ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
Members Present: Allen,
Arkenberg, Bedell, Buck, Byrnes, Cox, Emry, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gilbert, Guerin,
Hagan, Hewitt, Jones, Junn, Kelly, Klassen, Kreiner, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Members Absent: Boyum,
Erickson, Gass, Gordon, Hall,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilbert
called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Gilbert
announced a new faculty stipend program being supported by the Wang Family
Scholarship. Full-time tenured or tenure track faculty at CSU campuses are
eligible for this Scholarship/Stipend which provides four (4) ten thousand
dollar ($10,000) stipends annually over a ten year period (2002-20012) and are
designed to be used for research or teaching at the National Taiwan University
in the Republic of China (Taiwan), the National Tsinghua University in the
Republic of China (Taiwan), Peking University in Beijing, and Jiao Tung
University in Shanghai. Applicants may
be involved both in research and teaching at their host universities. Applicants must also demonstrate appropriate
Chinese language competency. The
deadline for receipt of applications at the Chancellor’s Office is
He also
announced the annual notification on the availability of Resident Director positions
available in
Chair Gilbert also
noted the email policy is being included in contract negotiations in Unit 4;
the document passed by the Senate has not been signed by the President.
Senator
Nanjundappa announced that the CFA and CSU have not scheduled any meetings for negotiations
on the re-opener contract for Unit 3.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
Chair Gilbert
reported he attended the quarterly meeting last week with the Executive
Committee of the state-wide Academic Senate.
A variety of items were discussed, including a draft budget proposal for
2004-05 academic year that included a request for an additional $263,949,000 in
funding to cover a variety of things in the partnership program. A below-the-line portion includes another
$546,000,000 of start-up funding for ACR 73, monies for off campus centers,
monies to store the 2003-04 budget cuts, etc.
The state legislature has begun a series of hearings to look at various
ways of changing the way the state funds higher education, ranging from formula
funding based on mode and level of instruction, a voucher model, high tuition
with many scholarships, and basing funding on graduation rates rather than
enrollments. They were updated on lower
division requirements in majors as part of the integrated teacher preparation
discussion that has been going on statewide.
This is a joint project of the Academic Senate of the CSU and the
Division of Academic Affairs of the CSU.
The activities of the Statewide Academic Senate committees were
reviewed. Academic Affairs is examining
the Integrated Teacher Preparation framework, the graduation writing assessment
requirement, the assessment of information competence across the system. The
Committee is also looking at Executive Order 665, which is has to do with
challenge exams, and whether recommendations have or have not been implemented
from the Cornerstones Report. Faculty
Affairs is looking at a number of task force reports that have recently come
out, including those on Intellectual Property, Faculty Flow, and Department
Chair Workload, to see what kind of system level policy implications they might
have. They are also looking at a project
called “Investing in the Faculty.” The Integrated Teacher Preparation Task
Force is working to achieve a common lower division transfer curriculum so that
students transferring into the CSU would not have to take additional lower
division classes upon transfer. The
degree and multiple teaching credentials are to be done within 135 limit and
have 30 units minimum of statewide or at minimum regional, transferable units
that would be applicable to any CSU.
David Spence
discussed a system goal to speed progress towards degree and improve graduation
rates, noting that the articulation models being developed for the Integrated
Teacher Education Program could perhaps be developed for all majors. He said the average number of units required
for completion of graduation in the CSU is 160; we need to get students through
quicker as the state cannot afford to fund excess units in this budget
climate. He noted that allowing students
to change majors five or six times costs the state too much money and limits
access. Richard West discussed this
year’s budget, noting that further changes were not expected, but that the outcome
of the recall election may make the budget uncertain.
The
system-wide chairs discussed two issues among themselves: 1) how budgets are determined in the CSU
system; and 2) how decisions on enrollment management are done around the
system. There is great variation in how
much the faculty is involved in those kinds of discussion or not at all.
The bill for
the golden handshake is still on the governor’s desk.
Time Certain
Jerry Olson, Director Titan Shops
Subject: Book Rewards
Program
Jerry Olson
presented the Academic Senate with a check for scholarships as the Senate’s
share of the requisition reward program.
Olson stated that since spring of 1999, when the program began, Titan
Shops and the Foundation have returned $235,000 to the Senate, the Associated
Students, and departments for scholarships.
He again urged faculty to share their book requisitions with the
bookstore, even if they prefer to place their book orders elsewhere, so at
least the bookstore can accommodate those students who do wish to purchase
their books from Titan shops.
Chair Gilbert
thanked Jerry Olson on behalf of the Senate and declared we had reached our
second time certain.
Time Certain
Bob Ericksen, Director International Programs
Subject: SEVIS
Bob Ericksen distributed
and reviewed a handout regarding SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System), a post September 11 regulation that significantly impacts
our 1400 international students. It is
has taken International Ed over $80,000 and 4,000 person-hours to implement the
new data base. In particular, he noted
that minimum unit requirements for international students (12 for
undergraduates, 9 for graduate students) are now strictly enforced. With respect to unit load, grades of “W”
(withdrawal) grades or “WU (unauthorized withdrawal) do not count toward course
load. However, “F” grades do count
toward full-time course load. Faculty
should not feel pressured to change a grade from “WU” to “F” solely for the
purpose of protecting immigration status.
Status violations are recorded electronically within specific deadlines
directly to immigration authorities.
Chair Gilbert
thanked Bob Ericksen and declared having reached our third time certain.
Time Certain
Willie Hagan, VP for Administration
Jay Bond, Assistant VP for Facilities Management
Bill Dickerson, Executive Director, CSUF Foundation
Subject: 1. Changes in Custodial Services
2. Elks Club Faculty/Staff Housing Project
Senator Hagan first
addressed the topic of Faculty/Staff housing.
He updated members on the status of the University Gables project and
provided an overview of a new project involving building a new lodge for the
Elk’s Club in exchange for land to develop housing for faculty and staff.
Senator Hagan next
explained that the budget situation has forced him to leave vacant 23 (out of
65) custodial positions. The result is
that custodial services will need to be cut.
A draft memo detailing priorities and service changes was distributed. Changes included eliminating emptying of
trash cans in individual offices.
Chair Gilbert
requested consent of the members to carry this over to the next meeting to
continue this discussion.
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
None.
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
VII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD
03-115 Proposal for a Certificate in Instructional Design Level 1, ASD 03-116
Proposal for a Certificate in Instructional Design Level 2, ASD 03-117
Certificate in Postsecondary Reading
It
was m/s [Guerin/Sutphen] to adopt
these proposals. Guerin stated that in PRBC all of these certificate programs
were reviewed on the 26th and were unanimously approved after a
careful review. Chair Gilbert added that
Grad Ed also reviewed these programs at their final meeting of the spring
semester and also unanimously approved them without any reservations.
It
was m/s [Junn] to call the
question.
The motion carried to approve documents
ASD 03-115, ASD 03-116 and ASD 03-117 with one abstention.
It was m/s [Guerin/Nanjundappa] to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at