2010-2011 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Library 11
8:30 - 12:00 p.m.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

ALEXANDER KIMENYI

Professor of Ethnic Studies

REIKO MATSUSHITA

Emeritus Staff

FRED HOLMES

Husband of Patricia Holmes, Staff

ETHEL LIVINGSTON

Wife of John Livingston, Emeritus Faculty, Government

GEORGE MARRAH

Emeritus Faculty, Business

RAYMOND ENDRES

Emeritus Faculty, Education

KENNETH HIRSCH

Emeritus Faculty, Communication Studies

ELIZABETH DAILEY

Student

NICHOLAS BAILEY

Student

ROCHELLE MARKIS-FOSTER

Emeritus Staff

ADDISON SOMERVILLE

Emeritus Faculty, Psychology

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT INFORMATION

FS 10-66/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY

Multicultural Center Advisory Board

Kathy Zhong, 2013

Kisun Nam, 2013

Alumni Center Board

Janet Hecsh, 2011

Enrollment Management Group

Kristin Van Gaasbeck*

Ann Blanton*

* On July 8, 2010, the Executive Committee, on behalf of the Senate, extended the appointments of Kristin Van Gaasbeck and Ann Blanton to the EMG until a new charge is presented and acted upon by the Senate.

Background: On December 17, 2009, the Faculty Senate approved FS 09-85/Ex. “Enrollment Management Group”, which stated:

The Faculty Senate recommends faculty representation in the “Enrollment Management Group” (EMG).

Pending a full charge and composition statement to be authored by the Provost and the Associate Vice President of Student Affairs for Enrollment Management, the Faculty Senate recommends that one member of the Academic Policies Committee (APC) (to be chosen by the Committee) and one member of the Graduate Studies Policies Committee (GSPC) (to be chosen by the Committee) be appointed to serve in the EMG for the remainder of the 2009-2010 Academic Year.

The Faculty Senate recommends Kristin Van Gaasbeck (APC) and Annie Blanton (GSPC) to serve in this capacity.

This recommendation pertains to the balance of the 2009-2010 AY only, unless extended by a subsequent action of the Faculty Senate.

FS 10-67/Ex.

PROGRAM PROPOSALS

Ethnic Studies-Education Concentration

Kinesiology and Health Science-Blended Physical Education Option

B.A. Geology

B.S. Geology

B.A. in Philosophy (Undergraduate degree program)

Counseling Minor

Master of Science in Counseling Program (All Specializations)

M.A. English

Master of Science in Nursing

Traditional Undergraduate Nursing Program

Speech Pathology and Audiology Graduate Program

Speech Pathology and Audiology Undergraduate Program

Master of Arts in Biological Sciences: Stem Cell Concentration

Background information can be found at Attachment A.

FS 10-68/Flr.

MINUTES OF MAY 20, 2010

CONSENT ACTION

FS 10-69/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

ASI Children’s Center Parent Advisory Board

Yan Zhou, 2011

ASI Board

David Rolloff, 2011

Bookstore Advisory Group

Kisun Nam, 2013

Committee for Diversity Awards

Su Jin Jez, 2013

Energy Management Committee

Kelly Cotter, 2012

Kristin Kiesel, 2012

Honorary Degrees Committee

Sharyn Gardner, 2013

Institutional Scholarship Committee

Candace Gregory Abbott, 2012

Transportation Advisory Committee

Michael Schmandt, 2013

Instructionally Related Activities Committee

Deborah Metzger, 2011

Ravin Pan, 2011

Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee

Reza Peigahi, 2013

Recreation and Wellness Center Advisory Board

Robin Fisher, 2011

Student Academic Development Committee

Liam Murphy, 2012

Michelle Dang, 2012

Candace Gregory Abbott

Committee for Persons with Disabilities

Jessica Howell, 2011

Mark Ludwig, 2013

University Union Board of Directors

David Lang, 2011

INFORMATION ITEMS:

POLICY COMMITTEES – UPCOMING BUSINESS

E.O. 1037 UPDATE

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS UPDATE – PROVOST JOSEPH SHELEY (FLEXIBLE AGENDA PLACEMENT)

FIRST READING

FS 10-70/GEP/GRPC/CPC/EX.

G.E. PILOT

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the General Education Pilot as outlined in Attachment B.

FS 10-71/Ex.

POLICY ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES: ACADEMIC PLANNING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, AMENDMENT OF

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the Proposed Policy on Instructional Program Priorities: Academic Planning, Resource Allocation and Enrollment Management, which can be found at Attachment C.

Background: In response to a recommendation from the Faculty Senate (FS 09-86/Flr), President Gonzalez authorized the creation of a task force to consider revisions to the University’s existing policy “Instructional Priorities, Guidelines for Academic Planning, Resource Allocation and Enrollment Management”, which dates to 1991. The impetus behind the Senate recommendation was the sense that the 1991 policy was unhelpful in establishing academic priorities to be used in decisions regarding resource allocation in times of reduced budgets.

Information regarding the charge and membership of the task force, the documents consulted by the task force, and the meeting notes of the task force is available at the task force website:

http://www.csus.edu/acaf/academicprioritiestaskforce

The task force produced a draft of a policy that might replace the 1991 policy. This draft was presented to the Senate as an information item at the last Senate meeting of Spring 2010 and is now being brought forward as a first reading item.

Overview of differences between current policy and the proposed replacement policy:

Current Policy	Proposed Policy

1. Priorities: Colleges and Departments should establish priorities among their programs.	1. University wide priorities will be established based upon data in an open and transparent process.
2. Program categories: undergraduate majors, master’s and post bacc credential programs, service courses that support majors, minors, testing and remediation, GE.	2. Defines what a program is, but does not provide an exclusive list of program categories.
3. Graduate enrollment: should be at least 20% by headcount. Lower division enrollment should be at least 25% by headcount.	3. Graduate enrollment should be at least 10% of university FTE total. No minimum specified for lower division enrollment.
4. Undergraduate priorities: Majors more important than minors. Prioritize majors by: a. quality (established in program reviews); b. relevance to regional employment needs; c. efficiency relative to cost/benefit Definitions of how to measure priorities is vague.	4. Establishes nine diverse criteria (both quantitative and qualitative) for comparing undergraduate programs to one another. Provides examples of data that could be used by programs to inform each criterion.
5. Graduate priorities: High priority categories include: K-12 teacher preparation, applied/professional master’s degrees, master’s degrees that prepare for doctoral work or community college teaching. Prioritize grad programs by: a. Need b. Quality c. Cost/benefit Definitions of how to measure priorities is less vague.	5. Establishes nine diverse criteria (both quantitative and qualitative) for comparing undergraduate programs to one another. Provides examples of data that could be used by programs to inform each criterion
6. Remediation: remediation is a higher priority than course offerings in minors, low enrollment electives, certificate programs, GE critical thinking, GE 2^nd semester writing. Academic and enrollment priorities within remediation are established.	6. All non-degree granting academic programs shall be evaluated using the same criteria as for undergraduate and graduate programs, to the degree to which each criterion is relevant.
7. GE: Student need for courses must be met within each GE Area. Priority between upper and lower division GE courses to be established based on student need for courses. Highest priority goes to math and writing courses, then to Area A.	7. GE is not evaluated as a separate program, but each program that includes GE coursework will have its contribution to GE recognized and evaluated.
8. Implementation: No provisions for implementation of policy are given	8. An outline for an implementation process is given, along with a list of principles to guide implementation of academic prioritization.