California State University Dominguez Hills



California State University Dominguez Hills

Academic Senate Minutes

February 14, 2007

Voting Members Present: Berlin, Best, Bordinaro, Butler, Cheever, Fawver, Ferris, Furusa, Ganezer, Gould, Hancock, Harvard-Hinchberger, Jacobs, Jones, Kalayjian, Kaplan, Kowalski, Levine, Ma, Malamud, Moore, Murrey, Papa, Parham, Pu, Sneed and Vanterpool.

Voting Members Absent: Bohman, Clark, D’Amore, Erbe, Faraji, Furtado, Heinze-Balcazar, Herbert, McCarthy, Park, Pawar, Shakib, Welch, and Zoerner.

Ex-Officio Members Present: Blue, Bradfield, Dote-Kwan, Gordon, M., Hart, Hohm, Long, Mori, Robles, Rodriguez, M., and Strong.

Guests: Frank Paine.

1. The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.m.

2. The agenda was approved with an amendment.

3. The minutes were approved with minor amendments.

4. Second Reading Item:

EPC 06-06-Resolution on Timely Adoption of Texts-Jacobs read the resolution, and informed the Senate that almost all of the other CSU campuses had passed a similar resolution. Malamud said that he finds the resolution horrendous and that it is wrong to take some poor faculty member who has been teaching with the same book for 10 years and then if he doesn’t turn his book order in on time, change the book for him. He said that we should not have faculty policy for every little thing. He said that we should just tell the faculty who do not get their book orders in on time that they are not doing their job. Jacobs said that the default would probably be the last book that the instructor used. Best said that this resolution creates a lot of extra responsibility for department chairs. Kowalski said that we are doing micro-management. Kaplan said that the resolution needs to say when the materials are to be selected. Malamud said this is the worst thing we can do to pass this because it will work against us, if books are not ordered on time there will be a lawsuit. Vanterpool said that we are here to serve students and we have disabled students and they have rights and we must order in a timely manner. Disabled students should not be at a disadvantage when the semester starts. Dote-Kwan said that it is important to identify the book. Students will go to the Library of Congress or Recording for the Blind to see if the book is recorded, if not, they have to go to Disabled Student Services to get it recorded, plus this is an Executive Order from the Chancellor’s Office. MSP.

5. First Reading Items:

EPC 07-01-Resolution on Changing the Passing Score on the GWE-Jacobs read the resolution. She said that the Writing Competency Committee unanimously voted to raise the passing score on the GWE from a 7 to an 8. She said that a 7 means that one GWE reader passed the student and one GWE reader failed them--so a 7 is marginal and to get into Graduate School a student must have an 8. Blue said that we are the only campus in the CSU that has 2 different passing scores. This item was W* and MSP.

FPC 07-02-Settling the Contract Between The CSU and CFA-Furusa read the resolution. There was some discussion about the rationale and Vanterpool explained that we don’t debate the rationale and that it is not actionable. Ganezer suggested in the rationale that we include teaching and learning and scholarship and service. Vanterpool again said that we cannot wordsmith rationale. The item was W* MSP unanimously.

6. Time Certain:

TC 3:00 p.m. David Bradfield-CFA Contract-Bradfield reported on the status of the CFA and CSU contract negotiations. He reported that the CFA did not want to strike but they would it they have to. He discussed the procedures and how if a strike does occur it would be a rolling strike across the CSU so as to minimize impact on students and faculty. Bradfield reported that the CSU stated that faculty work less and are compensated better than any other group of faculty. Bradfield said that students would be notified in advance if a strike occurs.

7. Executive Reports:

Chair’s Report-Butler reported that on March 15, 2007 we will hold a Town Hall on Access to Excellence. There will be visitors from the Chancellor’s Office here to discuss with us the 6 domains that have been identified: 1) assuring access; 2) connecting to P-12 schools and to community colleges; 3) fulfilling commitments to multiple stakeholders; 4) ensuring success in student learning; 5) faculty/staff excellence to promote student success; 6) now and in the future: campus/system identity. This event will be in the University Student Union from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on March 15, 2007.

Butler reported that the Senate and Academic Affairs will be co-sponsoring workshops for program directors and department chairs to address issues involved in doing that kind of job.

Parliamentarian Report: Kalayjian held an election for 3 faculty members to serve on the Search Committee for The Director of Research and Funded Projects. Leonardo Martinez, Mohammed Eyadat and Vivian Price were elected MSP.

EPC Report: No Report

FPC Report: Furusa reported that he will bring a resolution to the floor of the Senate regarding PTE’s at the next meeting.

Statewide Senate Report: See attached report.

Bordinaro’s report is attached to the back of the minutes.

Provost’s Report: Mori reported that the enrollment is currently at 7,885 FTES and we are hoping to reach 8,000. He said that hopefully we will not have to give money back to the system.

Mori reported that on March 1, 2007 there will be a peer review team visit which will be addressing the 22 initiatives that were disbursed by the Chancellor’s office in 2005. Mori said that we filed a progress report in December of 2005 regarding these issues.

Mori reported on the Freshman First Year Experience. He said that the University brought in an independent researcher named Joe Kuzio and he found that students who took University 101 returned the following year at a rate of 70% compared to students who did not take University 101. Only 54% of those students returned. Mori said that the University SAT scores were significantly lower in the students who took University 101 but they found that these students were far more motivated. Mori said that by fall of 2009 all freshmen will be required to take University 101. Mori said that our faculty have worked very hard to make this a success and he said that our faculty work harder and get paid less.

Mori said that his report would cover enrollment, access to excellence, first year experience program results, overview of student retention policy council and council of academic advisors.

Mori reported that the Masters in Social Work program has received accreditation. Mori also reported that there is a new role option in the Nursing Department called “The Clinical Nurse Leader” The Board of Registered Nursing which grants approval for pre-licensure nursing programs designates it as the Masters Entry level Professional nursing (MEPN program).

Mori reported that we have a new program where students majoring in Negotiations and Conflict Resolution and Peace Building can get a B.A and a J.D. within 6 years by attending classes at CSUDH and also classes at Southwestern College.

Mori reported that the Child Development Center is up and running and they are in their new building. He said that we have a new Child Development B.A. and Credential Joint Program.

Mori reported that in the past year we have 23 new programs that have been approved and it could not have happened without faculty, chairs, deans, and staff.

8. Open Forum-No Discussion

9. Meeting Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted By,

Mary Brooks, Chair’s Assistant Rod Butler, Senate Chair

Statewide Senator Vanterpool’s Report / February 14, 2007

I am submitting this written summary, for the record, of the substantive points of my last CSU Statewide Senator Report, issued at the CSUDH Academic Senate meeting of February 14, 2007. I courteously request of the Senate body that the present written comments officially replace the brief comments entered in the prepared and published Minutes of the Academic Senate meeting.

Vanterpool reported on 2 items of actual or possible interest to the faculty of CSU Dominguez Hills:

1) Professional Behavior in the event of a faculty job action. He noted that the

Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) of the CSU Academic Senate, on which he

serves, received a memorandum from the chairperson of the academic senate

of San Diego State University. The letter requested of the FAC that it

consider endorsing the contents of the letter, by drafting an applicable

resolution. FAC unanimously dismissed interest in the request, on the theory

that what was being asked of us was directly (or indirectly) meant to weaken

the role of CFA during this period of Fact-Finding.

(2) Consideration of a Special Report on Faculty Workload Reallocation. Faculty Trustee, Craig Smith, shared with the FAC the contents of the special report authored by him. While I was not provided the opportunity to summarize the substantive elements of the report, I herewith include my intended remarks. The document proposes alternative ways of cushioning the negative effects of the high workload of CSU faculty, by proposing two visionary strategies:

(a) Individual campuses, departments, programs, might choose to take

unilateral action, on the premise that one size does not fit all. Among

such strategies are: reducing SFR, double counting large classes,

using enrollments in mass lecture classes to justify lower enrollments

in core major courses such as seminars, increase the unit count per

courses, and increase contact hours for the course.

(b) Devise a “Three-Tracks” to Tenure Plan.

Track 1: High research intensive. At least one class allocated each

semester to research or creative activities. Required to

teach at least 2 classes per semester

Track 2: Basically retains the status quo. Emphasizes teaching,

but requires some research or creative activity. Required

to teach at least 3 courses per semester.

Track 3: Purely teaching. Required to teach a minimum of 4

courses.

Statewide Senate Report January 07

Caroline Bordinaro, ASCSU Senator (CSUDH)

A. Death of Paul Persons on Jan. 17 affected everyone. The meeting was quite subdued and there were many tributes to Paul.

B. We passed several resolutions at the January plenary.

1. Resource Needs for High Quality Independent Ed.D. Programs in the CSU reiterates prior advice from the ASCSU. It also highlights the need for library resources and services to support these programs. CSUDH is in the 3rd wave of implementation for this program.

2. Request for a Task Force to Study California State University (CSU) Student Fee Policy calls for a study to be undertaken to see if changes in the CSU fee structure would enhance educational outcomes.

3. Principles to Guide the Application of the Transfer CSU (TCSU) Numbering System for California State University (CSU) Systemwide Articulation enunciates the principle that courses approved for Lower Division Transfer Pattern (LDTP) will automatically articulate with comparable courses on CSU campuses, subject to challenge by campus discipline faculty.

4. Response to SB 1543 (Alarcon) High School Curriculum; High School Coursework Requirements calls for the speedy establishment of a task force to develop guidelines for the inclusion of Career Technical Education courses in the a-g high school course preparation pattern. If the CSU does not develop these guidelines by July 1, 2008, standards will be imposed upon us.

5. Support of the a-g Curriculum as California’s Primary High School Graduation Requirements asserts that this pattern is the optimal preparation pattern both for college and career. However, it does not support completion of the a-g pattern as a requirement for high school graduation.

6. Library Resource Needs for all Undergraduate and Graduate Programs highlights the importance of library resources and laments the cuts to library resources over the past many years.

7. Recognition and Support of Faculty Service in Governance urges campuses to recognize participation in academic governance in RTP processes and to have awards recognizing exceptional service in this area.

8. Importance of Settling the Contract Between CSU and CFA laments the climate surrounding the current bargaining process and urges progress be made in bargaining. It also urges the Legislature and Governor to address the fiscal problems facing the CSU.

C. Several other resolutions were introduced and will be considered at the next plenary

10. Support for Carnegie’s New Community Engagement Classification commends the 5 CSU campuses already qualifying for this designation (Chico, Fresno, Monterey Bay, San Francisco and San Marcos) and urges the other campuses to seek it.

11. Support for Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree Programs supports the initiation of these programs on a number of campuses and urges other campuses with strong linkages to business, industry, and technology to consider offering these degrees.

12. Support for Substantial Revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act requests California’s congressional leadership to advocate for the following changes:

i. Elimination of penalties on districts not participating in the state’s testing and reporting program.

ii. Defining “highly qualified teacher” in such a way so that there is not undue hardship on rural and small schools in California.

iii. Balance in the content of the curriculum.

iv. Goals for California that recognize continuing immigration of English learners.

13. Extension of Graduate Differential Funding to All Graduate FTES requests the expansion of this enhanced funding formula (25% increase).

D. There are several issues of potential interest to the campus:

1. The Accessible Technology Initiative. There have been several cases brought against CSU campuses by the Office of Civil Rights. The system is committed to accommodating students with access needs due to visual or aural impairment or other disabilities. This initiative has three priorities:

a. Web accessibility

b. Instructional materials accessibility

c. Procurement of accessible electronic and information technology

Wayne Dick (CSULB) shared a list of potential actions that might be required of the campuses/system.

i. Web and Electronic IT

1. By 2009, all administrative web-based user interfaces will be brought into compliance with law.

2. By 2012, all campus websites will be brought into compliance.

3. Every campus will develop a plan endorsed by the President and Academic Senate to assure compliance.

4. The system and campus will take necessary actions to facilitate access during the transition.

ii. Instructional Materials

5. Each campus will develop a plan to assure equal access to students.

6. Each campus will develop a plan to produce and utilize accessible instructional materials.

7. All instructional materials used for teaching courses shall be developed/identified with sufficient lead time to allow conversion to accessible materials.

8. Each campus academic senate will develop a policy for the approval of new instructional technologies.

9. Faculty authors will be encouraged to request that their publishers produce and distribute their materials in an accessible format.

iii. Procurement

10. Each campus will develop a plan approved by the President and Academic Senate which will require the purchase of accessible products whenever possible.

11. Each campus will develop a plan approved by the President and Academic Senate which would force departments to bear the cost of purchasing materials that result in costs to accommodate student access.

12. The faculty will give preference to the purchase of accessible materials.

2. The plan to have a CSU Portal dealing with distance learning programs, the possibility of offering distance learning programs on overseas military bases,.

3. Task Forces that are currently underway including: Sustainability; Drops, Withdrawals, Incompletes, and Repeats; International Education; Textbook Pricing; Intellectual Property

4. Trustee Craig Smith’s “Workload Re-allocation: A Special Report to CSU Senate Chairs.” document offers a number of intriguing suggestions regarding how faculty workload might be re-allocated in order to provide more support for faculty to engage in scholarship and creative activities.

5. The Early Assessment Program for HS juniors continues to progress and is receiving compliments from other universities. Most HS juniors are taking the math and English portions. In the coming year English scores will be available to students more readily. The goal is to get students unprepared for success at the CSU to take appropriate coursework in their senior years.

6. Lower Division Transfer Pattern (LDTP). The first cycle of review of CCC courses is coming to a close. 22 course descriptors were posted this summer. 1215 courses from 66 CCC campuses were submitted for review. 45% of those courses were approved. It is expected that that percentage will increase significantly in subsequent cycles. 25 additional descriptors have been developed by CSU faculty for the second cycle, which will begin next month.

7. The Access to Excellence process is moving forward. Campus conversations have begun and the Steering Committee will meet on April 4th to review the information gathered at these conversations in preparation for the statewide meeting on April 24 and 25 in Newport Beach. The associated web site can be found at On March 15 we will be visited by a delegation consisting of Faculty Trustee Craig Smith, Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic Programs Lori Roth, and Executive Vice Chancellor Gary Reichard to participate in our campus conversations.

8. Accreditation-Style Visits on Facilitating Graduation are continuing. These visits have been welcomed on most campuses and have resulting in the sharing of much valuable information and ideas. Bakersfield will be visited in the spring.

9. The Ed.D. Program Proposal Reviews for the “first wave” are on-going. These proposals get careful review and result in lots of feedback. There are several levels of review for these programs, including WASC and CPEC review. The faculty peer review process is a valuable way to get early feedback. Quality concerns remain a high priority. Bakersfield is scheduled to be in the “second wave” of campuses to initiate new programs next year.

10. Provosts are working on a paper on graduate education and how we have had a concern that additional fees collected for graduate programs should go to the departments offering these programs.

11. There will be a report on remediation at the March Board of Trustees meeting. We have not made significant progress in reducing the amount of remediation needed by our incoming students. It is possible the Board’s stated goal (reducing needed remediation to 10% of incoming freshmen by Fall 2007) will be rethought. This is an important issue which is on the agenda of the Academic Council (provosts’ group).

12. Report from CSSA: they will lobby elected leaders for fee freezes

D. The senate had a few visitors:

1. CFA President John Travis made a report on the state of current contract developments. Long, hard bargaining has taken place. Bargaining stalled over the issue of salary. Mediation failed. We are now at the fact finding stage. President Travis expressed deep disappointment over the inability to move forward. If fact finding does not lead to a resolution, the administration can impose a combination of the last, best offer in bargaining and the current contract. The faculty would then be free to engage in “concerted actions.” This could include a strike, which would need to be approved by the general membership.

2. Chancellor Reed visited:

a. said CSU will work w legislature to achieve 1$ compensation increase. He is confident that legislature will restore 7mil in outreach funding.

b. He reported that freshman applications for fall 2007 are up 4.9%.

c. He also spoke at length about a proposition that will be on the first state-wide ballot in 2008 dealing with community colleges. It would do the following:

1. change the fees charged (and include it in the constitution) from $21 to $15 per unit;

2. guarantee the CCC receive at least 10.67% of the state budget (ala Prop 98) annually (in the constitution); and

3. expand the CC Board of Governors.

4. One result would be to reduce funding to the CSU due to shrinking percentage of the state budget allocated to discretionary funding. The CSU is concerned about the Community College ballot initiative because the initiative could result in an increase in the combined Proposition 98 funding going to K-12 and the Community Colleges system and this could mean less state funding available to the CSU.

d. On the heels of the Spellings report and its emphasis on assessment and accountability, the Chancellor has committed the CSU to be a participant in the Voluntary System Accountability (VSA) project, which is becoming an increasingly important issue for higher education. There have been proposals from national groups to develop voluntary accountability measures. There is a President’s committee on VSA that is meeting this week. CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment) may be adopted on all CSU campuses beginning next fall. The system will provide funds to defray the costs of this assessment, but incentives offered to entice students to participate will not be funded. Other system-wide evaluations/assessments of student outcomes may also be implemented.

3. Chair of the Board of Trustees, Roberta Achtenberg, spent approximately one hour meeting with the ASCSU at the plenary. She heard from many Statewide Senators regarding the importance of settling the contract and about the implementation of ACR 73. She indicated that ACR 73 was “the paramount centerpiece of the systemwide strategic plan and an important priority for the future of the CSU”. Chair Achtenberg was reminded about the request the ASCSU made to the CSU to form a task force to look at creative strategies for addressing the issue of faculty and staff housing and she indicated the BoT has been working on the issue for the last 6mos, consulting experts and developing best practices.

This report adapted from notes taken by myself, John Tarjan (CSUB) and Barry Pasternak (CSUFullerton)

Statewide Senator Vanterpool’s Report / February 14, 2007

I am submitting this written summary, for the record, of the substantive points of my last CSU Statewide Senator Report, issued at the CSUDH Academic Senate meeting of February 14, 2007. I courteously request of the Senate body that the present written comments officially replace the brief comments entered in the prepared and published Minutes of the Academic Senate meeting.

Vanterpool reported on 2 items of actual or possible interest to the faculty of CSU Dominguez Hills:

2) Professional Behavior in the event of a faculty job action. He noted that the

Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) of the CSU Academic Senate, on which he

serves, received a memorandum from the chairperson of the academic senate

of San Diego State University. The letter requested of the FAC that it

consider endorsing the contents of the letter, by drafting an applicable

resolution. FAC unanimously dismissed interest in the request, on the theory

that what was being asked of us was directly (or indirectly) meant to weaken

the role of CFA during this period of Fact-Finding.

(2) Consideration of a Special Report on Faculty Workload Reallocation. Faculty Trustee, Craig Smith, shared with the FAC the contents of the special report authored by him. While I was not provided the opportunity to summarize the substantive elements of the report, I herewith include my intended remarks. The document proposes alternative ways of cushioning the negative effects of the high workload of CSU faculty, by proposing two visionary strategies:

(a) Individual campuses, departments, programs, might choose to take

unilateral action, on the premise that one size does not fit all. Among

such strategies are: reducing SFR, double counting large classes,

using enrollments in mass lecture classes to justify lower enrollments

in core major courses such as seminars, increase the unit count per

courses, and increase contact hours for the course.

(b) Devise a “Three-Tracks” to Tenure Plan.

Track 1: High research intensive. At least one class allocated each

semester to research or creative activities. Required to

teach at least 2 classes per semester

Track 2: Basically retains the status quo. Emphasizes teaching,

but requires some research or creative activity. Required

to teach at least 3 courses per semester.

Track 3: Purely teaching. Required to teach a minimum of 4

courses.

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