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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES February 2,
2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
ACADEMIC SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Alva, Bedell, Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner, Emry,
Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gass, Gordon,
Guerin, Hagan, Hall, Hewitt, Holland, Junn, Kanel, Kantardjieff, Kelly,
Kirtman, Klassen, Klein, Kreiner, Liverpool, Lovell, Matz, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Absent: Hassan,
Jones, Schroeder, Shapiro, Syed
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bedell called the
meeting to order at 11:30 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
Chair Bedell requested a moment of silence in
observance of the death of colleague Jack Bradshaw.
Senator Buck suggested that safe passage ways for
pedestrians and bicyclists should have been established before the construction
site was set up near the front entrance of the campus at
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Vice President Smith reported the following on
enrollment:
·
Spring 2006
enrollments are at 24,885 FTS. The campus goal was 25,120. Currently the UPS
(Units per Student) is strong for undergrads, but the UPS for new graduate and
post-baccalaureate students is weak. VP Smith explained that the weak figures
are due to a drop in the post-baccalaureate teacher education credential.
However, the counts remain close to what was anticipated for Spring 2006.
·
YRO will be
reestablished and we are hoping for a strong summer session.
·
CSUF is in
the lead for transfers for the last seven consecutive years due to its strong relationships
with
·
Next fall,
enrollments look very strong, especially at the undergrad level. Every college
is up. There was a 10% increase in
freshman applications. Upper division transfers are up and doing very well.
14,715 have been accepted for Fall 2006, a considerably higher amount than last year. CSUF has
been accepting students earlier in the cycle. He acknowledged Nancy Dority,
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services, and her staff in Admissions
and Records for their outstanding job processing the applications and informing
students of decisions.
·
CSUF is over
the target for this year and will receive additional funds. President Gordon
added that CSUF will receive the additional one-time money for 2006-2007. He
also explained that CSUF is over target due to the reestablishment of state-supported
summer session.
On Equity
Applications:
·
265 equity
applications were submitted, 72 of them were repeats from the first round, 68
are sitting in departments, awaiting recommendations. Until recommendations are
received, the processing of applications is on hold.
·
Of the 100+
faculty searches, 22 faculty and librarians were hired. There 18-20 offers
outstanding, many departments still are interviewing, and the University is
hoping for an 80% yield.
·
There is a
collective bargaining meeting today. YRO has been in discussion for the past
weeks. The decision on FERP is still undetermined. However, if anyone is
interested in FERP, they are encouraged to submit an application, but the
applications will not be processed until there is a resolution with the
contract.
Senator Wiley announced his decision to step down
from his position as senator. He has decided to take a semester or more off due
to personal reasons. He introduced Heather Williams and Paul Rumberger, the two
ASI representatives that will serve in his place for the rest of the Spring
2006 semester. Senator Wiley was recognized and applauded by Chair Bedell and
the body for his exemplary job as senator.
Senator Alva announced a call for general
education proposals. If anyone has questions, they should contact Sylvia Alva
or Paul Levesque.
Senator
President Gordon announced that Gary Reichard has
been appointed Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
IV.
TIME CERTAIN
Time
Certain
11:45
a.m.
Chuck
Kissel, Director (Acting), Titan Shops
Subject: Scholarships, etc.
Chuck Kissel presented The Academic Senate with
two scholarship checks for Fall and Spring for faculty participation in the
Textbook Reward Program. Since many faculty members submitted their textbook
adoptions on time, this yielded a total of $6,100 in student scholarship money
for during Fall 2005 and $8,350 for Spring 2006. The amount earned for the
Spring semester was the largest rewarded in the history of the program. If 100%
of text requisitions (adoptions) are submitted on time, this would result in a
$15,875 scholarship check for students. In Spring 2006, 69% of text
requisitions were submitted by the November deadline. The goal is to increase
the amount of text requisitions submitted on time by 5% every year. This
program began in 1999, and since then, $96,450 has gone to The Academic Senate
to fund scholarships.
V.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack reported that at its plenary
meeting last week, the Statewide Senate passed a resolution that reiterates the
role of faculty in the development of curriculum, a resolution that reiterates
the need for adequate support for new faculty (i.e. office space), a
commendation for the Early Assessment Project, and a commendation in support of
California’s Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation Initiative. The
Statewide Senate is also taking action on reducing the number of statewide
senators required in its Constitution. However, this will not affect the number
of senators from CSUF. There was a first reading of the Provision of eText
materials to the
VI.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Bedell announced the addition of five Senate
meeting dates for Spring 2006: February 23, March 23, April 13, May 4, and May
11.
Chair Bedell also reported on the following:
·
1st
Annual Pollak Library Prize for Undergrad Research Papers and Projects
·
Senator Schroeder’s
condition
·
Vision
Committee on Academic Quality: The committee has reviewed some literature on
academic quality and self-polled on its own perceptions of academic quality. A
draft of the questionnaire will be sent electronically, during the first week
of March. There are plans to utilize focus groups. Justification pieces will be
written for each section of the items that are selected. This committee is due
to report to the Academic Senate in May.
·
At the
request of Senator Emry, Treasurer of the Executive Committee, he reminded the
body and all faculty members to contribute to the Faculty Fund.
·
Chair Bedell
received close to 80 responses to the e-mail that he sent on the topic of “Dysfunctional
Departments.” The Executive Committee will discuss the responses further, to
come up with a strategy for dealing with the issues and very serious concerns
many expressed, especially those raised by junior colleagues.
VII.
FIRST READING
RESCISSION ITEMS
7.1 It was recommended that UPS 100.800 Changing
of Academic Unit Names from Schools to Colleges be rescinded since CSUF no
longer has schools to change to colleges. This policy no longer applies.
VIII.
OLD BUSINESS
8.1 Discussion on ASD 05-122 Recommendation for
Computer Science Majors was resumed since the previous meeting adjourned with
this item on the floor.
At the previous meeting,
the original motion on the floor by [Burgtorf/Fitch] was to reject the
recommendation put forth by the General Education Committee. Then another
motion to amend the Burgtorf motion was made by [Shapiro/Buck] to exempt
Computer Science majors from the Lifelong Learning component, but not the
History component. This was clarified and confirmed for the body by Chair
Bedell.
Senator Michalopoulos moved to go back to the original
Burgtorf motion. Chair Bedell stated that this is out of order since there was
another amendment on the floor; therefore the amendment must be defeated first
to go back to the original motion. Senator Michalopoulos indicated he
understood.
With no other senators on the speaker’s list, the
floor was yielded to members of the gallery who wished to speak, which included
several faculty members from the Computer Science department and a student
majoring in Computer Science. Dorota Huizinga, Associate Dean, ECS, brought
forth Susamma Barua, Coordinator for the Computer Engineering Program, who
detailed the reasoning behind the Computer Science department’s support of
waiving the six units of Lifelong Learning. The Lifelong Learning category was
targeted by Computer Science because (1.) the learning goals of the category is
easily matched by one of the two courses and (2.) the department’s
accreditation agency requires courses on the social and ethical impact of
computing on society.
Ms. Barua continued to explain that in order for
the Computer Science program to be able to compete with the programs at other
colleges and universities, its amount of units must be comparable. The
computing industry changes rapidly and new technologies are constantly emerging.
As a result, a much of the curriculum that once was covered in the computer
science graduate programs is now required by accreditation agencies to be
included in undergraduate programs so that graduates can compete with the rest
of the world. This is forcing the Computer Science department to find ways to
incorporate the new technology into the curriculum.
It was M/S/P [Buck/Pasternack] for an immediate
vote on the Shapiro amendment. (Voted by show of hands; Passed 34-2)
M/S/F [Shapiro/Buck] to
amend the Burgtorf motion to exempt Computer Science majors from the Lifelong
Learning component, not the History component.
M/S/F [Burgtorf/Fitch]
to reject the recommendation put forth by the General Education Committee.
M/S/P [Fromson/Hall] to
approve the General Education Committee’s recommendation to waive six units of
Lifelong Learning.
IX. NEW BUSINESS
Due to lack of time, Items 9.1- 9.5 were not
discussed and will move to the agenda for the next Academic Senate meeting.
X. ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 1:04p.m.