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ACADEMIC SENATE MINUTES February 14, 2008 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Altar, Alva, Arnold, Bhattacharya, Buck,
Bullock, Burgtorf, Carroll, Dabirian, Drezner, Fromson, Gordon, Grewal, Guerin,
Hewitt, Jarvis, Junn, Kanel,
Absent: Bedell, Bruschke,
Fidalgo, Gass, Green, Hickok,
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair
Guerin called the meeting to order at 11:31 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
M/S/P [Hewitt/Shapiro] to approve the following resolution
on faculty searches and hiring as amended.
(Approved unanimously)
o
Friendly amendment[Burgtorf]: add “without further delay” after “proceed
o
M/S/P [Buck/Shapiro]: amend to state that a minimum of 60
tenure-track faculty positions be filled.
Resolved:
The Academic Senate California State University, Fullerton (AS-CSUF) concurs
with the recommendation from PRBC dated 2-4-08 that current faculty searches
proceed without
further delay; and be it further
Resolved: The AS-CSUF strongly urges that a minimum of 50 60 tenure-track
faculty positions be filled this year; and be it further
Resolved: The AS-CSUF continues to support President
Gordon’s initiative to conduct five years of faculty hiring with 100 searches
each academic year resulting in a net gain of 80 new hires annually. As
recommended by PRBC, should the budget situation improve, the number of faculty
hires this year should increase above 60.
Rationale: As shown in Figure 1, over the past two years
the faculty hiring initiative has produced visible progress toward rebuilding
the tenured-tenure/track faculty.
Although the percentage of faculty positions comprised of
tenure/tenure-track faculty improved from 56% to 58% over the past two years,
the shortage of permanent faculty is still severe. Additionally, several departments continue to
have low ratios of permanent faculty (see Figure 2). To make progress, the campus needs to
continue hiring greater numbers of faculty than it loses. Over the past five
years, attrition has averaged 40 faculty per year.
Source: Academic Senate Executive Committee
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Stein announced a panel presentation
featuring five alumnae entitled “Cal State Fullerton Women: Leading the Way” to
take place on Wednesday, March 5th from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in TSU
Pavilions A/B. Panel members will speak on their experiences share their
thoughts on women and leadership. A reception at the Golleher House will follow
the panel discussion (open to the campus community). Also following the
discussion will be an invitation-only dinner for women leaders on campus.
Students are encouraged to attend these events.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
M/S/P [Arnold/Burgtorf] to approve ASD 07-171 Academic
Senate Meeting Minutes 10-18-07 as submitted.
M/S/P [Stang/Arnold] to approve ASD 07-172 Academic Senate
Meeting Minutes 10-25-07 as submitted.
M/S/P [Altar/Junn] to approve ASD 07-173 Academic Senate
Meeting Minutes 11-1-07 as submitted.
V.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P [Stang/Mead] to
approve the Consent Calendar. [Approved unanimously]
5.1 Nominee to Standing Committee (Replacement)
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Nominee: Penny Weismuller (HHD)
Continuing: Mougo Nyaggah (Soc Sci); Charles
Tumlinson (ARTS); Lisa Kirtman (EDUC);
Maijian
Qian (CNSM); Ed Trotter (COMM)
5.2
Nominee to Ad Hoc Committee (Replacement)
AD HOC: SECOND LANGUAGE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT
Nominee: Marjorie Tussing
Continuing: Brad Starr, Mitch Hanlon, Debra
Ambrosetti, Irene Lange, Ying-Chiao Tsao,
Radha
Bhattacharya
VI.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack reported
that the Senators are grappling with the budget situation. An interim meeting
was held last week. Major lobbying efforts are scheduled for April. A student
rally will take place on April 28th in
VII.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
Chair Guerin reported
the following:
·
Campus senate chairs met last
Thursday. They were briefed by the ASCSU Executive Committee on ASCSU
resolutions and the state budget. Margaret Merryfield, CSU Senior
Director of Academic Human Resources, provided updates on the equity program
for junior faculty (salary increases for qualifying faculty should be out in
May; no application process) and on the post-promotion increase program for
full professors and top-step lecturers (this program goes into effect in 08-09;
one-half of senior faculty based on hire dates will apply next year and the
remaining the following year). The program for senior faculty is intended to
address the issue of salary compression, and faculty may receive increases up
to 3.5%. Campus senate chairs also shared campus actions in response to the
governor’s budget proposal.
·
VP Smith has formed a committee
to examine administrative issues relating to online courses. The committee has
met several times.
·
Senate committees have
reviewed several outdated policy statements; these recommended revisions will
feature prominently in our agenda over the spring.
·
The CSU has asked for campus
representatives to discuss general education issues. Campus representatives are
Chris Renne, Bridget Driscoll, and Sylvia Alva.
VIII.
TIME
CERTAIN
Time
Certain - 12:00 noon
Subject: Recognition of VP Pam Hillman and Dean Anil
Puri, $30 million in CBE Naming
VP Hillman and Dean Puri
were congratulated by the Academic Senate for their success in securing an
additional $30 million contribution to the
IX.
FIRST
The following items will
be placed on the Consent Calendar for rescission at the next meeting on
February 21, 2008.
9.1 ASD 08-05 Rescind UPS 100.504 Student-Faculty
Publications Board Charter [Executive Committee]
9.2 ASD 08-06 Rescind UPS 260.101 Leaves Policy [President
Gordon & FAC]
9.3 ASD 08-07 Rescind UPS 300.001 Student
Responsibility [Executive Committee]
9.4 ASD 08-16 Rescind
UPS 100.302 Philosophy, Functions and Operations of the
9.5 ASD 08-20 Rescind
UPS 500.100 Policy on Library Usage [LIBR]
X.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
10.1 M/S/P [Kanel/Oliver] to approve ASD
07-182 Revised UPS 292.000 Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance Award [FAC] as amended. (Also see approved amendments from
Academic Senate meeting on 12-6-07) - Approved unanimously.
Friendly amendment
[Hewitt]: Page 1, line 16: Remove “a” and add “s” to the word “member”.
XI.
NEW
BUSINESS
11.1 M/S/P [Burgtorf/Drezner] to approve
ASD 08-23 by accepting the revisions to UPS 210.000 Faculty Personnel Policy
and Procedures suggested by President Gordon in his memo dated October 23, 2007
and the proposed language for Section B. Criteria for Evaluation of Teaching
Faculty, submitted by the Senate Executive Committee. – Approved with three
abstentions.
11.2 M/S/P [Kanel/Randall] to approve ASD 07-187 Proposed New Standing
Committee on Assessment and Educational Effectiveness (proposed new Section 2
in Article VII of UPS 100.000 Academic Senate Constitution) as amended (see
below). [Hand vote resulted in 23 Ayes; 7 Nays; 4 Abstentions. Since unanimous
approval is required to amend UPS 100.000 Academic Senate Constitution, this proposed
amendment Constitution will appear on the ballot of the All-University Election
in May 2008].
Motions to amend ASD
07-187, UPS 100.000 Academic Senate Constitution section:
·
M/S/F [Buck/Drezner] to amend to include six faculty members (no two
from each college), one student, and the following ex officio non-voting member: Director of Assessment and
Educational Effectiveness.
·
M/S/F [Taylor/Burgtorf] to keep the following language:
“The Committee on
Assessment and Educational Effectiveness shall consist of one faculty member
from the Library and each college except the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences, which shall have two members, one from the Humanities and one from
the Social Sciences, elected by the Academic Senate;” and delete all ex officio non-voting members except the
Director of Assessment and Educational Effectiveness.
·
M/S/P [Altar/Kanel] to delete “(undergraduate or graduate)”.
M/S/P [Alva/Rhoten]
to approve ASD 07-187, amendment to UPS 100.001 Academic Senate Bylaws, which
would add “Committee on Assessment and Educational Effectiveness: Functions”.
[Approved with two abstentions]
Items 11.3 – 11.11 were not discussed due to lack of time.
11.3 ASD 07-183 Revised UPS 103.004
Computing Facilities Use Policy [ITC]
11.4 ASD 08-08 Proposed
Consolidated International Education Policy (formerly ASD 07-94) – Consolidates
UPS 320.100, 320.101, and 450.700 [IEC]
11.5 ASD 08-09 Revised UPS 320.002 Policy on Internships and Cooperative
Education [CISL]
11.6 ASD 08-10 Revised UPS 410.106 Academic Standards for Graduate Degree
Students [Grad Ed]
11.7 ASD 08-11 Revised UPS 411.102 Curriculum Guidelines and Procedures:
Academic Jurisdiction [UCC]
11.8 ASD 08-13 Revised UPS 300.016 Withdrawal Policy [ASC]
11.9 ASD 08-14 Revised UPS 210.020 Review of Tenured Faculty [FAC]
11.10ASD 08-21 Proposed Bylaw: Committee on Internships and Service Learning
– Functions [CISL]
11.11 ASD 08-22 Revised UPS 100.300
Policy & Procedures for Naming Facilities, Properties, & Programs [UAC]
XII.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at
12:58 p.m.