Academic Affairs Cluster

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

OF CPC

MINUTES

March 18, 2009.

2:30 p.m.

Conference Room 219

ATTENDANCE

PRESENT:

Nabeel Barakat, Carmen Carrillo, Joy Fisher, Evelyn Lum, Jonathan lee, Sally Fasteau, Joyce Parker, June Smith, King Carter, Stanley Sandell, Dave Humphreys, Luis Rosas, Bob Richards, Luis Rosas, Jim Stanbery.

Adoption of Agenda

The Agenda was adopted as presented.

Adoption of Minutes

The minutes of  March 4, 2009 were approved as presented.

Dave Humphreys spoke on the World Café style Forum to be held on March 27, in the Cafeteria.  Help was needed in leading some of the activities.  The event will open with what we are trying to accomplish and a review of the agenda and roles for today. There is to be an Author! Author! type presentation, where an article will be picked and people will report out on it.

The Community Stakeholders Forum on the CPC minutes from March 4, 2009

will help us understand what the community will be looking for from Los Angeles Harbor College.  The event will have a World Café style Agenda.  Some topics to be discussed are: whether we are doing enough to satisfy the  needs of the community, embedding basic skills, aligning facilities to community needs, attracting and retaining students, community and industry needs.

Participants would be encouraged to discuss campus policies, - do they stand in the way of progress, policies we need to create or modify to make sense and work effectively.  Investing in ourselves- staff development and retraining.  Increasing rate  of  matriculation and student success, transfers to other institutions, distance learning and virtual learning, improving processes.

Other topics suggested for discussion were: Preparedness- whether we as a campus are ready for security issues, ethics and conduct. Leadership.  Automated systems, student portals, how students will be learning in the future.  It was suggested that the Educational Master Plan – should be getting direction from all clusters, including the student services cluster, academic affairs cluster and the Presidents cluster all of who need to engage in discussion.

One area in which discussion will take place is what the campus will look like in 5 years in the different focus areas. In the Core Areas- 10 questions were decided on.  Financial Independence of the campus and developing a plan for solvency and growth, suggested leadership and retention and efficiency.

Distance learning, facilities and future needs, aligning future needs with technology, curriculum development, fostering leadership.  Participatory governance,  virtual college,  preparing for todays challenges.