2001-2002 FACULTY SENATE
OF
California State University, Sacramento

Issue #23

Minutes
April 4, 2002

ROLL CALL [+ indicates alternate]

Present: Amata, +Anderson, Banta, Barakatt, Barrick, Bauerly, Behrman, Brentwood, B. Buckley, L. Buckley, Cager, Chacon, +Chambers, Curiel, +M. Dillon, W. Dillon, Evans, Harvey, Hreljac, Jaoudi, A. Jensen, Klucas, Kornweibel, Lagunas-Carvacho, Lascher, Llamas-Green, Mattice, Meyer, +Olson, +Peek, Perez, Raingruber, Reihman, Roland, Stanley, Timmer, Utz, Uwazie, Wagner-Ott, Williams
Absent: Alexander, Bayard, Dundon, Evaggelopoulos, Fitzgerald, Green, Hall, Hill, Horobin, Kando, Kearly, Kennedy, Kent, Klyse, Kostyrko, Lee, Leezer, Peters, Rodriguez, Roseberry- McKibbin, Smith, Takeuchi, Underwood, Valadez, Whitus

 

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 02-17/Flr. MINUTES 

The Minutes of March 21 (#22), 2002 are approved as published.

Carried.

The agenda was amended to add the following motion from the floor (FS 02-18) as a first reading item and was then moved to second reading:

*FS 02-18/Flr. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

   

Ad hoc Parking Committee
Dennis Tootelian, CBA
Joan Al-Kazily, ECS
Robyn Nelson, HHS
Rob Wassmer, SSIS

FS 02-18A/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 02-18

 

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 02-18, Committee Appointments-University (Ad hoc Parking Committee).

Carried.

*FS 02-18B/Flr. AMEND FS 02-18, COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY, FLOOR NOMINATIONS

 

The Faculty Senate amends FS 02-18, and adds William Dillon as a nominee for the Ad hoc Parking Committee.  After a vote by secret ballot, the composition of the Committee is:

Dennis Tootelian, CBA
Joan Al-Kazily, ECS
Robyn Nelson, HHS
Rob Wassmer, SSIS

Carried.

SECOND READING
[Action may be taken]

FS 02-16Bi/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 02-16B

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 02-16B, Establish General Education Impact study workgroup, 2000 General Education Program Review.

Carried.

*FS 02-16Bii/Flr. AMEND FS 02-16B, ESTABLISH GENERAL EDUCATION IMPACT STUDY WORKGROUP, 2000 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW, MEMBERSHIP

The Faculty senate amends FS 02-16B by adding two additional members:  a representative from Foreign Languages and a representative from the Writing and Reading Subcommittee.

Carried.

*FS 02-16B/Ex. ESTABLISH GENERAL EDUCATION IMPACT STUDY WORKGROUP, 2000 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW

The Faculty Senate recommends 1) the establishment of a nine member General Education Impact Study Workgroup, 2) the faculty members of the Study Workgroup receive 3 units of assigned time for the fall semester 2002, and 3) the Workgroup be charged to complete the tasks described below by the end of the 2002 fall semester.

MEMBERSHIP WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 
One Student (appointed by ASI) 
Eight Faculty members: 

Two members of the General Education Review Team 
General Education Policies / Graduation Requirements Committee Representative
Faculty Coordinator for General Education 
Faculty Coordinator for Assessment 
Three at-large Faculty Members, to include a representative from Foreign Languages and the Writing and Reading Subcommittee

Ex officio, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Programs

CHARGE:  Before the Senate debates and decides and to better inform the debate on the GERT recommendation to create a full-time position of Director of General Education, the GE Impact Study Workgroup will develop the job description for the proposed Director, which will include the roles and responsibilities of the Director in various capacities related to oversight of the University's General Education curriculum and related assessment and coordination activities. This work should be completed with the recommendation coming to the Senate for First and Second Reading before the end of the spring 2002 semester.

Before the Senate debate and action and to better inform the debate on GERT Recommendations 3, 4, 5 and 6, the GE Impact Study Workgroup will frame the issues and undertake an impact analysis for each recommendation and bring each recommendation and their findings to the Senate for First and Second Reading before the end of the fall 2002 semester.

Where appropriate, the impact analysis should include consultation with the effected parties, such as University committees, departments, programs and support. In addition, the GE Impact Study Workgroup should suggest - where feasible - ways to mitigate the possible negative impact that the proposed changes might have on departments and/or programs.

Carried.

FS 02-16Ci/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 02-16C

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 02-16C, Committee Appointment - Senate, General Education Impact study Workgroup.

Carried.

FS 02-16C/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT - SENATE

General Education Impact Study Workgroup

[All appointments through Fall 2002]

Representatives from the General Education Review Team 
Bill Dorman, Government
Ruth Ballard, Biological Sciences

Representative from the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee 
Dick Kornweibel, History

Faculty Coordinator for General Education 
Greg Wheeler, Geology

Faculty Coordinator for Assessment 
Ann Haffer, Nursing

At-large Faculty Members
Jackie Donath, Humanities and Religious Studies
Lewis Robinson, or his designee, Foreign Languages
Amy Heckathorn, or her designee, Chair, Writing and Reading Subcommittee

Carried.

FS 02-16Di/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 02-16D

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 02-16D, Community College Transfers, 2000 General Education Program Review Recommendations.

Carried.

*FS 02-16D/Ex. COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFERS, 2000 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following:

  • CSUS and community colleges make every effort to advise potential transfers that it is in their best interests to fulfill code requirements as part of their 39-unit transfer package, or else they will have to take additional coursework above and beyond the upper division GE requirements at CSUS (GERT Recommendation #12, page 29).

NOTE. Currently, the code requirements (Title 5, Section 40404) require students to take courses to produce competency in U.S. history, the Constitution, and State and Local Government. If this requirement is not fulfilled prior to transfer, an additional six units of coursework would be required, with the appropriate courses listed in Area D3 of the General Education program.

  • The university work toward the goal of providing evaluations for transfer students by the end of their first semester at CSUS (GERT Recommendation #14, page 31).

Carried.

FS 02-16Fi/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 02-16F

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 02-16F, Approval and Referral to Faculty Policies Committee, 2000 General Education Program Review.

Carried.

*FS 02-16F/Ex. APPROVAL AND REFERRAL TO FACULTY POLICIES COMMITTEE, 2000 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following and charges the Senate's Faculty Policies Committee (FPC) with developing appropriate policies and/or guidelines necessary to implement these recommendations.

  • Relating to faculty rewards, responsibilities and resources (GERT Recommendation #8, page 25):

  1. It is essential for the university to recognize and reward teaching and advising activities associated with GE. Specifically, FPC should explore and recommend new and more effective ways to attract and reward those who are willing to teach (and advise) in GE, especially in the RTP. In matters of RTP, faculty teaching General Education courses should receive the same recognition as those faculty teaching courses in the major. Efforts should be made to actively encourage full-time faculty to participate in the General Education Program.

  2. Special attention in this regard should be paid to innovation in coursework, particularly innovation that achieves interdisciplinarity.

  3. Each department should have a designated GE adviser, but all faculty should have knowledge of the program. For this purpose, GE Impact Study Workgroup  and/or the GE committee should develop and distribute a faculty GE Advising Handbook.

  • FPC incorporates into the annual new faculty orientation a presentation on the GE Program's goals and objectives that stresses the importance of GE on this campus (GERT Recommendation #10, page 28).

Carried.

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

FS 02-16E/Ex. APPROVAL AND REFERRAL TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION POLICIES/GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE, 2000 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW

 

INFORMATION:

  1. 2001-2002 Wang Family Excellence Award - Bill Dorman, Government, has received one of these awards.

  2. Faculty Governance Forum at CSUS, Thursday, April 18, 2002 with David Spence, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Chancellor's Office; Jacqueline Kegley, Chair, Statewide Academic Senate; and Debra Farar, incoming Chair, Board of Trustees

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

  4. Meeting Schedule:

Cheryl Johnson, Secretary

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.

*Presidential approval requested.