2011-2012
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
AGENDA
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
OPEN FORUM
CONSENT ACTION
FS 11/12-41/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE |
Curriculum Policies Committee
Dian Baker, At-large, 2012
REGULAR AGENDA
FS 11/12-42/Flr. |
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 27, 2011 |
FS 11/12-38/Flr. |
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF CHAIR, CURRICULUM POLICIES COMMITTEE |
Background: Article II, Section F of the By-laws of the Faculty Senate state, in part, “ . . . A vacancy in the voting membership of the Executive Committee shall be filled by nomination and election at the first meeting of the Faculty Senate after the vacancy occurs. The nominee elected shall have received more votes than any candidate not elected. . . If the office of Chair of a Standing Committee becomes vacant, the office shall be executed by the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee until the Faculty Senate shall elect a successor as provided in Article II, Sections D.3 and E.3 of these By-laws (http://www.csus.edu/acse/bylaws.htm). The Vice Chair executing the office of Chair under this provision shall not serve as a voting member of the Executive Committee.” Kath Pinch will resign as Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee, as she will be on sabbatical in Spring 2012.
Nominations of candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees may be made by a senator from the floor; by the current membership of the Standing Committee; or by a petition signed by ten (10) or more full-time faculty members and filed with the Faculty Senate office before the first meeting of the new Faculty Senate.
The candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees shall submit a one
page description of qualifications and intentions to the Faculty Senate office
for inclusion with the agenda for the election meeting.
Please download and print the attached ballot and bring it to the meeting.
FS 11/12-43/Flr. |
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES, ELECTION OF |
Click on the nominees’
names for candidate statements. Please download and print the attached ballot and bring it to the meeting.
COLLEGE-BASED
NOMINEES
COLLEGE |
NOMINEE |
DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM |
NOMINATION SOURCE |
Arts and Letters |
Humanities and Religious Studies |
other than self or Academic Council |
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Business Administration |
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other than self or Academic |
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Education |
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Engineering and Computer Science |
Mechanical Engineering |
Academic Council |
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Civil Engineering |
Academic Council |
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Computer Science |
other than self or Academic Council |
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Health and Human Services |
Criminal Justice |
self-nominated |
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Kinesiology and Health Science |
other than self or Academic Council |
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Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Chemistry |
Academic Council |
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Physics and Astronomy |
other than self or Academic Council |
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Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies |
Psychology |
self-nominated |
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Anthropology |
self-nominated |
SENATE-BASED NOMINEES
COLLEGE |
NOMINEE |
DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM |
Arts and Letters |
Carolyn Gibbs |
Design |
Education |
Teacher Education |
FIRST READING
FS 11/12-44/APC/EX. |
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REVISIONS TO |
The Faculty Senate recommends revising the “Student Rights and Responsibilities” policy as outlined at Attachment A.
SECOND READING
FS 11/12-31/FPC/EX. |
FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES TO STUDENTS IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the “Faculty Responsibilities to Students in the Instructional Environment” policy as shown in the October 6, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.
Note: The appendix can be found in the October 6, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C-1.
BACKGROUND
April 27, 2011 -
President Gonzalez requested the formation of an ad hoc committee, to be drawn from
the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and led by the Provost. The committee’s
purpose was to develop draft policy language on faculty rights and
responsibilities regarding the delivery of instruction to our students, to be
“grounded in our current University Policy documents”
An Ad Hoc Committee
was formed and met three times over the summer. The Committee
incorporated material from three currently existing documents into the proposed
policy.
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“Statement on
Faculty Responsibilities and Professional Ethics” (effective 1994, updated
2011) http://www.csus.edu/umanual/hr/HRS-0117.html
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“Student Rights
and Responsibilities” (effective 1999) http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/UMS16500.htm
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AAUP Statement on
“Freedom and Responsibility” (published 2006)
August 30, 2011 -
Executive Committee referred the document to FPC.
FPC discussed the Ad
Hoc Committee’s document throughout September. Notes from the
table top discussions at the August 24 Faculty Senate meeting were incorporated
into the discussion.
September 27, 2011 –
FPC referred the proposed policy to Executive Committee, which unanimously
voted to place the proposed policy on the Senate agenda and then voted
unanimously to endorse the policy.
SENATE FALL SCHEDULE:
(1st and 3rd Thursdays, 3:00-5:00, Foothill Suite, Union, unless notified otherwise)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – Livingston Lecture November 3, 2011 – Senate meets November 10, 2011 – tentative November 17, 2011 – Senate meets |
November 24, 2011 – Thanksgiving break December 1, 2011 – Senate meets December 8, 2011 – tentative December 15, 2011 – Senate meets |