ACADEMIC SENATE February 3, 2005
MINUTES
Members Present: Allen, Alva, Arkenberg, Azima, Bedell,
Buck, Burgtorf, Cox, Emry, Erickson, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gilbert, Guerin, Hall,
Jewett, Jones, Junn, Kanel, Kantardjieff, Kelly, Klassen, Kreiner, Matz, Meyer,
Michalopoulos, Parker, Pasternack, Randall, Reisman, Rhodes, Rhoten, Schroeder,
Shapiro, Smith Vasquez, Vogt and Walicki
Absent: Gass, Gordon, Hagan, Nanjundappa, Rahmatian
and Tavakolian
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair
Bedell called the meeting to order at 11:33 a.m. Chair Bedell asked the members of the Senate
to join him in observing a moment of silence in memory of William Gudykunst,
professor of Human Communications Studies and Lisa Thies, coordinator of Support
Services in the Office of Disabled Student Services.
Ms.
Anderson informed the members the
Time Certain
11:35 a.m.
Sandra Rhoten, Dean of Students
Subject:
Judicial Affairs Report: Academic
Integrity
Senator
Rhoten distributed several publications from her office including Academic
Integrity and Disruptive Behavior, Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism: How to
Write an Effective Research Paper, and Academic Integrity: A Guide for Graduate Students and presented a
report on judicial affairs. The Judicial
Affairs Department is part of the Dean of Students office and within the
Division of Students Affairs. The mission of Judicial Affairs is to articulate
to students the standards of behavior expected within the University community
and also to help protect the university community from inappropriate student
behavior. The six goals for Judicial
Affairs are:
·
To prepare students for success in the academic
community by articulating University standards in such a way that students can
live and function successfully within the community;
·
To educate other members of the University
community concerning standards of conduct for students, ensuring students are
treated equitably and fairly, and that standards are universally understood and
applied;
·
To provide ongoing consultation to members of the
community concerning the interpretation and application of University standards
for student behavior;
·
To assist in developing and/or revising
Universities policies related to student discipline and student affairs;
·
To adjudicate complaints regarding student
behavior within or directly related to the University community; and
·
To assist in effecting institutional change by
improving University systems.
Judicial
Affairs’ central goal is to help students come prepared to be successful in our
community by understanding the standards and expectations. In the last academic
year 2003-04, Judicial Affairs has attempted to meet these goals in a variety
of ways. For example, Senator Rhoten does quite a number
of presentations both to student groups and to other gatherings of students. In
addition, her office disseminates a series of publications focusing on academic
integrity in the classroom and students’ behavior outside the classroom. Judicial Affairs also does outreach to
faculty, staff and administrators on campus to ensure that everyone is on the
same page as we talk about policies, procedures and standards so that all
students are treated fairly. Senator
Rhoten also spends a great deal of time on the phone or in person with faculty,
staff and administrators consulting on specific cases as well as more generally
on helping faculty set up their classroom so that these incidents do not
happen.
Unfortunately,
despite these broad educational measures, there still are some students who fail
to abide by the standards. Last year in
2003-04, there were 190 students referred to Judicial Affairs for non-academic
allegations and another 143 reports concerning student incidents of academic
dishonesty. Plagiarism continues to
constitute the single largest number of violations reported. For a variety of reasons, the proportion of
reported violations by international students (as well as students with English
as a second language) is somewhat elevated and Judicial Affairs is working to
better educate students in these communities.
Time Certain
11:45 a.m.
Jay Bond, Associate Vice President for Facilities
Management
Willem Van der Pol, Director Physical Plant
Subject:
Deferred Maintenance and Custodial Hiring
Jay
Bond distributed an outline of the presentation on “Physical Plant Issues” and
discussed the maintenance and operation of campus facilities, including custodial
staffing and deferred maintenance issues.
Some of the major challenges are funding, custodial services staffing
and deferred maintenance.
Mr. Van
der Pol discussed the custodial services staffing and noted that presently we
are understaffed by 14 positions. The
university continually struggles to maintain our facilities in an accepted
manner with a continued shortage of help.
An additional 27.5 full time custodians would be needed to bring Cal
State Fullerton to Level III [casual inattention] cleanliness. Some of the strategies to improve
effectiveness are:
·
Service
level reduction
·
Making
a difference program
·
Work
hour adjustments
·
Consultants
Mr. Van der Pol briefly reviewed
the deferred maintenance and outlined how the monies would be used.
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair
Bedell reminded the body that the Spring semester traditionally is a very, very
busy part of the year for the Academic Senate and asked that Senators be alert
and accommodating, should the Senate need to add a few additional
meetings. He also asked all Senators on
committees to please make sure that committee work is getting to the Senate
office in a timely manner.
Senator Guerin on behalf of
Senator Nanjundappa extended an invitation to the members to attend the CFA
Welcome Reception for All Faculty on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 12 noon and
Senator Nanjundappa plans to attend.
IV.
CHAIR’S REPORT
No
report.
V.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack reported on activities
at the Statewide Academic Senate:
Ø In terms of legislative direction for the CSU, the
top priorities are professional doctorates and affinity cards for organizations
like the alumni association.
Ø Another legislative initiative of the CSU might be
a requirement that all employees report on outside activities.
Ø The Senate passed resolutions on
academic freedom for students and for faculty.
Ø It passed a resolution endorsing
community service with the proviso that it not be mandatory.
Ø The Senate passed a resolution asking for
flexibility in CSU transfer requirements for majors such as science and
engineering where students may have to delay taking some General Ed classes so
that they can do the necessary lower division course work in their major.
Ø The Senate passed a resolution of commendation for
Fred Pierce who is a retiring alumni trustee.
Ø There were first readings of resolutions that will be voted on in
March. These included:
Ø A resolution asking the
Chancellor and Trustees to allow campuses to have some flexibility in terms of
implementation of the CMS student administration module. The issue is
that many campuses have student administration modules such as SIS+ and Banner
that appear to be superior to the PeopleSoft product.
Ø A resolution in support of the Trustees’ position in trying to get
legislative change in the Master Plan for Higher Education that would allow the
CSU to offer applied doctorate degrees. It is anticipated that the UC and
private universities will oppose this.
Ø A resolution asking campuses to create historical
archives in conjunction with the campus’ celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the CSU.
Ø A resolution of opposition to
certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
VI.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s/p [Meyer/Junn] to approve the following Consent Calendar:
A. NOMINEES
TO MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES
HONORS
BOARD
Nominees: Edward Fink (COMM); Zena Pearlstone (ARTS)
Continuing: Amy Coplan (HSS); Marcelo Tolmasky (CNSM); Jochen Burgtorf (HSS)
B. ASD 04-185 Academic Senate Minutes 12-2-04
C. ASD 04-186 Academic Senate Minutes 12-9-04
D. ASD 04-187 Academic Senate Minutes 12-16-04
VII.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. ASD
04-179 Revised UPS 300.030 Academic Appeals
Chair
Bedell explained the Senate was in the midst of discussing item B on page 3,
line 2. Senator Rhodes had proposed deleting “the
Department chair has ten additional days to adopt the remedy. If the Chair refuses to do so.” Motion passed on
It was
moved and accepted as a friendly amendment on page 3, line 32 to
delete “clean and convincing evidence” and replace it with a preponderance
of the evidence.
It was
moved and accepted as a friendly amendment on page 3, line 1 to
delete the word “calendar” and replace it with working.
It was
moved and accepted as a friendly amendment on page 2, line 45
after the word “occurred,” should read all (a) the Board’s case files shall
be purged at the end of the following semester.
The Board shall notify the Association Dean of Student Affairs, Judicial
Affairs in writing.
Editorial
change on page 3, line 2 to correct the spelling of the word “faculty.”
Motion on document ASD 04-179 Revised UPS 300.030
Academic Appeals passed unanimously.
B. ASD 05-06 Revised UPS 271.101 Rights of Temporary
and Part-Time Faculty
It was m/s [Vogt/Kreiner] to approve the document and move subsequent
changes that are suggested by Senator Schroeder.
Chair
Bedell ruled that we would move through Schroeder’s document ad seriatim.
It was
moved and accepted as a friendly amendment [Schroeder/Arkenberg]
to delete the word “Responsibilities” in the title of the document.
It was m/s [Schroeder/Arkenberg] on page 1, A.
#3, “in the event that there is no sufficient work,” be changed to insufficient
work.
It was m/s [Pasternack/Fromson] to propose a
substitute amendment to delete entire section A.-3. “I have a problem with A 3 as well as A. #2
and #6. This is contract language and as
a rule of thumb, we should separate contract language from UPS language. We should not be burdening our UPS documents
with statements that may change and it is very clearly mentioned in A. #1 that
Article 12 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement does deal with the rights of
temporary faculty.” Motion passed on Pasternack
substitute amendment to delete A.-3.
It was m/s [Schroeder/Arkenberg] A-6 first
line “faculty may be provided in writing about prospects for” be changed to faculty
should be advised about.
It was m/s [Pasternack/Michalopoulos] to propose a
substitute motion deleting A-6 since it includes permissive language therefore
serves no real purpose.
It was m/s/p [Vogt/Shapiro] to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
VIII.
NEW BUSINESS
Due to time limitations, ASD 04-181 Revised UPS 410.104 Undergraduate Options, Concentrations & Emphases was not discussed and will be placed on the Senate agenda for the next Senate meeting on February 17, 2005.
The meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.