You will need to bring Attachment D from the April 15, 2004 Faculty Senate Agenda  2004 - 05 
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 

CONVERSATION WITH CSU TRUSTEE, MELINDA GUZMAN MOORE (click on name for biography) (3:00 - 3:30)

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT INFORMATION

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

CONSENT ACTION

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

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the University ARTP document as follows:

20. No CSU employee shall vote, make recommendations, or in any way participate in decisions about any personnel matter which may directly affect the selection, appointment, retention, tenure, compensation, promotion, termination, other employment status or interest of a close relative. For the purposes of this policy, the term a 'close relative' shall include is defined as parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, spouse, registered domestic partner, step-parent, step-child, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and by guardianship or adoption or both or a person residing in the immediate household except live-in household employees or roomers.  Relatives of domestic partners shall be treated as relatives of spouses. husband, wife, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, and domestic partner. . . .

See Attachment C for background information and the memorandum from William Dillon, Presiding Member of the University ARTP Committee to the Executive Committee.

Search Committee, Associate Vice President and Dean, Academic Programs
Jackie Donath, Humanities and Religious Studies, A&L
Steve Perez, Economics, SS&IS

Anthony J. Leones Scholarship Committee
Maria Mejorado, 2006

Committee on Diversity Awards
David Monk, 2006

CUP-Graduation Initiative Committee
Sue Holl, 2006

Grade Appeal Procedural Appeals Board
Miles Roberts, 2007

Committee for Persons with Disabilities
Susan McGinty, H&HS, 2005

Committee on Diversity and Equity
Deborah Pittman, 2007

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the membership of the Academic Information Technology Committee as outlined in Attachment D.

REGULAR AGENDA

POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRS' REPORTS

SECOND READING

Background: In Fall, 2003 the Executive committee requested that the Academic Policies Committee (APC) consider the matter of possible exceptions to the proposed policy FS 02-39/APC, Ex. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS FOR STUDENTS ON PROBATION. The proposed policy, at that time, read:

"Students who are on academic probation for two consecutive terms (including winter and summer terms) will be limited to a maximum course load of fourteen (14) units a semester until they achieve academic good standing."

The request came about in response to questions from the floor of the Senate at the time of first reading regarding the desirability of providing for exceptions.

After consideration, the APC recommends that the language of the proposed policy be changed to read as follows in order to allow for the exception described below. Arguments for and against can be found in the April 15, 2004 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment D (this motion received a first reading at the May 13, 2004 Faculty Senate meeting).

The Faculty Senate recommends adopting the following policy:

Students who are on academic probation for two consecutive terms (including winter and summer terms) will be limited to a maximum course load of fourteen (14) units a semester until they achieve academic good standing. However, a student who has applied to graduate and whose cumulative CSU and overall GPA are 2.0 or higher may enroll for up to 16 units total in the term of graduation only. The Registrar’s Office will adjust, within the limits, the maximum number of units based on the graduation application.

FIRST READING

The Faculty Senate recommends that current university regulations governing registration priority be amended to allow entering freshmen attending orientation the opportunity to register and enroll in classes during orientation.

See Attachment E for background information.

The Faculty Senate recommends that the minimum GPA required for admission to the CSUS Special Major program be changed from 2.5 to 2.0.  This will bring the GPA admission requirement in line with that for other programs across the University.

See Attachment F for background information.

INFORMATION

1. Information related to Senator Dillon's inquiry at September 16, 2004 Faculty Senate meeting regarding the status of facility planning and faculty consultation:  http://www.csus.edu/cup/CUP_Charge_for_2nd_Reading_9-10.pdf (pages 7 & 8)
2. 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.
3. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/04-05_actions.htm   

4. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

October 14, 2004 - Senate meets October 28, 2004 - Senate meets November 18, 2004 - Senate meets December 9, 2004 - Senate meets