Proposal for a Committee for Academic Planning
Proposal for a Committee For Academic Planning
Academic Senate Policy S90-167
At its meeting of May 22, 1990, the Academic Senate approved the following
proposal for a Committee for Academic Planning.
Background
The President of San Francisco State University has assigned the task of developing
and implementing an Academic Master Plan to the Vice President for Academic
Affairs. The Academic Master Plan shall be the primary component of the campus
strategic plan influencing the content of the other components such as facilities
and enrollment plans.
In order to ensure that the Master Plan represents the most comprehensive thinking
in a shared governance organization, a new committee with university-wide representation
is proposed to advise the Vice-President for Academic Affairs in matters concerning
the Academic Master Plan. It is recognized that formal line organization structures
exist for the approval and modification of academic programs and policies. These
processes appropriately require approval by the Academic Senate. At this time
no effective university planning structure exists to provide a direction or
context in which academic policies are established and programs are approved,
modified, capped, or discontinued.
Purpose
The purpose of the Committee for Academic Planning is to make policy recommendations
to the Vice President for Academic Affairs concerning the criteria, processes,
principles, and priorities for academic direction setting consistent with the
academic mission and goals of San Francisco State University.
Scope
The Committee for Academic Planning shall first identify the academic mission
and goals of the University. The Committee for Academic Planning then shall,
in the context of the university-wide objectives and policies, make recommendations
in the areas such as those listed below:
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Criteria for initiating new academic programs |
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Criteria for modifying current academic programs |
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Criteria for declaring current academic programs impacted |
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Criteria for discontinuing current academic programs |
5. |
Criteria for the organizational structure of the academic programs of the University |
6. |
Criteria for programs emphasis |
7. |
Criteria for program mix -- percentage of General Education |
8. |
Criteria for program mix -- undergraduate/graduate degrees |
9. |
Criteria for program mix -- remedial/lower division/upper division |
10. |
Criteria for program mix -- professional/liberal arts |
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Criteria for enrollment mix |
12. |
Criteria for faculty mix |
In addition to recommending criteria, the committee may recommend processes,
principles, and priorities relating to academic program planning.
Committee Governance/Membership
The Committee for Academic Planning shall have nine members and shall report
to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Vice President for Academic
Affairs shall send policy and program recommendations to the Academic Senate
as appropriate.
The Committee members shall be as follows:
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The committee shall be an on-going body. The length of term for the two members
appointed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs shall be two years. The
term for the elected members shall be for two years. (The first all-university
election will produce staggered terms: two faculty will be elected for two-years
terms and the third for a one-year term.) The Committee shall elect one of its
members to be the chair, subject to the concurrence of the VPAA. Support
staff shall be provided for the Committee by the office of the Vice President
for Academic Affairs.
**APPROVED BY PRESIDENT CORRIGAN ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1990**