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UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION



PURPOSE: _ To authorize the closure of the Bachelor of Arts Degree Program in Caribbean

Studies.



Upon motion duly made and seconded, the following Resolution was adopted by the members of

the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands:



WHEREAS, the University has engaged in a period of program review and assessment as part of its

program rationalization process; and



WHEREAS, the outcome of this process has been the recommendation that the program leading to

the Bachelor of Arts in Caribbean Studies be closed; and



WHEREAS, it has been determined that there is only one student currently enrolled in the program

and that adequate arrangements will be made for the student to complete the program.; and



WHEREAS, the need for education in this field of study will be met (1) through an improved

freshman year program which will include two courses with Caribbean and interdisciplinary foci that

will be a common experience for all entering freshmen, and (2) through the selection of courses that

will be developed as part of a revised general education curriculum; and



WHEREAS, the Division of Social Sciences, through its Chair, forwarded a report to the Vice

President for Academic Affairs recommending that the program be closed; and



WHEREAS, the Vice President for Academic Affairs presented to the President’s Cabinet a report

recommending the closure of the program and obtained the approval of the Cabinet; and



WHEREAS, the President endorses and recommends to the Board of Trustees that the B.A. degree

program in Caribbean Studies be closed; be it



RESOLVED, THAT the Board of Trustees approves the closure of the Bachelor of Arts degree

program in Caribbean Studies effective immediately.



CERTIFICATION



The undersigned does hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the Resolution of

the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands adopted at its meeting on February 15,

1997, and recorded in the minutes of said meeting.



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