<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thanks Ramu. I guess I should clarify--I'm talking about revalidating students for courses that were taken prior to the 6 year expiration. We've had a few lately who have applied to have courses over 6 years old revalidated for their MAT. Our policy is written rather vaguely and interpretation is subjective.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 1:16 PM Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Anthony:<br>
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      Welcome to the group. Looking forward to meeting you in person
      soon. We have a periodic review (self-study) of degrees that are
      not accredited by an external entity. Our policy and a template
      for the self-study are provided here:
      <a href="https://www.latech.edu/administration/policies/p-2224/" target="_blank">https://www.latech.edu/administration/policies/p-2224/</a>. I hope
      this is useful to you.<br>
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    <div>On 6/23/2021 11:03 AM, Anthony Kunkel
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          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Hi All,</div>
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          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I'm new to
            my role as Director of Graduate Studies here at Nicholls
            State. I appreciate the thread here. Recently I've been
            asked about the revalidation process at our University and
            I'm receiving a lot of nebulous answers regarding
            departmental processes for revalidation. Some departments
            have more than others requesting revalidation, but it is not
            something happening often in any department. When it does
            happen, I am interested in the process and any consistencies
            we might offer--University wide.</div>
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          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I'm
            curious as to whether you all have specific guidelines
            within your grad programs, or if this is something that is
            handled without question within each department? </div>
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          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Any
            feedback would be greatly appreciated.</div>
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          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</div>
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                    <div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b>Director
                          of University Graduate Studies</b></font></div>
                    <div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b>Assistant
                          Professor of Teacher Education</b></font></div>
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                          of Secondary Education</b></font></div>
                    <div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b>College
                          of Education and Behavioral Sciences</b></font></div>
                    <div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b>Nicholls
                          State University</b></font></div>
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                      <div dir="auto" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);white-space:pre-wrap"><i>“Let everything happen to you:</i><i> beauty and terror.</i></div>
                      <div dir="auto" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);white-space:pre-wrap"><i> Just keep going.</i><i> No feeling is final”</i></div>
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B. Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School
Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing
T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor
P. O. Box 7923
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71270, USA

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