╨╧рб▒с>■  46■   3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴M Ё┐┘bjbjт=т= "0АWАW┘      lиииииии╝0000 <╝/╢\\\\\\\\о░░░░░░$х j╘и\\\\\╘Иии\\щИИИ\и\и\оИ\оИ& Иоиио\P 0-Cq@╞╝t0rоо 0/оoИoоИ╝╝ииии┘Minutes Academic Senate Meeting February 6, 2006 The meeting was called to order at 2:04 p.m. Announcements The senate will meet next week, on February 13th, as our bi-weekly meeting on February 20th is a holiday. Paul noted that each senator should update years of senate service, so that PAA can be properly assigned. Paul informed the senate that when Mike McHargue traveled to the fall plenary conference in fall, that Paul had offered to reimburse MikeТs airfare with our B budget funds. Our administration informed us we couldnТt use those funds, as Mike is retired from FHDA, so we must use our senate dues. The amount was $320.80 The minutes were not available for approval. The consent calendar was approved with the following changes. Janet Spybrook will serve as at large member of Valerie FongТs TRC, and Dolores Davison will serve as at large member for (first name) Jordana TRC. Service Level Agreements Ц Willie Pritchard addressed the senate on the topic of SLAs, and what faculty should expect from ETS in terms of both response and items covered. No SLAs were present before this document was released. Willie read the types of services that are provided, and how each division might have different types of service needs. A suggestion was made to distill the 20 page document down to a single page FAQ. Sharon Luciw, Director of Client Services, suggested that both senators and their constituents would benefit from reading the 20-page document. Full-time and part-time faculty should carefully read instructions for operating multimedia equipment before the first day of class, as last minute intervention can be both inefficient and impractical. One topic of importance was Сlevel threeТ unsupported areas. If a faculty memberТs computer isnТt СstandardТ, meaning not on the list of supported computers, or if it is a Сpersonally ownedТ computer, it canТt be serviced by ETS. SLAs will affect many faculty who require assistance and support from ETS. SLAs are not a board-approved policy. Sharon pointed out that many labs and offices have different software and operating configurations. ETS may have a service delivery problem during periods where a new building comes on line, and dozens, or hundreds, of computers and other electronic services need to be installed, configured, and tested. Installation of phones, computers, and data migration all take time, and during these installation periods ETS may have to make priority decisions that can leave some services experiencing periods of delay. Senators came back to the issue of establishing an FAQ for the Service Level Agreements. At the conclusion, senators thanked ETS for hard work and excellent service, noting that by and large, most of the services provided by ETS function very well. Plus / minus grading presentation Ц Bob Barr presented the results of the plus-minus grading study conducted over the last four quarters and analyzed in January. No statistically adverse impact was observed, with the mean GPA changing from 2.92 to 2.91. A small number of С4.0Т students would earn a slightly lower GPA, such as 3.97 vs. 4.0. It was noted that 40% of all grades are СAТ, which might be an indication of grade inflation. About 18 to 20% of faculty participated in the study, but the percentage of СAТ grades was identical in the 80% of faculty group not participating in the study. Senators asked about further segmentation of the data Ц and in particular for courses that fall into Сlife-long learningТ, PE and fine arts, single course takers vs. multiple course takers, etc. The senate thanked Bob Barr and the group at Institutional Research for analyzing the data. The board will examine these data and vote to adopt (or not to adopt) the policy starting fall quarter 2006. The FHDA board said at the start of the study that it would vote to adopt the policy if no significant adverse effect was observed. Faculty speaker Ц the list of faculty that will be considered for the faculty speaker at commencement was vetted to the senate. One senator remarked that there should be no problem with having part-time and or non-tenured faculty of the proposed speaker list. A resolution to approve the faculty speaker list was unanimously approved. Marketing resolutions. Each of the three resolutions was discussed separately. In the first resolution, authored by Andy Fraknoi, it was suggested to change the phrase Сadult learnerТ to Сlife-long learnerТ. Andy further commented that cohorts are useful for group learning, especially on a commuter campus. A second suggestion on wording removed the word СyoungТ from student when describing the СtraditionalТ student. The first resolution was passed unanimously. An additional suggestion affected all three resolutions, which was to make the first whereas identical in each resolution, reflecting the senateТs commitment to improving outreach and marketing in an attempt to increase student enrollment. After a very short discussion, the second resolution was also approved unanimously. The third resolution encouraged greater inclusion of students through new offerings of short courses, including flexible registration for starting and ending classes at almost anytime during the academic and calendar year. This resolution was also approved unanimously. A final comment suggested that the paperwork coming from the registrarТs office has slowed recently. Electronic voting Ц Robert Cormia briefly discussed the status of the online voting system that is being developed using a Сsecure surveyТ software program. Lourdes De-Parent in Institutional Research is helping to develop the system. Senators had an opportunity to try the system over the winter break, and most had used it successfully. There are still issues to be ironed involving passwords, which will be the focus of an ongoing effort throughout winter quarter. The resolution to approve the Сsecure surveyТ approach for electronic voting in spring quarter was approved on a vote of 17-1. Choice of textbook materials Ц a document was presented to the senate describing the use of textbook materials as adopted from the DeAnza textbook policy. Uniform textbook adoption for a sequence of courses was a key issue driving this policy. Vigorous debate ensued on issues related to a facultyТs primary reliance to choose the textbook of their choice. To follow or be coerced into a СuniformТ policy would be seen as СmicromanagingТ. Conflicts might occur among faculty over textbook selection. Other wording that was deemed suspicious was the suggestion that faculty should be observant and sensitive to the impact of a textbook on particular beliefs. This could include potentially offensive course materials, which concerned several senators quite a bit. Other issues discussed were board policies on reproduction of course materials and profit, i.e., the ethics of faculty receiving remuneration on materials produced while receiving compensation by the District. 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