REVISED Resolution on Principles for Year-Round, Off-Campus, and Weekend Operations (YOWO)
Resolution on Governance in the CSU
#RS00-167
At its meeting of March 7, 2000, the Academic Senate unanimously approved the following resolution on Governance in the CSU:
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The San José State University Academic Senate has prepared and endorsed a white paper entitled, "Out of Crisis--Reforming Governance of the California State University," which raises several important questions about current governance structures in the CSU, and |
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The white paper seeks to reaffirm principles of shared governance and in particular reasserts that primary responsibility for decision-making concerning such matters as curriculum, methods of teaching, academic and professional standards should rest with the faculty of the CSU, and |
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The role of faculty in governance matters is upheld in both the Board of Trustees 1985 Statement of Collegiality and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, and |
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The CSU and local campuses are facing crucially important decisions concerning such issues as admission policies, articulation, accountability, and graduation requirements-all the clear purview of faculty in the CSU, therefore be it |
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That the San Francisco State University Academic Senate commend the San José State University Senate for contributing the white paper as a "point of reference in an ongoing conversation" about governance in the CSU, and be it |
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That the SFSU Academic Senate join with the San José, Fresno, Hayward, Pomona, Los Angeles and other CSU campus senates in calling for the creation of a Governance Task Force composed of CSU administration and faculty to review the issues raised in the SJSU white paper, and be it |
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That copies of this resolution be distributed to the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor, local campus senates and the Academic Senate CSU. |