Academic Senate Minutes
I. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at
Senators & Officers Present: Phil Adams, Peggy Mayfield, Jennifer Fellguth, Susan Hovde, Carol King, Cathy Noble, Jeff Roth, Kelly Locke, Melissa Stave, Liz Estrella
Guests Present: Christine Svendsen, Chris Myers
II. Adoption of the
Agenda:
III. Public Comments:
IV. President’s
Report:
President Fellguth attended the
Area B meeting of the State Academic Senate.
During this meeting, the Area B representatives drafted a resolution
supporting Hartnell Faculty that was ultimately passed by the State Senate at
the Plenary Session. “Resolved, That the Academic Senate for
California Community Colleges support the faculty of Hartnell College, and call
upon the Hartnell Board of Trustees to work collaboratively with faculty and staff on an ongoing basis to
improve the campus climate and restore collegial and positive relations between
all constituents for the benefit of their students and community.”
In addition the CSUMB Senate passed a resolution in support of Hartnell Faculty.
The Committee Handbook is in need of an update. Many committees in the handbook are out dated and there are other groups that have never been put in the handbook, don’t have an agreed upon mission or membership, and have members that were never appointed by the Academic Senate.
The revised draft of the
accreditation Self Study will be available on the R drive next week. Senators should review it.
V. Student Senate Report
None
VI. Classified Senate Report
None
VII. HCFA President’s Report
Christine Svendsen reported that she is currently having discussion with Alan Hoffman (VP of Instruction) about the academic calendar for next year. There are two configurations being discussed. She also gave an update of union activities post strike. Retro-active pay and the implementation of the new salary schedule is too slow. The payments won’t be complete until the end of March and this is unacceptable to the union. The union is also acting on some issues of retaliation against faculty who participated in the strike.
VIII. Committee Reports:
The Curriculum Committee met Nov. 2 to do planning for future agenda items. Updating the Distance Ed. Form, adoption and funding of a work flow system, SLO’s, and electronic agenda packets were among the items planned.
VIII.
Action Items
MSU (Stave, Estrella) Approved peers for faculty evaluation. This is an information item for the tenured faculty and an action item for non-tenured faculty
Parviz Entekhabi for Neil Ledford and Ali Amercupan
Fred Etcheverry for Parviz Entekhabi
IX. Discussion/Information Items
A. Appropriate Library Use Resolution 3.07—A draft was circulated and some revisions were suggested. Resolution 3.07 Events in Campus Facilities is about the need to hold meetings and fundraising activities in suitable locations so as not to disrupt student learning and use of facilities. See website for draft.
B. Board Policy 2005 Resolution 1.05—this resolution was passed last year. Past President Liz Estrella tried to get it on the Board agenda but was unsuccessful. President Fellguth will send a letter to the Board President and the college president requesting that this be an item on the Board agenda. It is an important issue to address since the policy (regarding faculty governance) was changed by the Board without consultation with the Academic Senate. See website for draft.
C. Shared Governance Committees Resolution 2.07—this resolution has been brought back from last year. It was discussed then, but never passed. Resolution 2.07 is about the need to update the list of committees, define the function and membership of all committees, and to have regular reporting to the Senate. It also addresses the requirement that all faculty on ANY committee need to be appointed by the Academic Senate. The Senate has attempted in past years to get compliance with this by committee chairs and has been unsuccessful. Since there is such a problem with committees appointments, communication, and committee roles this resolution voids all committee appointments until the requirements of the resolution are met. See website for draft.
E. Accreditation Survey Results— Chris Myers brought the results of the accreditation surveys done last year of students, staff, and the community. He highlighted main points of the surveys, including that students and the community are generally positive about the college and that staff showed many areas of concern about the college. Senators questioned the low response rates and the effect of this on the validity of the results. There was also a question of whether the current opinions were reflected by the results since the surveys were completed before campus climate had deteriorated as severely as it has this semester.
F.
Revised Institutional
Planning Process—Chris Myers presented the Institutional Planning Process that
was revised
G. Senate Goals Discussion—tabled until future meeting.
H.
I. Nursing Program Irregularities—tabled until future meeting.
X. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 5 pm.