NOTE: CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION TO ORCHARD SUITE, 2ND FLOOR

You will need to bring the October 14, 2004 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment A

2004 - 05 
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Orchard Suite, 2nd Floor, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT ACTION

Search Committee, Dean, College of Arts and Letters
Mary Ann Reihman, Biological Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, At-large

Committee for Persons with Disabilities
Paul Turner, SSPAR, 2006

Academic Information Technology Committee
Harry Theodorides, Health and Human Services, 2007

REGULAR AGENDA

POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRS' REPORTS

SECOND READING

The Faculty Senate recommends elimination of the credit/no credit (CR/NC) option for courses in which the student would normally be assigned a letter grade.  [Note:  This change would not apply to those courses, such as co-curricular courses, fieldwork, field tours, theses, supervised teaching, and similar courses in which CR/NC is the normal grading option.]

See the October 14, 2004 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment A for background information.

The Faculty Senate, acting on behalf of the University faculty, wishes to express its deep concern over the process by which the recent decision was made to place the Co-Operative Education program under the supervision of Student Affairs without utilizing a transparent process or significant, meaningful consultation with the faculty of the University. As a consequence, the Faculty Senate recommends the President take the following actions:

1. Hold in abeyance the recent decision to transfer the Co-Operative Education Program from Academic Affairs to Student Affairs;
    
2. Establish, in conjunction with the Faculty Senate Chair, a review process to bring together faculty and staff of the Co-Operative Education Program and members of the University administration for a meaningful discussion of the status and appropriate placement of the program within the University's organizational structure;
    
3. Report back to the Faculty Senate:

1. for its approval, the details of the review process once they are established;
    
2. on all findings and recommendations that result from the review process.

FIRST READING

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the proposed 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 academic calendars (Attachment A).

[Replaces FS 97-19 "Computer Literacy/Information Competence]

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the following Information Competence Graduation Requirement:

INFORMATION COMPETENCE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

1. Determine the extent of the information needed.

Students will be able to define and articulate the need for information;
identify a variety of types and formats of potential sources for information;
consider the costs and benefits of acquiring the needed information;
reevaluate the nature and extent of the information need.

2. Access needed information effectively and efficiently.

Students will be able to select the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems for accessing the needed information;
construct and implement effectively-designed search strategies;
retrieve information online or in person using a variety of methods;
refine the search strategy if necessary;
extract, record, and manage the information and its sources.

3. Evaluate information and its sources critically and use appropriately and effectively.

Students will be able to articulate and apply initial criteria for evaluating both the information and its sources;
compare new knowledge with prior knowledge to determine the value, contradictions, or other unique characteristics of the information;
determine whether the initial query should be revised.

4. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.

Students will be able to use information to solve a problem, answer a question or for other purposes; determine the breadth and depth of research on a topic;
synthesize and integrate information from a variety of sources;
draw appropriate conclusions;
clearly communicate ideas to others in written, oral and visual forms.

5. Understand the issues associated with legal and ethical access to and use of information.

Students will be able to understand many of the ethical, legal and socio-economic issues surrounding information and information technology;
acknowledge the use of information sources in communicating the product or performance.

Adapted from:

Rubrics for Assessing Information Competence in the CSU, by Dr. Ilene Rockman. 10/02
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, ACRL. 2000
3/1/04 – Approval recommended by the GE/GRPC

The Faculty Senate further recommends that the new policy be referred back to the GE/GRPC for development of an implementation strategy within the following parameters:

• Requirement be program based for all undergraduate degree programs
• Require no new courses
• Reporting be incorporated within program review

See Attachment B for background information.

The Executive Committee has placed this resolution on the agenda at the request of the Faculty Policies Committee and does so without recommendation:

WHEREAS,	CSUS operates under a collective bargaining agreement which covers all faculty, and
WHEREAS,	Some new faculty may be unfamiliar with working in a union environment, and
WHEREAS,	CFA represents the faculty in all grievance procedures, and
WHEREAS,	CFA provides important resources and support programs for faculty, and
WHEREAS,	The previous recommendation by the Faculty Policies Committee on March 17, 2004, was rejected by the Administration; therefore, be it
RESOLVED,	That CFA be allowed to give a five-minute presentation during the Welcome section at New Faculty Orientations.

The above resolution was approved by the Faculty Policies Committee, October 6, 2004.

See Attachment C for background information.

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. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/04-05_actions.htm   

3. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

November 18, 2004 - Senate meets - wine and cheese social December 9, 2004 - Senate meets (last meeting of the Fall semester)