ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING MINUTES for FEBRUARY 28, 2005

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:12 p.m.

Meeting Attendance:

Angelo, Albert	Gonzales, Dan	Stowers, Genie
Avani, Nathan	Gonzalez, Marty	Suzuki, Dean
Axler, Sheldon	Gregory, Jan	Todorov, Jassen
Bartscher, Patricia	Heiman, Bruce	Ulasewicz, Connie
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Kim, John	Van Dam, Mary Ann
Boyle, Andrea	Kohn, Jim	Van Cleave, Kendra
Chao, David	Levine, Josh	Velez, Pauline
Chelberg, Gene	Levy, Eileen	Williams, Robert
Colvin, Caran	Li, Wen-Chao	Yang, Nini
Contreras, A. Reynaldo	Linder, Martin	Yee, Darlene
Daley, Yvonne	Liou, Shy-Shenq	Zwillinger, Lesley
Danner, Don	Meredith, David
Dariotis, Wei Ming	Minami, Masahiko
Fehrman, Kenneth	Ritter, Michael
Fielden, Ned	Smith, Alastair
Foreman, Kim	Steier, Saul
Absences: Corrigan, Robert (exc); Domingo, Jamie (abs) Fowler, Marie (abs); Fung, Robert
(exc); Jackson, Christopher (abs); Gemello, John (exc); Morishita, Leroy (exc); Nichols, Amy (exc); Klingenberg, Larry (sabbatical); Whalen, Shawn (exc)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

§ A campus response to the statewide Academic Senate survey on General Education is being compiled and will be sent to the CSU Academic Senate.

§ Senator Albert Angelo announced that there will be tabling to promote a smoke free campus on March 20, 2006.

§ Introduced and welcomed the Academic Senate's new ASC, Chau Nguyen

AGENDA ITEM 1-APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR February 28, 2006

Chair Colvin noted an oversight in the agenda. Agenda Item 2 should read approval of the minutes for the meeting on February 14, 2006, not the 7th.

The agenda, as corrected, was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM 2-APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

FOR THE MEETING ON February 14th, 2006

The minutes were approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM 3- RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE: PROPOSED STANDARDS and INDICATORS FOR THE 6th CYCLE OF PROGRAM REVIEW

Chair Colvin recognized APRC Chair Genie Stowers who spoke to changes made to the document in response to comments made in first reading.

Amendment: Minami, Steier m/s/f

It was proposed to replace the clause, “50% of GAP is exclusively graduate courses…”

With the clause, “All paired courses taken as graduate courses should be counted as graduate courses.”

The amendment failed.

Amendment: Levy, Fehrman m/s/f

It was proposed to insert the following sentence on page 2, line 17, at the end of the existing sentence, “Programs have the responsibility to develop admissions criteria consistent with their mission.”

The amendment failed.

The Senate returned to consideration of the item in 2nd reading.

The proposal passed without dissent. Chair Colvin congratulated the Senate for an excellent process and noted this experience as an example of shared governance at its best.

AGENDA ITEM 4- RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE POLICY FOR THE ALL UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON STUDENTS FACULTY AND STAFF WITH DISABILITIES

Kim, Ulasewicz m/s/p

Chair Colvin recognized APC Chair Kim who introduced the item along with Alan Fisk, Chair of the AUCSFSD, who spoke to the proposed changes. The revisions were passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM 5- DISCUSSION ITEM FROM THE FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: INTRODUCTION TO REVISING SFSU RETENTION, TENURE, and PROMOTIONS POLICIES

Chair Colvin recognized FAC Chair Velez who discussed two areas of concern in the current RTP policies, calendars and WPA files. The item will return in discussion at the next meeting of the Academic Senate.

AGENDA ITEM 6-ADJOURNED 4:00 p.m.