Test-optional admissions: Current Legislation: Policies & procedures: Policies & Documents: Bloomington Faculty Council: Indiana University Bloomington

Current status

Status:: Executive Committee Review
Date:: January 2020
Summary:: The Educational Policies Committee approved the final draft of the policy amendments and forwarded it to the Executive Committee with the request that it be scheduled for a vote before the full Bloomington Faculty Council.

Status:: Assigned to Committee
Date:: October 2019
Assigned Committee:: Educational Policies Committee
Summary:: While the University Faculty Council worked on amendments to their policy, the EPC started drafting amendments to the campus policy in anticipation of university-level amendments passing.

Related Information:: B16-2019 Proposed Amendments to BL-ACA-H30 Grades and Grading policy

Status:: Recommended to UFC
Date:: October 2019
Summary:: Amendments to the resolution were proposed and passed, and the resolution passed by a show of hands.

Related Information:: B6-2020 Resolution regarding a test optional approach to undergraduate admissions

Status:: Executive Committee Review
Date:: September 2019
Assigned Committee:: Executive Committee
Summary:: The Educational Policies Committee drafted a resolution and forwarded it to the Executive Committee with the request that it be scheduled for a vote before the full Bloomington Faculty Council.

Status:: Assigned to Committee
Date:: August 2019
Assigned Committee:: Educational Policies Committee
Summary:: In order to make amendments to the IU Bloomington policy, changes to the university policy on admissions must first be amended. The Committee proposed a resolution encouraging the University Faculty Council to amend their policy on admissions, thus allowing campuses to chose whether to make standardized test scores optional for admission.