Cal Poly has released its 2026-28 academic catalog, its first official document detailing course offerings and graduation requirements for its transition to semesters, which will take effect next academic year.
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Cal Poly says this is how faculty should respond to ICE
Cal Poly has released a list of guidelines for faculty to follow if ICE comes to campus, including staying calm, understanding ICE authority, protecting privacy, and communicating carefully, while also providing resources from the Cal State system.
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Cal Poly will add an A+ to the grading scale starting next fall
Cal Poly is adding an A+ to the grading scale, to be given at any professor’s discretion. The hope is that students applying to grad school will benefit from a potential GPA boost. All nine schools in the University of California system and four Cal State universities, including Cal Maritime, already employ an A+ grading scale.
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Hundreds of faculty want Cal Poly to take a stand. President Armstrong says it’s not our place.
Despite faculty efforts, President Armstrong refused to sign a statement criticizing federal actions. His decision reflects Cal Poly’s policy on institutional neutrality.
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Cal Poly extends Credit/No-Credit deadline to Week 8
Cal Poly’s new Credit/No Credit grading deadline took effect this quarter, with students now able to select this grading option until the end of Week 8.
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Cal Poly Academic Senate proposes ‘sunset’ of Cal Poly time
When Cal Poly switches to the semester system in Fall 2026, courses and meetings will start at the hour or half hour—ending the tradition of “Cal Poly Time.” The Cal Poly Academic Senate approved six resolutions on Tuesday, including one that will end “Cal Poly Time.” “Cal Poly Time” refers to classes and meetings beginning […]
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ASI Board of Directors passes vote to urging Cal Poly Corp to sever ties with Chick-Fil-A
Students from various campus communities including the Trans & Queer Student Union gathered in sharing their thoughts on the reinstallation of Chick-Fil-A on campus, with the anticipation of Cal Poly’s new dining structure 1901 Marketplace opening next school year. “Cal Poly is only supportive of us in words, but their actions tell us a different […]
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Academic Senate discusses university funding and vaccination rates at first meeting of school year
At the first Academic Senate meeting of the school year on Tuesday, President Jeffrey Armstrong and senate members discussed COVID-19 figures and new financial policies that can expand scholarship and student aid. The Academic Senate is the faculty governing body at Cal Poly. Armstrong said the university will “begin the process this fall” to increase […]
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Academic Senate proposal would reduce office hours requirement for tenure-track professors
Tenure-track professors may gain an extra hour each week as an Academic Senate resolution seeks to update the existing office hours policy. The existing policy has been used since the 1980s. While the existing policy is more ambiguous, the resolution defines the exact number of office hours faculty members must hold. Whereas full-time faculty were […]
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Starting Fall 2020, students will see changes and more flexibility with electives in GE curriculum
After more than 20 years with the same General Education (GE) curriculum sheet, a new template will go into effect Fall 2020. “It attempts to balance student choice of GE courses with the effort to promote breadth in the courses they take,” Chair of the General Education Governance Board and Psychology Department Chair Gary Laver […]
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Cal Poly will continue to pay for club speaker security; Academic Senate voices concerns
Cal Poly’s speaker security spending policy remains unchanged after the university spent $140,000 over the past two years on security for controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos’ two visits. The resolution was discussed in the final meeting of the year until the senate ran out of time June 5. Administration will continue to revise the security spending […]