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California State University Dominguez Hills Academic Senate Minutes September 1, 2010(Revised)

Voting Members Present: Berlin, Bradfield, Bradshaw, Carvalho, Cauthen, Chavez, Dales, Fitzsimmons, Furtado, Ganezer, Garcia, Gasco, Gould, Hancock, Heinze-Balcazar, Herbert, Hinchberger, Hwang, Jacobs, Jones, Kalayjian, Kaplan, Kowalski, Kravchak, Krochalk, Kulikov, Malamud, Miller, Monty, Moore, Murrey, Norman, Pawar, Pourmahamodi, Prado, Rodriguez, K., Vanterpool, Vasquez, Verba, Victor, Whetmore, and White.

Voting Members Absent: Ferris, Hinchberger, Katzenstein, Keville, and Robinson.

Executive Committee Members 2010/11: Chair, Irene Vasquez; Vice Chair, Mike White; EPC Chair, Jan Gasco; FPC Chair, Thomas Norman; Parliamentarian, Ericka Verba; Statewide Senators, Pat Kalayjian and Kate Fawver.

Ex Officio Members Present: Bersi, Borrego, Bradfield, Bradshaw, Bragg, Garcia, Gordon, Maki, Martin, Ortiz, Robles, Rodriguez, M., Saks, Tubbs, and Vogel.

Guests: Best, Bordinaro, Feuer, and Hoopes.

Recorder: Brooks, M.

Acronyms: ASCSU-academic senate California state university; ASI-associated students incorporated; CBAPP-college of business and professional programs; CNBS-college of natural and behavioral studies; CPS-college of professional studies; EPC-education policy committee; FPC-faculty policy committee; GE-general education; GPA-grade point average; UBC- university budget committee; UCC-university curriculum committee.

Call to Order 2:32 p.m.

Introduction of New Senators and Student Representative: Rudy Vanterpool, Africana Studies; Jose Prado, Sociology; Thomas Norman, FPC Chair, Pourmohammadi, Bradshaw, ASI Rep; Tara Victor, Psychology; Ericka Verba, Parliamentarian; Cramer Cauthen, English; Janine Gasco, EPC Chair.

Approval of Agenda Amended MSP The senate decided to add a vote to confirm the Executive Committee

Approval of Minutes from 5/5/10 MSP Ganezer noted there wasn’t enough time to read the minutes.

Reports: President’s Report-Mildred Garcia-Garcia thanked everyone and welcomed them back. She congratulated the new Executive Committee and thanked all for working so hard. She thanked

1 the senate for the retreat on shared governance last week which helps to ensure a voice for all constitutancies on the campus.

Points of Pride: Garcia congratulated student Shonni Albritton for receiving the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in ‘Jitney” from the NAACP. Garcia mentioned that the judge handling the McCourt’s divorce is Scott Gordon, LA County Superior Court Judge who is an alumnus of CSUDH. The article said that he is very smart, measured, he is praised by attorneys and colleagues alike. His son transferred from George Washington University to attend Dominguez Hills Negotiations and Conflict Resolution Program. Garcia announced the first university wide magazine in 7 years is now available “Dominguez Today”. She thanked Greg Saks and his team for putting the magazine together.

Enrollment: Garcia said that as of today we are up 67 FTE over Fall 09 and down in head count by 209 students. This is a good thing. She said that students who submitted their financial aid on time have received their money. Students who submitted their financial aid late will not receive their financial aid on time. We have awarded already over $26.6 million in financial aid dollars.

Budget: Garcia said that excess money received from having over 1000 FTEs for 09/10 will be returned to the chancellor’s office on a one time basis. There are 7 institutions in this situation and we will be requesting that those funds be returned. Garcia said that she will be presenting a very strong, solid plan as to why we need those funds returned. Garcia said that so far we have no budget for 10/11 and the word is that maybe by September 23 we will have something. Garcia said that by holding down the enrollment we have caught the attention of the legislature and in both budget proposals the $305 million is still in place for the CSU. Garcia encouraged students to write letters to the legislature in support of the CSU.

Garcia said that because we don’t have a budget and don’t know for sure if we will get the money set aside for us we have been told to open spring but not to admit any students. There are mostly transfer students coming in the spring and we will bring in applications but not admit at this point for spring.

Garcia said that we don’t have a budget yet for this year and the CSU will have to present a budget for 11/12 very soon.

President García also announced the continuation of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of CSU Dominguez Hills, including events such as the Presidential Lecture Series, The first lecture in the Presidential Lecture Series will take place Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Theatre and features Dr. Henry Cisneros, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development and executive chairman of City View. On Sept. 9, the Multicultural Center will unveil "Manifest Diversity," a mural that celebrates an inclusive view of American history. The work was created by students under the guidance of nationally recognized Los Angeles muralist Eliseo Art Silva during a special multicultural history and mural-making class held last fall.

2 Garcia said that the Strategic Plan is now on the CSUDH website. She said that the plan anchors our mission and vision. Garcia said that she realized that we have been going through some really tough times, we look forward to what the budget will be and congress is saying that it will be a very slow recovery, we need to continue to do the best we can with the cards we have been dealt. We love our students and we want them to be successful. Garcia said thank you and that she would take any question. Kaplan asked if there was any sense we will face IOU’s. Garcia said that the CSU will not and has not in the past. She did not know about other state workers. Malamud asked how much money we will have to give back to the chancellor’s office and Garcia said about $5 million. Malamud said that was just wrong and that the money should be going to our university instead of other universities in the CSU. Moore said that a year ago we were ahead by 67 and wanted to know if this is fall #’s or annualized. Garcia said it was annualized not counting last summer because it went under extended education. Moore said that the goal then is to hit the target without going over. Garcia did say that we will not be penalized for 10/11.

Provost’s Report on Early Start-Ron Vogel:

Vogel went over Executive Order No. 1048:

 The order establishes a program for CSU admitted freshmen.  It will be required to begin remediation prior to the term for which they have been admitted.  If admitted freshmen have begun addressing deficiencies in mathematics and/or English in a recognized CSU program before enrollment, they will be permitted to enroll for the term for which they have been admitted, whether they have completed the remediation or not. Deficiencies in mathematics and/or English are to be determined by test scores on the Early Assessment Program (EAP) taken at the end of 11th grade in a California public high school  In consultation with the faculty of English and mathematics, campuses shall design a plan for implementation of the Early Start Program in spring and fall 2010 and submit their plans for review to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer by Friday, November 19, 2010  May begin offering Early Start Programs in summer 2012 at the latest.  The Implementation Team System wide will work closely with the faculty of the English and Mathematics Councils but will retain oversight for the Early Start Program.  All CSU admitted lower division students who fall below designated proficiency scores on the EPT and ELM enroll in appropriate English and/or mathematics remediation classes or programs during the summer prior to the fall term for which they have been admitted. It should be noted that this requirement does not require that students demonstrate proficiency at the end of the summer-only that the remediation has begun.  That each CSU campus should develop its own approach to satisfying the requirements of the Early Start Program and submit its plans for the program with a communication plan intended for students, parents, counselors, and administrators at high schools and community colleges in their service areas on or before Friday, November 19, 2010. 3  Each campus will determine how to approach consideration of exceptions, and the final authority to grant an exception shall rest with the campus president or his/her designee.

Vogel said that he is put together a task force for this and the senate will elect 2 more faculty. Currently, the members are Vogel, Maki, Borrego, Vasquez, Wilkins, Oesterheld, ASI rep.

The ELM/EPT cannot be given unless students are admitted. Vogel said that by November there would be a draft plan in place.

Borrego told the senate that all last year the university began to inform students that they needed to be done with remediation by the end of summer; the students have been notified way in advance.

Malamud asked by this is not being dropped down to the JC level where it is less expensive. Why didn’t the chancellor’s office come up with a master plan and let us tweak it instead of reinventing the wheel?

Vogel said that we will work with the community colleges to set up a task force he said that the community colleges are also overcrowded and yes they are less expensive.

Kravchak said that the departments are concerned over 300 students are disenrolled. He requested that the administration let the departments know ahead of time so that they can call the students.

Ganezer said that on page 1 it talks about test scores but doesn’t specify the test. Vogel said that the EAP scores will be used. Ganezer said that he understood that the ELM/EPT are taken after students are admitted. Borrego said that was not correct. Students complete these tests before they register.

Kalayjian said that they are not centralized because the statewide senate came down strongly on centralizing. They jealously guard the curriculum.

Monty said that a large number of students were disqualified and Borrego said that next year they will disqualify in June and will not be able to enroll without bringing proof that they have enrolled in remediation here or somewhere else. If they don’t have proof of completion they won’t be able to register for fall. She said that there were 6 students to her knowledge that were disqualified that should not have been. Borrego said that 175 were disqualified because they had nothing on the students. There were students who came back and appealed and we told them that they would not be able to get into their same classes.

Strategic Enrollment Management Report-Sue Borrego:

Borrego said that strategic enrollment management is one piece of strategic planning. Enrollment management is recruitment plus retention. The enrollment management committee has a retention council and a recruitment council. There are 4 goals for recruitment and 3 for retention.

4 Recruitment:

Goal #1-CSUDH will create the Toro Transfer Center that will identify (by Summer 2010) the needs of incoming students. This will facilitate more defined and purposeful transition service offerings (by end of summer 2010). #2-CSUDH will inventory and identify current university- wide outreach efforts (by summer 2010). This will allow for the development of a collaborative effort/plan (by 2011) to prepare prospective students and their families (within the e CSUDH service area) for higher education. Examples: financial literacy, admission requirements, high education culture, etc… #3-CSUDH will establish new and strengthen existing partnerships with community colleges (within the CSUDH service area). This will facilitate a smoother transition as well as increase knowledge for the community college students, staff, and faculty regarding majors and opportunities for academic programs. #4-Centralize the information and support for graduate recruitment programs (websites, print materials, and Hobson’s or other automated response inquiry technology) Waiting consideration of Graduate Council Timeline: Fall 2010.

Retention:

Goal #1-Increase the retention rate of first-time freshmen by 10 percentage points, from 67% to 77% by 2015. Goal #2-Increase the retention of transfer students by 7 percentage points, from 77 to 84%. Goal #3-Increase the overall Fall to Fall Retention rate for all students who have not yet graduated by 5 percentage points from 74% to 79% and increase the % of seniors here in fall who graduate by the next fall by 10 percentage points from 42% to 52%).

The goals for retention are straight out of closing the achievement gap. We did not make new goals. The goals are really based on data we’ve seen. Our first year transfers perform the same as our first time freshmen and that is really odd, typically 1st year transfers outperform freshmen. Students living in residence halls typically do better than those who do not, but that is not true at DH, so what is that about. When students leave here they are most likely to attend a community college. These students leave with good academic standing and good fiscal standing, but where not a first choice when they transferred to DH. That kind of data is what informed the goals.

Borrego said that originally they did Evening at Dominguez and students were being denied on the spot in front of their families and so it was a very difficult situation. Now what we when we have Evening at Dominguez is have financial aid workshops, application workshops, but we are not saying anyone has been denied on the spot.

Whetmore said that he appreciated the work Borrego was doing. He said that he would like to see the faculty get control of ability to choose students they want in their classes, he asked that as plans are made please consider giving control back to faculty. Whetmore talked about how seniors and students that are close to graduation are a priority. Borrego said that her department did not set the waitlist policy, but they implement it. Vogel asked if it was a universal problem. Several faculty raised their hands; Vogel said that they would try to do whatever works best.

Moore talked about how this year he did a first time lecture of what the expectations were of a university student, he lost about 65% of this same class last year without the lecture, and so his hope is that this concept will work. Borrego agreed with Moore and said that early feedback

5 matters she also said that taking attendance matters. Malamud said that taking attendance was debatable, you will keep them, make them angry, and it has a K-12 mentality.

Malamud asked Borrego if we expected some students to wash out for financial aid. Borrego said that after the 2nd week washouts will start if payment has not been made. Mary Ann Rodriguez said that they do offer short term loans for textbooks and materials and installment plans for tuition payments to help students.

Chair’s Report-Irene Vasquez:

Vasquez thanked everyone who attended and participated in the retreat. We will be looking at the priorities we identified and Mary will be sending them out. With the Senate’s guidance, the Senate Executive Committee will identify a way to prioritize the critical issues.

The agenda is being set for the CSU Chairs meeting; Vasquez is the convener and is responsible for putting together the agenda for these meetings. There will be 4 meetings this academic year and the first one will be on October 14, 2010. These are the items to be discussed: State budget support for higher education; Early Start; CSU Graduation Initiative; Nominations for the Faculty Trustee; SB 1440; CSU Program Elimination and Mergers; Online Teaching Evaluations; Senate Control over curricular issues. Vasquez asked if there were any other items the senate would like her to present and there was no response.

EPC Report-Janine Gasco-Gasco announced the members of EPC committee: Vivian Price, Jose Prado, Kirti Celly and Jill Aguillar. We have not met yet. We have 2 pending resolutions from last year that we will be reviewing and will have information for the senate at our next meeting.

Gasco asked that if there are any ideas, concerns or things that the senate would like EPC to handle to not hesitate to call or email her.

FPC Report-Thomas Norman-Norman asked the senate to let him know if interested in being on his committee. The 3 people who have agreed to serve on the committee are: Kate Esposito, Salim Faraji, Jonathon Grasse, and Carl Sneed possibly, and open to a few more people and encouraging all of you to be involved. Norman said that he is allocating Wednesdays from 10 until noon if you want to drop by and talk to me about issues you may have. Norman said that he would like the committee to meet every other week.

Vasquez thanked Norman for serving as the Editor of the Senate Newsletter.

Gould read article 4A of the Senate Bylaws and said that both committees EPC and FPC should be confirmed by the senate. There was a vote. MSP.

Writing Intensive Report-Debra Best-Report at the end of the minutes.

6 Unfinished Business

FAC 10-08-Resolution on the Implementation of Mandatory Early Start Programs (untabled at SEC meeting over summer)-Lois Feuer-Feuer went over the resolution and there was discussion about the wording and the resolution was passed by the senate with the following revisions: striking the 2nd and 3rd resolve and adding the word “may” in the 3rd Whereas clause-“early start programs which may prevent their working during the summer to earn funds for…..”MSP.

Elections and Calls for Service:

Verba said that a call went out for one non-CBAPP faculty member to serve on the search committee for the dean of CBAPP. Two faculty were nominated: Hamoud Salhi and Anne Choi. Hamoud Salhi was elected. Verba noted that a call went out for a faculty member to serve on the UCC committee. One faculty member was nominated: Hamoud Salhi. Hamoud Salhi was elected by acclamation. MSP.

Verba announced that we need a faculty member to represent the senate on the Program Review Panel.

Open Forum

CFA Report-Regarding contract bargaining, we have had our first meeting on the new contract. We have met 3 times: twice to address issues from previous 2 contracts, and one meeting on successor bargaining. The way we are doing it is that both sides exchanged a list of contract articles we wish to negotiate. Both sides have opened one article each: CFA has reopened article 38 on layoffs, the CO’s team chose to reopen article 6 which is the article on the role and ability of CFA to represent the faculty and the bargaining contract. We have more meetings being scheduled: We have meetings on September 23/24 in Sacramento and September 30 and October 1 at the Chancellor’s office.

The chancellor’s office bargaining team consists of Bill Candella, and the lead bargainer is from the Barnes organization (they are the consultants the chancellor has brought in.).

7 Bradfield said that on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 the CFA welcome back luncheon will be held.

Vasquez wanted to thank Cathy Jacobs for hosting the weekly Lounge Lizards.

Meeting Adjourned.

Writing Intensive Program Report 1 September 2010

The call for this report is timely, since the WI requirement, after one previous postponement, is scheduled to be enacted this year; that is, implemented for incoming freshmen in fall 2008, who would be beginning their upper division courses now, and for upper-division transfer students in fall 2010.

As you know, the Writing Intensive program is based on the idea that students are motivated and able to improve their writing effectively when helped to do so in courses in their majors, reinforcing skills from earlier composition courses. The Academic Senate recommended the policy, now a University Policy, that each student be required to take two such courses in the major as a graduation requirement.

This program, as you will recall, was developed at great effort over six years by faculty in every college through a five-year, $3 million dollar grant. As a condition of the Title V grant, the university committed itself to funding the program subsequently. 82 individual faculty members participated in any of the three ECLP activities between 2002-06. Of those 14 presented at the ECLP Mini Conference after participating in the ECLP leadership colloquium, designed to prepare them to take the lead in their individual departments and colleges. The Writing Competency Committee has approved a total of 42 courses within 21 departments. At least a dozen, at last count, were under revision, and another dozen were being designed, based upon what was done in the ECLP seminars and in consultation with the program coordinator or with the program consultant. 13 courses were run as WI in spring of 2009. Last spring there were 12 courses (17 sections), representing 10 departments offered. There are currently 17 WI courses (25 sections), representing 12 departments, being offered this term. Clearly, students majoring in other programs need a means to fulfill this requirement in order to graduate.

8 In spring of 2008, Helen Oesterheld, the program coordinator at the time, presented to Interim Provost Wiley a three-year plan to support writing intensive courses. This plan detailed what it would take to get the program up and running by fall 2010: the need for syllabus, assignment and proposal consultations; WI subcommittee review; WCC approvals and oversight; Peoplesoft designations; and WI training workshops. The many tasks detailed in that memo cannot be done without support. The WI program, though growing, is still in its infancy. It cannot develop into the comprehensive measure it was intended to be without dedicated resources.

Thanks for your interest. You will likely want to see what is being done in your department to implement the WI policy.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Debra Best Associate Professor, Department of English Coordinator, Writing Intensive Program