2009-2010 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
MINUTES
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Library 11
Present: |
Altmann, Nursing; Baker, Chemistry; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bellon, Philosophy; Berg, Sociology; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Blanton, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Blumberg, Music; Boulgarides, Temporary Faculty (Kinesiology and Health Science); Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Buffard, Foreign Languages; Burke, History; Chavez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Cohen, History; Collins, Student Services; Croisdale, Criminal Justice; Cuevas, ASI; +Cunningham, Family and Consumer Sciences; Diaz, Kinesiology and Health Science; W. Dillon, Government; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Dubois, Humanities; Fell, Civil Engineering; Gibbs, Design; Gieger, English; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Hammersley, Geology; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Henderson, Counselor Education; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Katz, Learning Skills; Kelly, Social Work; Koegel, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Li, Business Administration; Liu, Business Administration; Loeza, Teacher Education; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; +Meyer, English; Michael, Business Administration; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Parsh, Nursing; Peigahi, Library; Penrod, Psychology; Perez, Economics; Raskauskas, Child Development; Reisner, Theatre and Dance; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Siegler, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Smith, Communication Studies; Stevens, Environmental Studies; Sullivan, Anthropology; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Wanket, Geography; |
Absent: |
Choi, Business Administration; Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Harvey, Art; Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Jin, Computer Science; Lin, Business Administration; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; Panneton, Criminal Justice; Patten Armbrust, Temporary Faculty (Psychology); Russell, Social Work; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies |
The agenda was amended to add an information item by President Alexander Gonzalez to the agenda. The agenda was approved as amended.
ACTION ITEMS
FS 09-75/AITC/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY |
Information Resources and
Technology Steering Committee
Bob Buckley
Information Resources and
Technology Advisory Committee
Carolyn Gibbs, Bin Zhang, and Jennifer Rayman
Information Resources and
Technology Administrative Advisory Committee
Ron Coleman
FS 09-75A/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY |
Committee for Diversity Awards
Dana Kivel, At-large, 2012
Instructionally Related
Activities Committee
Deborah Metzger, 2010
Mark Rodriguez, 2010
Carried unanimously.
FS 09-76/Flr. |
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 5, 2009 |
Carried unanimously.
FS 09-72A/GSPC/Ex. |
FTES REDUCTION PLANNING |
The Faculty Senate endorses the FTES reduction proposal for 2010-2011 presented by the Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs during the Senate meeting of November 5th, 2009*.
*Attachment A: “Proposed Plan for FTES Reduction for 2010-11”.
Carried unanimously.
FS 09-72C/Flr. |
MOTION TO TABLE |
The Faculty Senate tables FS 09-72B/GSPC/Ex. “Graduate/Credential Program Budget Allocation and Admission Decision Making”.
Carried unanimously.
*FS 09-74/GE/GRPC/Ex. |
BACCALAUREATE LEARNING GOALS |
The Faculty
Senate recommends the adoption of the Updated Baccalaureate Learning Goals:
Sacramento State Baccalaureate Learning Goals for the 21st
Century
DRAFT
Current
Sacramento State Baccalaureate Learning Goals |
Proposed Updated
Baccalaureate Learning Goals |
COMPETENCE IN THE DISCIPLINES: The ability to demonstrate the competencies and values listed below
in at least one major field of study. Additionally, this learning goal
requires students to demonstrate informed understandings of other fields,
drawing on the knowledge and skills of disciplines outside the major. ANALYSIS AND PROBLEM SOLVING: The ability of students to identify and diagnose problems; organize
and critically evaluate relevant information of a qualitative and
quantitative nature; develop reasonable arguments and effective solutions. COMMUNICATION: The
ability to read, write, speak and listen effectively. The ability to respond,
with understanding and appreciation to a wide variety of communicative acts. INFORMATION COMPETENCE: The ability to make effective and ethical use of information
resources and technology for personal and professional needs. CULTURAL LEGACIES:
Acquisition of knowledge of human accomplishments in the creative and
performing arts and the achievements of human thought. VALUES AND PLURALISM:
The ability to apply ethical standards in order to make moral judgments with
respect to individual conduct and citizenship, and to recognize the diversity
of human experiences and cultures, both within the United States and
internationally. The development of positive social attitudes, values and
behaviors. |
Competence in the Disciplines: The ability to demonstrate the competencies and values listed below
in at least one major field of study
and to demonstrate informed understandings of other fields, drawing on the
knowledge and skills of disciplines outside the major. Knowledge
of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories,
languages, and the arts. Focused
by engagement with big questions, contemporary and enduring. Intellectual
and Practical Skills, Including: inquiry and analysis,
critical, philosophical and creative thinking, written and oral
communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork and
problem solving,
practiced extensively, across the curriculum, in the context of progressively
more challenging problems, projects, and standards for performance. Personal
and Social Responsibility, Including: civic knowledge and
engagement—local and global,* intercultural knowledge and competence, ethical
reasoning and action, foundations and skills for lifelong learning anchored through active involvement with
diverse communities and real-world challenges. **Integrative
Learning, Including: synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies. All of the above are
demonstrated through the application of knowledge, skills, and
responsibilities to new settings and complex problems. |
* Understanding of
and respect for those who are different from oneself and the ability to work
collaboratively with those who come from diverse cultural and backgrounds.
** Interdisciplinary
learning, learning communities, capstone or senior studies in the General
Education program and/or in the major connecting learning goals with the
content and practices of the educational programs including GE, departmental
majors, the co-curriculum and assessments.
The Faculty Senate further recommends that:
Carried unanimously.
Background:
The
current Baccalaureate Learning Goals (BLGs) were designed and adopted by the
Faculty Senate in February 2002 (FS 02-29/CPC, Ex.) and this would
be the first reconsideration. Between
that time and now, several aspects of the educational landscape have
shifted---program review expectations, a strong focus on interdisciplinary and
integrated learning, and an emphasis on community and civic engagement, for
example. The recently completed GE/GR
program review and the WASC accreditation review addressed the need for
coherence between University Goals and GE Area and Program Objectives in order
to realize the goals of program assessment: to better understand student
learning and to make thoughtful and evidence based decisions at the level of
programs.
General
Education has taken the lead in updating the BLGs, in part because there is
strong incentive (EO 1033 Learning Goals, GE Program Review, and WASC) for
having BLGs that permit a more thorough and focused review of General Education
learning outcomes at the level of the program, approximately 40% of the
curriculum and about 50% of the undergraduate courses in any given
semester. Extensive consultation with
colleagues across the campus (partial list below), within the CSU system (Chico
and San Jose) and across the country (see the AAC&U link below), provided
evidence used to update the Sacramento State BLGs. This affirmed the integrity and value of the
original Sacramento State BLGs in terms of disciplinary knowledge and endorsed
the modification of the remainder of the original goals into the four updated
learning goals above. These five goals
are consistent with key outcomes identified by the Association of American
Colleges and Universities, several comprehensive university systems (Oregon and
Wisconsin in addition to California), and several professional associations
including the Association of College and Research Libraries.
The
GE/GRPC and other campus programs and groups advocate the adoption of these
goals without amendment, because, in addition to being timely and congruent
with our current goals, they have existing rubrics, already field tested and
piloted in programs like ours that are associated with these BLGs, that may be
tailored to program review and assessment initiatives, making that process more
efficient and cost effective in terms of time and resources.
Groups/Individuals Consulted: (AY 2008-09; AY 2009-10)
Groups
Consulted |
Individuals
Consulted |
·
General Education/Graduate
Requirements Policies Committee ·
Curriculum
Policies Committee ·
Graduate
Studies Policies Committee ·
Student
Affairs ·
Provost’s
Department Chairs Meeting ·
Sacramento
State ASI Board ·
Reading
and Writing Subcommittee ·
First
Year Programs ·
Faculty
Senate Executive Committee |
Greg Wheeler, GE/FYP
Associate Dean Lori Varlotta, Vice
President Student Affairs Jackie Donath, Chair
HRSD, author of WASC Document, and current BLGs Roberto Pomo,
Director Honors Program Terry Underwood,
Assessment Coordinator Sue Holl,
Engineering Chair Sheree Meyer,
English Department Chair Tim Fong, Ethnic
Studies Chair Dave Evans, Geology
Chair Dana Kivel, RPTA
Chair Chris Castaneda,
History Chair Vanessa Arnaud,
French, Honors Shannon Datwyler,
Biology Jeffrey Brodd, HRS,
Chair PROC Juanita Barrena, Biology Beth Strasser, Anthropology |
Key Documents:
Sacramento State Strategic Plan http://www.csus.edu/acaf/2007CSUS_StrategicPlan.pdf
Sacramento State WASC Reaccreditation Action
Letter: http://www.csus.edu/wascaccreditation/WASC%20Reaccreditation%20Action%20Letter%20June%202009.pdf
Sacramento State GE/GRPC Response to Program
Review http://www.csus.edu/acse/archive/0809/GE-GRPC_Final%20Draft.htm;
Actions of the Sacramento State Faculty
Senate 08-09 related to GE (FS 09-40/GE/GRPC/Ex.) http://www.csus.edu/acse/08-09_actions.htm#FS%2009-40
The Association of American Colleges and
Universities (http://www.aacu.org/)
Sacramento State’s Compass Project (http://www.aacu.org/compass/index.cfm)
Leap Essential Learning Outcomes (http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm)
Global Century Report
(http://www.aacu.org/leap/documents/GlobalCentury_final.pdf)
Valid Assessment of
Learning in Undergraduate Education, or VALUE (http://www.aacu.org/value/index.cfm
FS 09-79/Flr. |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE’S PARTICIPATION IN PRESIDENT’S AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP, ENDORSEMENT OF |
The Faculty Senate endorses the Executive Committee’s participation on the President’s ad hoc Advisory Group through the Spring 2010 semester to help address urgent issues/directives from the Chancellor’s Office and other sources that require timely responses. In making this endorsement, the Senate does not abdicate its powers and responsibilities on policy matters within its purview as defined in the Constitution of the Faculty and the By-laws of the Faculty Senate.
Carried unanimously.
FS 09-77A/Flr. |
WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 09-77 |
The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 09-77 “Endorsement and Designation of March 2, 2010 as ‘A Day Without the CSU’”
Carried.
FS 09-77B/Flr. |
MOTION TO POSTPONE FS 09-77 |
The Faculty Senate postpones the second reading of FS 09-77 “Endorsement and Designation of March 4, 2010 as ‘March for Education on March 4, 2010’” until the Faculty Senate meeting on December 3, 2009.
Carried unanimously.
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