2006-2007
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
AGENDA
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Foothill Suite, 3rd Floor, University Union
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
CONSENT ACTION
FS 07-17/Ex. | COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT - UNIVERSITY |
Institutional Scholarship Committee
Nathan Trueblood, 2009
REGULAR AGENDA
FS 07-14/Flr. | APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF March 8, 2007 |
FS 07-18/Flr. | APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF March 15, 2007 |
FS 07-19/Flr. | 2007-2008 COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES |
The Faculty Senate elects college representatives to the 2007-2008 Committee on Committees (see Attachment A for eligibility by college. (Remove this attachment from your agenda to use as a ballot.) Members must be available to meet Tuesday, April 10 and Tuesday, April 17 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.).
FS 07-20/Flr. | NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UNIVERSITY BUDGET COMMITTEE |
Background: In March 2007, the Budget Task Force report recommended the establishment of a University Budget Committee. The composition calls for administrators, staff, students and faculty representatives. One faculty representative shall be a representative chosen by and from the Strategic Planning Council; one faculty representative shall be a department chair, recommended by the department chairs; three faculty representatives shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate.
The Faculty Senate nominates candidates for three (3) faculty representatives to serve on the University Budget Committee.
FIRST READING
FS 07-21/Ex. | BUDGET TASK FORCE REPORT, MARCH 2007 |
The Faculty Senate receives the March 2007 "Budget Task Force Report" and expresses thanks and appreciation for the work of all the members of the Task Force.
Administrative and Staff Members
Paul Edwards, Student Athlete Resource Center Director
Lillie Jones, Library Administrative Analyst/Specialist
Emir Jose Macari, College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean
Suzanne Ogilby, College of Business Administration DeanStudents
Sabrina Barberena, Student-at-Large
Tifany Huang, ASI VP of FinanceStaff to the Committee
Suzanne Green, AVP for Financial Services
Stacey Hayano, University Budget OfficerAnd especially to the following faculty members, recommended by the Senate to serve as faculty representatives on the Task Force:
Chris Castaneda, History
Karen Davis O'Hara, Child Development
Scott Farrand, Mathematics/Statistics
Tom Krabacher, Geography
Laureen O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology
Steve Perez, Economics
James Sobredo, Ethnic Studies
FS 07-21A/Ex. | BUDGET TASK FORCE REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS 2007 |
The Faculty Senate in concurrence with the recommendations made by the Budget Task recommends the following:
- Publication of an Annual Budget Report modeled after the Annual Budget Design Template recommended by the Council for University Planning and approved by the President in 2004.
- Establishment of a University Budget Advisory Committee with responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:
- To develop a public process for identifying and discussing major budget issues.
- To develop a process for reviewing and making recommendations on new budget requests.
- To ensure that the review and recommending process be aligned with the University's Strategic Plan.
- To be involved in all aspects of the budget planning, including, but not limited to the following:
- The setting of enrollment targets
- The analysis of the CSU budget allocations to the campus
- The "Call" for base-budget justifications and additional funding proposals to Program Centers
- The analysis of Program Center responses to the "Call" and the development of recommendations for Program Center budget allocations
- The analysis of all changes in University Expenses / Central Accounts
- The oversight of the expenditure of funds and the carryover of non-expended funds.
- To provide review and recommend approval of revisions to the Annual Budget Report and provide for a public review of the Annual Budget Report
- Membership of the University Budget Committed be modeled after the composition and distribution of membership on the Budget Task Force, which included faculty, staff, students. administrators and budget staff.
FS 07-22/Ex. | NO CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT ALEXANDER GONZALEZ - FACULTY REFERENDUM |
The Faculty Senate votes to send the following to a referendum of the faculty:
Whereas, |
The paramount mission of California State University.
Sacramento, as set forth in the Education Code, statement of mission of the
California State University, and the campus’ own mission statement, is the
offering of quality educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate
levels; and |
Whereas, |
Funding priorities and consequent allocations must
reflect and support the University’s paramount mission; and |
Whereas, |
The issues raised in this resolution are local issues
that relate to discretionary budgetary decisions made by President Gonzalez
that are unrelated to Collective Bargaining and adversely affect the
instructional program; and |
Whereas, |
It is the purview and responsibility of the
University’s Faculty, as a whole or through the Faculty Senate, which is
constitutionally authorized to act on its behalf, to develop, deliver,
monitor, and protect the quality of the educational programs of the
University; and |
Whereas, |
Over the course of President Gonzalez’ tenure as
President of the campus, a period of increasing enrollment, the budget
allocations for Academic Affairs to offer classes have been systematically
reduced by a total of $3M; while over the same period of time, budgets to
other divisions have been substantially increased (see chart at end of
resolution); and |
Whereas, |
As the result of reductions to the Academic Affairs
budget over the course of President Gonzalez’ tenure, the Student Faculty
Ratio (SFR) has increased substantially; and |
Whereas, |
The University’s ability to offer quality educational
programs requires employment of a sufficient number of tenure track faculty;
the ability to offer a sufficient number and variety of courses to enable
students to make satisfactory progress toward their degree objectives,
maintaining class sizes at levels appropriate to the curriculum and pedagogy
of the disciplines, providing classroom environments that are conducive to
learning; and providing adequate levels of academic support services,
including advising and mentoring of students, and engagement of students in
research and other extracurricular enrichment activities; and |
Whereas, |
The schedule of classes, which is funded by Academic
Affairs, is the sine qua non of the University; and |
Whereas, |
The “March 2007 Budget Task Force Report” (“The
Report”) clearly reveals that a significant source of the increase in
“structural deficit” for 2006-2007, was the President’s approval of the use
of $8.9M in new revenue to increase baseline allocations to divisions in a
manner that (1) disregarded the existence of a carry-over deficit of
approximately $2M and the existence of a substantial increase in “University
Expenses” of $5.7M, (2) reflected priorities that placed increased funding
of University Advancement efforts above the need to provide additional
funding to offer an adequate number of courses with appropriate enrollment
limits to accommodate student enrollment, and (3) increased expenditures by
$13.6M, thereby adding $4.7M to the carry over deficit of approximately $2M
to create a 2006-2007 total structural deficit of $6.5M; and |
Whereas, |
The President’s simultaneous approval of a strategy for
eliminating the newly created $6.5M deficit, which reduces newly created
baseline division budgets by an amount equal to each division’s per cent of
the total allocations to all divisions multiplied by the structural deficit
amount, clearly demonstrates (1) that President Gonzalez fails to understand
why the Academic Affairs budget must be substantially larger than the
budgets of other divisions and that continued substantial reductions to
budget of Academic Affairs at the levels planned will result in an inability
of the University to offer a sufficient number of courses and maintain the
quality of the instructional program; and (2) that President Gonzalez places
a higher priority on preserving increases to University Advancement and
other divisions than he places on ensuring that a quality instructional
program can be maintained; and |
Whereas, |
Over the past year, President Gonzalez has approved
substantial increases in the number of MPP positions(from 129 to 145) and
salaries of MPP personnel, at an increased cost of 1.7M, while at the same
time, there has been a substantial decrease in the number of tenure track
faculty positions (from 807 to 788) and total dollars devoted to faculty
salaries (tenure track and lecturers), at a decreased cost of ~1.6M, again
reflecting priorities that are inconsistent with promoting the needs of the
instructional program; and |
Whereas, |
The President, in oral presentations to the Faculty
Senate and in written correspondence to the Faculty Senate Chair,
misrepresented the causes of the 2006-2007 structural deficit and the timing
of becoming aware of the deficit; and |
Whereas, |
The preeminent force that attracts students, retains
students, supports students to graduate, and ensures that their lives are
enriched by their education is the quality of the instructional program of
the University, and not the signage, branding, nickname, radio and print
advertisements, recreational facilities, and visibility of the University in
the local media, which appear to be the hallmarks of President Gonzalez’
administration; and |
Whereas, |
President Gonzalez has failed to provide a vision for
the quality or direction of the academic programs of the University and has
made evident by numerous actions since the time of his appointment in 2003
that the quality of instruction provided for students is not preeminent
among his priorities; and |
Whereas, |
President Gonzalez has signaled his intention to
continue to erode the quality of academic programs and further decrease
class offerings for 2007-8 through the application of a deficit reduction
strategy that places 76% of the cost of the reduction plan on Academic
Affairs; therefore be it |
Resolved, |
That the Faculty of California State University,
Sacramento express their lack of confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez’
leadership, interest in and willingness to preserve the quality of the
academic program of the University, their dismay over his efforts to promote
the University through means that are inconsistent with or detract from the
core values of the academy, and its outrage over his placement of the
interests of management, publicity, and cultivation of community favor over
the needs of the instructional program; and be it further |
Resolved, |
Following adoption of this no-confidence resolution,
the Faculty direct the Faculty Senate to develop a “Bill of Particulars”
which sets forth specific actions that the President must take with respect
to the matters raised in this resolutions in order to restore the quality of
the instructional program and the Faculty’s confidence in his leadership;
and be it further |
Resolved, |
That the Faculty direct the Faculty Senate forward a copy of this resolution to President Gonzalez, the Chair of the campus’ Advisory Board, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, Governor Schwarzenegger, Chair of the State Senate Higher Education Committee, and Chair of the State Assembly Higher Education Committee. |
Attachment B shows a chart "Changes to Initial Budgets 2003-4 through 2006-7".
INFORMATION
- April 12, 2007- tentative
- April 19, 2007 - 2nd organizational meeting of the 2007-08 Senate, 3:00-3:30; 2006-07 Senate meets, 3:30-5:00
- April 26, 2007 - tentative
- May 1, 2007 - Outstanding Teaching, University and Community Service, and Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service reception
- May 3, 2007 - tentative
- May 10, 2007 - tentative