ࡱ> 130M bjbj== "&WWl         !######$X xG     G  \ "  ! ! !  sf-.^!r0,22!17Թ Academic Senate Minutes January 24, 2005 2:30-4:30 The meeting was convened at 2:36 p.m. Announcements Irv Ploke will serve as at large faculty for Diane Uyadas TRC. A senate representative for district budget committee is still needed. The senate may have a role to play in the Academic Bill of Rights issue being discussed. Agenda The minutes were approved pending changes. The consent calendar was approved unanimously. FA response to Bernadine Fong TRC memo Paul Starer Paul covered the timeline of the memo sent from FA to Bernadine Fong. The senate may not be able to vote on any resolution put forward as it would be a violation of the Brown Act. The Brown Act prevents the senate from taking action on the FA issue as it was introduced as an information item today. FA is required to look at the language in the document written by Bernadine. Does the Senate have a constitutional voice to make with respect to the memo? It was noted that we dont have the original memo of several years ago to look at. Resolution to table the resolution for at least two weeks, and until the senate has the proper documents to review and make a considered decision. The resolution was passed unanimously. This issue will be brought up in two or four weeks. Basic skills resolution Dialogue focused on prerequisites requiring proof, and advisories needing consent. Each division should discuss whether prerequisites and advisories are sound or not. Research supports the need for prerequisites (and or advisories). There is an opinion that advisories arent very effective. If advisories dont work to enhance student success, then the use of prerequisites should be investigated. For students in basic skills courses, prerequisites become a very hard block in registration. Students might have an option of eligibility or completion if blocked in registration. How can the senate support the need for more research in advisories and prerequisites? The state has not been quantitative about the statistical significance required for a difference between success and failure, which could hamper research. Student unit overload issue. When planning on registering for a class in an over unit status students should be able to apply for the over unit it one quarter ahead of time. Not all students have a complete educational plan to justify an overload. Need to share the unit issue with all faculty. Students with 18 units do better than students taking 12 units. Hybrid discussions - Dolores Davison. Hybrid is defined as a course where some portion is online and some portion is face-to-face. Curriculum committee met last year and decided not to weigh-in on the issue. The schedule must have proper annotation so that students can understand what obligations they have for face-to-face lectures in an online course, and vice-versa. State chancellors office is very concerned about hybrid definitions. Curriculum committee reported that UCs have had articulation issues with online (and through extension) what hybrid is. Language needs to be clarified for hybrid terminology, including Web enhanced vs. online vs. hybrid. Better definitions are needed for hybrid, hybridize and instruction. Curriculum committee has brought the hybrid issue back to the senate to work on. Senate will look at some quick definitions, then look at bigger definitions. Articulation is a very big issue with some colleges (CSU/UC). The senate will work on hybrid this year and next year, and this may require a multi-stage debate over a number of years. The senate should work very hard on this issue, including work on academic issues in both online and hybrid. Instruction is about pedagogy, learning outcomes, and issues that affect articulation. The hybrid definition needs to be transparent to the student. Senate also needs to stand against arbitrary scheduling issues; finals are being administered after finals week, on Monday of finals week, and before finals week finals creep. FA Memo Anne Paye addressed the senate regarding FAs response to President Fongs TRC letter. FA has concerns that the memo from President Fong encouraging TRCs to consider a decision for rehire based on excitement for the candidate, demonstration of innovative techniques and ideas, and considering the whole picture of the candidate, rather than solely the proscribed classroom observations and student evaluations. FA is concerned that introducing new criterion raises the bar on candidates. Candidates must be aware of the process, changes in expectations, and follow negotiated language only. This could be a very big problem if a candidate is denied tenure. Anne Paye did apologize to the senate regarding the inclusion of language in a memo to President Fong stating that FA and Academic Senate demand a retraction from Bernadine Fong, when in fact the senate body was not aware of the issue between FA and President Fong. Senate addresses academic issues and professionalism; FA has issues of workplace. Divisions appoint TRCs and senate confirms the TRCs. Senate and FA have very different roles in the tenure process, and faculty are both members of the union and members of the senate. The December 10th memo from President Fong to the TRCs, with wording of innovation and need for faculty to have involvement in campus and college activities, is not in negotiated language, and presents a potential problem for candidates. 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