Members Present: Allen,
Arkenberg, Bedell, Boyum, Byrnes, Cox, Emry, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gordon,
Guerin, Hall, Jones, Klassen, Kelly, Kreiner, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Members Absent:
Buck, Erickson, Gass, Gilbert, Hagan, Hewitt, Junn, Randall, Reisman,
and Taulli
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair
Bedell called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
It was m/s [Pasternack/Guerin] to move ASD
04-14 Resolution in Opposition to Proposed CSUF Self-Support Summer Operations with
one amendment. The amendment was to add
a second resolved clause: “Resolved: That the Academic Senate of California State
University, Fullerton calls upon Chancellor Reed to rescind Executive Order No.
879.” Senator Pasternack stated that
campuses currently are planning for summer, and if we are going to comment on
the campus plan, we need to do so as quickly as possible.
Arguments in
favor of the resolution included the following:
1.
Providing summer courses at fees similar to those charged
under the state-supported YRO program gives the impression to the public and
policy-makers that state support is not needed during summer and sets a
dangerous precedence;
2.
Cutting faculty compensation places an unfair burden on
faculty, especially junior faculty who were recruited with the understanding
that summer pay would be available to offset the high cost of living in this
area;
3.
Cutting summer salaries makes our campus less competitive in
attracting highly qualified faculty, particularly when CSULB is offering YRO
salaries that are about 30% higher;
4.
Moving to a fee-based program in summer means that
departments will have to achieve higher FTES in the fall and spring semesters,
because fee-based FTES does not count in targets as it has in recent years;
5.
Departments do not get O & E and staff-support for
fee-based summer programs;
6.
The
Arguments against
the resolution included the following:
1.
By going to a fee-based program this summer, approximately
55 faculty positions will be saved next year.
The other 700 FTES planned to be offered in the summer will be moved into
next year. Therefore, we not only save
the 55, we actually create another 30 faculty positions. In essence, 80 faculty positions have been
saved or created by offering fee-based summer;
2.
Going to fee-supported summer saves the campus $5.9 million;
3.
The plan gives students access by not charging them any more
than they are paying now;
4.
Other CSU campuses are also using this plan; 14 campuses
will do exactly what we are going to do; only two campuses are going to run a
state support program—Long Beach and San Diego;
5.
Fee-supported summer is better than no summer for both
students and faculty;
6.
It is better policy to transfer resources into a direction
for those that are worse off, and therefore maintain a more stable work
force. If part-time faculty are let go
during an emergency and we have to rehire them when the situation passes, it
can be very costly.
It was m/s [Vargas/Fitch] to add the following
proposed amendments to Senator Pasternack’s motion:
“RESOLVED: That emergency actions to deal with a budget crises
should consider spreading the cost-cutting burden in a number of different ways
for a variety of programs, functions, and personnel.”
RESOLVED: “That all emergency actions to deal with a budget
crisis should have a set duration period, and not be implemented for an indefinite,
unknown length of time.”
The proposed amendments by Senator Vargas failed. Vote: Yes---14;
No--16
On the main
motion, it was m/p [Guerin] to take
a roll call vote.
Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Bedell, Fitch, Gannon, Guerin, Klassen, Kreiner, Meyer,
Michalopoulos, Nanjundappa, Pasternack, Rahmatian, Rutemiller, Shapiro,
Sutphen, Tavakolian, Vargas,
Nays: Allen, Arkenberg,
Boyum, Byrnes, Cox, Emery, Fromson, Gordon, Hall, Jones, Kelly, Parker, Rhoten,
Rimmer, Russell, Smith, Vasquez, Wong
Abstentions: Schroeder
Absent: Buck, Erickson,
Gass, Gilbert, Hagan, Hewitt, Junn, Randall, Reisman, Taulli
The document
ASD 04-14 as amended failed. Yes--16;
No—18
It was m/s [Sutphen/Pasternack] as another
item of Urgent Business to amend Senator Pasternack’s resolution to read as
follows:
Whereas: Moving to a self support model while keeping
student fees at the state support level miscommunicates to the public and
policy makers that CSUF can continue operations as usual in spite of
significant budget cuts during the past three years;
Resolved: That the Academic Senate of
The motion
passed unanimously.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
None.
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s/p [Guerin/Fromson] to approve the
following Consent Calendar:
A. ASD 04-09 Academic Senate Minutes
B. NOMINEES TO
STANDING COMMITTEES
GRADUATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Term: 1 semester
Nominee: Katherine Kantardjieff (CNSM)
Continuing: David DeVries (COMM);
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Term: 1 year
Nominee: Jesa Kreiner (ECS)
Continuing: Zena Pearlstone (ARTS); Jeffrey Kottler
(HDCS); Cora Granata (HSS); Mary Kay
Crouch (HSS); Denise Stanley (CBE)
NOMINEES TO SEARCH COMMITTEE
Director –
Director,
Nominees: Sandra Sutphen (HSS), Jaki Coffman (HDCS), Neil Granitz (CBE), John Hickok
(Library); Gail Love (COMM)
Time
Certain
President
Gordon
Subject: Budget
President Gordon remarked that his decision about
summer school 2004 was one of the toughest he has had to make in his 14 years
here, and VP Smith feels the same way.
He noted that he thinks it is in the best interest of the campus.
He has spent more time in budget discussions in the
last three months than in the last three years, and the situation is constantly
changing. In December 2003, the CSU
received a budget reduction of $23.873 million.
For our campus that was $1.655 million and 251 FTES; we made the
reductions, and then in January those dollars and those positions were added
back in and then 1253 FTES were cut. There
is another budget meeting scheduled for the 9th of March, and then
on the 10th of March there is going to be a large budget summit.
We had been doing only selective hiring and have reduced
expenditures in a wide variety of areas across the campus over the past two
years. We are going to communicate using many channels throughout the rest of
the budget crisis to keep the campus informed.
We plan to use our Dateline publication, which comes
out about every two weeks. In addition,
we are going to put budget information on the campus website. Ms. Newcomb and
President Gordon will be having a discussion with all of the vice presidents on
the budget within a couple of weeks. He
suspects that 2004-05 is going to be a challenging and difficult year. He thinks that 2005-06 will be better.
As he stated earlier, right now we have a $15 million
reduction for 2004-05; $4 million will come out of that if we can go through
the summer session and reduce the $5.9 million and then add the $1.8 million
back in for faculty positions for next year.
That gets the reduction down to $11 million as we go into 2004-05. If the “Golden Handshake” passes, that could
help the campus out next year. Also,
voluntary time reduction for faculty and staff for 2004-05 is another way to
save money.
Chancellor Reed is working with the Governor on the
possibility of a new compact, the same kind of compact that we had with
Governors Wilson and Davis. That is, the
compact would specify a certain enrollment and certain budget attached to
it. President Gordon believes there will
be fee increases for students, but does not know how much; in his budget the
Governor includes a 10% fee increase for undergraduates, 40% for graduates, and
20% for out-of-state students.
President Gordon wants to make sure that everyone
realizes that all that is possible will be done to communicate and keep
everyone abreast of the budget situation.
He noted that he will personally continue to have discussions with the
many constituents on this campus.
A concern about the cutting of faculty searches was
raised. VP Smith agreed this is a
concern, but three years of budget cuts give us few alternatives. He noted we will hire faculty when the money
comes back. President Gordon reiterated
his commitment to avoiding layoffs. He
stated there were two state-wide freezes issued by the Governor in
December. While the CSU did not have to
go with those, we voluntarily went along with those freezes. There is not any category that is not
suffering pain; cuts are made across all divisions and cuts will be continuing
in 2004-05. President Gordon noted that
if Prop 57 is not successful, there may be additional reductions to the CSU
budget.
Senators thanked President Gordon and Vice President
Smith for their leadership and open discussion of these issues.
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
VII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD 04-12 Resolution Clarifying
Implementation of Plus/Minus Grading
Due
to time limitations, this item was not discussed and will be an item of
Unfinished Business for the next Senate meeting on March 4.
It was moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at