ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
Members Present: Bedell, Boyum,
Buck, Byrnes, Cox, Emry, Erickson, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gass, Guerin, Hall,
Hewitt, Jones, Junn, Kelly, Kreiner, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Members Absent: Allen,
Arkenberg, Gilbert, Gordon, Hagan, Klassen,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair
Bedell called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
Senator Boyum
offered to propose a Resolution in Opposition to Proposition 53. Chair Bedell declared this item be taken up
as item B under New Business.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Bedell invited
Mary Alyce Jeremiah to address the Senate.
The Athletics Department, graciously provided Senate members with free
all-sports passes, entitling them and their guests to admission to the sport(s)
of their choice.
Chair Bedell
extended congratulations to Senator Rutemiller on being named the “Volunteer of
the Year” for the Patrons of the Library.
Chair Bedell
also announced we will be hosting a teleconference on Hunger in
Time Certain
Ephraim Smith, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Subject: Census
Report
Vice President
Smith presented the Census Report and pointed out some of the highlights from
Jim Blackburn’s memorandum.
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Highest headcount enrollment in Cal State Fullerton
history—32,592.
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Female majority among students remained constant at 61%.
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New students actually decreased slightly, but so did
students graduating. Hence, headcount is at an all-time high due to high count
of continuing students.
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Included in this report are 2,940 students enrolled at El
Toro campus; 1,172 students are enrolled only at
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Over 61% of the university student body is enrolled
full-time, i.e., 12 units or more.
The units per
student decreased in the fall of 2003; there was a .12 drop, which is a
significant drop in units per student when accumulated across the large number
of students involved. Students had
difficulty finding open sections.
First time
freshmen are down from last year, but slightly over target. We had expected 3800 freshmen, but only 3200
showed up. Next year we will require them to take New Freshmen Orientation and register
at that time. Therefore, by the end of July we expect to
have all first time freshmen enrolled in classes.
We opened
Last year, the
Senate expressed concern about crowded conditions on this campus. Smith said the
main campus student population is slightly under last year at 22,000.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
None.
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s/p to approve the following Consent
Calendar:
A. ASD 03-80 Revised Academic Senate Minutes
B. ASD 03-91 Academic Senate Minutes
C. NOMINEES TO
STANDING COMMITTEES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Terms:
One 1-year
Nominee: Demitri Michalopoulos (ECS) (1 yr)
Continuing: Thomas Clanin (COMM); Sandra Sutphen (HSS); Oscar Aurelio (CNSM); Charles
Grieb (ARTS); Pramod Pandya (CBE); Joyce Lee (HDCS); Margaret Hogarth (LIB)
NOMINEES TO MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES
ACADEMIC APPEALS BOARD Terms: Two 2-year, One ASC Rep.
Nominees: Donald Matthewson (HSS)
Confirmed 8/28: Brady Rhodes (CNSM); Vic
Brajer (ASC member);
ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Terms: One 3-year
Nominee: Linda Heichman (Lib)
CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Terms:
One 2-year
Nominee: Alan Emery (HSS)
Continuing:
Sandra Sutphen (HSS)
CSUF FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terms: One
3-year
Nominees: Barry Pasternack (CBE)
Continuing: Bill Meyer (ARTS); Steve Murray (CNSM)
NOMINEES TO SEARCH COMMITTEES
Associate
VP, Communications and Marketing
Nominees: Irene Lange (CBE); Fred Zandpour (COMM);
Sergio Lizaragga (ARTS)
Director –
Faculty Affairs and Records
Nominees: Alan Saltzstein (HSS); Jane Hipolito (HSS);
Diana Guerin (HDCS); Pat Bril (Lib); Vance Wolverton (ARTS)
Time Certain
Tom Whitfield, Director , Environmental Health &
Instructional Safety
Judi King, Director University Police, John Beisner, Risk
Manager
Subject: Faculty
Responsibilities for Student Health and Safety
The discussion
topic was faculty responsibilities for students in an emergency. The campus brochure and California Code were
distributed to the Senate members. The
brochure is meant to assist faculty in understanding their role in providing a
safe learning environment for their students.
Concerns expressed:
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Brochure seems to have been developed without faculty or
Academic Senate consultation.
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Emergency information should be provided in each classroom
for faculty to review with their students.
Some members reported they were unable to find the items about which the
brochure tells them to inform their students. The brochure should list a telephone extension
for faculty to call with questions or concerns. The emergency number to call
should be posted on or near telephones in classrooms.
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Evacuation routes should be posted in each classroom as is
done in hotels.
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Provide information that faculty can attach to course
syllabus; university rather than individual faculty should take responsibility
for providing health and safety information.
This document shifts the responsibility to faculty, which makes the
faculty legally liable. It would be more
efficient for the university to post announcements, at which case they take
responsibility rather than faculty. The information should be posted on the
classroom door; the university is responsible for the students knowing what to
do.
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Assumes that all faculty are able to provide assistance when
they themselves may be handicapped.
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Provide training for faculty.
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Re-word the brochure where it states “Faculty
responsibilities include” to “Faculty
are urged.”
Chief King
informed the members that funding was available to upgrade the fire alarm
system, including a voice-announcement with speakers outside. She also announced the entire campus will be
re-keyed.
It was m/s [Guerin/Pasternack] to end
discussion in order to consider the next two items of New Business.
Vice Chair
Bedell on behalf of the Senate members extended his appreciation to the guests. The Executive Committee will take under
advisement all of the various comments and will report out to Senate the
results of those conversations.
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
VII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD
03-111 Resolution in Opposition to Proposition 54: Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color, or
National Origin, Initiative Constitutional Amendment (“Racial Privacy Initiative”)
It was m/s [Fromson/Hall] to approve document
ASD 03-111, a resolution opposing Proposition 54.
It was m/s/p as a friendly amendment on page
2, line 19 to insert Dr. John Travis,
President CFA before Chancellor Reed.
Motion passed unanimously.
B. ASD 03-113 Resolution in Opposition to
Proposition 53: Funds Dedicated for
State and Local Infrastructure.
Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
It
was m/s [Boyum/Fromson[ to approve document ASD 03-113. Senator
Boyum read the following proposed resolution:
Whereas Proposition 53 would, in time, require that
as much as 3% of the California General Fund be spent only upon infrastructure,
as defined; and
Whereas Losing 3% of the General Fund to mandated expenditure
– in good times and bad, irrespective of priorities that may arise in the
future – is inherently problematic; and
Whereas “Ballot box budgeting” is always poor constitutional
practice; and
Whereas Public higher education would be further stressed by
this additional prior call on the General Fund; be it therefore
Resolved That the Academic Senate of
Resolved That the Academic Senate of California State
University, Fullerton communicate immediately to Dr. Robert Cherny, Chair of ASCSU,
Jose Solache, Chair of CSSA, Dr. John Travis, President, California Faculty
Association, Chancellor Charles B. Reed, the Board of Trustees of the CSU, and
to the media its strong opposition to Proposition 53.
Motion
passed unanimously to approve ASD 03-113.
It was m/s/p
[Sutphen/Fromson] to adjourn. The
meeting adjourned at