*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 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 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 implications of the legislative timelines in SB 724 related to 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 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 exciting and entirely new program; and be it further
 

RESOLVED,

That the Faculty Senate authorizes 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,
2. develop the necessary areas to be addressed in a doctoral proposal identified, but not limited to those, below:
    

·  quality parameters

·  faculty doctoral program workload

·  qualifications for doctoral faculty

·  nature of culminating project, qualifying examinations

·  resource parameters per FTES

·  cost recovery

·  guidelines for use of technology 

and be it further
 

RESOLVED,

That these recommendations shall be forwarded to the Senate’s Executive Committee and the Senate for action.