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The Academic
Senate is winding down from a productive spring. Below
you will find the highlights of the Senate’s actions
thus far this semester.
Task
forces
The Senate voted to establish
several task forces in the following areas in order to:
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Provide student
services support for students on probation or
returning from dismissal;
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Propose an
instructional technology strategy to address online
and hybrid student success;
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Address high
textbook prices and suggest best practices to assist
students in securing affordable and academically
sound textbooks;
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Promote an
environmental curriculum and environmental awareness
across the curriculum and encourage the sharing of
best practices in doing so among faculty;
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Create a process for
the adoption of new programs. This would be a joint
task force with Academic Affairs.
Reports
The Senate adopted the following reports on:
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Quality in Distance
Education;
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A Faculty Diversity
Internship Program (both of these reports can be
found at the Senate’s website).
The Senate also considered a report on graduation
requirements which suggested possible changes to our
existing requirements. This report was referred to the
divisions and was then the subject of a Senate
electorate meeting. After considering this input, the
Senate decided not to change the existing requirements.
Other
In other actions, the
Senate recommended:
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A permanent 20%
released time position for a sustainability
coordinator;
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The adoption of a
resolution by the Academic Senate of the California
Community Colleges on Advanced Placement examination
credit for general education requirements (the
relevant documents are on the Senate website);
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To add language to
the Faculty Handbook from Title 5, section 58108
which specifies uniform registration and enrollment
procedures, including procedures by which students
are added to courses;
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A change of
discipline from Computer Science to Computer
Information Science for CS/IS 99, 100, 101, 102,
172, 174, 180, 185, 186, 190, 196, 197, 218, 255,
260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265 and 266;
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That the college
should allocate time for faculty and staff to work
on student learning outcome assessment cycles. The
Senate also suggested that college hours be
considered for these activities.
Next
year’s Senate
Senate meeting times
next semester will be adjusted to the new block
schedule, which means that the Senate will meet
on the first and third Thursdays of the month from 1:40
– 3:00pm.
This year’s Senate at-large/adjunct Senator
election resulted in the re-election of Peggy Renner and
Sid Kolpas. Cindy Pollack and Cameron Hastings will be
brand new Senators in the fall. Divisions re-elected
Andy Young, Randal Parker and Richard Cortes. Fiona
Virani will be the new Senator from Health Sciences. A
new executive committee will also be elected at our
final meeting in May.
Finally, Mike Scott will take over as president
effective at the end of this semester. Join me in
wishing him good luck during his presidency!
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