2010-2011 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union

Present:

Baker, Ethnic Studies; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Boulgarides, Temporary Faculty (Kinesiology and Health Science); Blanton, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Bogazianos, Criminal Justice; Buckley, ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Chavez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Croisdale, Criminal Justice; Deegan, Temporary Faculty (Family and Consumer Science); Diaz, Kinesiology and Health Science; W. Dillon, Government; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Domokos, Mathematics and Statistics; Fanetti, English; Fell, Civil Engineering; Flohr, Art; Gardner, Business Administration; Gibbs, Design; Hammersley, Geology; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Hecsh, Teacher Education; Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Henderson, Counselor Education; Gherman, Chemistry; Hadley, Sociology; Kaplan, Economics; Katz, Learning Skills; Kelly, Social Work; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); +Lazaridis, History; +LeFebvre, Communication Studies; Li, Business Administration; Liu, Business Administration; Loeza, Teacher Education; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; McCormick, Philosophy; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Melzer, English; Metz, Music; Mikhailitchenko, Business Administration; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Moylan, Family and Consumer Sciences; Nicolas, Associated Students, Inc.; Parsh, Nursing; Peigahi, Library; Penrod, Psychology; Piloyan, Associated Students, Inc.; Pinch, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Reddick, Library; Russell, Social Work; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; C. Smith, ASI; V. Smith, Communication Studies; Stevens, Environmental Studies; Strasser, Anthropology; +Suter, Foreign Languages; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Van Gaasbeck, APC Chair (Economics); Wanket, Geography

Absent:

Altmann, Nursing; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Buckman, Humanities; Choi, Business Administration; Echandia, Temporary Faculty (Bilingual/Multicultural Education); Gonsier-Gerdin, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; +LeFebvre, Communication Studies; McCurley, Student Services; Moni, Women's Studies; Noel, FPC Chair (Teacher Education); Novak, Student Services; Raskauskas, Child Development; vacant, Theatre and Dance; vacant, Athletics

MOMENT OF SILENCE

LEOPOLD (LEO) MARTIN Emeritus Staff Facilities Services JAMES SAUM Emeritus Faculty Counselor Education

ELTON WARD LONG Emeritus Faculty Criminal Justice

ACTION ITEMS

FS 11-20/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE

General Education/Graduation Requirements Policies Committee

Anne-Louise Radimsky, 2011 (one semester replacement)

Carried unanimously.

FS 11-21/Flr.

MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Carried unanimously.

INFORMATION ITEM: SABBATICAL FUNDING (PROVOST SHELEY) – 15 minutes

INFORMATION ITEM: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE UPDATE (JAMES WANKET) – 15 minutes

FS 11-16/APC/Ex.

SUPPLEMENTAL ADMISSIONS CRITERIA

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the following undergraduate supplemental admissions criteria starting Fall 2011:

Evaluation of Qualified Undergraduate Applicants from Outside the Local Admissions Area

After careful consideration, the Enrollment Management Committee recommends the strategies stated below because they offer several advantages for Sacramento State. These include: 1) Providing the greatest fairness to prospective students by using objective, academic requirements; 2) Allowing the most flexibility for the campus, especially during periods when CSU budget allocations and enrollment targets continue to change; and 3) Providing admission staff the ability to make timely admissions decisions.

· Freshmen applicants from outside our local admissions area will be rank ordered based on CSU eligibility criteria as calculated using the standard CSU eligibility index formula.

· Transfer applicants from outside of the local admissions area will be rank ordered based on transfer GPA.

Admission offers will then be made in descending order for both groups until the new freshmen and transfer targets are achieved. During times of uncertain enrollment targets, a waitlist may also be employed to provide additional enrollment controls.

The campus is authorized to make exceptions to the supplemental admissions criteria. To shape the exceptions made by Sacramento State, the following statement was passed as a Faculty Senate resolution regarding campus impaction on April 22, 2010:

For a small percentage of prospective freshmen and transfer applicants, eligibility may be weighed alongside other criteria such as: first-generation college status, socioeconomic factors, evidence of overcoming educational hardship, and evidence of skills or talents that align with or contribute to university programs or enrich the educational experience of the campus community. Applicants will present this information in writing to the Admissions Committee.

All students who do not meet minimum standards for that semester (regardless of being in or out of the local admissions area) will be sent a letter outlining the process for appealing their admissions decision and information on what additional documentation to submit. All students who are ineligible for admission to Sacramento State shall receive a letter which includes the following language, notifying the student of the appeals process:

If, after reviewing the above statement(s), you have reason to believe that you are eligible for admissions and have documents showing proof of admissions eligibility, please follow the instructions found at [web address].

If there are special circumstances that you believe have bearing on your admission decision, please follow the instructions at [web address].

Background: In June 2010, the Chancellor’s Office approved Sacramento State’s proposal for campus-wide impaction starting fall 2011. As an impacted campus, Sacramento State must choose an undergraduate supplemental admissions strategy for qualified students coming from outside the local admissions area. The criteria used to admit students within the local admissions area are unchanged.

Considering the goals outlined in Sacramento State’s Strategic Plan, the enrollment management principles and policies outlined in California State University (CSU) documents, fairness to prospective undergraduate students, and the current variability of state budgets and enrollment targets, the committee proposes the following strategy for undergraduate supplemental admissions criteria.

To complete the process for determining undergraduate admissions supplemental criteria, the Enrollment Management Committee requests endorsement of this proposal. This proposal was approved unanimously by the Academic Policies Committee on February 4, 2011 and was endorsed by the Executive Committee by majority vote on February 8, 2011.

Further background information can be found at the February 17, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.

Carried.

The following item received a first reading and will continue on March 10, 2011:

FS 11-22/Ex.

ELECTRONIC COURSE EVALUATIONS

The following item received a first reading and will receive a second reading on March 17, 2011:

FS 10-71/Ex.

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