2003-2004 FACULTY SENATE
OF
California State University, Sacramento

Minutes
May 13, 2004

ROLL CALL [+ indicates alternate]

ACTION ITEMS

Search Committee, Assistant Vice President, Research and Sponsored Projects
Linda Roberts, NS&M
Ramzi Mahmood, E&CS

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (Attachment A) of the Program Review Oversight Committee on the program review of the Department of Theatre and Dance and recommends that the Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees in Theatre and Dance be approved for six years or until the next program review.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends waiving the first reading of FS 04-39, Commendation of Leadership - Robert Buckley.

Carried unanimously.

Whereas:	Faculty Senate Chairs often tend to be ephemeral beings, flowering for a season or two before quietly drifting off-stage; and
Whereas:	In recent years, however, this pattern has been proven wrong by the contributions of a white-bearded individual who has served diligently and ably as Faculty Senate Chair for a record-setting continuous five-year period; and
Whereas:	During his tenure as Chair, this same individual introduced many operational changes to this body, not least of which has been the use of overhead transparencies in the presentation of agenda items on the Senate floor (thus introducing a 20th century technology to our 21st century Senate); and
Whereas:	This same individual has led this body into the information age, as befits a faculty member in Computer Science, by eliminating paper copies of the agenda and minutes of all meetings in an attempt to boost “hits” on the Senate web site and to encourage the computer-literacy of members of the Faculty Senate; and
Whereas:	For the past five years the synonym for “this individual” has been Bob Buckley; therefore be it:
Resolved:	That the Faculty Senate of the California State University, Sacramento acknowledges the efforts and contributions of Robert Buckley as Chair of the Faculty Senate for the 1999-2000 through 2003-2004 Academic years; and be it further:
Resolved:	That the Faculty Senate expresses its hope that Robert Buckley will continue to provide exemplary service to this university, recognizing that there IS life – albeit perhaps of a less hectic nature – after serving as Senate Chair.

Carried unanimously.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends adopting the following policy on the sale of course materials:

Faculty who assign instructor developed course material (excluding material published for general use ‑ that is, national or international use), which requires students to purchase print, video, or audio material are encouraged to utilize the campus bookstore to sell such course material. Pricing must be reasonably related to costs associated with producing and distributing the assigned material.

Proper permission must be secured to use copyrighted material. If faculty use the Bookstore's Custom Academic Publishing program, the Bookstore ensures compliance with copyright laws. If faculty place the course material on consignment with the Bookstore or do not use the Bookstore to sell the course material, then faculty members assume personally the full legal responsibility for compliance with copyright laws and sole liability for noncompliance.

Money collected by selling course material on campus must be deposited in an account approved by the University's Chief Fiscal Officer. Proper cash control procedures must be in place to assure accountability in the collection and deposit of funds (see Policy on Bank Accounts and the Use of Funds).

State resources may not be used in production of materials for private gain (see Government Code Section 8314 and Penal Code Section 424).

Income from instructor developed course material, which is sold by the faculty member is considered income reportable to federal and state governments.

Carried.

The Faculty Senate recommends recommitting FS 04-27/GE/GRPC, Ex. to the Academic Policies Committee for further discussion.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends that the CSUS policy on administration of the WU grades be amended to read as follows:

Students may petition to have all WU grades dropped from GPA calculation for the first semester in which they receive a WU at any point up to the time of degree conferral.

Carried.

The Faculty Senate recommends waiving the first reading of FS 04-28/GE/GRPC, Ex., General Education Assessment, Policy and Procedures, Revision of.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends amending the General Education Assessment Policy and Procedure as described in the April 15, 2004 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends waiving the first reading of FS 04-30/AITC, Ex., Academic Information Technology Strategic Planning Goals.

Carried unanimously.

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following:

1) The academic information technology, strategic planning goals described below,
2) The development of a plan for assessing these goals, and
3) The establishment of a Strategic Planning process to be implemented by the Senate’s Academic Information Technology (IT) Committee and supported by the Office for Institutional Research (OIR).

ACADEMIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS

CATEGORY: Consultation and Collaboration on campus-wide technology initiatives

1. Inform faculty, staff and students about all the technology initiatives that are either contemplated or being implemented on campus.
    
2. Provide for broad consultation and shared decision making on academic technology decisions at both the College and University level.
    
3. Ensure that proposed academic technology initiatives are analyzed and cost – benefit information provided to those engaged in the consultative and shared decision making process.
    
4. Demonstrated consultation and collaboration between college Information Technology Consultants (ITCs), Computing, Communications & Media Services (CCMS) in supporting and enhancing the excellence and flexibility of academic programs and the customer orientation of its services.
    
5. Provide for the same formal consideration of technology initiatives proposed by individuals and/or entities other than college IT personnel and/or CCMS personnel.

CATEGORY: Teaching and Learning Technology Initiatives

1. Develop and maintain collaborative efforts among faculty, staff, students, and campus administrators in shaping technology services and resources that encourage and support excellence in teaching and learning.
    
2. Ensure that pedagogic uses of technology are considered in all technology acquisition decisions that are assumed to be beneficial to teaching and learning.
    
3. Maintain a strong institutional culture of support for teaching and learning which effectively and demonstrably integrates technology and pedagogy.
    
4. Provide a forum for ideas and dialogue among faculty and administrators about good teaching and learning practices that can be an impetus for helping empower the faculty to experiment with new technologies and teaching methods and to encourage student involvement in campus and classroom issues.
    
5. Support the creation and expansion of new forms of scholarly communication and knowledge acquisition, retrieval, and publishing, including the scholarship of teaching, digital initiatives, electronic library resources, and other online resources and information technologies for the enrichment of teaching and learning.
    
6. Support the creation and enhancement of computer based student advisement systems in the major as well as University-centered advising for undeclared students and general education advising.
    
7. Provide appropriate technology to facilitate communication between members of the campus community.
    
8. Provide technology that enhances work productivity for both staff and faculty.

 CATEGORY: Access to Technology Resources

1. Provide student access to academic technology resources that facilitates and enhances learning (e.g. wireless, on-line administrative services, faster internet connections).
    
2. Ensure that policies, guidelines and standards related to academic technology provide academic/program access for students with disabilities in accordance with all Federal and State legislation and California State University policies.
    
3. Provide training and resources to meet student needs for information competency, including training in the use of the campus's baseline software, hardware and network tools, in order to ensure student readiness for instruction using technology (NEW. Stolen from Fresno's IT Strategic Plan).
    
4. Provide anytime/anywhere student access to technology that facilitates and enhances learning.
    
5. Provide students, staff and faculty with user friendly on-line, Web-based processes for administrative services.
    
6. Establish a faculty-friendly process wherein staff assistance is easily obtained without unnecessary layers of bureaucracy.

Carried unanimously.

The following item received a first reading and will receive a second reading at the first Faculty Senate meeting of the fall semester:

INFORMATION

1. California State University, Sacramento Mission Statement Draft
2. Broad Principles for Budget Reductions, CUP Planning Committee
3. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
4. Actions of the 2003-2004 Faculty Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/03-04_actions.htm

The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

*Presidential approval requested.

SAVE THE DATE - FACULTY SENATE RETREAT IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2004 - more details to come

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