The Committee completed the paper. See the Senate's Paper--Agents of Change: Examining The Role of Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Coordinators in California Community Colleges
Whereas, Some local senates have difficulty recruiting faculty who will serve on local accreditation committees;
Whereas, The new accreditation standards of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) focus on student learning, a topic about which the faculty have the most expertise in working with students;
Whereas, Faculty tend to have an institutional life span that greatly exceeds that of local administrators; and
Whereas, The ACCJC has stated its conviction that outcomes planning and assessment at the program and course level are areas of faculty primacy;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges create a paper detailing best practices for motivating and sustaining effective faculty involvement in local accreditation.MSC Disposition: Local Senates