2005-2006
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
Minutes
December 8, 2005
ROLL CALL [+ indicates alternate]
| Present: |
Amata, CPC Chair (Library); Baird, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Barajas, Sociology; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bishop, Anthropology; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Brady, Nursing; Brentwood, Environmental Studies; Brock, Special Education, Rehabilitation and School Psychology; Brodd, Humanities and Religious Studies; Buckley, APC Chair (Computer Science); Dammel, Civil Engineering; Datwyler, Biological Sciences; Davis O'Hara, Child Development; de Haas, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; M. Dillon, Geography; W. Dillon, Government; Downs, Counselor Education; Escamilla, Physical Therapy; Fitzgerald, Communication Studies; Gieger, English; Gordon, Computer Science; Gregory, History; Hall, Library; Hecsh, Teacher Education; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Huang, Teacher Education; +Imamura, Kinesiology and Health Science; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; A. Jensen, Business Administration; C. Jensen, Public Policy and Administration; Kidd, Communication Studies; Kornweibel, GE/GRPC Chair (History); Krabacher, Statewide Academic Senator (Geography); Kuss, Library; Landerholm, Biological Sciences; Liu, FPC Chair (Sociology); Marashi, History; Matisons, Women's Studies; Matlock, English; McCormick, Philosophy; McReynolds, Chemistry; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Perez, Economics; Pratt, Design; Qin, Psychology; Richards-Ekeh, Criminal Justice; Santana-Sastre, Foreign Languages; Sharp, Business Administration; Sheppard, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Turrill, Art; Wall, Nursing; Wie, Family and Consumer Sciences; Wiebers, Theatre and Dance |
| Absent: | Barranti, Social Work; Barrick, Learning Skills; Cameron, Psychology; Carle, Foreign Languages; Cornwell, Geology; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Han, Business Administration; Heaton, Student Services; Legoretta, Business Administration; Mack, Temporary Faculty (Chemistry); Marens, Business Administration; McCurley, Student Services; Ndlela, Physics and Astronomy; Nevarez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Phillips, Temporary Faculty (English); Wright, Kinesiology and Health Science; [vacant], Athletics |
The agenda was amended to add the following items from the floor as first reading items: FS 05-72/Flr. Resolution on New Doctoral Authority for CSUS and FS 05-73/Flr. Resolution on Junior Faculty Salaries. The agenda was approved as amended.
| *FS 05-70/Ex. | COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT - UNIVERSITY |
Campus Educational Equity Committee
Rhonda Rios Kravitz, Library, 2007
Carried unanimously.
| FS 05-71/Flr. | APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 17, 2005 |
Carried unanimously.
SECOND READING
| FS 05-69/Ex. | UARTP DOCUMENT - AMEND SECTION 6.06.D |
BACKGROUND: The Executive Committee’s recommended policies address the need for sharing accurate information with the faculty search committees related to our campus commitment to the “active elimination of discrimination and the affirmative recruitment of a diverse, multi-racial community of students, faculty, and staff.” (President Gonzalez, letter accompanying Update to Affirmative Action Plan in Compliance with Executive Order 11246, dated October 31, 2003) The issue involves competing needs for legal compliance, commitment to diversity, and departmental prerogatives re: faculty hiring. The need for accurate information on this issue has been accentuated by the passage of Proposition 209 in California and the consequent uncertainties about strategies and processes. Concerned members of the university community express sentiment that recruitment processes have not been effective to date in generating strong and diverse pools of applicants for faculty positions. The manner in which that information is presented to departmental faculty committees raises sensitive issues of mandated processes and external control.
This issue has been worked on by the Committee on Diversity and Equity (CODE) and the University Appointment, Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee (UARTP) over the last several years. In the Spring of 2005, the Executive Committee received a report from UARTP expressing its recommendations (letter from UARTP Chair Dillon dated May 11, 2005 - caution: the file is 39 pages long) concerning the CODE proposal (Recommendations for Revisions to PM FSA 02-11, section D, dated October 2002, revised 4/19/05) and began a series of discussions and meetings with representatives of several groups and the University Counsel and Vice President for Human Resources. Over the last two months we have developed the recommendations for consideration by the Senate.
Note: The language itself has not changed from first reading, but merely reorganized into three distinct subject areas: 1) Election, Status, Service of the Search Committee Chair, Department Chair and Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Representative; 2) AA/EOR Roles and Responsibilities; and 3) Training.
The Faculty Senate recommends amending the University ARTP document, Section 6.06.D as outlined in Attachment A.
The transmittal memo from the Executive Committee to the Senate can be found at Attachment B-1 from the November 17, 2005 Faculty Senate agenda.
Further discussion on the item was tabled until the first Faculty Senate meeting of the spring semester.
| FS 05-72A/Flr. | Waiver of first reading of fs 05-72/FLR. |
The Faculty Senate Waives the first reading of FS 05-72/Flr. "Resolution on New Doctoral Authority for CSUS".
Carried.
| FS 05-72/Flr. | Resolution on New Doctoral Authority for CSUS |
WHEREAS, On September 22, 2005, the Governor of the state of California signed SB 724, which authorizes the CSU to offer a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) 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;
WHEREAS, On September 22, 2005, a news release from Office of the Chancellor regarding the independent doctorate stated, “The new educational leadership doctorate builds upon the CSU’s expertise and program strengths. The CSU historically had its origins in teacher colleges, and the preparation of teachers and education leaders has remained one of its core missions”;
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 that requires a consultative process;
WHEREAS, On November 17, 2005, the CSUS Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution to authorize the Executive Committee to form an ad hoc committee comprised of faculty with appropriate and demonstrated curriculum policy experience to “1) review existing curricular review processes and develop recommendations for any changes needed, and 2) to develop the necessary areas to be addressed in a doctoral proposal…” be it therefore
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate requests the ad hoc committee develop, in consultation with the department(s) and college(s) housing the program, a leadership structure for the Independent Doctorate, the criteria and process for selection of the leadership position or positions, and the criteria and process for the selection of doctoral faculty, in keeping with the existing policies regarding new programs; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Faculty Senate will support the timeliness 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 new program.
| FS 05-72B/Flr. | MOTION TO REFER |
The Faculty Senate refers FS 05-72/Flr., "Resolution on New Doctoral Authority for CSUS" to the Executive Committee to draft a substitute "Resolved" clause for "That the Faculty Senate requests the ad hoc committee develop, in consultation with the department(s) and college(s) housing the program, a leadership structure for the Independent Doctorate, the criteria and process for selection of the leadership position or positions, and the criteria and process for the selection of doctoral faculty, in keeping with the existing policies regarding new programs; and be it further" that reflects what the ad hoc committee on doctorates can properly do under current institutional arrangements of the university.
Carried.
Having reached the hour of adjournment, the following matter will receive a first reading at the first Faculty Senate meeting of the spring semester:
| FS 05-73/Flr. | Resolution on Junior Faculty Salaries |
INFORMATION
February 2, 2006 - Senate meets
February 16, 2006 - Senate meets (3:00-4:00); SPECIAL EVENT: reception honoring Faculty Senate Scholarship Award recipients (4:00-5:00)
March 23, 2006 - Senate meets
April 13, 2006 - 1st organizational meeting of the 2006-2007 Senate (3:00 - 3:30); 2005-2006 Senate meets (3:30-5:00)
SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - Outstanding Teaching, University and Community Service and Lifetime Achievement Awards reception
April 20, 2006 - Senate meets
April 27, 2006 - 2nd organizational meeting of the 2006-2007 Senate (3:00 - 3:30); 2005-2006 Senate meets (3:30-5:00)
SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - Outstanding Community Service and Lifetime Achievement Awards reception
May 11, 2006 - Senate meets