CSUS FACULTY SENATE ACTIONS FOR 2007-2008

Note:  Minutes and procedural actions not included.

Background: The new M.O.U. contains language requiring that certain parts of the University ARTP document be amended to reflect the new contract language. As described in Professor William Dillon's (Presiding Member, University ARTP Committee) August 8, 2007 memo to the Faculty Senate's Executive Committee, this amendment incorporates the changes to the M.O.U. into the University ARTP document.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the University ARTP document as shown in Attachment A.

Carried unanimously.

Alcohol Advisory Council
Claudia Bridges, CBA, 2008
Sue Cote, H&HS, 2008

Alumni Board
Janet Hecsh, EDUC, 2008

ASI Board
David Rolloff, H&HS, 2008

Diversity Awards Committee
Hellen Lee-Keller, A&L, 2009

Energy Management Committee
Ed Barakatt, H&HS, 2009

Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress Appeals Board
Christi Cervantes, EDUC, 2010

Honorary Degrees Committee
Bruce Bikle, H&HS, 2008
David Lang, SS&IS, 2009

Instructionally Related Activities Committee
Beth Strasser, SS&IS, 2008

Institutional Scholarship Committee
Molly Dugan, A&L, 2009

Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Council
Jacqueline Irwin, A&L, 2010

Multicultural Center Advisory Board
Chrystal Barranti, H&HS, 2009
Marlyn Jones, H&HS, 2009
Kathy Zhong, NS&M, 2009

Student Academic Development Committee
Liam Murphy, SS&IS, 2009
Mary Ann Reihman, NS&M, 2009

Student Complaint Hearing Panel
Bruce Gervais, NS&M, 2010
George Paganelis, Library, 2009

Transportation Advisory Committee
Michael Schmandt, NS&M, 2010

University Copyright and Patent Committee
Tom Krabacher, NS&M, 2010

Carried unanimously.

Academic Information Technology Committee
Bob Buckley, Executive Committee, 2008

Faculty Policies Committee
James Cox, SS&IS, 2010

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
Rachael Gonzales, EDUC, 2010
Ramzi Mahmood, E&CS, 2010

Carried unanimously.

 The Faculty Senate approves of the “Senate Floor Procedures” outlined in Attachment B.

Student Academic Development Committee

Candace Gregory-Abbott, 2008

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends insertion of a comma between “unit” and “to serve”, as shown as follows: 

D.     Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Representative (AA/EOR)   

1.     ELECTION, STATUS, SERVICE: SEARCH COMMITTEE CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OR EQUIVALENT UNIT CHAIR AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVE 

A.    Each department or equivalent unit shall elect an AA/EOR from among its tenured faculty and its probationary faculty, if permitted by the department or equivalent unit, to serve as a voting member of the search committee.  If the department or equivalent unit engages in multiple searches, each search committee may have the same elected AA/EOR or another elected AA/EOR.   

Carried unanimously.

Curriculum Policies Committee
Lois Boulgarides, At-large, 2010

 Carried unanimously.

 Thomas Krabacher, Professor of Geography, shall serve as parliamentarian for the 2007-2008 Faculty Senate.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the “Sacramento State General Education Program Self-Study” and expresses appreciation to the review team for their dedication, time and contribution.

Carried.

 The Faculty Senate requests that the President declare a University Convocation on October 16, 2007 from 12:15-1:45, 2:15-3:45 and from 6:30-9:00 to enable students to attend panel discussions relating to Dr. Martin Luther King's speech titled: Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence and to attend the evening keynote speeches.

Background/Rationale: October 16, 2007 has been set aside to honor and celebrate the occasion of the Reverend Martin Luther King's visit to the Sacramento campus some 40 years ago, and it would be appropriate for Faculty Senate to formally support the event and encourage students and faculty to participate in planned activities. The topics to be addressed in the panel presentations are  appropriate for a convocation  and so important that faculty should be allowed (though not required) to cancel classes and that students who wish to attend, but are enrolled in classes that are not dismissed, should not be penalized for doing so. A description of the panel presentations is provided at the following hyperlink: www.csus.edu/union/mlk. The policy on Convocations can be found at: http://www.csus.edu/umanual/acad/umc02650.htm.

Carried.

Committee on Diversity and Equity

Manuel Barajas, At-large, 2009

Ta-Chen Wang, At-large, 2010

Carried unanimously.

Amends FS 07-55:

The Faculty Senate recommends amending its floor procedures as follows:

. . .

3)         FIRST READING ITEMS

A motion/resolution is initially presented to the Faculty Senate as a First Reading item.  The presentation shall be for the purpose of informing the Senate of the intent of the motion/resolution and any needs or issues the motion resolution is intended to address.  The presentation will be the responsibility of the Chair of the originating body or, in the case of a motion/resolution originating from the floor of the Faculty Senate, the maker of the motion and the Senate member who provided the second to the motion.

Once presented, the discussion shall be limited to 10 minutes.  The time limit may be extended by a motion to extend, a second and an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the senators present.

During the first reading, the motion or resolution is subject to substantive amendment and procedural motions.

During the First Reading, the motion/resolution is not subject to amending, but procedural motions are in order.

Defeated.

The Faculty Senate approves including librarians, student services professionals/academic related and coaches to participate in the Outstanding Teaching Awards Program for the 2007-2008 academic year. Selection of the recipient will be made by a committee of Unit 3 faculty members from the Library, Student Affairs and the Athletics Department. The committee will consist of two members from the Library and one each from Student Affairs and Athletics, selected by a vote of the faculty in each unit. Nominations can be made by any faculty member, staff, administrator or student at the University. Nominees must submit a resume, a statement of qualifications and supporting material to the committee for review.

Carried.

The Faculty Senate receives the report and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Goals Committee found at Attachment A and commends and thanks the members:

Claudia Bridges, Business Administration

Ed Dammel, Engineering and Computer Science (Chair)

Kevin Elstob, Arts and Letters

Mary Maguire, Health and Human Services

Reza Peigahi, Library

Steve Perez, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Al Striplen, Student Services

Lisa Taylor, Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Carried.

The Faculty Senate expresses its thanks and support to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate for its timely and considered letter to the Chancellor and the chairperson of the Board of Trustees regarding the recent editorial comments in local newspapers.

Carried.

 The Faculty Senate recommends the delay in the scanning of University workstations, laptops and servers until the following occurs: 

1. Faculty and staff are informed as to the legal issues concerning privacy of content stored on University workstations, laptops and servers.

2. The Academic Information Technology Committee (AITC) has had the opportunity to assess the use of various methods for identifying and removing social security numbers on University workstations, laptops and servers and can recommend a method and process for effectively accomplishing this task.

Carried unanimously.

Defeated.

The establishment of an advisory committee to include faculty to work with the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) and any other required parties to agree on definitions, gather, interpret, and disseminate information regarding but not limited to class size, number of faculty, student-faculty ratio, and number of administrative personnel. This committee would help to overcome the problems associated with multiple definitions, multiple numbers for the same definition and establish a way for concerned faculty to access accurate information about the university.

Carried.

The Senate and administration collaborate on a mechanism that permanently guarantees that the budget at all levels be transparent. A clear budget process goes hand-in-hand with building trust between faculty and administration.

Carried.

The University make the hiring of tenure-track faculty a priority over the hiring of part-time instructors in light of the following:

·       assembly Bill 1343, currently in committee, mandates the CSU reach a 75/25 ratio of tenured and tenure-track faculty to part time faculty by 2014-2015¹:

·       according the Budget Task Force Report, in Fall 2005, the percentage of tenured and tenure-track faculty to total faculty at Sacramento State was 63%, and;

·       data provided by the Chancellor’s Office on CSU campuses with enrollment greater than 20,000 indicated the following trends:

¹http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm

Carried.

The University also make the hiring of tenure-track faculty a priority over the hiring of MPPs. In light of the following:

·       there has been a decrease of tenure/tenure-track (TTT) faculty since 2002 (from 762 to 726);

·       there has been an increase of MPPs since 2002 (from 135 to 145); and

·       while the CSU ratio of TTT/MPP has remained lower than the Sacramento State average, the Sacramento State ratio has been decreasing.

Carried.

The University establish a formalized and uniform exit interview for tenured and tenure-track faculty who leave the institution to better understand the circumstances that surround such departures and should be reported to the Senate annually. Current data are not collected in a uniform and rigorous manner as to the reasons for separations from the institution. Understanding the issues surrounding such separations may better enable the institution to recruit and retain full-time faculty.

Carried.

·       The Office of Advancement not be funded at the detriment of academic endeavors;

·       The President direct the Office of Advancement to emphasize raising funds with directly recognizable academic contributions, and;

·       As part of the annual budget report, the Office of Advancement produce an annual report to the campus community that clearly describes the sources of funds and the academic benefits of both development and advancement.

Carried.

Additionally, the Faculty Senate requests a report from the President on the progress made towards implementing the Senate’s recommendations (as outlined in FS 07-68, et al) early in the 2008 spring semester.

Carried.

The Ad Hoc Goals Committee report can be found at http://www.csus.edu/acse/ad%20hoc%20Goals%20report.pdf.

University Sustainability Committee
Carolyn Gibbs, Design, A&L
Karen Hansen, Civil Engineering, E&CS
Virginia Matzek, Environmental Studies, SS&IS

Carried unanimously.

To further ensure security and privacy of sensitive information for the entire campus community, we encourage the campus community to begin a preventative program to purge highly sensitive information from documents and databases residing in digital and written formats.

The Faculty Senate recommends the following actions be considered.

• A letter from the administration to faculty and staff should explain the need for the audit citing examples of nearby institutions and the financial cost of not performing this task. UC Davis had an issue recently; it could help motivate our employees to hear of something that close to home.
• The procedures and recommendations should come from the Deans Office for the Colleges, or Unit Directors who should be responsible for gathering completed, signed audits and turning them into the Information Security Officer.
• The University in consultation with faculty and staff needs to develop and adopt a privacy policy (new) – indicating what personal information can and cannot be collected and stored.
• The procedure should stipulate the items and areas to audit; Desktops & Laptops at work and at home (wherever campus work has been performed), flash drives, CDs, DVDs, iPods, external hard drives other media, PDAs, hard copies, Email, File Storage, tape backups, archives.
• Use eLearning website to provide a course on how to handle sensitive information for all employees that work with it. Also training on how to run the Audit program and forms to be signed by the employee and supervisor that the Audit has been performed and found items were redacted or are part of an acceptable exclusion.
• The University needs to develop a method for providing information to the campus community regarding privacy and the associated responsibilities of faculty and staff.  
• Require the employee to run the scanning software on their equipment and cleanup any items not in compliance. The employee will be better suited to decide the proper way to handle becoming compliant. Then rescan the equipment and turn in a clean report to be signed by them and the area supervisor.
• Provide support and service in the college areas and IRT for units without IT support staff to assist running the scan, provide means of data destruction (CD/DVD destruction, secure paper shredding, etc)
• Outside entities should be asked to not gather certain sensitive information when on campus at an event
• Divisions should non-intrusively scan their own servers for sensitive information and then provide reports of suspect files or E-mailboxes to their employees (faculty, staff, etc.) to help identify possible risks, so that the employees can then examine their own flagged files or E-mail messages for sensitive content.
• The audit should be done routinely, perhaps once a year. Faculty should perform the audit before leaving on vacation with their equipment.
• For easy affordable scanning software we have been referred to Cornell University http://www.cit.cornell.edu/security/tools/
• Best practices for handling sensitive information on secure servers locations should be developed to make sure the database and file systems are secure and/or encrypted.

Furthermore, the Faculty Senate  recommends that the Senate be informed about the plan for ensuring Personal Information Privacy plan and its implementation be communicated prior to its enactment.

Carried unanimously.

Recommendations from AITC Regarding Membership on the Three New IRT Advisory Committees (request for faculty representation from Larry Gilbert, CIO and IRT VP)

NOTE.  For each of the three committees, the charge and proposed membership is specified below with the AITC recommendation regarding faculty membership.  Each of the faculty members approved by the Senate represent and speak for not only their departmental and college colleagues but also the entire faculty of the university.  In addition, these faculty members serve as liaisons between the IRT committees and AITC.

In addition, the recommendations include a request for consideration regarding the non-faculty membership on the committees. Information on the three committees (charge and membership) can be found at Attachment A.

• The Faculty Senate recommends that the representative to the Information Resources and Technology Steering Committee be the Chair of the Academic IT Committee.
   
• The Faculty Senate recommends that the representative to the Information Resources and Technology Administrative Advisory Committee be a member of and serve as a liaison to the Academic IT Committee, and shall be recommended to the Senate by the Academic IT Committee.
   
• The Faculty Senate recommends at least one of the three Faculty Senate Representatives be a member of and serve as a liaison to the Information Resources and Technology Academic Advisory Committee.  All three representatives shall be recommended to the Senate by the Academic IT Committee.
   
• The Faculty Senate on advice from the Academic Information Technology Committee strongly recommends that the Library be represented on both the Information Resources and Technology Steering Committee and Information Resources and Technology Academic Advisory Committee.  Note.  The Library provides essential services and in so doing plays an integral role in carrying out the academic mission of the university.  Information technology is a significant component in the maintenance and development of this academic infrastructure.
   
• The Faculty Senate on advice from the Academic Information Technology Committee strongly recommends that the chair of the Academic IT Committee Technical Subcommittee be represented on the IRT Academic Advisory Committee.  The College and Library IT Consultants provide the technical expertise necessary for the planning and implementation of technology to serve their users.  The accumulated knowledge, experience and relationships they have with their user communities is a valuable resource to include in the decision making process.  

 Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate endorses, in principle, the approach, the overall goals, and priorities articulated in the draft Strategic Plan reviewed on November 15, 2007, and looks forward to receipt of the final document.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends the following: 

1. Approval of the Undergraduate Academic Advising Policy (see attachment), a revision to the 1989 Academic Advising Policy (UMA00050.htm).
    
2. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee plan and schedule a special meeting of the Senate for the purpose of discussion and feedback on ways of increasing the effectiveness of the University’s academic advisement system in improving retention rates.
    
3. The Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs work with the Senate to develop a plan for funding, implementing and assessing the 2007 Undergraduate Academic Advising Policy with special attention to establishing those conditions necessary for improving retention rates. (reference: Section X of the Undergraduate Academic Advising Policy).

The 1989 Academic Advising Policy (UMA00050.htm) can be found at:

http://www.csus.edu/umanual/acad/UMA00050.htm

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (Attachment A) of the Program Review Oversight Committee on the program review of the Department of Psychology and recommends that the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Family Therapy (MFT), and Master of Arts Degrees offered by the Department of Psychology be approved for six years or until the next program review.

Carried unanimously. 

The Faculty Senate recommends amending Section 5.03C of the University ARTP Policy as follows:

5.03.C.3          A review of performance giving rise to a recommendation about a temporary faculty range elevation shall be completed during the academic year in which the faculty member first becomes eligible and applies for the range elevation.

Background information can be found at Attachment C.

Carried unanimously. 

Bob Buckley, 2008

 Carried unanimously. 

Rachel Clarke (Arts and Letters), 2008
Bin Zhang (Library), 2008
John Cowan (Education), 2008

 Carried unanimously. 

Ron Coleman, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 2008

Carried unanimously.

Background: Article II, Section F of the By-laws of the Faculty Senate state, in part, “ . . . A vacancy in the voting membership of the Executive Committee shall be filled by nomination and election at the first meeting of the Faculty Senate after the vacancy occurs. The nominee elected shall have received more votes than any candidate not elected. . . If the office of Chair of a Standing Committee becomes vacant, the office shall be executed by the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee until the Faculty Senate shall elect a successor as provided in Article II, Sections D.3 and E.3 of these By-laws (http://www.csus.edu/acse/bylaws.htm). The Vice Chair executing the office of Chair under this provision shall not serve as a voting member of the Executive Committee.” Ben Amata has resigned as Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee.

Nominations of candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees may be made by a senator from the floor; by the current membership of the Standing Committee; or by a petition signed by ten (10) or more full-time faculty members and filed with the Faculty Senate office before the first meeting of the new Faculty Senate.

The candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees shall submit a one page description of qualifications and intentions to the Faculty Senate office for inclusion with the agenda for the election meeting.

Candidates for office of Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee, effective Spring 2008:            David Lang (Curriculum Policies Committee recommendation)

There were no further nominations. Election of the Curriculum Policies Committee Chair will be December 13, 2007.

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following program change proposals:

• Cross Cultural Academic Development

• Child Development – Individualized Concentration

• Child Development – Concentration in Early Development, Care and Education

• Child Development – Concentration in Elementary Pre-Credential

• Child Development – Concentration in Social and Community Settings

• Child Development – Integrated Pre-Credential Subject Matter Program

• Art History Concentration

• Communication Studies

• Film (New Degree Program-Pilot Process)

• Master of Arts, Public History

• Master of Arts, Standard Program (Comprehensive Option)

• Theatre

• Master of Arts in Education-Multicultural Educators in Nontraditional Settings

• Master of Arts in Education-Teacher Leadership in Multicultural Education

• MA, Child Development, Emphasis in Theory and Research

• MA, Child Development, Emphasis in Applied Settings

• Undergraduate Nursing Program

• Undergraduate Program in Nursing

• Master of Science in Nursing with a Higher Education Focus

• Bachelor of Science: Recreation Administration Concentration: Therapeutic Recreation

• Speech Pathology and Audiology

• Geography Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) (Add/Delete Core Course Requirements)

• Geography Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) (Add Human Geography Concentration)

• B.A. in Earth Science (New Degree Program-Pilot Process)

• Minor – Statistics

• BA in Mathematics & Applied Computing

• Anthropology Major/Graduate Program

• International Accounting Information Analyst (IAIA) Certificate Program

• Master of Science in Accountancy (MS/Accountancy)

• Master of Science in Business Administration, Taxation (MSBA/Taxation)

• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation Specialist Certificate Program – Certificate of Academic Achievement

• BS, Criminal Justice

Background information can be found at Attachment A and Attachment A-1.

Carried unanimously. 

Advisory Committee on Assessment
Cathi Christo, EDUC
Jackie Donath, A&L
Susan McGinty, H&HS
Milica Markovic, ECS

Carried unanimously. 

The Faculty Senate approves the composition of the selection advisory committees for the Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning and for Community Engagement Scholar, which is as follows:

Center for Teaching and Learning Director (7):

• 2 faculty members nominated by the Faculty Senate

• 1 staff member

• 1 chair nominated by Provost

• 2 CTL Advisory Board members nominated by the Faculty Senate

• 1 member of the Faculty Policies Committee

Community Engagement Scholar (7):

• 3 faculty members nominated by the Faculty Senate

• 1 staff member

• 1 community partner

• 1 administrator

• 1 student

Background: The position descriptions can be found at Attachment B.

Carried unanimously. 

Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Council
Michael Wright, 2008

Carried unanimously.

Candidate for office of Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee, effective Spring 2008:            David Lang (Curriculum Policies Committee recommendation)

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS

It is my honor to be nominated by the Curriculum Policies Committee (CPC) to serve as its Chairperson in the Spring Semester and fill the vacancy created by Ben Amata's sabbatical. 

During my 5 1/2 years at CSUS, I have tried to become intimately involved with the curriculum and its policies and procedures whenever the opportunity presented itself.  I have served as an active member of the Department of Economics Curriculum Committee since my arrival in 2002 and was its Chairperson from 2004-2006.  In the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (SSIS), I currently serve as the Coordinator for Curriculum and Resource Planning which also places me (ex-officio) as a member of the SSIS Curriculum Committee and the University’s Council on the Preparation of School Personnel (CPSP).  I have proudly served as an active member of the CPC since 2003 as well as on its Curriculum Review Subcommittee (CSC) where I have been Chair since 2005.

I am excited by the opportunity to join the Senate and am looking forward to working with you all this upcoming semester should I be elected.

Carried unanimously. 

Carried.

 The Faculty Senate recommends amending Section 9.06 of the University ARTP Policy as outlined in Attachment C.

Background information can be found at the November 29, 2007 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment B-1.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the UARTP Policy as follows:

9.04 Periodic Evaluation of Temporary Faculty Unit Employees

A. . . .

B. "Temporary faculty unit employees holding three (3) year appointments pursuant to Article 12 (Section 6.04 of this document) shall be evaluated at least once during the term of their appointment and may be evaluated more frequently upon the request of either the employee or the President." (M.O.U. 15.26)

Note: On this campus, departments or equivalent units may choose to evaluate temporary faculty unit employees holding three (3) year appointments as infrequently as once in three years or as frequently as once a year. At a minimum, the evaluation shall extend to the faculty member's performance during the period defined by the closing of the file immediately prior to the preceding evaluation and the closing of the file immediately prior to the current evaluation. Regardless of frequency of evaluation, faculty members shall be subject to annual student evaluations of teaching performance as provided in Section 5.05E.1.c(1) of this Policy. Ranking for work assignments shall be based on the most recent evaluation of the performance of a faculty member subject to this section unless the faculty member or the department or equivalent unit requests an evaluation be conducted prior to the ranking decision in a year when one would not otherwise occur. Faculty eligible for a temporary faculty range elevation shall undergo an evaluation of performance at the time a decision to award or deny a range elevation is made in their case regardless of the frequency with which a department or equivalent unit may otherwise choose to evaluate them pursuant to this section. A department's or equivalent unit's decision to evaluate less frequently than once a year shall not preclude either a faculty unit employee as a matter of choice or a department or equivalent unit acting with cause from requesting an evaluation under this section during a year when one would not otherwise be conducted in his or her case.

Background information can be found at Attachment D.

Carried.

The Faculty Senate refers to the University ARTP Committee, the matter of providing temporary faculty a mechanism to challenge a department or equivalent unit’s call for an evaluation during a year when one would not otherwise be conducted in his or her case, and to draft appropriate language.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends that the President establish a CMS Student Administration System Advisory Committee.  Membership should include 1) representatives from CMS administration, 2) the Dean of Admissions and Records, and 3) faculty and staff representing those constituencies that have utilized the full range of SIS capabilities and require similar capabilities from the new CMS Student Administration System. 

The Faculty Senate recommends that the faculty members of the Task Force be recommended to the Senate by the Senate’s Academic Policies Committee.

The Faculty Senate recommends that the charge of this Task Force should include the following:

• Review and address the issues and concerns documented by the Academic Policies Committee in Attachment E.

• Develop a process for faculty and staff to communicate issues and/or problems.

• Development of an issue and problem data tracking system.

• Development and use of a process for the review, assessment and recommendation on how best to deal with each outstanding issue and problem.

• Identification of gaps in SAS functionality that could provide the same functionality as authorized in SIS and how such gaps can be mitigated.

• Identification of current work flow processes that have been significantly impacted by SAS and the development of processes that can minimize the increases in workload caused by SAS. 

• Development of an effective communication plan that includes but is not limited to the following:

–      Ensuring that faculty and staff are made aware of the different levels and purposes of CMS access.

–      Ensure that faculty and staff are informed of CMS updates.

• Provision for all faculty and staff to obtain the access that they need to effectively perform their work. 
• Ensure that faculty and staff are provided with security training appropriate for their level of access and consistent security requirements associated with SIS access.
• Ensure that faculty and staff access is determined and authorized at the appropriate functional level.
• Ensure that decisions made on behalf of the faculty and staff regarding their information and access needs have been made with proper representation and provision is made for feedback and evaluation of this process.
• Develop an appropriate needs analysis process as the basis for the design and presentation of training to faculty and staff. 
• Provide for an on-going assessment of training effectiveness and needs.

Background information can be found at Attachment E.

Carried.

Academic Policies Committee
Kimberly Gordon Biddle, At-large, 2009

Carried unanimously. 

ASI Elections Complaint Committee
Jordan Peters, 2009

ASI Appellate Council
John LaRocco, 2009

Search Committee, Dean, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Nick Burnett, A&L, At-large faculty member

Search Committee, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Mary Reddick, Library, At-large faculty member
Dan Melzer, A&L, At-large faculty member
Maureen Lojo, CBA, CTL Advisory Board member
Ernest Uwazie, H&HS, FPC member  

Advising Implementation Team
Maureen Smith
Chloe Burke
Juanita Barrena
Kristen VanGaasbeck
Jennifer Lundmark
Lisa Taylor 

Carried unanimously.

Instructionally Related Activities Committee
William Vicars, EDUC, 2009

Carried unanimously.

 The Faculty Senate recommends amending the University ARTP Policy as follows:

3.00 UNIVERSITY ARTP COMMITTEE

3.01 Composition 

1. The University ARTP Committee shall be composed of one student selected by the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors, one member elected by the Library unit, one member elected by the counseling faculty unit, and tenured faculty members elected by and from their tenured and probationary colleagues in each college. Each college shall elect one member of the University ARTP Committee for each 100 probationary and tenured faculty or fraction thereof assigned to that college as of the current year. No more than one faculty member may be elected from the same primary unit.

 FTEF   UARTP Representative(s)

1 - 100   One member
101 - 199   Two members
200 - 299   Three members
300 - 399   Four members
400 - 499   Five members

The President's designee shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the University ARTP Committee.

Note: Whenever a call for nominations to a seat or seats on an ARTP committee or a grievance panel or pool produces no more than a single candidate for each seat, the election following the close of nominations shall be by a ballot that gives each voter the choice of accepting or rejecting the single candidate for each seat.

2. Any change in the composition of the University ARTP Committee shall be subject to recommendation by a vote of the entire faculty and the approval of the President.
    

3. It is imperative that the members of the University ARTP Committee be persons with such concern for the quality of the University and with the function of the University in its local, regional, and national setting, that they will be able to set aside the interest they will have in some particular part of the University, so that these special interests will not intrude upon the deliberations of the University ARTP Committee. 

Background can be found in the memo of transmittal from William Dillon, Presiding Member, University ARTP Committee at Attachment A.

Carried unanimously.

Background: on December 13, 2007, the Faculty Senate approved FS 07-94B/Flr. Motion to Refer to the University ARTP Committee, which stated: “The Faculty Senate refers to the University ARTP Committee, the matter of providing temporary faculty a mechanism to challenge a department or equivalent unit’s call for an evaluation during a year when one would not otherwise be conducted in his or her case, and to draft appropriate language.” The memo of transmittal from William Dillon, Presiding Member of the University ARTP Committee can be found at Attachment B-1.

The Faculty Senate recommends amendment of the University ARTP Policy as outlined in Attachment B.

Carried unanimously.

[Amends FS 98-34/GEP/GRC, Ex.]

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the composition of the General Education Course Review Subcommittee as follows:

The Faculty Senate amends the charge of the General Education Course Review Subcommittee of the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee (GEP/GRC) as follows (underscore = addition; strikethrough = deletion):

• Membership (voting members shall serve three-year staggered terms):

o      14 voting members: drawn from the Colleges Schools (two from each College, and shall be from different departments/divisions/equivalent units School):

§       1 member elected from, or appointed by, each College’s School's Curriculum Committee
§       1 member nominated by College School faculty and elected at-large within each College School

o               1 non-voting member appointed by/from the GEP/GRC
o               1 non-voting member; the General Education administrator

Carried.

The Faculty Senate elects college representatives to the 2007-2008 Committee on Committees as follows:

Committee Meeting Schedule:

#1:  Tuesday, March 25, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

#2:  Tuesday, April 15, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

Committee Members:

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following program change proposals:

a.     Gerontology Graduate Certificate Program
b.     Single Subject Teacher Preparation Program and Single Subject BCLAD-Emphasis Teacher Preparation Program
c.     Multiple Subject Teacher Preparation Program and Multiple Subject BCLAD Emphasis Teacher Preparation Program
d.     Education Specialist Credential Program: Mild/Moderate
e.     Certificate in Teaching Composition
f.      Photography
g.     Undergraduate Nursing Program
h.     Gerontology
i.      Asian American Studies Minor
j.      Rhetoric and Writing
k.     Master of Education with Curriculum and Instruction Emphasis (Online Option)
l.      Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) 30 Unit Option
m.   Undergraduate Certificate of Academic Achievement in Information Assurance and Security
 

Background information can be found at Attachment A.

Carried unanimously.

 The following are nominated to steering and subject area committees for the WASC review:

Academic Program Subcommittee

Val Smith, A&L
Janet Hecsh, EDUC

Campus Life Subcommittee
Laurie Kubicek, H&HS

Community Engagement Subcommittee
Mark Rodriguez, EDUC

Steering Committee
Val Smith, A&L

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate endorses the resolution AS-2831-08/EX/FGA (below), Response to Governor's Budget Recommendations, passed unanimously by members of the Academic Senate of the California State University at its January 2008 Plenary meetings.

The Faculty Senate recommends that resolution AS-2831-08/EX/FGA and FS 08-14/Ex. be sent to the Governor, all Senators and Assembly representatives from the greater Sacramento metropolitan area, the Board of Trustees, the California State Student Association, the California Faculty Association, and the CSU Alumni Council.

RATIONALE: Since the Donahoe Act of 1960, the state of California has taken pride in seeking two goals in public higher education that are commonly summarized as "quality" and "access." Both of these goals have been enshrined in California code: "It is the intent of the Legislature that the segments of higher education recognize that quality teaching is the core ingredient of the undergraduate educational experience" (66050). The CSU's success in achieving these goals, in turn, has traditionally been dependent upon the state's willingness to provide the necessary resources, a commitment it also makes explicit in code "The State of California reaffirms its historic commitment to ensure adequate resources to support enrollment growth" (66202.5).

Unfortunately, the resources provided by the state in recent years have dramatically undercut the ability of the CSU to achieve both of these goals in even rudimentary form. Shortfalls in funding during this period have been "paid for" by reductions in quality, as outlined in the report The California State University at the Beginning of the 21st Century. The CSU has reached the point where additional reductions to the quality of the education it provides are intolerable. To quote a former CSU administrator, "access without quality is not access."

Because the admissions calendar does not correspond to the state budget calendar, the CSU admits students for an academic year prior to receiving the budget that is required to pay for that academic year. In years when the state fails to meet its legislative commitment to support enrollment growth, the CSU must still accept and educate those students who have already been admitted. In the past, the CSU has done so by accepting an on-going deterioration in the quality of the education it has provided; as evidenced by:

·       Escalating student-faculty ratios
·       Increasingly inadequate technology and staffing to support instruction
·       Declining purchasing power for library collections
·       Non-competitive salaries combined with California's high cost of living, diminishing our ability to recruit the best faculty from a national pool
·       Expanded reliance on temporary faculty rather than permanent faculty, leading to a concomitant increase in permanent faculty service loads, and resulting in a declining capacity to mentor and advise students
·       An increase in permanent faculty service loads (need to implement a plan responding to ACR 73 as legislated)
·       A declining capacity to mentor and advise students
·       A continued accumulation of delayed maintenance

The CSU has reached the point when reducing admissions has become the lesser of the evils. Cuts in quality must not be the sole mechanism for surviving difficult budgets, for quality will reach a level at which access itself becomes meaningless, prompting the question "access to what?" To maintain an acceptable level of quality, it is necessary for the CSU to limit enrollment to the number of students for which we have sufficient resources. Growth in enrollment during a time of diminished resources ultimately serves no one. In order to implement this necessary but unpleasant measure, the Board must be prepared to reduce the number of students admitted to correspond to any shortfall in state provided enrollment growth funds for the previous year.

Additional information regarding these issues is covered in ASCSU resolutions: AS 2812-07; AS-2796-07; AS 2749-06; AS 2772-06; AS 2694-05; AS 2654-04; AS-2612-03; AS-2563-01; AS 2449-99; AS-2418-98; AS-2367-97; AS-2317-96; AS-2258-95.

Approved Unanimously – January 17-18, 2008

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations of the Program Review Team (Attachment A) on the program review of the Kinesiology and Health Science Program and recommends the approval of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology, the Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Science, the Masters Degree in Kinesiology, the minor in Coaching, the minor in Supplementary Authorization in Physical Education, and the minor in Health Science and Occupational Health and Safety be approved for six years from the date of Senate approval.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations of the Program Review Team (Attachment B) on the program review of the Anthropology Program and recommends the approval of the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology, the minor in Anthropology, and the Master of Arts Degree in Anthropology be approved for six years or until the next program review.

Carried unanimously.

Grade Appeal Procedural Appeals Board
William Dillon, 2011

Carried unanimously.

Academic Policies Committee
Shannon Datwyler, At-large, 2011
Jean Gonsier-Gerdin, At-large, 2011
Lisa Taylor, At-large, 2011

Curriculum Policies Committee
Kath Pinch, At-large, 2011
Ben Amata, LIB/SS, 2011

Faculty Policies Committee
Ted Krovetz, At-large, 2011
Linda Goff, LIB/SS, 2011

General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Policies Committee
Richard Marens, At-large, 2011
Scott Gordon, At-large, 2011
Joan Neide, At-large, 2011

Elections Committee
Maureen Smith, 2009
Hong Wang, 2009
Jonathan Kaplan, 2009
Elaine Gale, 2009
Rosalind Van Auker, 2009

Committee on Diversity and Equity
Lila Jacobs, At-large, 2011
Hong Wang, At-large, 2011

Livingston Lecture
Tom Krabacher, At-large, 2011
Yan Zhou, At-large, 2011

Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships
George Paganelis, At-large, 2011
Shannon Datwyler, At-large, 2011

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
Tim Horner, NSM, 2011
Richard Marens, CBA, 2011

Carried unanimously.

 The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following program proposals:

A.    Asian Studies

B.    Education Specialist Credential Program: Multiple Subject

C.    Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Program

D.    Single Subject Teaching Credential Program

Background information can be found at Attachment A.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate expresses its great appreciation to the Center for Collaborative Policy and especially to Susan Sherry and David Booher for their comprehensive and fair study of the governance, culture, and climate of California State University, Sacramento, as reported in its Assessment Report on the subject, dated April 2008.

Carried unanimously.

Committee on Diversity and Equity
Heather Diaz, At-large, 2011

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations of the Program Review Team (Attachment A) on the program review of the English Program and recommends the approval of the English Program for the next six years.

Carried unanimously.

A.    The Faculty Senate supports the Goals and Recommendations of the Assessment Report on Campus Governance, Culture and Climate found at the April 17, 2008 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.

B.    The Faculty Senate also expresses its support for the President in funding ($50,000) to begin the work on the implementation of the recommendations found in the Report (Items A1 – C-3 of the Recommendations, found at pages 26-29 of the Report).

C.    The Faculty Senate Executive Committee is directed to report to the Senate monthly or as needed on the implementation of the recommendations.

 Carried (secret ballot vote: 35 ayes; 11 nays).

Carried unanimously.

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
Tanya Altmann, H&HS, 2011

Livingston Annual Faculty Lecture Committee
George Paganelis, At-large, 2010

Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board 
EunMi Cho, EDUC, 2011
Ana Garcia-Nevarez, EDUC, 2011
Ann Moylan, SSIS, 2011

Readmission Subcommittee
Brett Holland, NS&M, 2011

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations of the Program Review Team (Attachment A) on the program review of the Learning Skills Program and recommends the approval for the next six years.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate refers FS 08-30, FPC/Ex., "Textbooks and Other Course Materials, Policy On" to the Faculty Policies Committee for the purpose of:

• Examination of the University’s existing policy on textbooks and determination if FS 08-30 supersedes it.
• Section II:

§       Clarification and definition of language

§       Use the exact language from California Education Code Section 66406.7 (versus an abstract), or eliminate it altogether and include a link to the cited Section.

• Consider, in Section I, changing the phrase “Consider the cost of textbooks and course materials in their selection process” to “Know the cost …”.

 Carried.

Amends AS 94-98/Ex. Flr

Policy Committees of the Faculty Senate

Membership:

Voting - Eleven (11) faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate: