Minutes: October 24th 2006

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, October 24,

2006

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:14 p.m.

Attendance:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

Thanked Senator McCracken

for bringing to the attention of the Senate campus events marking the observance

of the “Great American Smoke-Out”.

Directed Senators’

attention to the campus Get out the vote activities.

Introduced Vice Chair

Velez who reminded Senators that the deadline for the call for proposals for

the faculty/staff retreat, scheduled for January 22, 2007, are due on Friday,

October 27. For more information

se the Academic Senate Web site.

Indicated the distribution

of documents related to RTP policy revisions.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval

of the Agenda for October 24, 2006

Avani, Rothman m/s/p

Chair Meredith noted that

Senators should insert the numeral “7” in front of the corresponding agenda item. He also indicated that agenda item 9

should be listed as being in 1^st reading.

The agenda, as corrected,

was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval

of the Minutes for our meeting on October 10, 2006

DuVal, Behrooz m/s/p

The minutes were approved

unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report

from Jennifer Wissink, Student Advisor, Office of International Programs:

International Education Week

Chair Meredith introduced

Jennifer Wissink who reported on opportunities for the academic community to

get involved in International Education Week. For more information see: www.sfsu.edu/~oip/iewhome

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation

from the Executive Committee (EXCOM): Proposed Resolution in Support of International

Education Week

Whalen, Steier m/s/p

The resolution was

approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Report

from Provost John Gemello and Leroy Morishita, Vice President of Administration

and Finance: CSU and Campus Budget Update

Chair Meredith introduced

Provost Gemello and Vice President Morishita who reported on the current status

of SF State’s budget. The report

focused on a built-in problem with the budgeting process with regard to the

accounting of non-resident fees and the increasing costs of utilities. As a result of these problems the

campus has incurred a $6.5 Million budget reduction. The majority of the budget reduction was assigned to

Academic Affairs and Administration and Finance. Centrally, Academic Affairs absorbed a $2.9 million reduction

for FY 2006-2007 and the colleges shared an additional $2.0 million reduction

for the same time period.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation

from the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC): Proposed Revisions to the Retention

Tenure & Promotions Policy

Chair Meredith reminded

Senators of where the Senate had left off in the discussion during the last

meeting. He then described

possible next steps for proceeding with the proposal.

FAC Chair Kohn reintroduced

the item in first reading and reviewed highlights of the current proposed

policy attached to the agenda.

The proposal moved to 2^nd

reading without objection.

Senator Steier moved to amend

the proposal by inserting the below text on page 12, line 44 after the sentence

ending with “community service”. The

motion was seconded by Senator D. Gonzales.

“The primary emphasis is on teaching effectiveness. There is

no University order of priority between the non -teaching criteria.. Unless

individual Departments decide otherwise Faculty members need not exhibit

exceptional achievement in both of the non-teaching criteria. Indeed , to provide for a variety of

meritorious activities and flexibility, comprehensiveness, and vigor in the

University faculty, it is hoped

that faculty members will exhibit highly varied profiles of achievement.

Judgments about accomplishment within each criterion will vary with differences

in disciplines, professional expectations within a discipline, and

departmental, College and University objectives and goals. It is the responsibility

of the department Retention,

Tenure and Promotions committees

to establish clearly the

department’s expectations for Retention, Tenure and Promotion consistent with the University criteria. The department is also

responsible for making clear its requirements for documenting the quality and

relevance of the work accomplished. This shall be done in consultation with the

candidate at the time of hire and during the first year in rank.”

Senator Yee moved to vote

by secret ballot. The motion was

defeated.

The motion failed with

abstentions.

The proposal will continue

in 2^nd reading at the November 7 meeting of the Academic Senate.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation

from the Academic Policies Committee (APC: Proposed Academic Calendar for Academic

Year 2007-2008 & Revisions to Academic Senate Policy #S93-178, Deadline for

final grades

APC Chair Whalen reintroduced

the item in 2^nd reading.

He also introduced Barbara Luzardi, Academic Scheduling Coordinator, who

was available for questions.

Senator Stowers moved to return

the proposal to committee. The motion

was seconded by Senator Danner.

Senator Stowers moved to

end debate. The motion was

seconded by Senator Steier. The

question was called.

The motion to return the

proposal to committee failed.

Senator Jolivette moved to

extend debate by 5 minutes. The

motion was seconded by Senator Stowers.

The debate was extended by 5 minutes.

Senator DuVal moved to

amend the proposal by adding advising day to finals week of fall semester. The motion was seconded by Senator

Steier. The motion failed.

Senator Jolivette moved to

end debate on the proposal. The

motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz.

The question was called.

The proposal passed with

dissent.

AGENDA ITEM

#9—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee:

Proposed Changes to the Undergraduate Majors in English: Literature, English:

Language Studies, and English:

Individual Major

Levy, Steier m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced

the item along with Dean Sherwin, Associate Dean Wormuth, Professors Jim Kohn; Lorreta Stec;

& Beverly Voloshin to speak to the proposal.

The proposal passed

unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Recommendation

from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions and Name

Change to for the BA in Speech Communication

Levy, Rothman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced

the item along with Geri

Merrigan, Professor/Chair, Communication Studies Dept & Amy Kilgard to speak

to the proposal

The

proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation

from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the BA

and Minor in Anthropology

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced

the item along with James Quesada, Chair of Anthropology, and Dean Kassiola

to speak to the proposal.

The proposal passed

unanimously.

AGENDA

ITEM #9— ADJOURNED—4:15 p.m.