Minutes: November 1st, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, November 1,

2011

SEVEN HILLS

CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD:  2:00 -

2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period

provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise questions or make

comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators.  Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:

 

 

 

Anderson, David

Garcia, Oswaldo

Rothman, Barry

 

Alvarenga,

Gabriela

Getz, Trevor

Rourke, David

 

Barranco, Joseph

Ginwala, Cyrus

Runquist, Beth

 

Bartscher,

Patricia

Hanley, Lawrence

Salama, Mohammad

 

Beatty, Brian

Hayes, Nancy

Sherwin, Paul

 

Bolter, Nicole

Hellman, David

Sigmon, Mark

 

Chernoff, Maxine

Henderson,

Barbara

Steier, Saul

 

Cholette, Susan

Holzman, Barbara

Taylor, Don 

 

Cleary, John

Hyun, Helen

Trautman, Ray

 

Collins, Robert

Lau, Jenny

Usowicz, Thaddeus

 

Corrigan, Robert

Linder, Martin

Vaughn, Pamela

 

Dariotis, Wei

Ming

Lopez, Eurania

Vredenburg, Vance

 

Drennan, Marie

McCracken,

Bridget

Wagner, Venise 

 

Ferreira, Jason

Ozluk, Ozgur

Wang, Lihua

 

Gamboa, Yolanda

Rosser, Sue V

Wanek, Linda

 

 

Absences: Azadpur, Mohammad (on leave F11); Boyle,

Andrea (exc); Davis, Harvey “Skip” (exc); Girouard, Shirley (exc); Hood,

Pamela (exc); Privé, Alice (exc); Stowers, Genie (exc); Strong, Rob (exc);

Yee-Melichar, Darlene (exc)

 

Guests:  Andrew Gutierrez, Sacha Bunge, Helen

Goldsmith, Patricia Irvine, Kasra Varzaghani, Ann Hallum, Leslye Tinson,

Julia Lewis, David Gard, Shawn Whalen, Gene Chelberg, Linda Buckley, Jo

Volkert,

With a quorum being

present, the meeting was called to order.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements were made.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Minutes for October 18, 2011

The Minutes were Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for November 1, 2011

The Agenda was Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #3—Chair’s Report

The Academic Senate heard

a brief report from Chair Vaughn. 

 

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Executive

Committee:  Proposed Resolution in

Support of Principles of Shared Governance in Reorganization, 1st

Reading

Senator Hanley moved and

explained the Item. The Item was discussed. Senator Holzman motioned to move

the Item to Second Reading. The vote was called. The Item was Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies

Committee:  Proposed Principles

Regarding College Naming, 1st Reading

Senator Hanley moved and

explained the Item. The Item was discussed. Senator Chernoff motioned to move

the Item to Second Reading. The vote was called. The Item was Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #6—Report from AVP Linda Buckley and AVP Jo

Volkert: Student

Success & Graduation Initiative Milestone Study—Time Certain 3:00p.m.

The Academic Senate heard

a report from AVP Linda Buckley and AVP Jo Volkert on Student Success & Graduation Initiative

Milestone Study. A copy of the Power Point presentation given can be found on

the Academic Senate iLearn page. The following questions and concerns

were raised:

 

1.    

How are underrepresented minorities being

counted and defined?

2.    

To what extent has impaction shaped

underrepresented minority

                  graduation rates?

3.     This process and

associate study could serve as a model.

4.     What is causing

our graduation rates to go up?

5.     How will online

education impact graduation rates and student success?

6.     How do our rates

compare to other campuses?

7.     What is the

break down of remediation needs, as they relate to English and math?

8.     What are the

similarities and difference between the graduation rates of different colleges?

9.     How has

mandatory advising impacted the Fall 2009 cohort?

10.  What impact

might remediation have if the classes were within the major?

11.  What

implications might these data hold for the importance of General Education?

12.  Is it possible

for students to have early tutoring by discipline?

13.  Which students

does the “Beyond 12” program serve?

14.  How can the

university work positively with students so that they achieve these milestones?

 

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review &

Approval Committee:  Proposed

Revisions to the Graduate Program MS in Psychology, Concentration Clinical

Psychology, 1st Reading —No later than 3:45p.m.

Chair Vaughn moved and explained the Item in the absence

of Senator Stowers. The Item was discussed. Senator Holzman motioned to move

the Item to Second Reading. The vote was called. The Item was Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Executive

Committee:  Proposed Revision to

Retention Tenure & Promotion Policy to Agree with Current Contract Language

(Section 1.4 regarding rebuttal timeline), 1st Reading—No

later than 4:00p.m.

Chair Vaughn moved and

explained the Item. The Item was discussed. Senator Salama motioned to move the

Item to Second Reading. The vote was called. The Item was Approved.

 

AGENDA ITEM #9—Discussion Item:  Task Force Report on Graduation Writing

Assessment Requirement (GWAR)—No Later Than 4:15p.m.

The Item was discussed.

The following concerns and questions were raised:

 

1.    

To what extent is GWAR cost effective?

2.    

Why does the Task Force Report not address the

most effective ways to teach writing.

3.    

What are the similarities and difference between

costs associated with JPET and GWAR?

4.    

The Task Force Report is missing feedback from

faculty that teach the classes and students that have

taken them.

5.    

Students seem to say that they have benefited

from the GWAR courses and associated smaller class sizes.

6.    

Educationally, GWAR seems to make much more

sense, as it situates students within their discipline.

7.    

Critical thinking skills - particularly

within the major - seem to be enhanced by GWAR courses. 

 

AGENDA ITEM #10—Adjournment—no later than 5:00p.m. 

The Academic Senate

adjourned at 3:45p.m.

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