General Concerns

SB 1143 – Defining Student Success

Whereas, SB 1143 (Liu, 2010) requires the Board of Governors (BOG) to adopt a plan for promoting and improving student success within the California community colleges and to establish a task force to examine specified best practices and models for accomplishing student success;

Whereas, SB 1143 (Liu, 2010) requires the task force to develop and present specified recommendations to the BOG for incorporation into a plan to improve student success and completion within the California community colleges; and

Maintaining Physical Education and Other Courses as Credit Courses

Whereas, A budget analysis report dated January 29, 2009, from the California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) proposed that the "Legislature reduce the funding for credit bearing P.E. courses . to the regular non-credit rate" and further argued that Physical Education (P.E.) activity courses should not receive the same level of funding as other college courses because these courses are "not transferable" and are "primarily for students' personal enjoyment";

Affirming Peer Review Processes

Whereas, Peer review is a uniquely American higher education process, relied upon by all American college and university faculty to assure educational quality, integrity, and institutional effectiveness;

Whereas, AB 1725 established in law the role of academic senates in peer review, accreditation, program review processes, and planning and budgeting processes;

Whereas, The current accreditation process is founded on peer review, a process that largely relies on accreditation visiting teams mostly composed of California community college faculty and administrators; and

Encouraging Non-Faculty Guests to Attend Plenary Sessions

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is committed to fostering collegial relationships with all community college constituencies;

Whereas, College administrators, trustees, classified personnel, and students can benefit from observation of and participation at plenary sessions of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, hearing firsthand faculty concerns and opinions and gaining direct exposure to faculty viewpoints;

Title 5 Searches

Whereas, Local academic senates and administrators are frequently asked questions about specific statements in Title 5; and

Whereas, It can be daunting, time consuming, and frustrating to find specific statements in Title 5;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges seek to collaborate with the Chancellor's Office to make it much easier to find things in Title 5.

Disposition: Chancellor's Office, Local Senates

Hiring of Academic Administrators

Whereas, Local academic senates’ participation with Boards of Trustees was recognized in several Academic Senate resolutions (F89 and F96) and Rostrum articles (2007 and 2009) that noted the participatory role of local academic senates in administrator hiring searches;

Whereas, Administrator organizations share the responsibility of making recommendations to Boards of Trustees regarding the hiring of administrators; and

Whereas, Local Board of Trustees’ administrator hiring practices and searches are inconsistent and vary significantly across the state;

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