CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT POLICY INFORMATION

Compiled by the Continuous Enrollment Working Group (CEWG) of the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO)

 Please contact us at cewgdoc@gmail.com with requests for further information or for information on how to get involved. 

Please note that all information on this site is accurate, to our knowledge, as of the date it is posted. The policy, which undergoes constant revision behind closed doors, is likely to continuously change. Please use this site as a resource to clarify your understanding of the policy. Please direct clarifying questions to CEWG at cewgdoc@gmail.com and/or the Dean's office at gs-deans@umich.edu . We will answer your questions based on all publicly available information as directly as possible. 

Regents Meeting Podcast (poor sound quality): http://tinyurl.com/y8p4r32

Recently Updated:

RSG Resolution on CE Penalty Fee (*passed*): RSG Penalty Fee Resolution.pdf

RSG Resolution on a CE Dispute Resolution Board(*pending approval*): RSGDisputeResolutionDec09.pdf

CE Student Advisory Committee Documents

CE SAC Meeting Minutes 7/31: CESAC Mins.doc

Briefing Documents from CEWG

CEWG Briefing at GEO Membership Meeting 11/19: CEWG Briefing for GEO 2009-11-19.doc

CE Update 10/7: CE Update 10.7.doc

Timeline analysis: Continuous Enrollment-Timeline-1.doc

Public comments at Regents meeting 4-16-09: Script_for_Regents (them).doc

Letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education 4-10-09: Continuous Enrollment.pdf

Cover sheet for Regents Materials 4-16-09: Cover sheet.doc

CEWG Report on Continuous Enrollment Policy 4-18-09 (not comprehensive, to be read in conjunction with prior 3 docs, updated to reflect 4/15/09 letter to grad students):  CEWG_Report_on_the_Continuous_Enrollment_Policy_4-18-09.doc

CE at other Universities: 3-12-09 Other Universities Continuous Enrollment.doc

Letter to Darlene Ray (response was an offer for a meeting): 1 - Letter to Darlene Ray-Johnson 2009-02-04-1.pdf

          Letter references this: Rackham presentation degree completion.pdf

Archive of CEWG briefing documents:

CEWG Report on CE Policy 3-5-09: CEWG_Report_on_the_Continuous_Enrollment_Policy_3-5-09.doc

FAQs on CE Policy (12-9-08): continuous enrollment concerns 12.9.08 d.doc

Briefing sheet version 1 on Rackham CE Policy (1-29-09):Approved by GEO Stewards 2009-01-29.doc

Briefing sheet version 2 on Rackham CE Policy (1-22-09): Briefing for GEO Stewards 2009-01-22.doc 

Briefing sheet version 3 on Rackham CE Policy (2-09): Approved by GEO Stewards 2009-01-29.doc

Rackham Student Government (RSG) Docs:

RSG Resolution on CE Penalty Fee (*passed*): RSG Penalty Fee Resolution.pdf

RSG Resolution on a CE Dispute Resolution Board(*pending approval*): RSGDisputeResolutionDec09.pdf

RSG Resolution on CE DRB abridged: RSGDisputeResolutionDec09 Abridged.pdf

Letter to RSG in Response to RSG Resolutions: http://www.rsg.umich.edu/system/files/RSGResolutionsSS09-01SS09-02.pdf

     Letter from RSG to Response to RSG Resolutions: http://www.rsg.umich.edu/system/files/ss-09-01ss-09-02responseFINAL.pdf

RSG resolution Rackham address student concerns CE SS-09-01: 20090723.SS-09-01.pdf

RSG resolution on Communication Rackham-Students CE SS-09-02 : 20090723.SS-09-02.pdf

Petition in Support of RSG Resolutions on Continuous Enrollment (CEWG originated): http://tinyurl.com/l9d8mc [480+ signatures] 

RSG resolution CE Student Advisory Committee: RSG resolution CE ss-09-01.doc

RSG resolution CE Communication: RSG CE COM Resolution SS-09-02.doc

RSG Continuous Enrollment Survey: CtsEnrSurveyResults.doc

4-16-09 Tiffany Tsang statement to Regents on "behalf" of graduate students:  RSGstatementtoregents.pdf

Press (of all kinds)

12-17-09 As Regents Hear Pitch on CE, Some Students, Faculty Still Concerned http://www.michigandaily.com/content/u-officials-continue-work-continuous-enrollment-policy

4-16-09 Groups Rally Against University Issues: 4-16-09 Groups Rally Against University Issues.doc

4-17-09 Stop the Hike, Hike the Wages: 4-17-09 Stop the Hike, Hike the Wages.doc

4-5-09 Wrong Move Rackham: 4-5-09 Wrong move, Rackham.doc

2-4-09 Rackham dean pitches new policy :2-4-09 Rackham dean pitches new e policy.doc

2-11-09 Student groups criticize CE: 2-11-09 Student groups criticize plan for a CE requirement.doc

2-11-09 Rackham's Mistake: 2-11-2009 Daily Rackham's Mistake.doc

2-12-09 LTE Concerns abt policy change unjustified: 2-12-2009 LTR Daily's concerns about policy change unjustified.doc

2-17-09 Rackham Update Letter: 12-17-08 Rackham update letter to grad programs.doc

Rackham Generated Documents 

Documents:

4-15-09 Letter from Janet Weiss to Grad Students: 4-15-09 Letter from Janet Weiss to Grad Students.doc

4-15-09 The Continuous Enrollment Policy: 4-15-09 The Continuous Enrollment Policy.doc

4-18-09 Questions and Answers: 4-18-09 Questions and Answers http.doc

Candidate Enrollment (by department): 2008 Cand_School_CollegeTotals_Detail.pdf

Pre-Candidate Enrollment (by department) CE: 2008_PreCand_School_CollegeTotals_Detail.pdf 

Department demographics: umaa_degrsbystudyfield_08.pdf

Early Versions of CE Policy Proposal: [note: decreasing time to degree is not an argument made in recent Rackham generated documents. Also, all of these documents were available publicly online with search engine searches in early April.]:

Rackham Presentation at Chairs and Directors Meeting Feb 08: PresentationChairDir_Feb_2008.pdf

Continuous Enrollment Proposal Feb 08: CEProposal_Feb_2008.pdf

Rackham Website Document Archive (No longer posted to Rackham's website):

Compare Current practices to old practices (3-5-09) : compare_current_practices-1.pdf 

Rackham update letter to grad programs (3-5-09): 12-17-08 Rackham update letter to grad programs.doc

Rackham update letter to grad students (3-5-09): Rackham dec 2008 update letter to students.doc "

Policy Approved by Rackham Exec Announcement (3-5-09): Policy Approved by Rackham Executive Board.doc

Q & A from Rackham (3-5-09)-- current version revised: Q &A CE Rackham.doc

CE Proposal Justification from Rackham (3-5-09)-- current version revised:Proposal for a CE Requirement for Ph.D. students.doc

Facebook Group:

Against UMICH Continuous Enrollment Proposal: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10530896473&ref=ts