A PLAN FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS-GREEN SPACE, STUDENT PATHWAYS,
A BALANCED AND BEAUTIFIED CAMPUS
Matthew Altier, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management (no later than 4:10)

Please bring your September 18, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C

2003 - 04 
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 

MOMENT OF SILENCE

MARY GILES Emeritus Faculty, Humanities and Religious Studies 1961 - 2003

ROYAL VANDERBERG Emeritus Faculty, Physics and Astronomy 1954 - 1973

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT CALENDAR

CONSENT INFORMATION

Athletics Task Force
Phil Hitchcock, Art Department
Steve Perez, Economics Department
Dave Raske, Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology
Gloria Solomon, Kinesiology and Health Science Department

Student Fee Advisory Committee
Robert Metcalf, NS&M
Jessica Howell, SS&IS

CONSENT ACTION

Academic Policies Committee
Sylnovie Merchant, At-large, 2006

General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee
David Zeanah, At-large, 2004

Faculty Policies Committee
Stan Oden, At-large, 2006

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
Maria Kochis, Library, 2006

Alumni Board
Art Jensen, Faculty Alumnus, 2004

Search Committee, Director of Alumni Relations
Art Jensen, Faculty Representative

Committee for Persons with Disabilities
Patti Nogales, A&L, 2005

Search Committee, Dean, College of Education
Jackie Donath, At-large

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the program change proposals outlined in Attachment A.

Background:    In Spring 2003, the Faculty Senate adopted the establishment of the Community Service Awards (FS 03-13).  The Awards program established two tiers for awards - the Outstanding Community Service Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service.  The Lifetime Achievement Award winner is selected by a committee comprised of faculty (elected from each college and one person elected to represent librarians, student affairs professionals and coaches), students, community members, a designee from the President's Office, a liaison from the Faculty Policies Committee, and the Director of the Office of Community Collaboration.  FS 03-13 did not specify who was eligible to be elected to the Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee.  This motion:  specifies who is eligible to be elected to the Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee; changes the term; includes staff in the composition; and includes staff in the nomination process.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the Community Service Awards as follows:

[strikethrough = deletion; underscore = addition]

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OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (OCSA)

ELIGIBILITY

All faculty (temporary, probationary and tenured instructional faculty, non-instructional faculty - librarians, student service professionals-academically related, and coaches) are eligible for nominations. Included also are faculty on the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP).  This includes faculty in each of the seven Colleges as well as those classified as non-instructional faculty: the librarians, student services professionals (academically related), and coaches. 

NOMINATIONS

Nominations may be made by faculty, self, staff, administrators, students, or external community members. The process for soliciting nominations on-campus shall be the responsibility of colleges and other nominating units. The Faculty Senate shall assume responsibility for publicizing the awards to off-campus constituencies, and may request assistance from normal campus channels.

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

NOMINATIONS (same as OCSA)

Nominations may be made by faculty, self, staff, administrators, students, or external community members. The process for soliciting nominations on-campus shall be the responsibility of colleges and other nominating units. The Faculty Senate shall assume responsibility for publicizing the awards to off-campus constituencies. The Faculty Senate shall request assistance from the Office of Community Collaboration for publicizing the awards to the Sacramento community.

ELIGIBILITY

All faculty who have engaged in 10 years or more of professional service to the community are eligible for nominations. This includes All faculty (temporary, probationary and tenured instructional faculty, non-instructional faculty librarians, student service professionals-academically related, and coaches) are eligible.  Included also are faculty on the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP). in each of the seven Colleges as well as those classified as non-instructional faculty: the librarians, student services professionals (academically related), and coaches.

 

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COMPOSITION OF SELECTION COMMITTEE

Faculty – 1 full-time faculty each year from each college, plus one representative from the Library, student affairs professionals and coaches, also elected annually to serve a three-year staggered term

Students – 2, appointed by ASI

Staff – 1 appointed by USA

External community members – 2 selected by President’s office

President’s Office designee

Faculty Policies Committee liaison

Director of the Office of Community Collaboration, ex officio. Votes only if there is a tie.

The Faculty Senate requests approval to negotiate a Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies between CSUS, Sonoma State University and the University of California, Davis (Attachment B).

REGULAR AGENDA

SECOND READING

Background:  The United States, unlike other advanced industrial nations, does not provide the opportunity for many of its college-bound children to begin learning a second language in elementary school (when learning is most natural and effective.) For reasons that include the cultural diversity of California and its desire to continue to participate in a global economy (not to mention the personal benefits enumerated in the goal statement that follows), all Californians should have the opportunity to at least experiment with a second language.

From the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee's perspective, the most significant "argument" for developing learning goals and a rationale for the foreign language proficiency graduation requirement is that all components of the "core" of the University's requirements (GE and supplementary graduation requirements) should involve all segments of the university community in their implementation, evaluation and assessment. Like General Education, the courses making up the graduation requirements are parts of a university curriculum and not the responsibility of any single department.

The Committee found no substantive or philosophical difference between the development, adoption and implementation of the University Baccalaureate Learning Goals and the General Education Area Learning Goals and this effort to develop a rationale and learning goals for the foreign language graduation requirement.

The Faculty Senate recommends the adoption of the following "Goals of the CSUS Foreign Language Graduation Requirement". To provide students with:

The ability to enter into a language community other than their own.

Rationale: The study of a foreign language enables students to enter into the world of a distinct linguistic and cultural community, and thereby to transcend the limits of their own culture. Language is the bond that holds together a people and its culture, and is the key that provides entrance, interpersonal contact and communication to newcomers.

Awareness of another culture.

Rationale: One of the CSUS Baccalaureate Learning Goals is, "understanding the development of world civilizations and the values of different cultural traditions." The study of culture in conjunction with the study of a language enables the student to develop sensitivity to the values, attitudes and behaviors expected of members of a distinct language community, in order to interact with members of that community with mutual dignity, respect and acceptance.

The development of skills to increase communication with foreign language speakers in one's anticipated career field.

Rationale: Another Learning Goal is the "ability to work collaboratively with those who come from diverse cultural backgrounds." Many students will, in the course of their professional activities, encounter speakers of other languages, some of whom may not be fluent in English. This ability to work with members of other language communities may provide a strong motivation for students by providing a tangible benefit they can understand.

The ability to communicate with people from other cultures using appropriate social skills and mannerisms.

Rationale: Another Learning Goal is "understanding of, and respect for, those who are different from oneself." In addition to the words of a foreign language, students will learn the attitudes, gestures and underlying beliefs of the culture behind the language, thus enabling them to interact with dignity and respect.

A preparation for lifelong learning about other cultures and the acquisition of increased fluency if desired.

Rationale: A principle stated in the CSU Baccalaureate Learning Goals is "Baccalaureate students should possess a range of knowledge, values, and skills that will enrich and shape their lives long after their formal education has ended." Many students who, at the present time, do not see the need for developing knowledge and understanding of another culture or language may later discover the need for deeper study.

An opportunity to interact in a foreign language within the classroom setting.

Rationale: Fluency in a foreign language is best obtained in the country where it is spoken. Ideally, we might want to send each student to spend some time in a foreign country. Since this is not a realistic goal, providing a "mini-immersion" in the context of the classroom is a possible substitute.

These goals and rationales are intended to function as:

1. The basis for evaluating the intentions and implementation of the foreign language proficiency graduation requirement and
    
2. The principles underlying the development of an assessment plan for the foreign language proficiency requirement and
    
3. The criteria for the development of new course proposals and cyclical review of the courses offered to meet the foreign language proficiency requirement and
    
4. The public, informational statement for students, faculty and staff

Background:

CONTEXT: The Academic Policies Committee reviewed existing CSUS policies dealing with academic dishonesty during the 2002-2003 academic year. This was prompted by several factors, including a brief survey of department chairs undertaken the previous year on the extent of dishonesty problems, university interest in subscribing to anti-plagiarism services, and complaints to the committee in May 2002 over the handling of a recent academic dishonesty incident. On the basis of the review, the Academic Policies Committee decided to undertake the following: (1) develop and recommend a revision of existing policies, and (2) develop and recommend a plan for the dissemination of the dishonesty policies to the CSUS community. The policy revision was completed in spring 2003 and is presented to the Senate here; development of the dissemination plan will take place this year.

RECOMMENDED POLICY: The proposed Academic Honesty Policy was developed in consultation with representatives of Associated Students, Inc. and the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. It included a review of similar policies at a number of other CSU campuses and a meeting with a representative from the University of California, Davis to discuss the procedures in place there. The proposed policy revises and consolidates existing CSUS policies and procedures (that currently exist in several places throughout the CSUS policy manual and elsewhere) into a single policy. It contains the following elements: a statement of general principles, definitions of academic dishonesty, identification of faculty and student responsibilities, and a description of procedures, safeguards, and sanctions for handling cases of alleged dishonesty.

PROS AND CONS: Members of the Academic Policies Committee were in general agreement over the elements contained in the proposed policy with one exception: whether to adopt the statement on the “proportionality” on academic sanctions. There was disagreement on this, in that some committee members agreed that a case of cheating should be sufficient cause to fail a student for the entire course. The Committee was unable to resolve the question and agreed to send the proportionality language to the full Senate for its consideration.

RELATED ITEM: The Academic Policies Committee also recommends to the Senate a proposed amendment (FS 03-41) to the existing policy on Grade Appeals. This amendment would make the Grade Appeals Policy consistent with the proposed Academic Honesty Policy.

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the policies and procedures regarding academic honesty as outlined in the September 18, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the Grade Appeal procedures as follows:

(underscore = addition)

III. Appeal of grades assigned for cheating or plagiarism

Grade appeal panels shall be limited to deciding claims that grades assigned for cheating or plagiarism are grossly disproportionate to the offense and therefore arbitrary.

1. Grade appeal panels shall not try or retry charges of cheating or plagiarism when hearing grade appeals. Instead they shall be bound by the disposition of those charges made by instructors or the Office of Student Affairs under the CSUS Policies and Procedures Regarding Academic Honesty.
    
2. In any grade appeal that seeks to overturn a grade assigned for cheating or plagiarism because it is disproportionate to the offense and therefore arbitrary, the assigned grade shall be upheld unless it can be shown to be grossly disproportionate to the offense. Gross disproportionality shall be shown by reference to Sections V.A.2 and 3 of the CSUS Policies and Procedures Regarding Academic Honesty and a demonstration by the student at the discretion authorized there has been abused. Strict or close proportionality shall not be required of instructors when assigning academic sanctions for cheating or plagiarism.

FIRST READING

The Faculty Senate endorses the Academic Program Theme in the Strategic Plan as amended and recommends that it be forwarded to the Council on University Planning (Attachment C).

Background:  On February 27, 2003, the Faculty Senate approved passage of FS 03-04, amending the University ARTP document.  As a result of President Donald Gerth's disapproval of FS 03-04, the Senate's Executive Committee asked the University ARTP Committee to respond to President Gerth's concerns and draft more appropriate language, which follows:

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the University ARTP document by adding a new Section 2.00 and renumbering as 2.01 the current section:

Section 2.00    Application

Unless otherwise expressly excepted, faculty unit employees and administrators shall be governed by the University ARTP Policy and the primary and secondary unit policies document consistent with it that governs the level of evaluation at which they are acting.

See Attachment D for background information (President Gerth's disapproval memo; the September 16, 2003 memo from William A. Dillon, Presiding Member of the University ARTP Committee, responding to President Gerth's concerns; and the November 11, 2002 memo from William A. Dillon, Presiding Member of the University ARTP Committee, explaining the original language).  (You must have version 5.0 to successfully access this file.  Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html to download the latest version.)

SPECIAL REPORT (4:10)

"A Plan for the Next 5 Years-Green Space, Student Pathways, a Balanced And Beautified Campus"
Matt Altier, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management

INFORMATION

1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
2. John C. Livingston Annual Faculty Lecture Convocation:  Valerie Wheeler, Professor of Anthropology - Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 3:00 p.m., University Union Ballroom III
3. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

October 30, 2003 - tentative November 6, 2003 - tentative November 13, 2003 - tentative November 20, 2003 - tentative

November 27, 2003 - Happy Thanksgiving! December 4, 2003 - tentative December 11, 2003 - tentative December 18, 2003 - tentative