Fullerton College

Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

December 2, 2004

Present
	Academic Services.............................	Doris Wright
	Business...........................................	Jeff Courchaine, Dale Craig
	Counseling........................................	Karyn Nguyen
	Fine Arts...........................................	Bill Hayner
	Humanities........................................	John Ison, Miguel Powers, Jeff Rodine
	Library...............................................	Michele Fitzsimmons
	Math/Computer Science.....................	Kelly Klassen, Deborah McQueen
	Natural Sciences................................	Ken Collins, Jeff Feaster
	Part-Time Faculty...............................	Jim Book, Brenda Terry
	Physical Education............................	Jim Kiefer, Pete Snyder
	Social Sciences.................................	Callista Lee, Arienne Turner
	Student Services................................
	Technology/Engineering......................	Dennis Howey, Kevin Sampson
	At-large.............................................	Elise Donley, Ken Lewis, Adela Lopez, Pamela Lewin, Tanomo Taguchi, Marcus Wilson
	Associated Students..........................	Araz Pourmorad
	President...........................................	Rolando Sanabria
	President-elect...................................	Joumana McGowan
	Secretary..........................................	Jane Troop
	Treasurer...........................................	Behnoosh Armani
	At-large, Curriculum Chair...................	Doug Eisner
Guests: Kathleen Hodge, Liz Kiszely
Absent
	Natural Sciences................................	Brad Dawson
	Social Sciences.................................	Susan Grabiel
	Humanities........................................	Renee Bangerter, Kathleen Engstrom
	At-large.............................................	Paul Farnham

I.	CALL TO ORDER
	The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by President Rolando Sanabria.
II.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
	The Minutes of the November 18, 2004 meeting were approved by consensus.
III.	APPROVAL OF AGENDA
	The agenda for this meeting was approved with changes by consensus.
IV.	PUBLIC COMMENTS
	Karyn Nguyen requested faculty to encourage students to check online to see when they are supposed to register since they will not be reminded by mail. Adela Lopez thanked Senators for helping with the Thanksgiving food drive. She noted that now many of the students who need help are older. After the public comments period, Dr. Hodge visited the Senate. She wished the Senate a happy holiday season and thanked the members for their work this academic session. She mentioned that Senate support helped to facilitate an organizational change on the campus, resulting in a new Vice President of Student Services. She complimented the Senators for their sophisticated leadership relative to the accreditation self study. She also commented on the Senate’s serious reflection on the matter of the Equity Plan.
V.	EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
	President’s Report
	Board of Trustees—The Accreditation Report was approved. The accreditation visit will be March 15-17. The Student Equity Plan has been completed and submitted to the Board of Trustees in time to be sent to the State. The implementation phase is still to come. The discussion of the plan’s implementation included the idea that a small committee with oversight of the project would be helpful in guiding it. District Planning Committee (DPC) —It was reported that all faculty leaders in the District (Cypress, Fullerton, SCE, and United Faculty) stood together relative to the Unlawful Discrimination Policy. This policy was previously accepted by the Faculty, in order to make a state-mandated submission date with the clear understanding that it would be revisited. As requested, the groups gave their recommendations to District Human Resources, and not a single recommendation was accepted. It was reported that the faculty members present at this meeting “felt betrayed” by the District. Reportedly, the rationale for not recognizing our recommendations is that accepting them doesn’t give the District flexibility. The faculty members on this committee feel that all the faculty-recommended changes to the procedure must be included. There will be one final attempt to come to a solution.

	It was pointed out that one of the problems with the Discrimination Board Policy is that it can put faculty in legal jeopardy. Various other colleges in the State have adopted a discrimination policy that includes an academic freedom clause. FTES Funding—It was reported that in the future FTES funds will be allocated to the colleges in the same manner as such funds are allocated by the State. If a campus does not make its growth target, it will be given one year to make that target. If it fails to make the target a second year, funding will be cut from the 1330 account (overload and extended day). Course prerequisites are not currently being automatically enforced through Banner. This involves blocking a student from registering for a class that has prerequisites unless the student has completed the required course at Fullerton College. The problem is that only Admissions and Records can legally enforce course prerequisites. Although we (along with all community colleges in the state) have been directed to enforce prerequisites, we have not been doing so. This has resulted in students being denied credit for courses at other colleges (primarily courses related to critical thinking). Concerns should be sent to Doug Eisner.
	Treasurer’s Report
	No report.
VI.	CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT
	Doug Eisner reported that the Curriculum Committee has been presented with the current Program Discontinuance Plan for Fullerton College, which places the initial decision as to whether a program should start the discontinuance process with the Curriculum Committee. The committee has discussed the Student Equity Plan and the role of the Curriculum Committee. The committee is considering ways of obtaining information and interpreting it relative to submitted curriculum. The committee is also pondering the question of what its role should be in student learning outcomes. It sees itself as serving in a supporting, not managing, role. It was also reported that Cypress College managers were planning to have Student Learning Outcomes attached to faculty evaluations through the Faculty Employee Contract. This possibility was not taken seriously by United Faculty representatives.
VII.	ELECTIONS
	The following are the results of the two elections held in the Senate: Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Instruction....................... Joumana McGowan Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Instruction....................... Bruce Hanson Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Instruction....................... Jeff Courchaine Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Student Services............. Rolando Sanabria Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Student Services............. Behnoosh Armani Hiring Committee for the Vice President of Student Services............. Sunshine Vidal Karyn Nguyen and Miguel Powers spoke on behalf of Sunshine Vidal. Behnoosh spoke on her own behalf.

VIII.	UNFINISHED BUSINESS
	The Senate President presented the response from the Board of Trustees to the motion made at the last Senate meeting requesting more information about the bond problems. The response was a letter from the Chancellor. Several Senators expressed concern that the Chancellor did not respond with anything new and that he apparently did not understand the Senate’s request. The ensuing discussion focused on what outcome the Fullerton Senate is seeking. It was pointed out that there are numerous problems with bond projects on the local campus and that we should deal with these rather than District issues. Others on the Senate felt that since the bond projects are on-going and that since the Bond Report clearly indicated a severe lack of management oversight, that problems at the District must be resolved as soon as possible. It was recommended that Doctor Hodge, members of the Board of Trustees, and others involved in the Bond projects be asked to the next Senate meeting in January (or February) so the Senate can ask some of these questions. The Senate President requested Senators send him ideas about what we can do prior to the next Senate meeting in January.
IX.	OLD BUSINESS
	Relative to the PCC restructuring, one of our recommendations, division member limits, requires endorsement by the Senate. Discussion ensued, and there was general support for such a proposal. It was pointed out that PCC representation should be as wide as possible. The proposed motion was tabled pending a more precise delineation of how PCC will operate.
X.	NEW BUSINESS
	M/S/P (Eisner/McQueen) That the Library retain the same procedures as in the past regarding student access to computers and that any future change, ACT procedure, or policy that deals with students use of computers be presented to the Faculty. A motion was made relative to increasing campus communication with non-Senators using available technology. After discussion, the proposed motion was tabled. Discussion of the Implementation of AB 1417 was postponed. Deborah McQueen reported that the problem of relocating 61 sections of math from the 1400 Building in the spring has been resolved. It was brought to the attention of the Senate that, on the recommendation of the head of ACT, the Dean’s Council voted to block students from using computers in the Library. This would require students who want to use library computers to go to the campus computer labs to get an account. Representatives from the Library pointed out that such a policy would cause problems for our students (those trying to register online), library patrons from the community, and individuals from other libraries that have reciprocity agreements with the Fullerton College Library. Such a change in policy puts the Library in an untenable position and will affect how students learn at Fullerton College.

	In the ensuring discussion it was pointed out that such a unilateral decision by the Dean’s Council, without faculty input on such academic matters, is improper. The issue of no faculty input to those ACT decisions that affect students and classes was again brought up. It was the sense of the Senate that the prerequisites for English and Critical Thinking be enforced.
XI.	LIAISON REPORTS
	United Faculty
	UF is still negotiating salary, and to date there is no settlement.
	Associated Students
	The results of the survey on smoking on campus were announced. Of the staff surveyed, 83 percent felt that smoking should be banned. When the student responses were added to the staff responses, 66 percent still felt that smoking should banned on campus.
	Adjunct Faculty United
	No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jane Troop, Secretary