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ACADEMIC SENATE MINUTES February 28, 2008 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Altar, Bedell,
Bhattacharya, Bruschke, Buck, Bullock, Carroll, Drezner, Fromson, Gass, Gordon,
Green, Grewal, Guerin, Hewitt, Hickok, Junn, Kanel,
Absent: Alva, Arnold, Burgtorf,
Dabirian, Fidalgo, Jarvis, Oliver, Palmer, Shapiro, Stang, Taylor, Walicki
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair
Guerin called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
M/S/P [Buck/Drezner] to
approve the following resolution: [Approved unanimously]
CSUF Resolution to
Resolved: that the Academic
Senate CSUF endorse the City of
Resolved: that the chair of
the Academic Senate forward this motion to the City Council prior to the City
Council meeting of March 4, 2008.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Randall invited
all to Faculty Night at the Women’s Gymnastics team’s meet against
Senator Rumberger (ASI)
asked that faculty encourage students to run for various leadership positions
in the upcoming ASI elections. He also requested that faculty ask students to
submit nominations for the ASI Outstanding Educator of the Year Award.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
M/S/P [Bedell/Kanel] to
approve ASD 07-201 and ASD
07-196 as submitted.
ASD 07-201 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 11-15-07
ASD 07-196 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 11-29-07
V.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P [Fromson/Drezner] to approve the Consent
Calendar as amended. [Approved unanimously]
Nominees to Ad Hoc Committees
2-YEAR SUSTAINABILITY TASK FORCE
Nominees: Scott Hewitt (CNSM); Jane Hall (CBE); Jeff
Kuo (ECS); John Carroll (SOC SCI);
Rebecca Dolhinow (HUM); Jochen Schenk (CNSM)
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT
Nominees: David
Falconer (ECS); Genelle Belmas (COMM); John Bock (SOC SCI H&SS);
Carl Renold (HHD); Denise Stanley
(CBE); forthcoming Christina Smith (ARTS);
forthcoming Anne Houtman (CNSM); forthcoming
Ken Stichter (EDUC);
forthcoming Barbara Miller
(LIBRARY)
VI.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack
reported that the CSU Academic Senate
will meet next week.
The General Education Affinity Group is
meeting today at the Chancellor’s office. Representatives from all 23 CSU
campuses will attend to discuss possible changes to EO 595, the IGETC transfer
package, and to share information on best practices of General Education.
Senator Buck reported that revisions to
the revised draft of the Access to Excellence document have been made.
VII.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
Chair Guerin reported
the following:
·
Faculty searches: As of this week, we have hired 22 tenure-track faculty members.
·
Degree name change: The office received a proposal to change the name of degree and minor
from the Department of Speech Communication. The proposal is to change the
minor and the names of the degrees from speech communication to the minor, BA,
and MA in Communication Studies. Per section II. D. in UPS 100.601, I
have forwarded the proposal to University Curriculum Committee and Graduate
Education Committee for their recommendation.
·
Statements of opinion. The Executive Committee will bring to the Senate at our next meeting
recommended items for the ballot in May.
·
Committee interest survey. The annual interest survey for serving on Academic Senate
committees and boards will be conducted online again this year. The
office will send out reminders as soon as the survey is ready. Please encourage
your colleagues to complete the survey promptly.
·
Academic Senate elections. The all-university election will be held May 5th through 8th.
Marilyn Miller is contacting faculty who serve as senators or members of our
elected general committees to determine whether or not they plan to continue
serving in these elected positions during sabbaticals or other
leaves. Should members of the Senate or general committees be unable to
serve, we must usually conduct a special election to determine their
replacement. Please let Marilyn know if you are unable to continue in your
elected position so that your replacement can be determined in the May
election.
·
Policy review. We continue to receive policy recommendations from the various
standing and general committees. I thank the committees for their work.
We are making excellent progress in this process.
·
Special reports. Executive Committee will be receiving the reports of two ad hoc
committees at its meeting next Tuesday: (1) mentoring and (2) second
language graduation requirement. We will bring these to the Senate shortly.
After Chair Guerin
concluded the Chair’s report, brief discussion on faculty hiring ensued. VP
Smith addressed the following questions:
Senator Buck: Will we
halt faculty searches?
VP Smith: We continue
to hire and make more offers; we received acceptances today, but it appears
that we are receiving more declines. As more people become aware of the budget
situation in
Chair Guerin: Where are
we in terms of resignations?
VP Smith: Resignations continue to come in also. It is assumed that like
last year, we will see around 40 resignations.
Senator Bedell: How
many searches were not allowed to move forward?
VP Smith: I told the
Deans to rank searches and cancel any with weak or marginal pools. I am unsure
of the actual searches that have been cancelled. The difference between this year and prior years
is that if a department had a very strong pool and was down on faculty, we
would advice it to hire a second candidate. We have not done that this year;
this will keep down the count on the number of individuals who will be hired.
Senator Nyaggah: Can departments
make offers to the third or fourth pick candidates when the first and second
decline an offer?
VP Smith: In those
situations, the Dean works with the Department Chair to review the pool of
candidates. If they believe that the pool is strong, they proceed with the
search. There have been incidents where this has happened.
Senator Pasternack: Who
decides if a pool is weak?
VP Smith: It is a
collaborative process between the Department Chair and Dean to evaluate the
pool and make a determination.
VIII.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
It was M/S [Drezner/Stein] to
approve ASD 08-08 Consolidated Policy on International Education (formerly ASD
07-94) – Consolidates UPS 320.100, 320.101, and 450.700 [IEC]
M/S/P [Buck/Drezner] to
postpone discussion of ASD 08-08 Consolidated Policy on International Education
to a time certain on March 27th. There are many questions that
should be addressed before this document is considered. [Approved with 4
abstentions]
Comment(s) that should be taken into account:
Senator Pasternack: There should be a section in the document dealing
with faculty who are traveling overseas to attend conferences or present
papers.
IX.
NEW
BUSINESS
9.1 M/S/P [Bruschke/Kanel] to approve ASD 08-09 Revised UPS 320.002 Policy
on Internships and Cooperative Education [CISL] as amended: [Approved with 1
abstention]
Friendly amendment [Pasternack] (Page 2, Line 9): Add “, in the opinion of the supervising faculty
member,” after “…at least four times
per semester expect when”.
Friendly amendment [Buck] (Page 2, line 10): Add “on a regular basis” after “…confer
with the student by telephone or email”.
Friendly amendment [Buck]
(Page 2, line 34): Reinstate “the
Curriculum Committee”.
Friendly amendment [Buck] (Page 2, line 44): Add “8. These policies apply to all internships courses irrespective
of whether they are regular university
courses or offered through University Extended Education; and whether they are
campus-based or offered at a distant location.”
Friendly amendment [Kanel]:
Add “academic” before “internships”
Friendly amendment [Bedell]: Add “online,” after “campus-based”
Friendly amendment
[Buck]: (After input from Dean Harry Norman from the gallery): Change “regular university courses or offered
through University Extended Education” to “state-funded or not state-funded”
It was agreed that the
Committee on Internships and Service Learning will be asked to address the
issue of the use of the term “practicum” and whether it is interchangeable with
the term “internship”, and also whether our policy needs to be adjusted to
reflect that.
9.2 M/S/P [Bruschke/Kanel] to approve ASD 08-21
Proposed Bylaw: Committee on Internships and Service Learning – Functions
[CISL] as amended: [Approved unanimously]
Friendly amendment [Pasternack]: Add “on
issues dealing with internships and service learning” to the end of item e.
9.3 M/S/P [Kanel/Bullock] to approve ASD 08-10 Revised UPS 410.106 Academic
Standards for Graduate Degree Students [Grad Ed] as amended: [Approved
unanimously]
Friendly
amendment [McConnell] (Page 3, lines 36-46): Switch sections D & E. (The
language in section E would become section D and section D would become section
E).
Friendly amendment [Drezner] (Page 1, lines 19-20): Delete “Certain programs require more than 30
units.”
9.4 M/S/P [Drezner/Rumberger] to approve ASD
08-11 Revised UPS 411.102 Curriculum Guidelines and Procedures: Academic
Jurisdiction [UCC] as amended: [Approved unanimously]
Friendly
amendment [Bullock] (Page 2, line 37): Reinstate item 3.
Friendly amendment [Kanel]
(Page 2, line 41): To the end of item 4, add “Curricular experimentation is desirable.”
Friendly amendment [Junn]
(Page 2, lines 39-41): Change item 4 to read “In order to respond to evolving professional demands and student
needs, innovation, flexibility, and change are reflected in curricular
development, implementation, review, and evaluation. Therefore, curricular
experimentation is desirable.”
9.5 M/S/P [Kanel/Klassen] to approve ASD 08-13 Revised
UPS 300.016 Withdrawal Policy [ASC] as amended: [Approved unanimously]
Friendly amendment [Kanel] (Page 2, line 12): Change “or may involve only one course” to “or may involve one or more courses”.
Friendly amendment [Pasternack] (Page 2, line 11-12): Change sentence to
read “Withdrawals during this time period
may involve one or more courses, except when…”
Friendly amendment [
9.6 M/S/P [Drezner/Altar] to approve ASD 08-14 Revised
UPS 210.020 Review of Tenured Faculty [FAC] as amended: [Approved unanimously]
Friendly
amendment [Junn]: Effect Dean Tom Klammer’s suggestion to include the following
as Section II.G. (Page 2, line 23): “G.
Each college shall specify an annual calendar of deadlines for faculty
submission of post-tenure review materials, DPC Chair and Dean post-tenure
review evaluations, and completion of concluding post-tenure review meetings.”
M/S/P [Junn/Bedell] to add to
the end of the new section G. the following: “The review process shall be completed within one year.”
Friendly
amendment [
Friendly amendment
[McConnell] (Page 2, line 18): Delete “By the end of the academic year.”
Friendly
amendment [Junn] (Page 1, line 35): Delete “by
October 1”; (Page 1, line 37): Delete “and
faculty files shall not be due before November 1.”
Friendly amendment [Drezner]
(Page 1, line 37): Reinstate “and faculty
files shall not be due before” and
change “November 1.” to “one month has lapsed.”
Friendly
amendment [Pasternack] (Page 1, line 34): After “leave-of-absence.”, insert “The
Office of Faculty Affairs and Records shall inform the Department Chair at the
start of the academic year as to which faculty members are to be reviewed
during the upcoming year.”
Items 9.7 and 9.8 were not approved due to lack of
time.
9.7 ASD 08-22 Revised UPS
100.300 Policy & Procedures for Naming Facilities, Properties, & Programs
[UAC]
9.8 ASD 07-183 Revised UPS
103.004 Computing Facilities Use Policy [ITC]
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 12:57
p.m.