2005-2006 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Forest Suite, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
NOTE ROOM CHANGE!!

MOMENT OF SILENCE

DONALD HINDE
Emeritus Staff, University Union

CONSENT CALENDAR

CONSENT ACTION

FS 05-56/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Campus Educational Equity Committee
James Shoch, SS&IS, 2007

Committee on Administrative Review
Margaret Cleek, CBA, 2008

Student Academic Development Committee
Rachel August, SS&IS, 2006

Alumni Board
Sylvester Bowie, H&HS, 2006

Institutional Scholarship Committee
Jeffrey Calton, SS&IS, 2006

FS 05-57/CPC/Ex. PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the program proposals outlined in Attachment A. (Note: attachment is 34 pages.)

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 05-58/Flr. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 13, 2005

FIRST READING

additions = underscore; deletions = strikethrough

*FS 05-55/Ex./Flr. NEW DOCTORAL AUTHORITY FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO AND ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES, RESOLUTION ON
WHEREAS, SB 724 authorizes the CSU to offer a doctoral degree Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Education, broadly defined as leadership for community colleges and K-12 administrators focused on preparing administrative leaders for California public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges and on the knowledge and skills needed by administrators to be effective leaders in California public schools and community colleges;
 
WHEREAS, This new and exciting opportunity has received faculty support;
 
WHEREAS, This may be the first of multiple, related program development opportunities at the doctoral level, and is unlike any program prior;
 
WHEREAS, California State University, Sacramento has, subject to campus, system-wide and legislative guidelines, well established policies and precedent for faculty-driven curriculum and program development;
 
WHEREAS, The Senate recognizes the urgency necessary to and involved in the development of the Ed.D;
therefore, be it
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate will support the development of such a curriculum in keeping with the existing policies regarding new programs;
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate will support the expediency needed in moving these policies forward and, with faculty input, amending them as may be necessary for programs of this nature; and be it further
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate, in the spirit of interdisciplinary, collaborative, and innovative curriculum development will support the involvement of all interested faculties on campus in the development of this exciting and entirely new program; and be it further
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate authorizes the Chair to form an ad hoc committee comprised of faculty with appropriate and demonstrated curriculum policy experience to develop, for Senate curricular review purposes, the necessary areas to be addressed in a doctoral proposal quality parameters identified, but not limited to those, below:
  • quality parameters
  • faculty doctoral program workload
  • qualifications for doctoral faculty
  • nature of culminating project, qualifying examinations
  • appropriate use of part-time faculty
  • resource parameters per FTES
  • fee structure
  • guidelines for use of technology

SB 724 can be accessed at:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_724_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf

FS 05-53/Ex. INFORMATION COMPETENCY IMPLEMENTATION, RESOLUTION ON
WHEREAS, The Faculty Senate adopted a policy(FS-04-67, December 9, 2004) revising the University’s Computer Literacy/Information Competence State and Requirements and reframing it as the Information Competence Graduation Requirement with learning goals that include the development of the following skills:
  1. Determine the extent of the information needed.
     
  2. Access needed information effectively and efficiently.
     
  3. Evaluate information and its sources critically and use appropriately and effectively.
     
  4. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.
     
  5. Understand the issues associated with legal and ethical access to and use of information.
WHEREAS, The policy change was enacted without precise implementation language; therefore be it
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate adopts the implementation policy recommended by the General Education/Graduation Requirements Committee which includes the following elements:
  1. While programs may certainly use the statement of these competencies to examine and reorganize aspects of their curricula they are not required to do so if in the faculty's judgment all competencies are covered in their present curricula.
     
  2. Programs are expected to develop during the AY 2005-2006 a statement that addresses each of the five specified components. For each there should be:
  1. a brief statement of how the program or discipline uses this competency
     
  2. identification of course(s) in which each competency is principally introduced along with an example of an assignment for each competency
  1. a brief statement on how student demonstration of competencies is measured.
  1. A department/program with multiple degree programs may development a single statement for more than one program if the competencies apply similarly to two or more degrees.
     
  2. These initial statements are due for review no later than April1, 2006.
  1. An ad hoc committee established by the GE committee will review the statements and report back suggestions to programs.
     
  2. Formal submission as well as formal evaluation will be part of normal program review beginning in 2006-2007.
FS 05-54/Ex. PROPOSITION 76 "STATE SPENDING AND SCHOOL FUNDING LIMITS", RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO
WHEREAS, Proposition 76, if passed, will make changes to the California Constitution related to state spending limits, school funding requirements (Proposition 98) and the budget process;
 
WHEREAS, These changes potentially endanger the ability of California State University, Sacramento, to meet its commitment to our students and the people of California to continue to provide a high quality learning environment on our campus;
 
WHEREAS, We support the actions of the Academic Senate of the CSU and our colleagues at other campuses in passing resolutions in opposition to the Proposition; therefore, be it
 
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate of California State University, Sacramento, opposes passage of Proposition 76 that appears on the ballot of the November 8 special election and that we direct that copies of this resolution be sent to all members of our faculty, to the Associated Students, to the California Faculty Association and to the President of the University.
 

The entire text of Proposition 76 can be found at http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/bp_nov05/voter_info_pdf/entire76.pdf 

http://www.calstate.edu/AcadSen/records/resolutions/2005-2006/09-05_resolution_packet.pdf  (note: 1.25 MB size)

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. Chair's newsletter: http://www.csus.edu/acse/newsletter.htm
  3. Retreat follow-up: charge to Writing and Reading Subcommittee
  4. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/05-06_actions.htm   

  5. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

  • November 10, 2005 - Senate meets
  • November 17, 2005 - Senate meets
  • December 1, 2005 - tentative
  • December 8, 2005 - Senate meets
  • December 15, 2005 - tentative