Currently the letter grades for classes taken from other institutions are transferred in along with credit for the courses. This is problematic for several reasons.
1. Degrees and curricula are the province of the faculty, and UNI faculty have no control over the quality or rigor of courses taken at other institutions.
2. Some students have cumulative GPAs which are much higher than their UNI GPA owing to courses taken at other institutions. This can have an impact on decisions for maintaining existing scholarships or acquiring new scholarships.
3. Some students have cumulative GPAs which are much lower than their UNI GPA. Students should not be so heavily penalized for doing poorly in classes taken at another instittion, often years in the past. Since all courses taken at other institutions are automatically transferred, students may find it necessary to retake a course they would not normally need for their degree in order to improve their overall GPA.
Therefore, be it resolved that the letter grade for courses taken at other institutions should no longer be transferred into UNI. Instead, course credit ONLY should be transferred in for classes in which students receive a C- or better, with no credit transferred in for grades less than a C-. Departments and/or colleges can determine higher standards for what constitutes the minimum grade for credit to be transferred for courses required by an individual major. Grades and GPA for courses taken at other institutions should still be part of student transcripts, but play no role in determining the GPA students receive from UNI.