Academic Affairs Cluster

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

OF CPC

MINUTES

June 3, 2009

2:30 p.m.

Conference Room 219

ATTENDANCE

PRESENT:

Luis Rosas, Ellen Caldwell, Dave Humphreys, Carmen Carrillo, King Carter, Sally Fasteau, Susan McMurray, Mark Wood, Jonathon Lee, Stan Sandell, Nabeel Barakat, Kristi Blackburn, Brad Young, Joy Fisher, Bob Richards, Joyce Parker, Lauren McKenzie.

Guest:

Sanubo Toeque, Ann Tomlinson, Linda Spink

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

There were no objections to the agenda.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of May 20, 2009 were approved as presented.

Dave Humphreys distributed the Academic Affairs Priority Directions 2009-2010, he announced that the six items on it were our vision of the direction we would like the campus to take and asked if anyone would like to add to the list.

Our Educational Master Plan is the one that other Cluster Plans take their direction from. A discussion followed. Visions being discussed will not change our core visions. These visions will only emphasize what changes and improvement we would like to make with our basic vision. Among the ideas put forward were:

• Develop a community awareness that Harbor is the place to go when unemployed and in need of retraining. Offer potential students a complete package of CTE training skills that can be begun and ended in six months. Create new or realign old certificates, create a property management program.

• Hybrid classes are the wave of the future, we hope to use the technology more in the next year. More courses will need to be put online and more on line degrees offered. More support will be needed and a helpdesk needs to be created for online students. More contract distance learning training along the lines of the Phoenix model. We also need to be more flexible in terms of length of course. Some institutions deliver courses in five weeks. Faculty and staff need to be educated in current and new technologies. Students will be supported with full access to virtual advising and online tutoring.

• Implement a system for faculty web materials on college website so it is easily accessible to students, and faculty members can update their web space as needed.

Staff computer labs with qualified staff. Online Admissions and Records process should be grown so students will be able to take care of paperwork without coming to campus and waiting in long lines. Contract education needs to be expanded.

• Each division must have a set of principles by which they will reduce costs and improve efficiencies. To accomplish this we will have to increase revenue through contract education, growth in high enrollment classes, grants to serve college purposes.

• More attention needs to be given to attract a large number of people in our service area in the 45 and older age bracket, who may in the current economic situation need job re-training to be competitive in their fields.

• The College image needs to be re-branded. We could market ourselves as the place to go to belong. We need to invite counselors from schools to the college to see our new campus. Market to students taking distance learning courses, and try to get them to register for more courses. Market ourselves as the “New Graduate School” We need to develop a nurturing campus climate, and revive the moniker “Happy Harbor”. We can improve our signage on PCH and on the surface streets leading to the college.

Ann Tomlinson reported on the Budget Committee meeting at the District office and said that all campuses will get a 5% cut which amounts to $1.4 million. The District will save $20 million by cutting summer sessions. We will start the year with $28.1 million. Cutting Winter session will save $7 million.

District wide salary cuts and the Sheriffs Contracts were discussed. We will have to rethink everything we are doing. There will be a task force with some Presidents and Unions. Athletics was mentioned, P.E classes were being funded as non-credit.

Hourly instructors are now the majority. The impact of cutting hourly instructors was discussed as there was potential to lose a lot of money. If both summer and winter intersessions were cut there is potential of not making our base.

Community Service had a deficit of $159,000 this year, but had a carryover of $224,000 from the previous year. The Chancellor has commented on furloughs for teachers, Presidents and Vice-Presidents. Full-time instructors giving up some of their classes so part-time instructors can have some. Cancellation of P.E. Programs district-wide was discussed. Nabeel Barakat said it was critical for his hourly instructors to know in advance so they can prepare themselves for the loss of pay.

Reductions in EOP&S and DSPS at 15% were discussed, but other Programs will be cut 50%. Eliminating CALWORKS was discussed. Administrators will be willing to teach classes. A question was asked about personnel from other colleges being moved to others.

The Committee approved a ballot by Dr. Humphreys for prioritizing activities.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.