.; and (4) clarification on KSU students taking courses at other institutions. (KSU login required).
Scope: Graduate students

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What has changed: Revised policy updates format for readability, updates language to ensure that it reflects all current state and national transfer policies and includes transfer FAQ. (KSU login required).
Scope: All undergraduate students