University Senate of Michigan
Technological University
Career Fair Policy
(Proposal 5-16)
Senate Policy 606.1
I.
Introduction
For many students Career Fair has become a major
component of a Michigan Tech education. To better support the students we
recommend that faculty use this event to help students work through scheduling
conflicts as developing professionals. And to do so in a supportive way that
understands the stress and focus students rightly put into career fair.
II.
Proposed Policy
Regular
examinations, major projects and papers, and presentations shall
not be given or be due on the day of career fair. All Instructors are
encouraged to consider how involved the students in each of their classes are
with career fair and address other days in the week appropriately.
Lower level students are encouraged to
attend career fair to learn the ropes, and seek internships and co-ops. Faculty
in courses with high numbers of lower level students, new to managing the
conflicting demands of being an adult student, should consider providing more
support to help those students develop good habits of planning ahead and
communicating clearly, early, and respectfully about conflicts.
A regular
examination, major projects or papers, or presentation is taken to be any
assignment comprising a significant portion of a student’s overall grade and
which would require major preparation. Evening exams are included as they are
regular exams held outside of scheduled class times (senate policy 601.1).
Regular weekly
assignments, such as lab reports, are not considered major papers. However,
instructors of lower division classes with career fair attending students are
encouraged to move the due date a day earlier or in some other way help lower
level students plan ahead.
Proposal 5-16:
Introduced to Senate: 21 October 2015
Approved by Senate: 04 November 2015
Approved by Administration: 11 November 2015
Editorial Changes: 31 March 2016
Became Senate Policy 606.1