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ACADEMIC SENATE MINUTES February 21, 2008 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Altar, Arnold, Bedell,
Bruschke, Buck, Carroll, Drezner, Fromson, Gass, Grewal, Guerin, Hewitt,
Hickok, Jarvis, Junn, Kanel,
Absent: Alva, Bhattacharya,
Bullock, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Gordon, Green, McMahan, Oliver, Palmer, Spitzer
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair
Guerin called the meeting to order at 11:31 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Pasternack announced Senator Drezner’s upcoming birthday this
weekend. The body wished Senator Drezner well.
IV.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P
[Gass/Drezner] to approve the Consent Calendar. [Approved unanimously]
4.1 ASD 08-27 New Course Proposals: General
Education (EDAD 364 & CAS/AFRO 370) [GE Committee]
4.2 ASD 08-28 Recommendation to
4.3 Items Recommended for Rescission:
4.3.1 ASD 08-05 Rescind UPS 100.504 Student-Faculty
Publications Board Charter [Executive Committee]
4.3.2 ASD 08-06 Rescind UPS 260.101 Leaves Policy [President Gordon & FAC]
4.3.3 ASD 08-07 Rescind
UPS 300.001 Student Responsibility [Executive Committee]
4.3.4 ASD 08-16 Rescind
UPS 100.302 Philosophy, Functions and Operations of the
4.3.5 ASD 08-20 Rescind
UPS 500.100 Policy on Library Usage [LIBR]
V.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack
reported that the CSU Academic Senate will meet in two weeks. The Executive
Committee is looking at a couple of resolutions regarding the CSU budget. Chair
Guerin added that there have been some responses to the Access to Excellence
draft that resulted in revisions being made to the document. She will send the
revisions via email to any one who is interested in reviewing them.
VI.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
Chair Guerin reported
that she attended the Department Chairs’ meeting yesterday where the WASC
steering committee gave a presentation on a number of task forces that are
being launched to aid in the reaccreditation process, which will last through
fall 2011. The first of two visits from WASC is the capacity review and it will
occur in 2010. The second visit, to review Educational Effectiveness, will
occur in fall 2011. Ed Sullivan from Institutional Research and Analytical
Studies reported on the COACHE report. Some of the data from this report will
appear in the report from the ad hoc Committee on Junior Faculty Mentoring and
can be forwarded if requested.
Chair Guerin attended a
meeting to revise the online committee interest form. Requests will be sent to
all faculty members to complete the online form, which will be used to form
Senate standing committees.
The Executive Committee
is working on Statements of Opinion of the All-University Elections ballot.
Please forward any additional suggested statements to Chair Guerin or any
member of the Executive Committee. These statements will be brought to the
Senate floor for approval very shortly.
VII.
TIMES
CERTAIN
Time
Certain
12:00
noon
Subject: (1) Five Year Capital
Improvement Plan, (2) Report on Campus Construction Projects, (3), Campus
signage, (4) Re-Keying
Jay
Bond, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management
Mr. Bond provided an
update on the status of various facilities projects:
(1) Five Year Capital
Improvement Program
There are two major
categories in capital funding, state funded and non-state funded. The state
funded program is protracted. The CSU receives $350 million in state funded
capital per year. CSUF will submit a request for state funding for the
following projects over fiscal years 2009-10 to 2013-14:
·
Capital Renewal (Deferred maintenance, renewing systems)
·
Land acquisition (Irvine Campus, perhaps
·
Physical Services Complex and Infrastructure Improvements
·
McCarthy Hall Renovation
·
Renovation of other projects (KHS and PA Buildings)
The non-state funded program is a
series of projects that are independent from one another; they are funded by
different sources, typically fee-related (i.e. parking fees, student fees, user
fees, etc.). These projects include:
·
Additional parking
·
Additional student housing
·
Faculty/Staff Center
·
A retail/administration building near the Performing Arts
Center
(2) Campus Construction Projects
Our active projects include the following:
·
Mihaylo Hall: New home for the
·
·
·
Children’s Center: In design, not
currently under construction. It is planned that the location of this building
will be north of Physical Plant, built in two phases. It will include a parking
area, administrative facilities, kitchen, and student classrooms.
·
Student Housing: We intend to embark on
roughly 1,000 additional beds. This new building will be located directly south
of the current student housing. These units will not have kitchens. Instead,
there will be a central food service facility that will also be available to
general campus diners.
·
Additional Parking
Structure:
While President Gordon has not yet approved new parking fees to fund this
structure, planning for the location and size is underway. It is estimated that
the new fee could fund a 1,500 space parking structure located north of the
Marriott.
·
Trigeneration: Using gas-fired turbine
to spin off electricity, heat, and cooling. Generally, projects such as
upgrading HVAC systems in each building are being funded by utility savings.
(3) Campus Signage
The Design and
Construction staff developed a program; the program is awaiting implementation.
In his presentation, AVP Bond showed images of variety of styles for different
signs and their locations.
(4) Campus Re-Keying
This is a state funded
capital project related to safety. Our keying had become so complex that it was
difficult for emergency personnel to respond in specific rooms. More details on the buildings that have been
re-keyed and the buildings that will be re-keyed can be found on the Campus
Police website.
Following his
presentation, AVP Bond responded to questions from the floor.
Time
Certain
12:30
p.m.
Subject: ASD 08-08 Proposed
Consolidated International Education Policy (ASD 07-94) – Consolidates UPS
320.100, 320.101, and 450.700 [IEC]
John
Patton, Chair – International Education Committee 2007-08
Dr. Patton began this
discussion by first providing context for this proposed document. He explained
that it is the product of a two-year effort to consolidate three separate UPS
documents and create a more comprehensive policy. In its Missions and Goals,
the University has a strong statement of promoting internationalization and a
global perspective. The goal of this document is to provide a “roadmap” (guidelines)
for facilitating international interactions.
The document is
organized hierarchically. The beginning of the document discusses institutional
formal agreements; the process, what constitutes a formal agreement, and who is
responsible for instituting them. In Section B.3, the criteria for courses
delivered abroad are stipulated. Section C. discusses CSUF students going
abroad and Section D. deals with international students coming to CSUF. This
document encourages this and providing international students with the same
rights and responsibilities as domestic students.
Dr. Patton reported that
it has been suggested that additional language be added to this document in
support of allowing faculty to make international contacts on their own. He
responded that international collaborations should begin at the faculty level.
This document was never meant to restrict faculty from initiating informal
contacts. It provides a roadmap for growing those contacts.
Another concern has been
that this document does not address visiting scholars. He pointed out that this
is covered in UPS 108.000. The International Education Committee purposely did
not address this because it did not identify it as under the scope of its
responsibility.
Dr. Patton addressed a
number of questions from the body until the meeting was adjourned. Discussion
will resume at the next possible meeting.
VIII.
NEW
BUSINESS
Reconsideration of ASD 07-187
Proposed New Standing Committee on Assessment and Educational Effectiveness [Executive Committee]
Chair Guerin recalled that the Senate voted on this committee’s
membership and existence, separately from its functions. The body voted in
unanimous support of the functions, which amended the Academic Senate Bylaws.
She clarified that though the majority of Senators present at the meeting voted
in support of the committee membership and existence, an Academic Senate
Constitutional amendment, the absolute majority of all 46 Senators was needed,
which means that 24 “yes” votes were needed in order for this item to pass.
(Note: With at least 24 affirmative votes, this item would not be immediately
implemented, but placed on the All-University elections ballot for
consideration by the faculty electorate, since unanimous approval by the Senate
of a constitutional amendment is necessary for immediate implementation.) After
discussion, the Executive Committee recommended asking the body to reconsider
the proposal to establish a Committee on Assessment and Educational
Effectiveness.
The body consented to reconsidering.
M/S/P [Kanel/Stang] to amend Article VII of UPS 100.000 Academic Senate
Constitution to establish this new committee. Still considered friendly was
Senator Altar’s amendment to delete “(one
undergraduate, one graduate)”. The following additional amendments were also
approved [Hand vote results: 28 Ayes; 2 Nays; 2 Abstentions]:
M/S/P [Buck/Bedell] to
delete “except the College of Humanities
and Social Sciences which shall have two members, one from the Humanities and
one from the Social Sciences,” and “the
Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee); the Vice President for
Student Affairs (or designee); the Director of the Faculty Development Center;
and the Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Analytical
Studies.”
With 28 affirmative votes, this item will appear on the All-University
Elections ballot in May.
Items 8.2 - 8.9 were not discussed due to lack of time.
8.2 ASD 08-09 Revised UPS 320.002 Policy on
Internships and Cooperative Education [CISL]
8.3 ASD 08-21 Proposed Bylaw: Committee on
Internships and Service Learning – Functions [CISL]
8.4 ASD 08-10 Revised UPS 410.106 Academic Standards for Graduate Degree
Students [Grad Ed]
8.5 ASD 08-11 Revised UPS 411.102 Curriculum
Guidelines and Procedures: Academic Jurisdiction [UCC]
8.6 ASD 08-13 Revised UPS 300.016 Withdrawal Policy
[ASC]
8.7 ASD 08-14 Revised UPS 210.020 Review of Tenured
Faculty [FAC]
8.8 ASD
08-22 Revised UPS 100.300 Policy & Procedures for Naming Facilities,
Properties, & Programs [UAC]
8.9 ASD 07-183 Revised UPS 103.004 Computing Facilities Use Policy [ITC]
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
adjourned at 1:00 p.m.