72009-2010 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Foothill Suite
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

MOMENT OF SILENCE

 

WANDARAH ANDERSON

Faculty, Division of Social Work

 

SCOTT HAWKINS

Student

 

OPEN FORUM

 

CONSENT ACTION

 

FS 09-68/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY

 

Search Committee, Dean, College of Health and Human Services

Robin Datel, At-large faculty

 

Committee on Administrative Review

James Sobredo, 2011

 

Academic Council on International Programs

Tom Krabacher, 2013

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

FS 09-69/Flr.

MINUTES OF OCTOBER 15, 2009

Statement on Governance and Consultation – REPORT

Comments should be sent to Janet Hecsh (jhecsh@csus.edu)

FIRST READING

 

FS 09-70/FPC/Ex.

OUTSTANDING TEACHING, UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS, INCLUSION OF SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

 

Background: During the Spring of 2009, and following debate on the level of recognition and nature of the award programs, the Faculty Senate passed the following:

Resolved: The Faculty Senate affirms its support of the current Faculty Awards model, which provides for University-wide recognition of faculty from each of the colleges or equivalent units in the categories of Teaching, Service to the Institution and Service to the Community.

Resolved: The Faculty Senate refers to Faculty Policies Committee the task of reviewing policies and procedures pertaining to the awards, including the composition of selection committees, with the goal of preparing a single integrated policy document that addresses all three awards, selection committees, award criteria, procedural matters, and manner(s) of recognition of award recipients. If FPC is to expend resources compiling and streamlining the policies and processes as the Senate has directed it to do, it is beneficial to determine in advance whether the Senate desires to add the fourth category, consistent with the fourth RTP review category, to avoid the later duplication of committee work. (FS 09-20/Ex.)

In his memo authorizing the action, the President added the comment:

“I note that the reaffirmed awards structure attends to three of the four areas of faculty activity and responsibility at Sacramento State.  I ask that the Executive Committee and the Provost please discuss the issue of attention to Senate Awards, administered at the college level, by which to give the same measure of University-wide recognition of faculty in the area of scholarly and creative activity as is now provided in the areas of teaching, service to the institution,. And service to the community.” (Gonzalez memo to Senate Chair, 4/21/09)

If FPC is to expend resources compiling and streamlining the policies and processes, as the Senate has directed it to do, it is beneficial to determine in advance whether the Senate desires to add the fourth category, to avoid the duplication of work. 

The Faculty Senate affirms the addition of the category of Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity to the current complement of college-level Faculty Awards. Furthermore, the Faculty Senate refers to the Faculty Policies Committee the task of incorporating the policies and procedures pertaining to such an award into the already existing task of preparing a single policy document that addresses the awards, with respect to selection committees, award criteria, procedural matters, and manner(s) of recognition of award recipients.

 

FS 09-71/CPC/GE/GRPC/Ex.

WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE – PASSING GRADE

 

Background: As part of a series of changes to the Comprehensive Writing Program approved by the Senate in 2006 and fully implemented in fall 2009, certification of GWAR was changed from a passing score on the WPE to a passing grade in a Writing Intensive (WI) course. During the process of advertising the changes to the campus, a number of faculty, deans, and department chairs expressed concerns that a passing grade in a WI course was too low of a standard for the GWAR. In response to these concerns the Reading and Writing Subcommittee feels that changing the certification to a C- would bring the requirement in line with the GE Area A Written Communication requirement and set a more rigorous standard. This change was presented to the Curriculum Policies Committee and the GE Policies Committee and both committees voted unanimously in favor of the change, with one abstention.

 

The Faculty Senate recommends changing the certification of completion of the undergraduate Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) from "a passing grade in a Writing Intensive course" to "a C- or higher in a Writing Intensive course."

 

FS 09-65/Flr.

MITIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF PRIORITY ADMISSIONS ON GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND PROPOSED “FIRST COME/FIRST ADMISSIONS” AS A GUIDE TO PROGRAM PRIORITIES

 

WHEREAS:

The Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU) unanimously passed a resolution entitled, "Mitigation of the impact of Systemwide Enrollment Management Policies on Graduate and Post-baccalaureate Credential Programs;" and

 

WHEREAS:

The ASCSU resolution encourages campus senates to "consider ways to mitigate the impact of enrollment management policies on graduate and post-baccalaureate credential programs including ...requesting a variance of the deadline from the Chancellor..." and

 

WHEREAS:

California State University Sacramento has a policy, "Instructional Programs Priorities: Academic Planning Resource Allocation and Enrollment Management" (www.csus.edu/umanual/acad/UMI07100.htm), the specific purpose of which is to guide "short-term and long-term resource allocation and enrollment management decisions;" and

 

WHEREAS:

the Priority Admissions (first come first served) method of enrollment management as proposed by the Chancellors Office does not allow for rational, educationally sound decision making with regard to academic program priorities, including size, as spelled out in this campus' policy on Instructional Programs Priorities; and

 

WHEREAS:

Academic Programming (type, size, quality) and admissions is the responsibility of a faculty; be it

 

RESOLVED:

the Faculty of CSUS request a variance from the November 30, 2009 deadline; and be it further

 

RESOLVED:

that the Graduate Studies Policy Committee and the Curriculum Committee, in consultation with the Provost, use the policy on Instructional Programs Priorities to develop a plan to reduce enrollments for the 2010/2011 Academic year that maintains the minimum of an 80/20 balance of undergraduate to graduate headcount enrollment AND is consistent with the criteria specified in the policy for "Priorities within Priority Program Categories" (section IV of the policy).

 

 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE – ACADEMIC BUDGET PRIORITIES – continued discussion

NEXT SENATE MEETING – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Schedule of meetings:

·       Thursday, November 12, 2009 – no Senate meeting

·       Thursday, November 19, 2009 – Senate meets

·       Thursday, December 3, 2009 – tentative

·       Thursday, December 17, 2009 – Senate meets