ACADEMIC SENATE

AGENDA

January 29, 2009

11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC SENATE CHAMBERS

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. URGENT BUSINESS

III. ANNOUNCEMENTS

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

4.1 ASD 08-191 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 10-23-08

V. CONSENT CALENDAR

5.1 Nominees to Standing Committees

PLANNING, RESOURCES & BUDGET COMMITTEE (10 faculty)

Nominee: Katherine Powers (ARTS); Heather Battaly (HUM)

Continuing: David Wong (MCBE); Jeanine Congalton (COMM); Robert Koch (CNSM);

Louise Adler (EDUC); Mohinder Grewal (ECS); Bill Haddad (SOC SCI);

Suellen Cox (LIBRARY); Kari Knutson-Miller (HHD)

5.2 Nominees to Ad Hoc Committees

WASC TASK FORCE #2 – Human Resources

Nominees: Bob Koch (CNSM); David Wong (MCBE)

AD HOC COM: To Study THE use of Electronic Portfolios for THE RTP Process IN A LIMITED PILOT IMPLEMENTATION

Nominees: Andrea Guillaume (EDUC); Betty Chavis (MCBE); Martin Bonsangue (CNSM);

Andi Stein (COMM); Leah Brew (HHD); Dennis Siebenaler (ARTS)

5.3 ASD 09-06 Fall 2008 New Course Proposals - Undergraduate

VI. CHAIR’S REPORT

VII. STATEWIDE ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT

VIII. TIME CERTAIN

Time Certain

12:00 noon

Subject: Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) and Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)

Gerald Patton, Director, Assessment and Educational Effectiveness

Edward Sullivan, Assistant Vice President (Acting), Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies

IX. NEW BUSINESS

9.1 Senate Forum; Electronic or Hard Copy Distribution? (See ASD 09-07 Fall 2008 Survey Results)

9.9.9.11

X. ADJOURNMENT