2007-2008
FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 p.m.
Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):
Present: |
Altmann, Nursing; Amata, CPC Chair (Library); Anderegg, Student Services; Baker, Chemistry; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bayne, Theatre and Dance; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bishop, Anthropology; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Bradley, Library; Brock, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); +Chambers, History; Datwyler, Biological Sciences; Ecklund, Counselor Education; Escamilla, Physical Therapy; Evans, Geology; Flohr, Art; +Gieger, English; Goff, FPC Chair (Library); Gordon, Computer Science; +Hansen, Civil Engineering; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; A. Jensen, Business Administration; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Liu, Sociology; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Lustig, Government; Maguire, Criminal Justice; McCormick, Philosophy; McCurley, Student Services; Miller, ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Peigahi, Library; +Raskauskas, Child Development; Russell, Foreign Languages; Siegel, History; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Stiles, Humanities; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; VanGaasbeck, Economics; Wanket, Geography; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science |
Absent: |
Gibbs, Design; Goetze, Nursing; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Jordan, Learning Skills; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lilly, Teacher Education; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Melzer, English; Pinch, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Qin, Psychology; Rodriguez, Teacher Education; Sharp, Business Administration; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Williams, Communication Studies; vacant, Temporary Faculty; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Environmental Studies; vacant, Women's Studies |
The Senate suspended its rules to
approve the following motion by acclamation:
FS 07-73/Flr. |
THANKS AND SUPPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, REGARDING LETTER TO CHANCELLOR AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
The Faculty
Senate expresses its thanks and support to the Executive Committee of the
Faculty Senate for its timely and considered letter to the Chancellor and the
chairperson of the Board of Trustees regarding the recent editorial comments in
local newspapers.
Carried.
FS 07-70/Ex. |
PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY |
The Faculty Senate recommends the delay in the scanning of University workstations, laptops and servers until the following occurs:
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-71/Flr. |
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 11, 2007 |
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-63/Flr. |
RESOLUTION ON ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS |
WHEREAS |
The essence of
academic freedom is vigorous discussion and debate; and |
WHEREAS |
the British
University and College Union (BUCU) recently considered a boycott solely of
Israeli professors and academic institutions, despite evidence that academic
freedom is generally protected in Israel and violated in many other countries
that were not boycott targets; and |
WHEREAS |
The BUCU abandoned its effort only after extensive
international condemnation, including a resolution opposing the measure
passed unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as receiving
legal advice that such a boycott would
be illegal and potentially discriminatory; and |
WHEREAS |
The American
Association of University Professors recently issued a strong statement
opposing academic boycotts; and |
WHEREAS |
The International Association of University Presidents is
considering a resolution opposing academic boycotts; now therefore be it |
RESOLVED |
That the |
RESOLVED |
That copies of this resolution be distributed to the
Chancellor and Trustees of the |
Defeated.
FS 07-68A/Flr. |
MOTION TO DIVIDE FS 07-68 |
The Faculty
Senate divides FS 07-68/Ex. “Ad Hoc Goals Committee Recommendations”, as
follows:
1.
Recommendation
1
2.
Recommendation
2
3.
Recommendation
3
4.
Recommendation
4
5.
Recommendation
5
6.
Recommendation
6
7.
Request
a report from the President on the Progress made towards implementing the
recommendations early in the 2008 spring semester.
Carried.
FS 07-68B/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #1 |
The
establishment of an advisory committee to include faculty to work with the Office
of Institutional Research (OIR) and any other required parties to agree on
definitions, gather, interpret, and disseminate information regarding but not
limited to class size, number of faculty, student-faculty ratio, and number of
administrative personnel. This committee would help to overcome the problems
associated with multiple definitions, multiple numbers for the same definition
and establish a way for concerned faculty to access accurate information about
the university.
Carried.
FS 07-68C/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #2 |
The Senate
and administration collaborate on a mechanism that permanently guarantees that
the budget at all levels be transparent. A clear budget process goes hand-in-hand
with building trust between faculty and administration.
Carried.
FS 07-68D/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #3 |
The
University make the hiring of tenure-track faculty a priority over the hiring
of part-time instructors in light of the following:
·
assembly
Bill 1343, currently in committee, mandates the CSU reach a 75/25 ratio of
tenured and tenure-track faculty to part time faculty by 2014-20151:
·
according
the Budget Task Force Report, in Fall 2005, the percentage of tenured and
tenure-track faculty to total faculty at
·
data
provided by the Chancellor’s Office on CSU campuses with enrollment greater
than 20,000 indicated the following trends:
Average, CSU > 20,000 |
|
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Year |
Tenured and Tenure-Track |
Other Faculty |
Tenured and Tenure-Track |
Other Faculty |
2004 |
727 |
452 |
784 |
365 |
2005 |
728 |
510 |
748 |
393 |
2006 |
737 |
542 |
726 |
453 |
1http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Carried.
FS 07-68E/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #4 |
The University also make the hiring of tenure-track faculty a priority
over the hiring of MPPs. In light of the following:
·
there
has been a decrease of tenure/tenure-track (TTT) faculty since 2002 (from 762
to 726);
·
there
has been an increase of MPPs since 2002 (from 135 to 145); and
·
while
the CSU ratio of TTT/MPP has remained lower than the
Carried.
FS 07-68F/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #5 |
The University
establish a formalized and uniform exit interview for tenured and tenure-track
faculty who leave the institution to better understand the circumstances that
surround such departures and should be reported to the Senate annually. Current
data are not collected in a uniform and rigorous manner as to the reasons for
separations from the institution. Understanding the issues surrounding such
separations may better enable the institution to recruit and retain full-time
faculty.
Carried.
FS 07-68G/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #6 |
·
The
Office of Advancement not be funded at the detriment of academic endeavors;
·
The
President direct the Office of Advancement to emphasize raising funds with directly
recognizable academic contributions, and;
·
As part
of the annual budget report, the Office of Advancement produce an annual report
to the campus community that clearly describes the sources of funds and the
academic benefits of both development and advancement.
Carried.
FS 07-68H/Ex. |
AD HOC GOALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION #7 |
Additionally,
the Faculty Senate requests a report from the President on the progress made
towards implementing the Senate’s recommendations (as outlined in FS 07-68, et
al) early in the 2008 spring semester.
Carried.
The Ad Hoc Goals Committee report
can be found at http://www.csus.edu/acse/ad%20hoc%20Goals%20report.pdf.
Having reached the hour of
adjournment, the following item will receive a first reading at the next
Faculty Senate meeting:
FS 07-72/APC |
UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC ADVISING POLICY |
INFORMATION
· November 1, 2007 – tentative · November 8, 2007 – tentative · November 15, 2007 – tentative |
· November 22, 2007 – Happy Thanksgiving · November 29, 2007 – tentative · December 6, 2007 – tentative · December 13, 2007 - tentative |
* Requires Presidential approval.