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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES March 23,
2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Alva, Bedell, Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner,
Emry, Fidalgo, Fitch, Gordon, Guerin,
Hagan, Hall, Hassan, Hewitt, Junn,
Absent: Fromson, Gass,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bedell called the
meeting to order at 11:35 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
2.1 M/S/P [Buck/Drezner] to approve Statements of
Opinion for the Spring 2006 All-University Elections ballot. Motion passed
unanimously.
Statements Prepared by
the Executive Committee:
1.
The University’s General
Education requirements should apply to all students, regardless of the number
of units required by their specific majors.
2.
The University’s international
agreements with colleges and universities in other countries should be reviewed
and those that have not resulted in exchanges of students and/or faculty should
be rescinded.
3.
Additional funds should be
allocated to both deferred maintenance projects and the physical appearance of
the campus.
4.
All student evaluations
(Student Ratings of Instruction) should be done online.
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Senator Rumberger, Director of Administration, and Academic
Senate student representative for Associated Students Inc., submitted
“Resolution Supporting the Commitment to Civility at CSUF” passed by Associated
Students Inc. which states that ASI fully supports the commitment to civility
at CSUF, commits to practicing civility in areas of student government, and
appeals to the Academic Senate to approve the proposed statement on civility
entitled “A Commitment of Civility at CSUF”.
IV.
TIMES CERTAIN
Time
Certain
11:45
a.m.
Judith
Anderson, Executive Vice President
Brian
Quinn, Director of Athletics
Allison
Rich, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/SWA
Betty
Chavis, Professor and Chair, Accounting
Steve
Walk, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Faculty Athletic Representative
Patti
Laguna, Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Subject:
NCAA Athletics Certification
With the consent of the body, Chair Bedell proceeded
to the first scheduled time certain before
11:45 a.m.
Dr. Anderson acknowledged all of the individuals
involved in the NCAA Athletics Certification on campus and invited Allison Rich
to explain the entire process. Ms. Rich pointed out that NCAA Athletics Certification
is similar to academic accreditation and stated that NCAA is not a governing
body. It is a volunteer membership based on a school membership association of
schools and conferences.
With regards to the certification, the goals of
our campus are to:
·
Complete a
comprehensive review of our Athletics Program
·
Open the
affairs of Athletics to the university community
·
Demonstrate
conformity to the operating principles
·
Highlight the
integrity and successes of the program, student athletes, and staff
·
Confirm
strength and development plans to improve any areas of concern.
Timeline:
May 15, 2006: Self-study report is due
September
25-27, 2006: Peer review team
will visit CSUF. This team will verify accuracy of report, broad-based
participation from the campus and community, and conformity with the operating
principles.
February
2007: The Committee of Athletics
Certification will send a report of its final decision to President Gordon.
Ms. Rich encouraged the body to review and share
any thoughts on the self-study report on the following web page: http://webcert.fullerton.edu/ncaacert/
Time Certain
12:00 p.m.
Irene Lange, Chair,
University Board on Second Language Requirement
Subject: Second Language
Graduation Requirement
With the consent of the
body, Chair Bedell proceeded to the second scheduled time certain before 12:00
p.m.
Dr. Lange prefaced the
discussion on the Second Language Requirement by pointing out that 30% of
Chair Bedell
relinquished the chair and shared the concern that out of the incoming class,
1,200 students would have to complete additional coursework in order to meet the
proposed second language requirement. He also added that the university has no
data or information on the impact of implementing the requirement. He suggested
deferment of the implementation of the requirement for two years. If the
deferent is put into effect, the students that graduate during the two years
would not be held to the requirement. Chair Bedell also proposed the option of
changing the requirement from three years of high school study to two years for
students satisfying the requirement before entering CSUF and changing the
requirement from three semester of college instruction to two semesters for
students who plan to satisfy the requirement after enrolling at CSUF.
Further discussion
ensued and the body voiced the following concerns regarding implementing the
second language requirement this fall:
·
Concern about the impact on the G.E. Humanities category
·
Some are in support of getting rid of the requirement
before we know if it works
·
Changing our policy now will send mixed messages to our
external environment and may cause us to lose students
·
Other departments will lose FTES
·
Policy may adversely affect some smaller departments
Senator Fidalgo
introduced Janet Eyring, Chair of the Foreign Language Department. Chair Eyring
indicated that when she joined the Department, her charge included preparing
the Foreign Language Department for implementation of the second language
requirement. She stated that the Foreign Language Department is ready for the
implementation.
Discussion on this topic
was ended in order to honor the third scheduled time certain.
Time Certain
12:30 p.m.
Diana Guerin, Faculty
Personnel Committee
Subject: UPS 210.000 Faculty
Personnel Policy and Procedures
Senator
Guerin acknowledged the members of the current Faculty Personnel Committee.
The
major changes that the Faculty Personnel Committee recommends are:
·
Terminology change: from “Periodic Review” to
“Abbreviated Review”
·
Change “Developmental Narrative” requirement to “Prospectus”
·
Bring more uniformity to the documentation that faculty
present in portfolios and appendices. Work towards reducing size of appendices
in particular.
·
Add table of contents.
·
P.13: Add instructions on how to document scholarly and
creative activities.
·
P. 17-19: Suggested revisions focus on quality, link
narratives to appendices, limit the size of files, and provide detailed
instructions on the contents of the portfolio. Recommend a change in the vita:
rather than including a curriculum vitae, submit a portfolio vita that
documents all accomplishments in teaching, scholarly and creative activities
and service.
V.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
No minutes were available.
VI.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Bedell reported that The Academic Senate
received a letter from Dr. James Young, thanking the body for recognizing him at
last week’s meeting.
CSUF ranks 4th in the nation among
universities for awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanic women. (From The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education)
ECS Chair Raman Unnikrishnan received the 2006
Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering.
VII.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Due to lack of time, there was no report.
VIII.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Due to lack of time, item 8.1 on the consent
calendar was not acted upon and will move to the agenda for the next Senate
meeting on April 6, 2006.
IX.
NEW BUSINESS
Items 9.1-9.5 were not
discussed due to lack of time and will move to the agenda for the next Senate
meeting on April 6, 2006.
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.