ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Avani, Nathan	Gonzales, Dan	Rehling, Lu
	Behrooz, Maziar	Hayes, Nancy	Robertson, Bruce
	Bloom, Gilda	Kohn, Jim	Sheldon, James
	Bollapragada, Ramesh	Landry, Lynette	Saffold, Penny
	Boyle, Andrea	Levine, Josh	Salama, Mohammad
	Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Linder, Martin	Shapiro, Jerald
	Collins, Robert	Luna, Debra	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Chelberg, Gene	Mahan, Dianne	Steier, Saul
	Cheung, Yitwah	McCracken, Bridget	Stowers, Genie
	Danner, Don	Meredith, David	Taylor, Don
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Minami, Masahiko	Trautman, Ray
	Davis (skip), Harvey	Modirzadeh, Hafez	Ulasewicz, Connie
	DuVal, Derethia	Moody, Laura	Van Dam, Mary Ann
	Fielden, Ned	Neely, Francis	Whalen, Shawn
	Gemello, John	Prive, Alice	Yang, Nini
	Gomes, Ricardo	Quita, Isabel	Yee, Darlene
Absences: Suzuki, Dean (exc); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Kothari, Krupa (abs); Smith, Alastair (abs); Rothman, Barry (abs); Morishita, Leroy (exc)
Guests: Marilyn Verhey, Patricia Bartscher, Gail Evans, Gail Whitaker, Ed McCaughan, Geri Merrigan, Christina Sabee, Amy Kilgard, Geoffrey Green, Helen Goldsmith, Maxine Chernoff, Kenneth Paap, Dipendra Sinha, Chris McCarthy, Elise Wormouth, Omar Brodrick, Shirley Girouard, John Kim, Mahmood Hussain, Dawn Terrell, Joseph Gubeladze, Arlene Bugayong, Janet Remolona, Hsiao-Yun Chu, Anne Krause, Robert Strong

1:30 p.m. WASC Presentation, Linda Buckley, AVP of Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness

Dr. Buckley presented an overview of the WASC accreditation process for SF State. Accreditation will proceed in stages beginning with an institutional proposal to be submitted in Fall 2008 and culminating in a WASC on-campus review of educational effectiveness in Fall 2011.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:08 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senator McCracken announced the Fifth Annual SFSU Student Rights Summit 2008 to be held April 30-May 2.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for April 29, 2008

The agenda was approved by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the April 15, 2008

The minutes were approved by unanimous voice vote. (NOTE: private communication with the Secretary nevertheless uncovered an error in the April 1 minutes for item #5: Course Repeat Policy. The motion from Senator Dariotis was omitted from the minutes. The corrected minutes for that section with revisions italicized now read:

Senator Dariotis moved to swap clauses 9 and 10, with a second by Senator Avani. The amendment passed unanimously. Senator Steier moved to amend paragraph 12 by revising it to read: Requests for exceptions to this policy require the consent of the department chair of the department in which the course is offered and the college dean of that college. Second by Senator Shrivastava. The amendment passed by unanimous voice vote. During further discussion Senator Trautman, the Chair of the Academic Policies Committee which proposed the policy, said that he believed that chairs and deans had the authority to override the 24-unit limit in the policy. Then the policy passed by voice vote with one abstention.)

AGENDA ITEM #3—Academic Senate Elections:

Enrollment Management Committee: 1 faculty to serve a three-year term, 2008-2011

Board of Appeals and Review: Senate Rep to serve, 2008-2010

All-University Committee on International Programs: Senate Rep to serve, 2008-2010

All-University University Teacher Education: Senate Rep to serve, 2008-2009

Professor Darlene Yee-Melichar (Gerontology) was re-elected to the Enrollment Management Committee.
Associate Professor Karen Johnson-Carroll (Consumer and Family Studies/Dietetics) and Professor David Meredith (Mathematics) were re-elected to the Board of Appeals and Review.
Assistant Professor Adam Burke (Institute for Holistic Healing Studies) was elected to the All-University Committee on International Programs.
Assistant Professor Robert Collins (American Indian Studies) was elected to the All-University Teacher Education Committee.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Design and Industry Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Arts (BAIA) Core; Consolidation of BAIA Concentrations and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Programs into a Bachelor of Science Major in Design, 1st Reading

Senator Linder moved adoption of the proposal for CRAC, which approved the proposal unanimously except that Senator Linder, a member the D&I Department, recused himself. Senator Gomes, Chair of Design and Industry, joined Senator Linder in explaining the proposal. Senator Ulasewicz moved the item to second reading, with a second from Senator Shrivastava. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. The proposal passed by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Policy on Timely Textbook Adoptions, 2nd Reading

Senator Ulasewicz introduced the policy in second reading for the Faculty Affairs Committee. Senator Chelberg introduced Monica Hayes, a disabled student, who spoke about how this policy would help students like herself. Senator Chelberg moved to change "Disability Resource Center" in line 6 to "Disability Programs Resource Center" and to add "University Librarian" to line 7 after "college deans, ". Senator Steier seconded. The amendment passed on a unanimous voice vote. Senate Chelberg moved to change "Faculty is" in line 25 to "Faculty members are". Senator Van Dam seconded. The amendment passed on a unanimous voice vote. Senator Dariotis moved to add the word "materials" after "electronic reserve" on line 3. Senator Chelberg seconded. The amendment passed on a unanimous voice vote. During the discussion, Senator Ulasewicz indicated that the proposal is intended to cover materials that students purchased from any source, not just the Bookstore. The proposed policy passed on a voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Course Criteria per the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirements (GWAR), 1st Reading

Senator Trautman introduced the proposal for the APC, which was continued in first reading from the April 15 meeting. Debate focused on departments' ability to teach and the university's ability to support the large number of sections required by this policy. At the end of the first reading debate Senator Rehling agreed to delay her comments until the beginning of second reading discussion at the next Senate meeting.

Presentation by California Faculty Association President Ramon Castellblanch

Dr. Castellblanch reviewed actions being taken in support of the CSU budget. On May 8 CFA will sponsor a phone-in to the Governor's Office from the Student Union, and on May 20 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution in support of higher education funding.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Administrative Search Committee Policy, 1st Reading

Senator Ulasewicz moved the proposal for FAC. The principal innovation in the new policy is the creation of an elected pool of faculty to serve on search committees. This will replace elections of faculty to individual search committees. The policy will return in second reading at the May 13 meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposed Policy on Intellectual Property, 1st Reading

Senator Robertson moved the proposal for SIC. The Senate was addressed by Dean Sheldon Axler, College of Science and Engineering, and Associate Vice President Kenneth Paap, Research and Sponsored Programs, who both argued for university ownership of all patents developed by faculty with a guaranteed share of profits for faculty developers. The policy will return in second reading at the Senate meeting May 13.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Adjournment—5:05 p.m.