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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES March 15,
2007 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Alva, Arnold, Buck, Dabirian, Fromson, Guerin,
Hagan, Hewitt, Holland,
Absent: Altar, Bedell, Bruschke, Burgtorf, Drezner,
Fidalgo, Fitch, Gordon, Hassan, Klassen, Meyer, Michalopoulos, Nanjundappa,
Pasternack, Rumberger, Shapiro, Williams
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the meeting to order at 11:33
a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Arnold announced
that the production of Diviners directed by one of our graduating Theatre
students has been selected to be performed at the
VP Hagan reported that
we have addressed all 55 recommendations that were made to us as a result of
the audit report to the satisfaction of the Trustees.
Senator Buck notified
the body of a city meeting to be held on March 27th concerning the
Fullerton Jefferson Commons plans for 375 units of student housing on the
northwest corner of Commonwealth and Chapman. The meeting will take place at
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
Senator Kanel announced
that the HUSR department has been reaccredited for five years. We have the only
accredited HUSR program on the west coast. The MSW program is in full swing
now, and accepting applications until April 1st. It is the only MSW
program in
Senator Junn reminded
Senators to consider attending, immediately after today’s Senate meeting, the
open forum for the second candidate for Director of Assessment in Educational
Effectiveness in EC-605. The third candidate will come in next Thursday at the
same time.
Chair Guerin stated the
following:
·
A copy of the WASC steering committee’s first update (WASC Notes) was distributed to each
Senator around the table.
·
Please register (on the web portal) to attend the Access
to Excellence event next Wednesday from 12:00 -3:30 p.m. in Titan Student Union
Pavilion AB. Lunch will be provided. The last day to register is Friday, March
16th.
·
Committee Interest forms can now be completed online.
Please visit the Academic Senate web site and complete the form.
Chair Guerin updated the
body on the conditions of Senators Nanjundappa and Fidalgo. Both had been hospitalized
for the past few days.
She also thanked
standing committee chairs, Executive Committee liaisons, and Marilyn Miller for
their work in producing the mid-year committee report.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
It was M/S/P
[Rhoten/Fromson] to approve ASD 07-33 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 2-22-07.
V.
TIME
CERTAIN
Time Certain
Subject: Revised UPS
210.000 - ASD 07-19 Remaining (Section III.C) and
ASD 07-37 (Section I:
Definitions and Section II: Faculty
Personnel Standards) [Source: FPC 2005-2006]
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Section
III.
M/S/P
[Kanel/Taylor] to approve Section III.C as submitted.
M/S/P
[Rhoten/Stang] to approve Section III (ASD 07-19) as edited:
·
Page 1, line
38 (Section III.B.3): Friendly amendment [Hewitt]: delete “their most”
·
Page 3, lines
8-9 (Section III.B.5): Friendly amendment [Hewitt]: delete “the most”
·
Page 3, lines
14-15 (Section III.B.5): Friendly amendment [Hewitt]: delete “the most” and add
“activities” after “significant”
Section
I.
It
was M/S [Hewitt/Fromson] to approve Sections I and II (ASD 07-37) as edited:
·
Page 1: The
body had no objection to including a Table of Contents at the beginning of this
document.
·
Page 2, lines
57-59 (Section I.B.1): Senator Mead asked: Given that there is no formal review
process in the first year, under what conditions would “probationary faculty
members be terminated by decision of the President at the end of their first or
second probationary year without further employment at the University”? VPAA Smith stated that he will look into this
and try to get the information for Senators by the next Senate meeting.
·
Page 2, lines
79-84 (Section I.D): M/S/P [Liverpool/Fromson] to restore the deleted text.
(“Probationary and tenured library faculty are appointed as…”)
·
Page 3, line
127 (Section I.F): No objection to restore “or the Librarian” which was
accidentally deleted.
·
Page 4, lines
174-175 (Section I.G.4): No objection to restore “(AVPSA for counselor faculty)”
which was accidentally deleted.
·
Page 4, line
175 (Section I.G.4) Friendly amendment [
·
Page 4, line
175-176 (Section I.G.4) Friendly amendments: add semicolon after “(AVPSA for
counselor faculty)” and a period after “Vice President”.
·
Page 5, line
233 (Section I.J): M/S/P [ Taylor/Junn] to insert “and grade distributions”
after “student ratings of instruction”. Friendly amendment [Randall] to make it
“and (3) grade distributions”
·
Page 5, line
233 (Section I.J): After discussion on this page, it was agreed that changes
should be made to grade distributions when the entire document is considered.
·
Page 6, line
289 (Section I.J.6): Friendly amendment [Mead]: Delete the comma after
“following year”.
·
Page 6, lines
310-311 (Section I.J.10): “10. Faculty on Personal or Medical Leave”: It was
agreed that if we do not receive the text from FAR by next the Senate meeting,
deletion of the section may be considered.
·
Page 7, line
353 (Section I.K.1-7): Friendly amendment [Smith] change “dean” to “dean/librarian”
·
Page 8, line
404 (Section I.M) M/S/P [Smith/Kanel] to delete “a mentor”.
·
Page 8, line
397 (Section I.M) M/S/P [Alva/Junn] “departmental personnel standards, if
available, and”
o Friendly amendment [Mead] add “approved” before
“departmental personnel standards…”
o Friendly amendment [
o Friendly amendment [Buck] capitalize “Departmental
Personnel Standards” (line 401)
Section
II.
·
Page 1, line
34 (Section II.A.2.b) Friendly amendment [Hewitt] Change “established” to
“approved”. (At next Senate meeting,
search document and insert the word “approved” before any reference to
University and Departmental Standards)
·
Page 3, lines
119-123 (Section II.B.1.a) M/S/P Buck/McConnell] to postpone discussion on
department standards until the next Senate meeting.
There
were no suggested changes on pages 4-5. Meeting adjourned with discussion of
this item on the floor due to loss of quorum.
VI.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P
[Randall/Hewitt] to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted.
6.1
ASD 07-39 Statements of Opinion – Spring 2007
6.2 ASD 07-40 Changes to UPS
100.000 (AS Constitution) and UPS 100.001 (AS Bylaws) [Elections Committee]
VII.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
The Executive Committee
continues to meet on Tuesdays for an hour and a half. It is currently reviewing
the make-up of our constituencies. Some members of the Library constituency
requested separation from the Administration constituency. A poll is being conducted to determine if the
members of the Library and Athletics constituencies wish be separated from the
Administration constituency to form its own. Subsequent to the aforementioned
request, Counselor faculty members have asked to be included in the poll.
VIII. STATEWIDE ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Buck distributed the report from Senator Tarjan via email prior
to today’s meeting.
Chair Guerin noted that
the Statewide Senate sent nominations for Senator Craig Smith and Senator Kathy
Kaiser to Governor Schwarzenegger for Faculty Trustee.
IX.
NEW
BUSINESS
9.1 ASD 07-28 Amendments to
UPS 100.001 Academic Senate Bylaws in Response to Special Investigation (Audit)
Report 04-91 [Academic
Senate Executive Committee] (Approved as edited):
·
Friendly amendment to Revised BL 87-6 [Alva]: Add
“Graduate Education Committee” after
“Curriculum Committee”
·
Friendly amendment to Revised BL 92-3 [Alva]: Change the
last sentence to read: “The terms of the members elected to the PRBC shall be
three years; approximately one-third of terms shall end each year.”
Items 9.2 – 9.6 were
not discussed due to lack of time.
9.2 ASD 07-08 Proposed UPS
on SRI [FAC]
9.3
ASD 07-09 Revised UPS 300.040 Academic Standards for
Postbaccalaureate Students [ASC]
9.4
ASD 07-17 Revised UPS 508.000 Policy on Return or
Replacement of Library Materials [Library Committee]
9.5
ASD 07-27 Resolution: One-Year Trial to Elect
Standing and General Committee Chairs in the Spring [Academic Senate
Executive Committee]
9.6
ASD 07-38 Revised UPS 210.007 Appointment of
Administrative Personnel
[Academic Senate Executive Committee]
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
was adjourned (in absence of quorum) at 12:52 p.m.