2001-2002 FACULTY SENATE
OF
California State University, Sacramento

Issue #25

Minutes
April 25, 2002

ROLL CALL [+ indicates alternate]

REGULAR AGENDA

The Minutes of April 4 (#23), 2002 are approved as published.

Carried.

The agenda was amended by deleting FS 02-27, Committee Appointments - University.

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

Carried unanimously.

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.

Carried unanimously.

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.

Carried unanimously.

 

The Faculty Senate divides FS 02-23, Parking Principles, as follows:

1. To adopt the statement of principles

2. To recommend postponement of any increase in parking fees

3. To recommend appointments to the task force of representatives from all affected bargaining units

4. To direct the Senate chair to publish the adopted statement of principles and understandings

5. To direct the Senate chair to schedule a report at a subsequent meeting by the faculty members of the Task Force and to invite the leadership of the University Staff Assembly, ASI and campus chapters of bargaining units to attend

Carried.

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:

1. 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.  
   
2. 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.  
   
3. Equal access to each of the parking spaces reserved to a class of driver wherever located on campus.  
   
4. The same fee for each member of each class of driver.  
   
5. 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.
   
6. No plan to increase parking fees that would create an economic incentive in anyone to qualify for disabled parking.  
   
7. 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.  

Defeated.

Original motion:

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.

A substitute motion was introduced as follows:

The Faculty Senate urges the administration to create a funding mechanism whereby faculty and staff who wish to pay an additional sum to equal the student increase, can do so.  Said monies then would be used towards funding of an additional parking structure.

Carried.

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, CSEA, and all other bargaining agents 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, CSEA, and all other bargaining agents.  That cooperation can be most effectively sought if the leaders of the bargaining agents are included in the discussion of parking fees and allocation from the beginning.

Defeated.

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 University 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.

Defeated.

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).

Defeated.

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.

Carried.

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.

Carried.

The following item received a first reading and will be presented for second reading on the next regular Faculty Senate Agenda:

INFORMATION:

1. Senate Home Page:  http:/www.csus.edu/acse or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.

2. Livingston Lecture nominations - deadline to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate office is Friday, May 3, 3:00 p.m.

3. Meeting Schedule:

• May 2, 2002

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

Cheryl Johnson, Secretary

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 P.M.

*Presidential approval requested.