2001

2001-2002 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
April 25, 2002
Foothill Suite, Union
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

FOLLOWING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE 2002-03 SENATE

MOMENT OF SILENCE

ORVILLE NORDBERG
Emeritus Faculty, College of Education
1977-78

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT ITEMS

FS 02-26/ConC.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - SENATE

RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS FROM THE 2001-02 COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Academic Policies Committee
Jeffrey Dym, A&L, At-large, 2003
Leslie Cooley, EDUC, At-large, 2005
Jude Antonyappan, H&HS, At-large, 2004
Mary Ann Reihman, NS&M, At-large, 2005
Lisa Taylor, NS&M, At-large, 2005

Committee on Diversity and Equity
Don Taylor, A&L, At-large, 2005
Ed Lee, EDUC, Senator, 2003
Rhonda Rios Kravitz, LIB, At-large, 2005
David Leon, SS&IS, At-large, 2005

Curriculum Policies Committee
Kent Meyer, CBA, At-large, 2005
Cirenio Rodriguez, EDUC, At-large, 2005
Andy Banta, E&CS, At-large, 2005
Dudley Burton, SS&IS, At-large, 2004

Elections Committee
Art Jensen, CBA, At-large, 2003
Rita Johnson, EDUC, At-large, 2003
Serge Lee, H&HS, At-large, 2003
Alicia Patrice, LIB, At-large, 2003
Hong Wang, LIB, At-large, 2003
Smile Dube, SS&IS, At-large, 2003

Faculty Endowment Committee
Joe Zhou, LIB, At-large, 2005
Craig Gallet, SS&IS, At-large, 2003
Charles Varano, SS&IS, At-large, 2005

Faculty Policies Committee
Stephen Crow, CBA, At-large, 2005
Walter Kawamoto, SS&IS, At-large, 2004

General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee
Dick Kornweibel, A&L, At-large, 2005
John Corless, CBA, At-large, 2005
Anne-Louise Radimsky, E&CS, At-large, 2005

Livingston Lecture Committee
Tom Owens, EDUC, At-large, 2005
Scott Farrand, NS&M, At-large, 2005

FS 02-27/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

The nominees will be forwarded to the President for personal interviews and selection of one appointee to serve a four-year term.

CSUS Foundation Board
Cecil Canton, H&HS
Rhonda Rios Kravitz, LIB
Ramzi Mahmood, E&CS
Mahlon Heller, E&CS
Anne Stewart, H&HS

FS 02-28/CPC, Ex.

PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSAL

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

NEW PROGRAM
MA Education
New Option - Higher Education Leadership Option
The purpose of the Master of Arts Degree Education: Higher Education Leadership Option is to serve as preparation for mid-level to senior leadership positions in postsecondary institutions, including community colleges, governmental agencies and other organizations concerned with postsecondary education. The Higher Education Leadership Program curriculum is structured to provide academic preparation and professional development to graduate students as well as specialized expertise in three general areas: Leadership in Student Affairs; Community College Leadership, and Policy Studies in Higher Education.

DELETION OF PROGRAM
BA German
Deletion of program due to declining enrollment in major.

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 02-25/Flr.

MINUTES

Approval of the Minutes of April 11 (#24), 2002.

SECOND READING
[Action may be taken.]

FS 02-20/CPC, Ex.

PROGRAM REVIEWS, RESOLUTION ON

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following:

WHEREAS, proposals have surfaced to allow substitution of learning outcome assessment for departmental program reviews; and

WHEREAS, some other CSU campuses have authorized such substitution; and

WHEREAS, both learning outcome assessment and departmental program reviews offer potential benefits, but not necessarily the same ones; and

WHEREAS, program reviews cover topics not generally addressed in learning outcome assessment such as the quality of communication among faculty, the quality of communication between faculty and students, the adequacy of governance procedures, the adequacy of resources, and the fit between departmental goals and the University's strategic plan; and

WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate recently has taken some actions to reduce the administrative burden of program reviews, such as recommending that external accreditation reviews be permitted to substitute for local program reviews; and

WHEREAS, a clear statement of the value of program reviews may be important at this time; therefore be it:

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate reemphasizes the importance of departmental program reviews and recommends against allowing learning outcome assessment to substitute for the program review process.

FS 02-23/Ex.

PARKING PRINCIPLES

The Faculty Senate adopts the following statement to guide the participation of the faculty members of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Parking and to inform the whole task force, the president, the staff assembly, the ASI, the campus chapters of the bargaining units and the entire university of the Senate's thinking about the allocation and funding of parking on campus.

Statement: In the opinion of the Faculty Senate, the following principles should govern the substance of any plan recommended by the Ad Hoc Task Force On Parking to fund and allocate parking on campus:

Except in the case of parking for the disabled, continued reservation of parking under current parking regulations for the use of each of the following classes of drivers: 1) students, 2) faculty and staff and 3) administrators.

Preservation of a fair share of parking to each class of driver in each lot and structure currently in service, under construction or to be built in future.

Equal access to each of the parking spaces reserved to a class of driver wherever located on campus.

The same fee for each member of each class of driver.

The same fee for each of the several classes of driver, namely students, staff, faculty and administrators, to park in any of the spaces reserved to a class wherever located on campus.

No plan to increase parking fees that would create an economic incentive in anyone to qualify for disabled parking.

Proportionality between fees and parking fines to be established and maintained to eliminate as far as reasonably may be expected the economic incentive to act in disregard of the regulations governing more expensive parking.

Given these principles and the need for more money to service the debt on a third parking structure, the Senate recognizes that faculty, staff and administrators will have to work together to urge their respective bargaining agents and the CSU to authorize an increase in the faculty and staff fees on this campus that will enable the members of those classes here to pay the same fee as the students must pay in order to raise the money needed for debt service on the third structure. The Senate urges the committee therefore to recommend postponement for one college year (June 1 to May 31) of any increase of parking fees unless the fee charged in every case will undergo the same increase.

As to the composition of the Ad Hoc Task Force On Parking, the Senate recommends that the president appoint the presidents of the campus chapters of CFA, ~~and~~ CSEA, and all other bargaining units or their designees to the committee. Because faculty and staff parking fees are a negotiable item, any alteration of them to preserve an allocation of parking consistent with the principles stated above will require the cooperation of the statewide and campus leaders of CFA, ~~and~~ CSEA, and all other bargaining units. That cooperation can be most effectively sought if the ~~CFA and CSEA~~ leaders of the bargaining units are included in the discussion of parking fees and allocation from the beginning.

The Faculty Senate directs its chair to publish by hard copy, e-mail and appropriate web site the Senate's statement of principles and understandings about the allocation and funding of parking to the members of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Parking, the Staff Assembly, the ASI Board of Directors, the faculty, the Hornet newspaper, UTAPS, the campus chapters of the bargaining agents, the appropriate administrators and the university president.

The Faculty Senate adopts the following Special Order:

The Faculty Senate directs its Executive Committee to give first priority on the agenda of each Senate meeting between now and the publication of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Parking to an item that will enable the Senate to hear from the faculty members of the task force an account of the task force's discussions and the proposals before the task force and to discuss that account in order to inform those faculty members of the Senate's thinking about what it has heard. Proposals for action in the form of motions or resolutions arising out of the Senate's discussion of the task force's deliberations shall be treated as second-reading items when made. Discussion of these proposals shall not be limited except by motion to order the previous question (i.e., to close debate and vote immediately).

The Faculty Senate directs the Senate chair to invite the leadership of the Staff Assembly, the campus chapters of the bargaining agents and the ASI to attend the Faculty Senate meetings at which the report of the faculty members of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Parking will be heard and discussed.

FS 02-22/GEP/GRC, Ex.

GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations and recommends adoption of the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee on General Education Assessment as shown in Faculty Senate Agenda April 11, 2002 Attachment B.

FIRST READING

[10 minute time limited discussion-unless extended by majority vote; no action]

FS 02-29/CPC, Ex.

UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING EXPECTATIONS, RESOLUTION ON

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following:

WHEREAS, CSUS is committed to the development of quality educational programs, excellence in teaching, and providing service to the community, and

WHEREAS, at CSUS, a baccalaureate education is based on several principles, including the expectation that all students will explore the body of human knowledge and become familiar with various methods for gaining, evaluating and extending that knowledge, and such an education should facilitate students' range of knowledge, values and skills in ways that will that will enrich and shape their lives, and

WHEREAS, an explicit University Goal (Strategic Plan, 2nd edition, 1998, p.10) establishes the "educational mission. . . through continued implementation of effective and efficient practices," and,

WHEREAS, assessment is an integral part of the teaching and learning process, evaluation and discussion of our progress toward that goal led to the adoption and implementation of a University Assessment Policy by the Faculty Senate in 1992, and

WHEREAS, University-wide assessment of institutional educational effectiveness requires assessment at a broad, University-level, and

WHEREAS, through a wide-ranging collaborative process, the Faculty Senate prepared six general baccalaureate learning goals for all undergraduates, and

WHEREAS, meaningful assessment and efforts to improve the institution depend on communicating clearly defined faculty expectations for learning, therefore be it

RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate adopts the attached "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals", prepared by the Faculty Senate Working Group on University Learning Goals which includes definitions for each of the following expectations of undergraduate learning:

Competence In The Disciplines
Analysis And Problem-Solving
Communication
Information Competence
Cultural Legacies
Values And Pluralism

and be it further

RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate recommends the "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals" serve as a definition of the University's expectations for undergraduate learning for all undergraduate students, and be it further

RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate recommends that these "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals" be incorporated into the University's Strategic Plan, and be it further

RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate directs the Curriculum Policies Committee to develop an assessment plan that specifies an ongoing, cyclical process that will guide the University in meeting these expectations of undergraduate learning at California State University, Sacramento.

INFORMATION:

Senate Home Page: http:/www.csus.edu/acse or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
Livingston Lecture nominations - deadline to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate office is Friday, May 3, 3:00 p.m.
Meeting Schedule:

May 2, 2002-tentative

May 9, 2002:
3:00-3:30: 2002/03 Senate Elections
3:30-5:00: 2001/02 Senate meeting

May 16, 2002-tentative

WHEREAS,	proposals have surfaced to allow substitution of learning outcome assessment for departmental program reviews; and
WHEREAS,	some other CSU campuses have authorized such substitution; and
WHEREAS,	both learning outcome assessment and departmental program reviews offer potential benefits, but not necessarily the same ones; and
WHEREAS,	program reviews cover topics not generally addressed in learning outcome assessment such as the quality of communication among faculty, the quality of communication between faculty and students, the adequacy of governance procedures, the adequacy of resources, and the fit between departmental goals and the University's strategic plan; and
WHEREAS,	the Faculty Senate recently has taken some actions to reduce the administrative burden of program reviews, such as recommending that external accreditation reviews be permitted to substitute for local program reviews; and
WHEREAS,	a clear statement of the value of program reviews may be important at this time; therefore be it:
RESOLVED,	that the Faculty Senate reemphasizes the importance of departmental program reviews and recommends against allowing learning outcome assessment to substitute for the program review process.

WHEREAS,	CSUS is committed to the development of quality educational programs, excellence in teaching, and providing service to the community, and
WHEREAS,	at CSUS, a baccalaureate education is based on several principles, including the expectation that all students will explore the body of human knowledge and become familiar with various methods for gaining, evaluating and extending that knowledge, and such an education should facilitate students' range of knowledge, values and skills in ways that will that will enrich and shape their lives, and
WHEREAS,	an explicit University Goal (Strategic Plan, 2nd edition, 1998, p.10) establishes the "educational mission. . . through continued implementation of effective and efficient practices," and,
WHEREAS,	assessment is an integral part of the teaching and learning process, evaluation and discussion of our progress toward that goal led to the adoption and implementation of a University Assessment Policy by the Faculty Senate in 1992, and
WHEREAS,	University-wide assessment of institutional educational effectiveness requires assessment at a broad, University-level, and
WHEREAS,	through a wide-ranging collaborative process, the Faculty Senate prepared six general baccalaureate learning goals for all undergraduates, and
WHEREAS,	meaningful assessment and efforts to improve the institution depend on communicating clearly defined faculty expectations for learning, therefore be it
RESOLVED	that the Faculty Senate adopts the attached "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals", prepared by the Faculty Senate Working Group on University Learning Goals which includes definitions for each of the following expectations of undergraduate learning: Competence In The Disciplines Analysis And Problem-Solving Communication Information Competence Cultural Legacies Values And Pluralism and be it further
RESOLVED	that the Faculty Senate recommends the "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals" serve as a definition of the University's expectations for undergraduate learning for all undergraduate students, and be it further
RESOLVED	that the Faculty Senate recommends that these "CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals" be incorporated into the University's Strategic Plan, and be it further
RESOLVED	that the Faculty Senate directs the Curriculum Policies Committee to develop an assessment plan that specifies an ongoing, cyclical process that will guide the University in meeting these expectations of undergraduate learning at California State University, Sacramento.