2010-2011
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
AGENDA
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
OPEN FORUM
CONSENT ACTION
REGULAR AGENDA
FS 11-50/Flr. |
MINUTES OF APRIL 21, 2011 |
FIRST READING
FS 11-51/CPC/Ex. |
PROGRAM REVIEW PILOT STUDY EXTENSION |
The Faculty Senate approves extension of the Program Review Pilot Study for one more year, in order to include the 2011-2012 review cycle.
The Faculty Senate further requests that the Program Review Oversight Committee (PROC) complete the assessment project of the pilot study by the middle of Fall 2011, and provide recommendations to the Faculty Senate by the end of the Fall 2011 semester for any subsequent long-term policy revision. This will ensure that any necessary new policy will be in effect for the 2012-2013 review cycle.
Background: The
Program Review Pilot Study was originally approved by the Faculty Senate in
May, 2007 (FS 07/49/CPC/Ex. http://www.csus.edu/acse/archive/0607/07fsm_may_17.htm).
The second (2008-2009) review cycle is nearing completion and PROC will soon
have two full cycles to consider for purposes of assessing the Pilot Study. An
extension to the Pilot Study is needed to allow for completion of the
assessment and continuation of the current program review requirements while
any policy recommendations arising from the Pilot Study assessment are
considered by the Faculty Senate. The memo from Jeffrey Brodd,
Chair of the PROC, to the Curriculum Policies Committee, is attached as Attachment A.
SECOND READING
FS 10-71/Ex. |
POLICY ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES: ACADEMIC PLANNING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, AMENDMENT OF |
Supercedes UMI 07100; INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES; GUIDELINES FOR
ACADEMIC PLANNING, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND ENROLLMENT MANAGMENT .
The following policy proposal was initially prepared by the Task Force on Possible Revisions to University Policy on Instructional Priorities and Resource Allocation. The Task Force was created by President Gonzalez after a recommendation from the Faculty Senate (FS 09-86/Flr), and the charge of the Task Force was endorsed by the Senate on 2/25/10 (FS 10-17/Ex). After the Task Force concluded its work, the Faculty Senate took action to receive the proposal FS 10-71/Ex.) and distributed it to its standing policy committees and to the Senate for review and comment. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee then reviewed the feedback and amended the original Task Force proposal.
Academic Program Priorities
POLICY PROVISIONS
I. UNIVERSITY-WIDE PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION
It is the responsibility of the University to establish University-wide priorities among its academic programs in order to guide the allocation of resources across the University. These priorities shall be established using the criteria described in this policy. The decisions regarding priorities shall be made in an open and transparent way utilizing data provided by the programs being prioritized as well as data provided by other sources. These decisions shall be made under the principles of shared governance, after prior consultation with the Colleges, programs, and the Faculty Senate. Each academic department shall be responsible for describing how its programs contribute to the Mission of the University, as well as to the desired balance and mix of programs offered by the University. The prioritization process shall examine programs holistically, using both qualitative and quantitative data. While any prioritization process must necessarily be driven by the qualitative and quantitative data, data are not to be a substitute for exercising sound judgment.
Any implementation of program prioritization shall be carried out under the following guiding principles:
Transparency: All decisions shall be made in an open and transparent fashion, based upon evidence.
Comprehensiveness: All aspects of a program will be examined during the prioritization process.
Consistency: The same criteria will be used to evaluate each program for prioritization.
Inclusiveness: All programs within Academic Affairs shall be evaluated and all faculty and staff shall have the opportunity to participate in the analysis of their programs.
Demand: The demand (by students, employers and internal constituents) shall be determined for all programs.
Utilization of Data: Prioritization of programs will be based on examination of both quantitative and qualitative data provided by the programs and other sources.
II. DESIRED BALANCE AND MIX OF PRIORITY PROGRAM CATEGORIES
For the purposes of this policy, a program is defined to be; a unit within Academic Affairs that uses resources from Academic Affairs and which either: offers majors, minors, or certificates; or provides resources to students. Under this definition, departments and divisions within Academic Affairs are not programs; however majors, minors and certificates are programs. Non-degree granting academic units such as the University Library, Learning Skills, and other special academic Centers are also considered programs.
General Education (GE) is mandated by Title V and cannot be prioritized as an independent program, but components of the GE program housed within departments will be recognized/evaluated.
Graduate programs are an essential part of the mission of the California State University (CSU System Mission Statement) and of the mission of California State University, Sacramento (California State University, Sacramento Mission Statement). As such, a high priority is placed on maintaining a viable graduate program with a mix of graduate programs that is appropriate to a comprehensive, metropolitan university. To assure continued viability of graduate education at California State University, Sacramento, the University shall maintain a minimum degree-seeking graduate enrollment of 10% of the FTE of the University. In addition, the University shall maintain a minimum of 5% of the FTE of the University in postbaccalaureate credential and certificate programs, if consistent with and justified by regional need and agency data (e.g., the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing). Consistent with Section III below, second baccalaureate students shall be counted in undergraduate FTEs. The proportion of graduate and postbaccalaureate enrollment may be increased above these levels, but enrollment shall not exceed the maximum level permitted by CSU system mandates.
III. PRIORITIES WITHIN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY
The University is committed to offering undergraduate programs leading to a baccalaureate degree in selected disciplines. This includes first and subsequent baccalaureate degrees. Nine criteria are specified for the purpose of comparing undergraduate programs across the University. The criteria are broad in nature and are selected to capture as much information as possible about programs, in order to take into account the size, scope and nature of each program. In this way, decisions made regarding priorities are to be made in a way that is both informed, and transparent to the programs being prioritized. These criteria have been adapted from Dickeson (2010). For each criterion some examples of information/data are given, to illustrate how programs may choose to respond to the criterion. Not all of these examples will be relevant to every program on the campus and in such cases those examples should be ignored by such programs when responding to the criterion. When prioritizing programs within undergraduate education across the University, the following criteria shall be used to compare undergraduate programs:
What
is the context of the program, to inform the subsequent criteria. Is the program young and still building to
meet expectations or is it a fully mature program and capable of adapting to
changing demands? Has the program
considered what lies in its future?
In
what ways does the program fulfill the University’s mission? Is the program unique in our region? Does the program add to the distinctiveness
of our campus? Does the program serve a
unique demographic or societal function?
How
does the program support community engagement with the campus? What is the
demand for the program’s resources and expertise? What are the local trends in enrollment? What is the demand from employers, or from
graduate schools?
What
is the demand for the program’s courses from other programs on campus? Does the program produce other services used
by different programs in the home department or in other departments? How do the program’s courses fulfill demand
for general education on campus?
How
does the program use its resources to carry out its mission? Are those
resources used efficiently and effectively?
Is the program curriculum appropriate to breadth, depth and level of the
discipline? How does the program use
technology?
Are
student learning outcomes achieved? How
well do students do after graduation (employment, graduate school, professional
licensing and/or certification)?
Number of majors, number of FTES. How
many degrees or certificates are awarded? Are the program’s resources and
faculty expertise appropriate to support and enhance the breadth and depth of
university curricululm?
What
sorts of revenues does the program generate, to be compared with costs. What are the other, non-monetary resources generated
(e.g. relationships with outside institutions)?
A criterion not to be examined independently
from the others, but to provide context. Consider both indirect and
direct costs. What steps has the program
taken to improve efficiency? What kind of investment is needed to improve the
program?
IV. PRIORITIES WITHIN GRADUATE EDUCATION ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY
The University is committed to offering graduate programs
leading to the master's, doctoral or terminal degree, or postbaccalaureate
credential in selected disciplines.
Nine criteria are specified for the purpose of comparing graduate programs across the University. The criteria are broad in nature and are selected to capture as much information as possible about programs, in order to take into account the size, scope and nature of each program. In this way, decisions made regarding priorities are to be made in a way that is both informed, and transparent to the programs being prioritized. These criteria have been adapted from Dickeson (2010). For each criterion some examples of information/data are given, to illustrate how programs may choose to respond to the criterion. Not all of these examples will be relevant to every program on the campus and in such cases those examples should be ignored by such programs when responding to the criterion. When prioritizing programs within graduate education across the University, the following criteria shall be used to compare graduate programs:
What
is the context of the program, to inform the subsequent criteria. Is the program young and still building to
meet expectations or is it a fully mature program and capable of adapting to
changing demands? Has the program
considered what lies in its future?
In
what ways does the program fulfill the University’s mission? Is the program unique in our region? Does the program add to the distinctiveness
of our campus? Does the program serve a
unique demographic or societal function?
How does the program support community engagement with the campus? What is the demand for the program’s resources and expertise? What are the local trends in enrollment? What is the demand from employers, or from graduate schools?
What
is the demand for the program’s courses from other programs on campus? Does the program produce other services used
by different programs in the home department or in other departments?
How
does the program use its resources to carry out its mission? Are those
resources used efficiently and effectively?
Does the program attract students who are ready to succeed in graduate
study? Is the program curriculum
appropriate to breadth, depth and level of the discipline? How does the program use technology?
Are
student learning outcomes achieved? How
well do students do after graduation (employment, graduate school, professional
licensing and/or certification).
Number of active graduate students, number
of FTES. How many degrees or certificates are awarded?
Are the program’s resources and faculty expertise appropriate to support and
enhance the breadth and depth of university curriculum? Is size of program faculty appropriate to
breadth and depth of curriculum?
What
sorts of revenues does the program generate, to be compared with costs. What are the other, non-monetary resources generated
(e.g. relationships with outside institutions)?
A criterion not to be examined independently
from the others, but to provide context. Consider both indirect and
direct costs. What steps has the program
taken to improve efficiency? What kind
of investment is needed to improve the program?
V. PRIORITIES WITHIN OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Academic programs that exist to support students and faculty in successfully accomplishing the goals of undergraduate and graduate programs shall also be evaluated. To the degree possible for each program in question, the same criteria shall be applied as for undergraduate and graduate programs. For example, as the Library does not offer a major program, graduation rate is not an appropriate criterion, but other measures of student outcomes will be.
VI. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY
The
process of making recommendations for academic prioritization shall result in
undergraduate and graduate programs (separately) being grouped into quartiles
based upon the criteria. Such grouping will be done
by a Senate Select Committee which may solicit input from the Curriculum
Policies Committee and the Graduate Studies Policies Committee on the
implementation of the criteria prior to initial and/or final prioritization of
programs. Programs will produce reports using qualitative and quantitative data
that address the criteria in whatever manner they deem appropriate, and the
Senate Select Committee will consider the data in the reports holistically,
without assigning particular weights to given categories or criteria. The
Senate Select Committee shall recommend program prioritization across
university units.
It is the charge of a Faculty Senate Select Committee (formed for these purposes) to examine the data and make recommendations, as both are described in this policy. The first such Select Committee shall be formed following both the passage of this policy and the collection of data. The data shall be collected, from Departments, by the Office of Academic Affairs.
Upon approval of this policy, an initial call for data as described in this policy will go to Departments from the Office of Academic Affairs. A separate process for the ongoing and periodic gathering of such data, including review by programs and the archiving of data, will be developed by the Office of Academic Affairs, in consultation with the Faculty Senate.
Subsequent to the completion of the work of the first such Select Committee, the question of whether or not to form a new Select Committee for these same purposes shall be brought to the Faculty Senate on a periodic basis. Normally, this question shall be considered no later than five years after the last such committee completed its work and was disbanded, or five years after the question was most recently considered by the Faculty Senate, whichever comes later.
Interested parties may petition the Faculty Senate, via its Executive Committee, to consider the question of forming a Select Committee for the purposes outlined in this policy prior to the described five year period elapsing.
Producing the recommendations for prioritization shall be a two stage process, specifically designed to allow programs to respond to the recommendations before any final decisions are made. Final Senate Select Committee recommendations will then be forwarded to the Faculty Senate for receipt of its report and to the President for disposition.
After the final recommendation is made, the results shall be made available in an open and transparent manner to the University community, with enough information being made available so that the assignments of programs to quartiles are known, and programs can understand how the assignments were achieved.
RESOURCES USED
Dickeson, Robert C.; Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services; 2010; Jossey-Bass
California State University Mission Statement: www.calstate.edu/PA/info/mission.shtml
California State University, Sacramento Mission Statement: www.csus.edu/webpages/mission.stm
California State University Policy Manual, Policy UMI07100 “Instructional Programs Priorities; Academic Planning Resource Allocation and Enrollment Management”: www.csus.edu/umanual/UMI07100.htm
University of Southern Mississippi, University Priorities Committee Plan: www.usm.edu/upc/upc_charge.pdf
Indiana State University, Program Prioritization: www.indstate.edu/academicaffairs/program_prioritization.htm
Humboldt State University, Program Elimination Criteria: www.humboldt.edu/~anstud/PEC2010.html
SIDE-BY-SIDE (FROM FS 10-71 VS. AS AMENDED)
FS 11-43/FPC/Ex. |
OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARDS, AMENDMENT OF |
revises language previously adopted in FS 10-43/FPC/Ex.
The Faculty Senate amends the Outstanding Teaching, University and Community Service awards program as follows:
Recommendations Regarding Award Selection Committees
1) Academic colleges
· Each college shall establish Faculty Awards or Professional Development Committee to select college award winners in the categories of Outstanding Teaching, Scholarly and Creative Activity, University Service, and Community Service.
· All committee members shall be elected by the college faculty, in a college-wide election called for that purpose, to serve multiyear staggered terms with a maximum term length of three years per term.
· All probationary, tenured, or other full-time faculty in the college shall be eligible to serve on this committee.
· The committee shall consist of at least five faculty members.
2)
Library faculty,
SSPAR’s, coaching faculty
·
For purposes of
consideration for awards for Outstanding Teaching, Scholarly and Creative
Activity, University Service, and Community Service, members of the library
faculty, SSPAR’s, and coaching faculty shall establish a joint review
committee.
·
The committee
shall consist of three members, preferably representing at least two of the
units, to be elected from within the faculty membership of each unit.
·
The Faculty
Senate Chair shall facilitate this process by:
a.
sending the call
for nominations for Outstanding Faculty Awards to each administrator and each
eligible faculty member in the amalgam group of library faculty, SSPAR’s, and
coaching faculty;
b.
initiating the
election of three faculty to serve on a selection committee, preferably
representing at least two of the units;
c.
convening the
selection committee; and
d.
reporting the committee’s decisions.
Recommendations Regarding Eligibility and Awards Criteria
· All faculty employed at Sacramento State for at least the past three years are eligible for the Outstanding Teaching, Scholarly and Creative Activity, University Service, and Community Service awards.
· Current students, alumni, faculty including self nominations, or staff may nominate faculty for these awards.
· Before the application process begins, colleges shall establish criteria for Outstanding Teaching, University Service, Community Service, and Scholarly and Creative Activity awards beyond the basic eligibility requirements. These criteria shall be distributed to all faculty within the college.
· If a file does not reach a level of outstanding, colleges are not obligated to give out the award in each category.
Application Procedures
· A nomination letter and updated CV are required of all nominees.
· A completed application file must be submitted by the established college deadline in order for further consideration by the selection committee.
· Colleges are strongly encouraged to establish reasonable page limits for any supporting materials. Committees may call for additional information from the nominee as well.
· Colleges are strongly encouraged to implement a system of online submission.
· As part of the application process, committees are encouraged to solicit at least two references and/or letters of support for each nominee.
Other Recommendations
· The Faculty Senate shall announce one single call for all four awards which includes minimum criteria.* Colleges must report all award winners to the Faculty Senate by the established deadline.
· There shall be a campus-wide announcement and recognition of award recipients.
· Encourage colleges to find opportunities in which to further recognize the award winners.
* Until such time that the Faculty Senate establishes campus-wide criteria for Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards, the Colleges and the Library are to utilize their own criteria.
FS 11-42/Ex. |
BY-LAWS, AMENDMENT OF |
The Faculty Senate amends its By-laws as outlined in the April 7, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment E.
FACULTY SENATE
SCHEDULE:
· May 5, 2011 – Senate meets
· May 12, 2011 - tentative