Recommendation Number 1

Action Item: 31 October 2006 TO: ACADEMIC SENATE FROM: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PREPARED BY: RECORDING SECRETARY SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Recommendation Number 1:

It is recommended that the minutes from the following meeting of the Santa Monica College Academic Senate be approved as distributed:

Minutes of the 17 October 2006 Academic Senate Meeting

Present: Eve Adler, Maria Alvarado, Brenda Antrim, Jan Austin, Garen Baghdasarian, Teri Bernstein, Mary Bober, Espy Bolivar-Owen, Suzanne Borghei, Gregory Brookins, Kenneth Buckner, Patricia Burson, Fran Chandler, Guido Davis Del Piccolo, Georgia Farber, Tina Feiger, Gilda Feldman, David Finkel, Kathy Flynn, Ethan Gallogly, Suellen Gauld, Richard Goldenson, Nancy Grass Hemmert, Craig Hammond, John Hoover, Janie Jones, Lesley Kawaguchi, John Kennedy, Lucy Kluckhohn Jones, Deborah Kraut, Laura Manson, Suzanne McDonald, Peter Morse, Andrew Nestler, Eric Oifer, James Pacchioli, Pauli Peter, Kathryn Pope, Toni Randall, Audrey Sandoval, Christine Schultz, Jacqueline Scott, Lantz Simpson, Susan Sterr, James Stramel, Gary Strathearn, Michael Strathearn, Richard Tahvildaran, Esau Tovar, Marc Trujillo, Sal Veas, David Zehr Excused: Sara Brewer, Nate Brown, Cary Childress, Diane Gross, Nancy Hanson, Amber Katherine, Juan Quevedo, Lou Ramos, Victoria Rothman, Tara Shima, Eleanor Singleton, Stefanie Thiele Absent: Simon Balm, Timothy Cramer, Judith Douglas, Terry Green, Christian Hart, Josh Kanin, Jo Kidd, Helen LeDonne, Sue Ann Pinner, Trevor Shickman, Robert Taylor Guests: Lisa Burns, Dennis Frisch, Melissa Michelson, April Mizuki, Mitra Moassessi, Andrew Rodriguez, Kathy Sucher

I. Call to Order A. Chair Tahvildaran-Jesswein declared a quorum at 11:35 a.m.

II. Public Comments None

III. Action Items 2

A. Approval of the Minutes for October 3, 2006. Unanimously approved as perfected. B. Adoption of New Courses – David Zehr, Chair of Curriculum. New courses unanimously approved.

1. New Courses:

 CS 43: Windows Network Administration. This course provides students with the knowledge necessary to understand and identify the tasks involved in supporting Microsoft Windows Networking Operating Systems. It covers topics such as installing and configuring Windows Servers to create File, Print, Web, and Terminal servers, and manage and support a network infrastructure that uses the Microsoft Windows Server products. The course also focuses on Windows Active Directory services, implementing Group Policy and performing the Group Policy related tasks that are required to centrally manage users and computers. Department Vote: 10-1 CSU Prerequisite: CS 70

 CS 75: Network Protocols and Analysis. This course introduces major protocols and their roles in protocol suites with emphasis on TCP/IP. Detailed coverage is given for at least one protocol at each layer, the main application level protocols and at least one security protocol. Analytic programs such as ping, traceroute, and packet capture programs are both studied in their own right and applied as tools to protocol analysis. The Ethereal packet capture and protocol decoder program is centrally utilized. Department Vote: 10-1 CSU Prerequisite: CS 70

 New Certificates:

Networking Certificate of Completion. (17 units) CS 9A, CS 41, CS 43, CS 70, CS 75, CS 78

 Distance Education Courses

Psychology 16: Mind and Metabolism.

2. Board of Governors will change Title V AA degree requirement to include Eng 1 to be implemented by F09. Curriculum Cmmt will discuss when to implement it and will bring it to the Senate. Courses coming forward for Nov 1 mtg and needing UC transferability should be submitted to Curriculum Cmmt no later than tomorrow.

C. AR 4412 Honor Code/Honor Council, Second Reading – Esau Tovar, Chair Student Affairs; unanimously passed: 53 in favor

Discussion: 3

1. Inclusion of distance ed students was not discussed by the committee; currently, they are adequately handled the same as on-ground. 2. Conference calls are an option for fac who can’t attend in person. 3. This shifts some of the responsibility from teachers to the institution to inform students of the honor code. Suggestion that students sign a statement that they’ve read the honor code when they first enroll. E. Tovar says this would be done as a check off item when students apply, and there will be a campus campaign to increase awareness. 4. Many thanks to Esau Tovar and his committee. Richard will present Karen Legg to replace Esau as chair for Sp07 during Esau’s sabbatical.

1. Mission Statement Santa Monica College is committed to the academic, social, and ethical development of our students. We strive to create a learning environment that is challenging and supportive of the community at-large. We are committed to upholding fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, civility, and community. In recognition of this effort we hereby establish this Honor Code and Honor Council.

2. Principles General principles guiding the Honor Code and Honor Council include the following:

a. Honesty: means fairness and straightforwardness of conduct; implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

b. Integrity: implies that one is true to a trust; one adheres to a code of moral values.

c. Social Responsibility: is demonstrated by adherence to policies of the institution, departments, labs, libraries and individual classes.

d. Respect and Civility: implies that one will conduct oneself in a courteous and respectful manner in our communications and actions toward members of the campus community.

3. Student Honor Statement As testament to their commitment and readiness to join the Santa Monica College academic community, all students are expected to uphold the Honor Code. At the time of admission students will certify the following statement:

In the pursuit of the high ideals and rigorous standards of academic life, I commit myself to respect and uphold the Santa Monica College Honor Code, Code of Academic Conduct, and Student Conduct Code. I will conduct myself honorably as a 4

responsible member of the SMC community in all endeavors I pursue.

At the direction of a faculty member or testing officer, students may be requested to affirm or re-affirm their commitment to the Honor Code as they participate in any given examination, paper submission, or any other academic exercise.

4. Honor Council Responsibilities and Membership

a. Membership

i. Honor Council membership is extended to up to 15 members of the college community who are committed to upholding the Mission and Principles of the Honor Code. The Honor Council Chair will be elected annually by a simple majority of the membership. The Chair will work closely with the Office of Student Judicial Affairs.

b. Responsibilities The Honor Council has the following responsibilities and authority:

i. To advise and confer with faculty members, administrators, staff, and students on matters pertaining to academic integrity;

ii. To create and conduct educational programming designed to promote academic integrity;

iii. To establish operational procedures in consultation with the Joint Academic Senate Student Affairs Committee and the supervising administrator;

iv. To collect and disseminate statistics pertaining to Honor Code violations;

v. To issue an annual report to the Joint Academic Senate Student Affairs Committee and campus community on academic integrity standards, policies, and procedures, including recommendations for appropriate changes.

vi. Other responsibilities as agreed upon with the Joint Academic Senate Student Affairs Committee.

vii. To uphold the right to due process of students accused of violating the Honor Code, via the implementation of an Honor Council Hearing Board. 5

1. The Honor Code relies upon the definitions of academically dishonest behaviors stipulated in Administrative Regulation 4411—Code of Academic Conduct—Section 3.

viii. To appoint from its members three faculty and three students to an Honor Council Hearing Board to adjudicate cases of alleged violations of the Honor Code. The Hearing Board will be chaired by an academic administrator appointed by the Superintendent/ President (or designee). c. Honor Council Hearing Boards

i. A quorum for a Hearing Board will be established by two faculty and two students. The Chair may vote in the case of a tie. Members appointed to a hearing panel must notify the Honor Council Chair of potential conflicts of interest and are strongly encouraged to remove themselves from any such proceedings and deliberations. The Honor Council may remove any member on grounds of malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance by two-thirds vote of the membership appointed.

ii. Given that this is an administrative, closed hearing and not open to the public, the student may bring legal counsel or other representatives, however, these individuals may not participate in the proceedings. Counsel participation will terminate the hearing. Students are required to notify the College of counsel/guest(s) presence to these proceedings within 48 hours of the scheduled hearing. Each party will have the right to present written statements, witnesses, if appropriate, and any other forms of evidence. Each party will have the right to question evidence and supportive documents.

iii. Any materials related to the hearing, including electronic recordings of the proceedings, may not be released to the student requesting the appeal or to any other individual or group. In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) the student may submit a written request to the Dean of Student Judicial Affairs or designee to inspect and review these materials. The request must be made no less than one week in advance.

iv. The Hearing Board is empowered with the authority to:

1. Affirm or deny the alleged violation. 6

2. Where appropriate, educate the student and/or faculty on issues related to academic integrity. The Hearing Board may recommend sanctions commensurate with the violations, including, but not limited to: failure in assignment, test, course; reprimand, suspension, expulsion, and/or transcript notation denoting Honor Code violation. The Hearing Board may also reverse instructor-imposed sanctions in the absence of substantive evidence of alleged academic violation. Substantive evidence may include or consist of the instructor’s account of the alleged violation of the Honor Code. 3. Consider requests for the removal of transcript notations associated with Honor Code violations.

5. Appeal of Honor Council Hearing Board Recommendation

a. Within two (2) business days after receiving the written decision of the Honor Council Hearing Board, the student or faculty member may request a review of the decision to the Superintendent/ President. A copy of said request shall be sent to the Honor Council Chair and the College Disciplinarian. The request will state in writing the grounds for review and will be based upon one or more of the following provisions:

i. The required procedures were not followed; ii. There is insufficient evidence to support the Honor Council Hearing Board’s decision; iii. The penalty imposed is inappropriate.

b. Superintendent/President Review

i. Within thirty (30) business days of receipt of the request for review, the Superintendent/President will: (1) review the decision of the Honor Council Hearing Board and the basis upon which it was made. The Superintendent/President has the sole authority to:

1. Adopt the recommended disciplinary action; 2. Modify or reduce the discipline recommended; or 3. Reverse the discipline recommended.

ii. The decision of the Superintendent/President will be communicated to the student in writing, and a copy sent to the Honor Council Chair and College Disciplinarian. Said decision of the Superintendent/ President is final. 7

D. Recommendation on Approved Activity Hour Expansion – Richard Tahvildaran. The recommendation from Exec Cmmt, in mutual agreement with FA, is that we vote to extend the DPAC pilot, set to expire Sp07, for one additional year, to Sp08, to allow 70, no more, courses to be offered during the activity hr. At the close of Sp08 there will be a reversion back to the original number. Motion from Exec Cmmt: that the faculty agree to maintain the status quo beyond Sp07 and extend the existing agreement through Sp08. Passed: 50 in favor, 2 opposed, 1 abstention

Discussion: 1. 122 classrooms available on main campus during act hr. Not reflective of labs. Certain rooms on the quad not included in that number. Classrooms in LS, LA, and Science that face the clock tower would be held back. 38 is total # of courses TTH 11:15-12:35. There is a handful more that overlaps activity hr time. Non-classroom facilities on campus are limited (15 or less) for dept mtgs. 2. C. Schultz (chair of chairs) asked dept chairs to list the # of classrooms they’ll need. 3. L. Simpson reviewed the original agreement of May 2005 of District Planning Advisory Council where the temp pilot of offering up to 70 courses during activity hr was proposed. Total # of courses that happen during activity hr is 70. 4. If adopted, not many (10 max) will be added to what already exists. In the original agreement, the overlap of courses was not factored in. If we accept this, it goes to DPAC. 5. Richard reports that, according to G. Lorenz, there is still classroom space because the labs were included in the count. We need to define what we mean by “classrooms.” Richard responded that if we take the info from Chairs, we need 55-59 rooms. 6. To the question of how this will affect FTES, Richard responded that if there’s an expansion, it will help, but if not, it will maintain the status quo. He is meeting w/G. Lorenz today to clarify the actual # of rooms available during activity hour. There will be fewer FTES than previously anticipated because we’re replacing 2:15 and 3:35 courses with the 11:15 offerings. 7. There isn’t campus-wide support for expanding all the way to 122, so this is a compromise/consensus position. We continue to move forward with the “Nannini-Manion Plan.” 8. Recommendation to keep the “C” words = classes, courses, classrooms in mind. 9. Once we grow, maintaining numbers becomes an issue.

IV. Information Items 8

A. President’s Report – Richard Tahvildaran thanked Janie Jones for today’s tour of the new Theater Arts bldg. 1. ASCCC Plenary, October 26-28, 2006 – D. Zehr, R.Tahvildaran, and S. Veas will represent SMC and L. Kawaguchi will represent our region. 2. Voc. Ed. Cmmt. Prioritization sub-committee – Eve Adler, Chair; faculty and administration have agreed to prioritize between 1 and 3 new programs for immediate development at SMC. Eve’s cmmt works on expanding current programs and the subcmmt works to create new programs. Board looks to AS for recommendations on prioritization of new voc ed programs by close of this term. 3. Student evaluation update – the new student eval forms were distributed to senators. Thanks to Fran Manion for putting all the data in a readable format and the 122 fac who engaged in the pilot and survey. It appears that we have mutual agreement w/District to replace the old form w/the new one. 4. 2007-2008 re-assigned time proposal for Academic Senate – we’re asking for 3.2 instead of 1.6 for next year. The request was met favorably. This permits reassigned time for every joint cmmt chair. Presented directly to Dr. Tsang. S. Sterr asked that this come up for discussion later and Richard agreed to agendize it.

a. Joint Committee Chairs - there are ten (10) Academic Senate Joint Committees:

Curriculum (fall and spring) Distance Education (fall and spring) Environmental Affairs (one semester only) Information Services (one semester only) Occupational/Vocational Education (fall and spring) Personnel Policies (fall and spring) Professional Development (fall and spring) Program Review (one semester only) Sabbaticals and Fellowships (one semester only) Student Affairs (fall and spring)

The Academic Senate proposes and requests that each of these ten (10) chairs receive .2 release from their load for one or both semesters for a total chairs’ release package of 1.2 and 2.0 or 3.2 for the entire 2007-08 academic year.

b. Academic Senate Constitutional Officers/Leaders The Academic Senate senior leadership team includes the President, Past President or President Elect, and the Chair of Chairs. These three individual faculty members are the lead figures in campus 9

shared/participatory governance and spend incredible amounts of time working in collaboration with the district for the good of the college and its mission.

The Academic Senate leadership proposes and requests an additional release package of 1.0 per semester to be divided between the Academic Senate President, Past President or President Elect, and the Chair of Chairs. The distribution is to be made by the Senate President.

c. The Academic Senate proposes and requests a continuation of the release package of 50% contract load per intersession for the Academic Senate President for academic year 2007-08.

5. Brown Act – Richard says the only body to be Brown Acted is this body (all cmmts of the AS are not Brown Acted). The Board of Trustees mtg is Brown Acted, but the cmmts of the Board are not. This means our cmmts are closed to members outside of our public. There is a legal challenge and there’s been a filing about the Social Cmmt not posting its mtg times. This will be decided in Court. Currently, all cmmts are open to any faculty member, but not to uninvited members of the outer or larger public. 6. People’s campaign and overhauled web site proposed, the latter to be in place within 6 months. Tomorrow, F. Chandler and Richard will meet with high school students. Cmmt is looking at appropriate venues for internet advertisement. Co-chairs of Enrollment Development Steering Cmmt can be contacted for info and to offer suggestions (J. Harclerode, T. Feiger, T. Bernstein). 7. Dept visits – Richard has visited 6 departments so far. Senators should urge their dept chairs to contact him and set up visits.

V. Old Business Discussion None

VI. New Business Discussion None

VII. Announcements None

VIII. Adjournment A. Motion to adjourn (M/S Kawaguchi/Strathearn) at 12:35 p.m. approved unanimously.