POSTHUMOUS DEGREE POLICY

Upon the recommendation of the faculty of the appropriate school, the general faculty of the University may make a posthumous award of the degree or degrees the student was pursuing if all requirements were likely to have been completed during the final year for which the student was registered had it not been for the intervention of death or debilitating illness. It shall be the responsibility of the Vice President for Student Affairs to assure that appropriate procedures to implement this policy are established in the various schools of the University. The policy shall be retroactive.