The campaign to educate and assess the effects of the Expected
Cumulative Progress requirement is officially approved.
Academic Affairs commissioner Eligio Martinez was informed on
Tuesday that the survey and publications in relation to the ECP
campaign were all approved by the Internal Review Board-, the group
responsible for approving all surveys conducted on campus.
As a part of the Undergraduate Students Association
Council’s top priorities, the elimination of the ECP
requirement has been the focus of recent efforts of some council
members. The requirement, implemented only four years ago, requires
students to take at least 13 units per quarter and meet the unit
minimums thereafter.
The survey is designed to determine the effects of the
requirement on the quality of student life. Recently, the board had
requested changes in the language used in the advertisements and
the survey so it is more objective.
The survey was originally scheduled to be available to the
student body during the second or third week of the quarter. USAC
General Representative Tommy Tseng said the setbacks have pushed
the campaign back to the Monday of fourth week.
USAC plans to compile the survey results and present them to the
faculty executive council. The council believes the survey will
support its opinion that the requirement is an impediment to
student participation in extracurricular and other outside school
activities.
Tseng said the publicity used for the campaign has progressed
slowly because the council was not sure if the survey would get
approved, although they have started to work on the Web site that
will host of the survey.
USAC plans to advertise and hold workshops to educate students
about the requirement and refer students to a Web site for the
57-question-long survey.
The estimated $10,616 campaign is expected to be unveiled to the
student body starting next week. USAC will begin to assess the
results in mid-February.