ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:14 p.m.

Attendance:

Angelo, Albert	Gemello, John	Rothman, Barry
Avani, Nathan	Gonzalez, Marty	Shapiro, Jerald
Axler, Sheldon	Jolivette, Andrew	Steier, Saul
Bartscher, Patricia	Kohn, Jim	Stowers, Genie
Behrooz, Maziar	Kysh, Judith	Suzuki, Dean
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Levine, Josh	Todorov, Jassen
Boyle, Andrea	Levy, Eileen	Trautman, Ray
Chelberg, Gene	Li, Wen-Chao	Ulasewicz, Connie
Danner, Don	Linder, Martin	Van Cleave, Kendra
Dariotis, Wei Ming	McCracken, Bridget	Velez, Pauline
Davis, Harvey (Skip)	Meredith, David	Whalen, Shawn
DuVal, Derethia	Minami, Masahiko	Williams, Robert
Fielden, Ned	Moody, Laura	Yang, Nini
Gaglio, Connie Marie	Morishita, Leroy	Yee, Darlene
Fung, Robert	Robertson, Bruce	Zwillinger, Lesley
Absences: Adisa Thomas, Karimah (abs); (abs); Chattopadhyay, Sudip (abs); Chao, David (abs);
Corrigan, Robert (exc) ; (Klingenberg, Larry; (leave); Luna, Fehrman, Kenneth (exc); Fowler,
Maire (abs);Debra (exc): Saffold, Penny (exc); Van Dam, Mary Ann; (exc); Daley, Yvonne (leave)
Smith, Alastair
Guests: Linda Buckley; Nancy Hayes; Linda Ellis; Gail Whitaker; Robert Cherny; Marilyn Verhey;
Joel Kassiola; Dawn Terrell, Amy Kilgard, Gerri Merrigan, Paul Sherwin, James Quesada

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

Thanked Senator McCracken for bringing to the attention of the Senate campus events marking the observance of the “Great American Smoke-Out”.

Directed Senators’ attention to the campus Get out the vote activities.

Introduced Vice Chair Velez who reminded Senators that the deadline for the call for proposals for the faculty/staff retreat, scheduled for January 22, 2007, are due on Friday, October 27. For more information se the Academic Senate Web site.

Indicated the distribution of documents related to RTP policy revisions.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for October 24, 2006

Avani, Rothman m/s/p

Chair Meredith noted that Senators should insert the numeral “7” in front of the corresponding agenda item. He also indicated that agenda item 9 should be listed as being in 1^st reading.

The agenda, as corrected, was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for our meeting on October 10, 2006

DuVal, Behrooz m/s/p

The minutes were approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Jennifer Wissink, Student Advisor, Office of International Programs: International Education Week

Chair Meredith introduced Jennifer Wissink who reported on opportunities for the academic community to get involved in International Education Week. For more information see: www.sfsu.edu/~oip/iewhome

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Executive Committee (EXCOM): Proposed Resolution in Support of International Education Week

Whalen, Steier m/s/p

The resolution was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Report from Provost John Gemello and Leroy Morishita, Vice President of Administration and Finance: CSU and Campus Budget Update

Chair Meredith introduced Provost Gemello and Vice President Morishita who reported on the current status of SF State’s budget. The report focused on a built-in problem with the budgeting process with regard to the accounting of non-resident fees and the increasing costs of utilities. As a result of these problems the campus has incurred a $6.5 Million budget reduction. The majority of the budget reduction was assigned to Academic Affairs and Administration and Finance. Centrally, Academic Affairs absorbed a $2.9 million reduction for FY 2006-2007 and the colleges shared an additional $2.0 million reduction for the same time period.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC): Proposed Revisions to the Retention Tenure & Promotions Policy

Chair Meredith reminded Senators of where the Senate had left off in the discussion during the last meeting. He then described possible next steps for proceeding with the proposal.

FAC Chair Kohn reintroduced the item in first reading and reviewed highlights of the current proposed policy attached to the agenda.

The proposal moved to 2^nd reading without objection.

Senator Steier moved to amend the proposal by inserting the below text on page 12, line 44 after the sentence ending with “community service”. The motion was seconded by Senator D. Gonzales.

“The primary emphasis is on teaching effectiveness. There is no University order of priority between the non –teaching criteria.. Unless individual Departments decide otherwise Faculty members need not exhibit exceptional achievement in both of the non-teaching criteria. Indeed , to provide for a variety of meritorious activities and flexibility, comprehensiveness, and vigor in the University faculty, it is hoped that faculty members will exhibit highly varied profiles of achievement. Judgments about accomplishment within each criterion will vary with differences in disciplines, professional expectations within a discipline, and departmental, College and University objectives and goals. It is the responsibility of the department Retention, Tenure and Promotions committees to establish clearly the department’s expectations for Retention, Tenure and Promotion consistent with the University criteria. The department is also responsible for making clear its requirements for documenting the quality and relevance of the work accomplished. This shall be done in consultation with the candidate at the time of hire and during the first year in rank.”

Senator Yee moved to vote by secret ballot. The motion was defeated.

The motion failed with abstentions.

The proposal will continue in 2^nd reading at the November 7 meeting of the Academic Senate.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee (APC: Proposed Academic Calendar for Academic Year 2007-2008 & Revisions to Academic Senate Policy #S93-178, Deadline for final grades

APC Chair Whalen reintroduced the item in 2^nd reading. He also introduced Barbara Luzardi, Academic Scheduling Coordinator, who was available for questions.

Senator Stowers moved to return the proposal to committee. The motion was seconded by Senator Danner.

Senator Stowers moved to end debate. The motion was seconded by Senator Steier. The question was called.

The motion to return the proposal to committee failed.

Senator Jolivette moved to extend debate by 5 minutes. The motion was seconded by Senator Stowers. The debate was extended by 5 minutes.

Senator DuVal moved to amend the proposal by adding advising day to finals week of fall semester. The motion was seconded by Senator Steier. The motion failed.

Senator Jolivette moved to end debate on the proposal. The motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz. The question was called.

The proposal passed with dissent.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Changes to the Undergraduate Majors in English: Literature, English: Language Studies, and English: Individual Major

Levy, Steier m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Dean Sherwin, Associate Dean Wormuth, Professors Jim Kohn; Lorreta Stec; & Beverly Voloshin to speak to the proposal.

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions and Name Change to for the BA in Speech Communication

Levy, Rothman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Geri Merrigan, Professor/Chair, Communication Studies Dept & Amy Kilgard to speak to the proposal

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the BA and Minor in Anthropology

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with James Quesada, Chair of Anthropology, and Dean Kassiola to speak to the proposal.

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #9— ADJOURNED—4:15 p.m.