October 30th, 2018

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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 campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators.  Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

Attendance:

Absences:

Guests:

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 pm

1. Approval of the Agenda for October 30, 2018

• Approved @2:10 pm

1. Approval of the Minutes for October 16, 2018

• Approved @ 2:11 pm

1. Announcements from the Floor

• Albiniak – Faculty Affairs website has submissions for the Faculty Retreat.
• Yee-Melichar – Chancellors Office is making changes of OE 1080, 1081, 1082. Send concerns and comments to ASCUS Senator Yee-Melichar
• Schwartz – School of Theatre & Dance, opens Shakespeare’s Pericles: Prince of Tyre this weekend
• Miller – Career Fair, November 8^th, 12-3pm hosted by Career Services & Leadership Development. Students may drop-in or register on Handshake.

1. Reports
   1. Chair

• Using iLearn for forums and distribution of information
• Presidential Search
  • 27 self-nominated so far thought the Qualtrics survey
  • Election will follow 0 top two vote-getters will be named to the Search Advisory Committee
  • VP Carter is charged with naming the staff representative of the Search Advisory Committee
• Encourage everyone to VOTE!
• Everyone should have received a Campus climate link. Please complete it. Participation is very low at the moment.

1. Standing Committees
   1. Strategic Issues Committee

• Working on Budget Transparency and the new CFO will be presenting information
• Staff Turnover and staff representation in other CSUs and UCs. We are on the low end of spectrum in terms of representation
• International student enrollment plan in the form of a letter in 2015 has been located. The letter indicates a clear plan forward. Committee will be

1. Academic Policies Committee

• All documents

1. Curriculum Review and Approval Committee

• Developed draft of guidelines for bulletin copy.
• Working on multiple curriculum proposals, will be forthcoming

1. Faculty Affairs Committee

• Reviewing RTP policy – hope to bring that to the floor this year
• Discussion and working on definition of a normative workload

1. Student Affairs Committee

• Working on Student Grievance policy – set up Zoom meetings with other CSU Ombudspersons which have been very informative
• Upcoming resolution on minimum wage on campus

1. Provost & VP for Academic Affairs

• Has been visiting ExComm regularly. Thanks for that, it strengthens the bond between admin and faculty through shared governance.
• Faculty Affairs Office has, in the past, allocated travel funding separately from College funds. Looking at models for distributing the travel funds to the Colleges.
• After the OSRP Showcase, an idea developed of a series of opportunities to present and share faculty research so that other faculty can see what their colleagues are working on.
• Has been thankful to visit department/school meetings and looks forward to more
• Presented recently to University Chairs Council the current data regarding SSGI 2025. Continuing the conversation and will be digging deeper into the college-level data.
• Completed 2:35pm

OLD BUSINESS

1. Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee – Revision of #S17-277, Standardized Time Blocks for use in Course Scheduling Policy, first reading

• Discussion included concerns regarding the second footnote and the exceptions that are necessitated by that footnote, particular concerns around the fact that 100% of the exceptions are approved

1. Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council – Proposed Discontinuance of the Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in Individual Major, first reading

• Moved to second reading by Sen. Mooney: 2:51pm
• Approved unanimously at 2:52pm

NEW BUSINESS

1. Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee – Proposed Revision to the Online Education Policy, #S16-246, first reading

• Wilson: Two main revisions
  • Clarification of definitions
  • to put into policy a practice on campus, which
• Sen. Dariotis: should speak with ETAC, concerns about workload and the CBA, departmental online policies
• Wilson:  committee will speak with ETAC, will continue conversations with Online Education Committee especially regarding the CBA. Departmental policies should be in line with the campus policy
• Wilczak: Suggest more clarification about intellectual property and how it is determined that classes will be taught in which mode.
• Summit: we have a strong definition of student workload, but not a strong definition of faculty workload outside of the CBA. Concerned that the language about decisions are being made independent of the university procedures.
• Dariotis: is there a plan to review the already extant departmental policies re online education. Suggest adding information about limitation of online classes.
• Mooney: How do we address students who may not have access to technology?

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee – Proposed Revision to the All University Teacher Education Council, #S94-146, first reading

• Policy changes include combining of two committees and they represent a merging of the information about the two committees into one document.
• Guests will be invited to speak to these changes at a future plenary session.

DISCUSSION ITEMS/PRESENTATIONS

1. Discussion about the Presidential search at SFSU

• Purpose of discussion is to gather information regarding one main question: What are the qualities the Academic Senate wishes the new President to have?
• Sen. Albiniak posed these four questions:
  • If you could summarize the most important quality of a president in one word, what would it be?
  • Conflict is inevitable at a university, how would you like the next President to deal with conflict?
  • What are some important pieces of background that you’d like this president to have. Does participation in a university setting required
  • What do you absolutely NOT want to see?
• Sen. Collins: [Communicator] to all constituents. Clarity and concise.
• Sen. Sinha: [Vision] How can you define the future without a vision
• Sen. Wilson: 3 things: Recognition and willingness to work in shared governance, conflict resolution, fundraiser
• Sen. Hulick: [Inspiring] and really embracing social justice and the historical significance of that on this campus.
• Sen. Dariotis: [Transparency] a leader who leads by listening
• Sen. Ruben: What is means to be a public university…maybe not spend so much time on fundraising.
• Sen. Bloom: Strong morale character – someone who does the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.
• Sen. Thomas: Listener and someone not afraid of conflict, willingness to engage. Background should be focused on potential, not what their past suggests.
• Chair Gerber: NOT ego-driven. Someone who is humble and dedicated to making the school look good.
• Sen. Collins: NOT R1-driven.
• Sen. Harris: NOT a short-sighted vision.
• Sen. Weinberger: NOT surface-level change, in support of many of the former thoughts
• Sen. Hines: willing to do a lot of deep work with diversity. Willing to comforts all of the different ways in which we are diverse on this campus.
• Sen. Albiniak: Champion of public education.
• Sen. Van Cleave: someone who embraces teaching
• Sen. Bloom: someone who is not authoritarian. A worldly background, not necessarily from academic. A supporter of public schools usually come from public education. It would be nice to see a woman, as we have not had a female President yet.
• Sen. Mooney: well-rounded. Perhaps someone who is not 100% academic in background

1. Adjournment at 3:35 pm