ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Meeting Attendance:

Adisa Thomas, Karimah	Fung, Robert	Robertson, Bruce
Angelo, Albert	Gaglio, Connie Marie	Rothman, Barry
Avani, Nathan	Gemello, John	Saffold, Penny
Axler, Sheldon	Gonzales, Dan	Shapiro, Jerald
Bartscher, Patricia	Gonzalez, Marty	Smith, Alastair
Behrooz, Maziar	Jaimes Guerrero, AJ	Steier, Saul
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Jolivette, Andrew	Stowers, Genie
Boyle, Andrea	Kohn, Jim	Suzuki, Dean
Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Kysh, Judith	Todorov, Jassen
Chelberg, Gene	Levine, Josh	Trautman, Ray
Daley, Yvonne	Levy, Eileen	Ulasewicz, Connie
Danner, Don	Li, Wen-Chao	Van Cleave, Kendra
Dariotis, Wei Ming	Linder, Martin	Velez, Pauline
Davis, Harvey (Skip)	Luna, Debra	Whalen, Shawn
DuVal, Derethia	McCracken, Bridget	Williams, Robert
Fehrman, Kenneth	Meredith, David	Yang, Nini
Fielden, Ned	Minami, Masahiko	Yee, Darlene
	Morishita, Leroy	Zwillinger, Lesley
Absences: Chao, David (abs); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Fowler, Maire (abs);
(exc); Klingenberg, Larry; (leave); (exc); Liou, Shy-Shenq; Van Dam, Mary Ann (exc)
Guests: Linda Buckley; Ann Hallum; Nancy Hayes; Don Taylor; Gail Whitaker; Caran
Colvin; Eric Hayashi; Lisa White; David Hemphill; Jacob Perea; Shawn Janwright

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:15 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

· Announced that Professor Linda Ellis was unable to attend today's meeting. Her presentation will be agendized for a future meeting.

· Clarified that the exclusion of agenda items notated as being in 1^st or 2^nd reading was an oversight on the part of the Chair. Senators can expect this notation to return in future agendas. He further clarified the meaning of “consent” as used on the agenda. Consent denotes that an agenda item is expected to be approved without dissent, not that the item comes from the standing committee with a unanimous vote. In order to alleviate any future confusion, consent will only be used on the agenda when an item is expected to be approved without dissent and items which are passed unanimously in committee shall be introduced as such by the standing committee chair.

· Announced that Professor Bernard Wong has resigned from the University Promotions Committee due to his FERP status. The elections committee has confirmed that Professor Nancy Reist will be his replacement.

· Announced that the Academic Senate CSU is seeking nominations for the position of CSU Faculty Trustee. Contact the Senate office for more information

· Announced that the Environmental Studies Program proposal has been revised and is expected to be heard at the next Academic Senate meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #1-Approval of the Agenda for September 26, 2006

Senator Boyle moved to amend the agenda by reordering items in the following way:

Agenda item 3—Proposed educational doctorate program;

Agenda item 4—Proposed revisions to the retention, Tenure and promotions policies—to be heard no later than 3:15 p.m.;

Agenda item 5—Report from AVP Linda Buckley—to be heard no later than 3:45 p.m.; and

Agenda item 6—Proposed BA in mathematics with three concentrations—to be heard no later than 3:55 p.m.

The motion was seconded.

The motion passed with dissent.

The agenda, as amended, was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #2-Approval of the Minutes for the meeting on September 12, 2006

The minutes were approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #3-Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee and Graduate Council: Proposed Educational Doctorate Program

Levy, Fehrman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the proposal along with Associate Dean Lisa White to speak to the item.

Senator Williams moved to hear the proposal in 2^nd reading. The motion was seconded by Senator Fehrman.

The motion to hear the proposal in 2^nd reading was approved.

Senator Levine moved to amend the proposal by inserting the phrase “and the arts.” At the end of the sentence on page 12, lines 24-25; and to insert the phrase “and arts” on page 12, lines 56-57 in front of the word “education”. The motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz.

The amendment was approved with opposition.

Senator Williams moved to call the question. The motion was seconded.

The motion to call the question failed.

Senator Stowers moved to extend debate by 30 minutes. The motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz.

The motion to extend debate by 30 minutes was approved with opposition.

Senator Levy moved to return the proposal to committee. The motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz.

Senators Levy and Ulasewicz withdrew their motion.

Senator Chelberg moved to amend the proposal by inserting the word “disability” immediately following the phrase “race, class and gender” whenever the phrase appears in the document. The motion was seconded by Senator Stowers.

Senator Dariotis moved to amend the amendment by inserting the word “sexuality” immediately in front of the word “disability”. The motion was seconded by Senator Steier.

Senators Dariotis and Steier withdrew the amendment to the amendment.

the original amendment was approved without dissent.

Senator Ulasewicz moved to amend the proposal by inserting the phrase “the arts” immediately following the phrase “mathematics, science” and immediately in front of the phrase “and literacy” whenever the phrase appears in the document. Senator Steier seconded the motion.

The motion was approved with dissent.

Senator Behrooz moved to call the question. The motion was seconded by Senator Whalen.

The motion to call the question was approved with dissent.

The proposal for the educational doctorate program was approved with dissent.

Chair Meredith moved, without objection, to AVP Linda Buckley’s report.

AGENDA ITEM #4-Information Item: Handbook for the Sixth Cycle of Academic Program Review, Linda Buckley, AVP Academic Assessment and Educational Effectiveness

Chair Meredith introduced AVP Buckley who provided an overview of the handbook for the 6th cycle of academic program review.

AGENDA ITEM #5 ADJOURNED-3:57 p.m.