Whereas CSUs have announced and are implementing a policy of gradually reducing the number of students admitted who need basic skills classes at CSU, and
Whereas CSU is seeking supplemental funds to work with K-l2students in order to improve student success in basic skills areas before these students enter CSU,
Whereas the responsibilities of the college leaders in the area of curriculum, both faculty and administrators, are considerable in their depth and complexity, and
Whereas the standards and requirements for development, review, and approval of curriculum are both broad and detailed, and
Whereas it is particularly important to develop faculty curriculum leadership with full knowledge and understanding of the curriculum process and related standards, requirements, and good practices,
Whereas prerequisites have been established to contribute to the achievement of student success, and
Whereas California community college districts have created policies and procedures for the establishment and enforcement of prerequisites, and
Whereas, despite the effort of faculty to complete the validation process, prerequisite enforcement has not been consistent statewide,
Whereas the standards and requirements for community college curriculum are many and diverse, and
Whereas it is important to review curriculum not only at the course and program level but at the college level, and
Whereas colleges often need assistance in reviewing curriculum either in preparation for accreditation or as a result of an accreditation recommendation, and
Whereas the nature of a full college curriculum review is such that great benefits can accrue from the use of facilitators from outside the college,
Whereas counseling programs, as related to the mission of the community colleges, are critical to assure that students achieve their educational and career goals, and
Whereas counseling faculty, regardless of their assignment (EOPS, DSP&S, CalWORKs), must meet the minimum qualifications for employment in California community colleges, as stipulated in Title 5 Regulations, and
Whereas all counseling faculty must have access to training and development in the counseling discipline,
Whereas the 1998-99 academic year is being called "The Year of the Transfer," and
Whereas the California Community Colleges and the University of California have entered into an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to increase the number of students who transfer from California Community Colleges to the University of California by 33% and the Chancellor's Office has indicated that future MOUs with California State University and private colleges will be forthcoming, and
Whereas faculty integrity in reading grants is assumed by such organizations as the National Science Foundation, which mails packets of proposals to faculty readers, and
Whereas this procedure, if adopted by the Chancellor's Office, would save money, and
Whereas the current procedure for reading grants does not provide enough time to consider each grant thoughtfully,
Whereas instructional materials block grant funding originated as a specific budgetary enhancement for library materials, and
Whereas basic funding is below Proposition 98 guidelines and categorical block grant funds are increasingly being used as a substitute for basic allocations, and
Whereas the Legislature, over the past three to four years, is adding more disparate categories within the block grant process, obscuring the original intent for the block grant fund, and
Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has historically had little input into the evaluation and/or selection of the Chancellor,
Resolved that the Academic Senate urge the Board of Governors to adopt an evaluation instrument approved by the Statewide Academic Senate to evaluate the Chancellor.
Whereas the reading of a variety of grant proposals, referred to as Requests for Application (RFAs), involve volunteer faculty readers, and
Whereas readings have often been carried out under conditions stressful to faculty volunteers, such as unrealistic work loads, unclear application of criteria, hasty reader training, and uncomfortable work places, and
Whereas the above problems may adversely affect decisions about grant awards, and