Minutes: November 28th, 2006

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday,

November 28, 2006

Attendance:

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:17 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

·

Announced that the

Academic Senate will be meeting on December 12. The meeting will be followed by a reception

·

Announced that there

will be a physical master Plan open house on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the Student

Center

·

Called for

nominations for the following positions: faculty marshals and the Board of

Appeals and Review

·

Announced that there

will be changes in how students register and in how departments plan class

schedules. Students will have the

opportunity to reserve two courses prior to their actual registration

date. Departments will schedule class

schedules for two semesters instead of one

·

Introduced Vice Chair

Velez who reminded Senators to register for the upcoming faculty and staff

retreat and also directed senators to the Academic Senate Web site for more

information

·

Introduced APC Chair

Whalen who reminded senators to nominate faculty for campus faculty excellence awards

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval

of the Agenda for November 28, 2006

The agenda was approved by

unanimous consent.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval

of the Minutes for November 7, 2006

The minutes were approved

by unanimous consent.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report

from Rob Strong, General Manager, SF State Bookstore: Timely Textbook Adoptions

Chair Meredith introduced Rob

Strong, General Manager of the SFSU Bookstore, who introduced Corless Smith, elected

faculty representative to the SF State Bookstore Board. They both addressed the timely adoption

of textbooks and bookstore incentives for doing so.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report

from Russell Kilday-Hicks, Chapter President, California State University Employees

Union (CSUEU)—update on negotiations

Chair Meredith

introduced Russell Kilday-Hicks, Chapter President, CSUEU who spoke to the

current status of staff contract negotiations.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Academic

Senate Elections for the University Budget Committee (UBC) -Three faculty to be

elected.

Chair Meredith opened

nominations for three positions on the University Budget Committee. The Executive Committee submitted six

names. Senator Kohn withdrew his

name from consideration. Senator

Gonzales nominated Senator Danner.

Senator Levy nominated Senator Avani. Chair Meredith clarified that the Academic Senate need to

elect six individuals. The

nominations were closed.

The following

individuals were elected to serve staggered terms:

DuVal, Whalen, Stowers,

Chattopadhyay, Avani, and King.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation

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

Tenure & Promotions Policy

The item continued in second

reading.

Senator Steier moved to amend

the proposal by striking the words "Tenure and" before the words

"Promotions Committee" in the following locations: p.2-ll.

20,21,22,25,28,44; p. 3 - ll. 1,6,9,30,38; p.4 line 21; p.6.ll. 9,14,19; p.7.

line 34; p.9- ll. 1,37; and p. 10-ll-

1,4,8,27.

And

by replacing the text on page 9, lines 23-37 beginning with "FOR TENURE

AND PROMOTION DECISIONS" and

ending with "Academic Affairs." with the following text:

“FOR

TENURE AND PROMOTION DECISIONS: Upon completion of the dean's review, the WPAF shall be forwarded as follows: The

original and two (2) copies of all portions of the WPAF (except the supplemental materials)

shall be forwarded to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs via the Office of

Faculty Affairs and Professional Development according to the deadlines in the Executive Calendar.

For recommendations that include a recommendation on promotion, the indexed supplemental materials and five (5)

copies of all other portions of the WPAF

shall be forwarded to the University Promotions Committee via the

Academic Senate Office. For

recommendations regarding tenure only, the indexed supplemental

materials shall be forwarded to the

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs via the Office of

Faculty Affairs and Professional

Development.

Tenure

and promotions are awarded by the University President. At the University

level, the University Promotions

Committee reviews the WPAF and makes a recommendation regarding promotion, and the Provost and Vice President for

Academic Affairs reviews the WPAF and makes recommendations regarding promotion and tenure.”

The motion was seconded by

Senator Whalen.

The motion failed.

Senator Levine moved to amend

the proposal by deleting the passage:

“The statement for each area

(teaching effectiveness, professional achievement and growth, and contributions

to campus and community) should not exceed 750 words.” Page 5, lines 3-5.

And replacing it with the following passage:

“It is recommended that the

statement for each area (effectiveness in teaching or area of primary

assignment, professional achievement and growth, and contributions to campus

and community) not exceed 750 words.”

The motion was seconded by

Senator Levy.

The motion passed.

Senator Linder moved to amend

the proposal by deleting the following text “…consisting of no more than three three-inch

binders.” on Page 5, Lines 10 and 11.

And inserting the sentence

following the bullets “It is recommended that the supplementary materials

consist of no more than three three-inch binders.”

The motion was seconded by

Senator Gonzales.

Senator Levine moved to amend

the amendment by inserting the words “or area of primary assignment”

immediately following the words “teaching effectiveness.”

The motion was seconded by

Senator Levy.

The amendment to the

amendment passed.

The motion passed.

Senator Chelberg moved to

extend debate by 15 minutes. The

motion was approved with dissent.

Senator Kohn moved to amend

the proposal by inserting the phrase “and tenure” following the word

“promotion” on page 9, line 35.

The motion was seconded by Senator

Ulasewicz.

The motion passed.

Debate was closed.

The proposed revisions

to the retention, tenure and promotions policy were approved by a vote of 33 to

10.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation

from the Academic Policies Committee (APC): Proposed Revisions to Policy on

Written English Proficiency, #S03-14 B, Lower Division Writing Portion of

Policy

APC Chair Whalen reintroduced

the item in second reading along with Dean Sherwin, Associate Dean Wormuth and

Professor Irvine to speak to the proposal.

The Proposed Revisions to

the Policy on Written English Proficiency (#S03-14) were approved unanimously.

AGENDA

ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee:

Proposed Revisions and Name Change to Asian Area Studies Minor

Program

CRAC Chair Levy reintroduced

the item in second reading along with Dean Kassiola, Associate Dean Terrell,

and Professor Pi-Ching Hsu to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved

with dissent.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation

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

Program in Geology

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the

item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved

unanimously.

AGENDA

ITEM #10—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed

Revisions to BA Program in Geology and Name Change to Earth Sciences

Levy,

Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC

Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to

speak to the proposal.

The

proposal was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation

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

Program in Geology and rename to Minor in Earth Sciences

Levy,

Fehrman m/s/p

CRAC

Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to

speak to the proposal.

The

proposal was approved unanimously.

AGENDA

ITEM #12— ADJOURNED—3:50 p.m.