ACADEMIC
SENATE
MINUTES
October 6,
2005
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present:
Alva, Bedell, Buck, Burgtorf, Drezner, Emry, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson,
Gordon, Guerin, Hagan, Hall, Hassan, Holland, Jones, Junn, Kanel, Kantardjieff,
Kelly, Kirtman, Klassen, Liverpool, Lovell, Matz, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Nanjundappa, Pasternack, Pierson, Rhoten, Schroeder, Shapiro, Smith, Taylor,
Walicki, Wiley
Absent: Dabirian,
Gass, Hewitt, Kreiner, Napper, Syed, Tavakolian, Vogt
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bedell called the
meeting to order at 11:35 a.m. He introduced and welcomed Tiffany Gibson who
will be joining the Academic Senate in Erika Bakken’s position beginning October 10,
2005.
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
M/S [Guerin/Nanjundappa] Unanimous consent was given to consider the
resolution passed last Friday by CFA Fullerton encouraging the Chancellor and
the Board of Trustees to seek additional funding for CSU to close the CPEC
salary gap and implement ACR 73.
Senator Guerin explained that in 2001, ACR 73 was
passed to close the gap in the number of tenured/tenure-track faculty over a
nine or ten year period. ACR 73 also
includes plans to bring the student-faculty ration back from 21+
to 18.
Senator Nanjundappa added that the CPEC gap has
been increasing over the last 25 years with no pay increases in two years, and the
cost of living continually rising. He
encouraged unanimous support of the resolution to send a strong message to CSU
and local and state legislators.
Senator Jones suggested a friendly amendment to
the resolution. The amendment would
include an addition in paragraph 2, line 3 line of “CPEC Salary Gap for Faculty
and Salaries for all CSUF Employees.” The
body considered it friendly as the CPEC study does indeed refer to salaries
other than for faculty.
Senator Pasternack expressed support for the
resolution and reminded the body that when Chancellor Reed came to the
Statewide Senate, he pledged to close the CPEC salary gap within three years. The Statewide Assembly passed this, and they
should be held accountable to fund this out of other programs for supplemental
funding.
Senator Gordon added that funding for ACR 73 is
considered “below-the-line” for direct funding.
He also stated that the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor are continuing
the planning process to close the salary gaps over a five year period for all CSU
employees.
M/S/P
with 1 abstention in favor of the document as amended.
CFA
Resolution
on Implementation of ACR 73 and Closing the
CPEC Faculty
Salary Gap
September
30, 2005
RESOLVED: CFA Fullerton Chapter strongly urges
Chancellor Reed and the CSU Board of Trustees to begin implementation of ACR 73
and to bridge the CPEC salary gap immediately.
RESOLVED: CFA Fullerton Chapter strongly urges
Chancellor Reed and the CSU Board of Trustees to request immediately
supplemental funding to bridge the California Post-Secondary Education
Commission (CPEC) salary gap for faculty and salaries for all CSUF employees
completely within three years.
RESOLVED:
CFA Fullerton Chapter send copies of this resolution to Governor
Schwarzenegger, members of the California Legislature, Assembly Speaker Nunez,
Chancellor Reed, CSU Board of Trustees CFA, President Travis, Presidents of all
CFA Chapters, Chair of the CSU Academic Senate, Chairs of all CSU Campus
Academic Senates.
RATIONALE:
ACR 73. In recognition of the serious
concern about declining numbers of permanent faculty and increasing numbers of
temporary faculty in the CSU, ACR 73 (Strom-Martin) was adopted in 2001 by the
California State Legislature. In 2002,
as required by ACR 73, the CSU, CFA, and CSU Academic Senate jointly developed
a plan to raise the percentage of tenured/tenure-track faculty in the CSU to at
least 75% by 2010-2011. This plan was
submitted by Executive Vice Chancellor David Spence on July 22, 2002.
In
his response to ACR 73, Dr. Spence noted that the percentage of tenure-tenure
track faculty in the CSU had fallen to 63% of the total faculty
allocation. We believe that this figure
has now fallen even lower. Data from the
CSU show that in fall 2004 there were 21,094 faculty, comprised of 4,821 professors, 2,061 associate professors,
and 2,706 assistant professors; the remaining were instructors, lecturers, and
part-time faculty. This yields a ratio
45% tenure-tenure track faculty by headcount.
Our
campus data are also considerably lower than the figure cited by Dr. Spence in
2002. In fall 2004, only 52% of the
faculty at CSU Fullerton were tenured or tenure-track. Hence, the trend has worsened significantly
and poses an even greater threat to quality education in the CSU. Permanent faculty members bear the primary
responsibility for development and revision of curriculum, student advisement
and mentoring, and shared governance—all central to high-quality academic
programs.
CPEC Gap. In
order to recruit and retain high-quality faculty in a competitive market and
regions with high cost-of-living, it is essential that salaries are comparable
to other institutions of higher education.
The most recent salary study conducted by the California Postsecondary
Education Commission projects an average salary gap of 16.8% for CSU faculty in
2005-06. The gap ranges from 13.4% for
assistant professors to 25.5% for full professors. Closing this gap, which has
been consistently increasing for nearly 25 years, is extremely critical for
recruitment, retention, and to boost the morale of faculty.
In
light of valuable economic contributions that CSU and its graduates make to
Unanimously
approved by CFA Fullerton Chapter Board on September 30, 2005
Senator Guerin
asked the Senate to support the resolution of the CSU Academic Senate in opposing
Proposition 76. Unanimous consent was given.
M/S/P
unanimously [Guerin/Nanjundappa]
to oppose Proposition 76, which would grant the Governor unprecedented power to
adjust the budget.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Nanjundappa reported the following:
·
The existing
contract has been extended to January 15, 2006, which should allow more time to
complete the negotiation process.
·
Chancellor Reed
has agreed to process the faculty pay increase to be reflected as of October 1
and issued on November 1. For previous
months, separate checks will be issued by the middle of October.
·
A Resolution,
unanimously passed by CFA Fullerton Chapter Board on 9/30/05, has been
distributed to the Academic Senate expressing appreciation to President Gordon
and Vice President Smith for increasing tenure-track faculty searches to 100
each year for the next five years, and committing $1.3 million in funding
toward those searches.
·
There has
been confusion over deadline dates for the market salary equityRTP
process. The FAR Website will be updated
which will help disseminating correct information in accordance with CFA
contract requirements as well as University policies.
·
CFA and Vice
President Smith’s office will work together to provide a yearly calendar giving
various submission deadlines throughout the market salary equity RTP
process. This information should be
easily accessible to faculty on the FAR Website as well as sent electronically
to all faculty members annually.
·
There will be
an event in the Senate Chambers on October 11, to discuss Prop 75 and 76. All are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Senator Kaneal
asked Senator Nanjundappa when faculty can expect to receive equity
increases. Senator Gordon announced that
the process would be completed and the letters mailed within a week.
There is a distinction between merit (SSI)
and equity increases. Senator Smith
spoke to the agreement between CFA and CSU which gives a 3.5% cost-of-living
increase.
Senator Nanjundappa stated that there has been no
agreement reached for SSI.
Senator Emry made the following three
announcements:
·
Invitation to
the
·
Invitation to
a Town Hall meeting on October 20, which focuses on
·
Faculty Fund
monies are used to send cards, flowers, charitable contributions, etc., to
faculty who are sick or have lost loved ones.
Senators are encouraged to contribute. A handout has been distributed for use in
giving.
IV. MINUTES
M/S/P as amended [Pasternack/Emry] ASD 05-93 Academic Senate Minutes
August 25, 2005
M/S/P [Junn/Rhodes]
ASD 05-94 Academic Senate Minutes of September 8,
2005
V. CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Bedell expressed sorrow in the death of
Carlene Nelson. Her services are planned
for this weekend.
VI.
STATEWIDE ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Chair Bedell summarized his 2-day meeting of the
Statewide Senate Chairs held in
A General Education package, developed many years
ago, was distributed and is being looked at for the first time since the Executive
Order. There are many GE issues (double
counting and the Lifelong Learning category). Although a review is going on, it is not with
the stated purpose to reduce the number of units in G.E. 120 units is the minimum above which campuses
can go. An observation from Chair Bedell
is there may be a problem across CSU with administration of GE rather
than GE units per se.
President/Senator
Gordon added that CSUF has made significant progress in reduceding
a number of programs to 120 units. Regarding
Facilitating Time to Degree, he stated that CSUF graduation rates have
increased significantly over the past few years. CSUF has increased the number
of freshmen and transfer students completing their degree
within six yearsusing the typical six-year
track record.
Chair Bedell reported that in December the
Statewide Senate will convene and the Executive Committee will meet with the
chairs to discuss budget building, focusing on expenditures. The Cal State Long Beach model will be
used as reference point. There are some
concerns on some campuses about Ed.DDD being managed out ofd at
the Chancellor’s Office. The decision of
which campuses are going to be allowed to offer the Ed.DD
will be determined in December. The outgoing President of Cal State Long Beach
will be chairing all of these activities.
Some campus chairs reported that they are losing,
minimally, 25 percent of their new faculty.
FWhen faculty who
have been able to purchase homes in California, they have
profited in the real estate market by selling here and moving to more
affordable housing markets in other parts of the country. It is a problem keeping young faculty at CSU.
Senator Alva reported that each campus was asked
to give a quick profile of what it considers to be the best practices for its
campus in terms of Facilitating Time to Degree. CSUF focused on its requirement that all
incoming freshmen participate in orientation. Advising has been included in
that process. There is a strong emphasis
on ways in which the campuses can assist incoming students. Several departmentcampuses
have four-year road maps that are now available to students on the web.
Senator Alva should plan to give
a briefing to the Senate on November 10th on what the Ad Hoc
Committee on Facilitating Time to Degree has been working on thewill have
with
regards to the worked on for the CSU
December meeting covering the Points
of Light document.
Chair Bedell reported that Coach Brian Quinn has
said the Senators’ Athletics Passes are in the mail.
Senator Guerin reported that the Statewide
Senate’s position is that once the CPEC gap is closed, merit increases will be
considered. She also discussed faculty
participation in the development of the government applied doctoral programs
that recent legislation is allowing CSUF to offer. She mentioned the next meeting will include
the following topics:
·
Listing both
degrees on students’ diplomas when they double major
·
Repeat
policies – when students repeat a
particular course
·
Continued
support of joint doctorates
·
The
importance of students declaring a major at least by the time 40% of the total
program is completed
·
Campus
autonomy in establishing academic calendars
Senators Pasternack and Buck serve on the
sub-committees for campus autonomy establishing academic calendars and repeat
policies. Senator Buck invited questions
from the meeting summary sent by e-mail if clarification is needed on any
portion of summary content.
President Gordon commented on the academic
calendar issue and noted that there has been discussion on many campuses about
the January term. He explained that
Intersession brings in more students than Summer. The majority of students who attend
Intersession are upper division. Close
to 90% are CSUF students. Fifty-five to
sixty percent of the students are seniors. Intersession actually facilitates time to
graduation, also increasing enrollment for Spring. President Gordon also stated that CSUF could
better utilize Intersession for transfer students. The largest number of transfer students come
in during Spring semester.
There was comment onf
our
current use of the CSULB Model of Intersession (reducing
Intersession having been reduced from four weeks to
three weeks to accommodate moving commencement away from Memorial Day weekend).
Chair Bedell requested that President
Gordon, as he has worked on the State-widechair of
the CSU Admissions Advisory Council, bring admissions
statement, to bring information and his views to
Senators regarding SAT written package requirements.
VII.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Senator Klassen requested the Ad Hoc Committee
“VCAQ” be removed from the Consent Calendar which will become the first item of
New Business.
M/S/P [Pasternack/Drezner] to approve the Consent Calendar as amended.
7.1 Nominees to Various Senate
Committees
[Search] CMS DIRECTOR
Nominees: Barry Pasternack (CBE); David Fromson (CNSM); Dorota Huizinga (ECS)
[Search]
DEAN,
Nominees: Ruth Yopp Edwards (EDUC); Nawang Phuntsog
(EDUC); Melinda Pierson (EDUC); George Marcoulides (CBE); Jan Eyring (HUM)
[Search]
50th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
Nominees: Olan Farnall (COMM); Joanne Carter-Wells
(EDUC); Larry de Graaf (SOC SCI); Irene Lange (CBE); 1 forthcoming
[Ad Hoc]
Time to Degree
Nominees: Anthony Fellow (COMM); Joseph Arnold
(ARTS); Patricia Szeszulski (HHD); Phillip Gianos (Soc Sci); Barry Pasternack
(CBE); 3 forthcoming
VIII. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
8.1
ASD 05-101
Informational Item: ASD Documents Pending as of 9-28-05
·
ASD 97-183
New UPS Policy on Royalties Received by Faculty for Self-Authorized Materials
Assigned to Own Classes should not have been listed as pending. This policy was sent by the President to the
Academic Senate Office. The Academic
Senate office has referred it to the Faculty Affairs Committee this fall.
·
ASD 00-120
Proposed Amendments to UPS 280.00; Section D.4 was signed on April 25, 2003,
and should not have appeared on the pending list.
·
The President
has referred ASD 04-150, ASD 04-151, and ASD 05-06 to the Academic Senate for
rescission. President/Senator Gordon stated that a number of these documents
were written prior to collective bargaining. The agreements that have been approved between
the various collective bargaining groups and the CSU will take precedence over
these ASDs until they are sent for rescission. The agreements are now CSU
policies.
8.2
ASD 05-52 New
UPS Policy on Patents and Inventions
Jim Woodward gave an overview of this policy
proposal. An Intellectual Property Committee was created over five years ago by
the Senate; however, he came onboard as a subcommittee member 2-3 years ago to
work on a patent policy . Patents and
copyrights are part of intellectual property issues but are really quite
different.
This policy is not intended to cover all patent
arrangements for faculty at the university involving their research. Sponsored research almost always comes with
specific provisions for patent policy – ideas that are created as a process of
that research, and that supersedes any local university policy. This policy is intended to address the issue
of patentable ideas that are created by members of the faculty which are not
part of sponsored research. The present CSUF
policy basically says “if you invent it, you own it”. Where there are no pre-existing agreements, most
other universities state “if you invent it, we
own it, and we will decide whether or not you own it, and we may or may not
share proceeds from said patent”. The
key issue is who owns the invention and how net proceeds from the invention are
divided. This policy attempts to meld
these two points.
This policy attempts to preserve faculty interest
and university interest in circumstances where it is appropriate for the
university to participate in any financial gain that is made as a result of
patents that are acquired by members of the faculty. Jim Woodward continued going through points of
the policy and
invited questions.
M/S/P [Nanjundappa/Pasternack] to table ASD 05-52, UPS on Patents and Inventions until current contract
negotiations are completed. Approved
with unanimous support. Senator
Nanjundappa expressed concerns about this proposed policy. It should be a part of the contract
negotiations.
Senator Pasternack supported the motion to table
this policy, not wasting more time on a policy that will ultimately go to the
Chancellor’s Office for review.
8.3
ASD 05-92 The
Role of Faculty in Enhancing Quality: An Academic Vision (VCAQ)
This is the charge
document that will guide a newly formed committee (see IX 9.1 below).
IX.
NEW BUSINESS
Chair Bedell requested
Senator Klassen speak to the reason he requested removal of the VCAQ nominees
from the Consent Calendar. Senator
Klassen nominated Mahamood Hassan in place of Dipankar Purkayastha to represent
CBE.
9.1
[Ad Hoc] “VCAQ” Vision Committee on Academic Quality
Nominees: Lisa Kirtman (EDUC); Suellen Cox (LIBRARY);
Scott Hewitt (NSM); Raman Unnikrishnan (ECS); Robert Koch (CNSM); Robert Emry
(COMM); Dipankar Purkayastha (CBE); Jochen
Burgtorf (SOC SCI); Jesse Battan (SOC SCI); Jessica Gomel (HHD); Sergio
Lizarraga (ARTS)
Chair Bedell read the
names of the nominees (above) presented by the Executive Committee. Ballots were distributed to Senators with
instructions to vote for 10 members, or fewer, for this committee, omitting
Dean Unnikrishnan. Ballots were gathered
and counted by non-senate faculty volunteers. The nominees put forth by the
Executive Committee were elected.
9.2
ASD 05-90 Guidelines for the Future – Roundtable
Discussion
Chair Bedell invited
discussion regarding this 1977 document, and specific items Senators believe
should be addressed by this newly formed committee. It was surprising how many items have come to
fruition over the past 28 years from the 1977 document. The following points were made:
·
Targeted focus groups
·
General Education classes to be taught by tenure and
tenure-track faculty
·
Academic Advisement as a service delivery issue
·
Graduate Education Advising/Graduate Student Advising
Program to parallel Health Professions Advising Program
· International Education, global & diversity issues
M/S/P [Pasternack/Junn] to adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 p.m.