ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CPC

MINUTES

FOR THE MEETING OF

April 26, 2006

2:15 p.m.

Global Classroom

Attending:      

Administration – Nancy Carson, Bob Richards, Luis Rosas

Faculty – Nabeel Barakat, Evelyn Portis, Pamela Watkins, Mark Wood, Bradley Young

Guest – Abbie Patterson

Absent:

Administration - Charlie Bossler, Bobby McNeel, Ann Tomlinson

Classified –Traci Liley, Hovsep Kotelyan

Classified Manager - Carla Mussa-Muldoon

Faculty – Carmen Carrillo, King Carter, Tricia Wickers for Wendy Hollis, Bruce Lemon, Lauren McKenzie, Joy Fisher, Susan McMurray, Joyce Parker, Stanley Sandell, Jim Stanbery

Students – Praow Angchuan, Cortney Barton, Leviticus Moevdo

Luis Rosas chaired the meeting.

I.          MINUTES

Minutes of the March 22, 2006 meeting were presented (Young/Barakat/Accepted).

Abbie Patterson attended the meeting to share information on the upcoming Day with Dominguez, taking place at Harbor College on Wednesday, 5/17/06.  Harbor students will be able to apply for admissions to CSUDH on the spot.  Members of the Dominguez team are particularly interested in meeting with PACE students during their time on campus.  They are asking for 10 minutes to visit classes on that day.  Harbor is to provide a list of classes willing to welcome them.  Teachers/chairs are asked to respond directly to Abbie Patterson.

Mr. Rosas suggested the possibility of including the CSUDH representatives in the Division Council meeting on 5/17/06 plus lunch.  Division Council could be changed to 12:00 noon on that date.  

II.                    PROPOSITION A/AA AND FEMA ACTIVITY UPDATE

Several construction projects (NE Academic and M&O) came in under the bid amounts.  Tech Building goes out to bid in May.  Funds approved will remain connected to each specific project so that any funds available, through cost savings, could be applied to furnishings.  The next step in the process is to hire firms to do the work.  Tear down should begin by the fall semester, depending upon availability of the College Village portables. 

The Nursing Building patio needs to be redone as it slants toward the building.  This will cause classroom flooding during heavy rains without repair.  Repairs are expected to take five to six weeks.

III.     REVIEW OF PRIORITIZATION PROCEDURES

With the prioritization basics underway, committee now needs to set out the plan, including positions.  It is agreed that the FHPC prioritization list will be followed for all faculty positions.  The prioritization experience turned out to be quite positive, but the rating system may need a little more work.  With the work done so far, there is a good sense of the committee’s wishes for a model.  The question is whether a model could be presented before voting commences.  The ultimate goal is to go to the CPC and present our case.  Members must be in agreement with the plan as adopted.  There must be no disagreement. 

During the exercise, clerical, classified, faculty and tutors were all ranked in a blended priority which was agreeable to members.  There is the possibility that the president will approve the hire of 2-3 new fulltime faculty.  Staffing Committee is reportedly working on a new policy and procedures manual.  They discovered a flaw in the current system and are working to change this.

When it comes to increasing enrollment, members need to know what kind of projects in the unit plans directly support this.  WIA documents contain all the feedback information related to Culinary Arts.  Data needs to be distributed to show how this program meets the College mission and goals.  The same could be said for Homeland Security.  The information needs to be shared with this committee.  Hopefully these VTEA programs will become more mainstreamed.  Once programs are established as mainstream, they should merge to Program 100.  The VTEA group, in a meeting by themselves, should discuss how we incorporate into the Academic Affairs Cluster?  Chairs should bring VTEA matters to the AA Cluster.

The base amount for printing costs of the student newspaper is approximately $18,000.  If the newspaper is seen as valuable to the college, perhaps the printing costs could be covered as a “college” need.  Where there is no fulltime faculty person, such as Fire Tech, an adjunct was funded by VTEA to work on curriculum.  The college needs to have balance and recognizing that faculty brings in revenue.

Unit Plans should be presented to the Academic Affairs Committee as they are updated.

IV.   ADJOURNMENT

The last meeting of this semester takes place on May 24, at 2:15 p.m., in the Global Classroom.  Members decided, for Fall 2006, they will meet on the third Wednesday of the month, at 2:30 p.m., in the President’s Conference Room.  A new calendar will be prepared and distributed to all.