1988

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local senates that libraries be included in all college-wide program reviews.

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local senates that they work to establish policies which allow and encourage free use of their college libraries by high school faculty.

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recognize the staffing/funding deficiencies in community college learning resources/instructional media and technology centers, as identified by the Learning Resources Association of California Community Colleges (LRACCC) and the Chancellor's Office, and

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, working with the LRACCC and the Chancellor's Office, identify and endorse minimum staffing/funding standards for Learning Resources/Instructional Media and Technology Centers.

Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges called for a four-year tenure process four years ago and

Whereas tying a four-year tenure process with phase II ($140 million) was clearly a product of understandable political rationales rather than compelling professional or systemological rationales,

Whereas AB 1725 exempts credentialed employees of California Community Colleges, employed as of June 30, 1990, from new State mandated minimum qualifications, but fails to address credentialed part-time faculty,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work for inclusion of part-time faculty employed at a community college before July 1, 1990, into Section 87355 of AB 1725 (minimum qualification and hiring criteria).

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges direct the President of the Academic Senate to write a letter to the governor and each member of the legislature on behalf of the Academic Senate expressing our appreciation for their overwhelming support, vision, and foresight in passing and signing into law Assembly Bill 1725 and expressing the faculty's commitment to work cooperatively to meet the challenge of implementation, and

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local senates to adopt a similar resolution.

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges commend Brian Murphy for his work on AB 1725 and his general concern for community colleges and their place in the service of society.

Whereas many of the community college reforms involve discipline specific issues, and

Whereas many discipline specific education organizations currently exist, both at the community college and kindergarten through postsecondary levels, and

Whereas the expertise available in such professional organizations should be tapped more effectively and efficiently,

Whereas AB 1725 requires that the Board of Governors prepare a list of disciplines by July 1, 1989, and that the Academic Senate be actively involved in that development, and

Whereas local senates, in collaboration with their collective bargaining colleagues, will jointly develop Faculty Service Areas,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges conduct a statewide teleconference dealing with Disciplines and Faculty Service Areas and their relationship.

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges pursue the identification of disciplines from as broad a data base as possible.