ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CPC
MINUTES
FOR THE MEETING OF
September 21, 2005
1:30 p.m.
President’s Conference Room
Attending:
Administration –Nancy Carson, Bobby McNeel, Luis Rosas, Ann Tomlinson
Faculty – Nabeel Barakat, Trisha Wickers for Wendy Hollis, Bruce Lemon, Lauren McKenzie, Susan McMurray, Joyce Parker, Evelyn Portis, Pamela Watkins, Mark Wood, Jim Stanbery, Bradley Young
Absent:
Administration - Charlie Bossler, Bob Richards
Classified –Hovsep Kotelyan, Traci Liley
Classified Manager - Carla Mussa-Muldoon
Faculty - King Carter, Joy Fisher, Stanley Sandell
Students – Robert Cox , Joe Gillman
I. MINUTES
Minutes of the May 18, 2005 meeting were presented to those in attendance. The meeting of 8/24/05 was conducted as an informal discussion. No quorum was present. The August 24, 2005 minutes were also presented and accepted (Lemon/Young).
Chairperson for this meeting was Nabeel Barakat.
II. UNIT PLANS AND THE ACCRDITATION PROCESS
A survey of course outlines at this time would indicate that there are 528 college outlines, some of which are not currently offered. Of these, 200, with student learning outcomes, are on the website. At this time 150 revisions have been turned in, or 28% of all outlines. The majority of these courses have come from Behavioral Science, Humanities, P.E. and Social Science.
The purpose of this meeting is to relate each unit plan to the accreditation process and make sure that the flow is complete. We want the visiting team to see that we have our unit plans up to date; course outlines are in place; we have an idea of our planning process, and see how our unit plans essentially are the beginning of the planning process leading to funding of a particular project or activity. A college planning flow chart was designed to demonstrate this process. The chart can be found on page 7 of the Planning Policy and Procedure Manual 2002 as well as page 191 of the LAHC Fact Book 2005. Everything done on campus relates back to one of the clusters.
For those who may be confused, Mr. Stanbery pointed out that the Unit Plan book is the green binder. Program Review materials are contained in the white binder with green trim.
The unit plans consist of various activities with each activity titled. There are two formats to describe the activities, one is in pre-Q-Builder format and the other in Q-Builder. Each activity should have one of these documents to support it. No activity really starts in the process until the unit/units responsible have included it in their unit plans. Any proposal must be a part of the college plan, even if it is a specially funded program, and it does not impact anything else. For example, Culinary Arts would start in the Science & F&CS division unit plan. Then, the unit gets together with all of the different activities it wishes to conduct and prioritizes those. (A look at current unit plans shows that some plans are clearly prioritized, others are loosely prioritized and others have no prioritizing at all.)
Once prioritized, all plans will need to be signed off by “clearance committees.” Under the Planning and Procedures Manual, committees are to analyze and review any problems. These reviews can take place simultaneously. In the past, Title V was introduced with only several people on campus knowing about it. The Middle College High School could serve as a model of how the current system works. The campus should view the process as information sharing for synthesis and integration, rather than clearance.
Q-Where is the Educational Master Plan Committee in the manual?
A-The Educational Master Plan Committee is synonymous with the Academic Affairs Committee.
Specially Funded activities on campus, according to the manual, are supposed to be part of the cluster plan for the units which are administering those programs. If funded by Vocational Education, it needs also to go to the Voc Ed committee as well as the cluster plan.
III. MASTER PLAN INTEGRATION
In the integrated planning agreement from the Planning Manual, everything which takes place on this campus is part of that planning agreement. It is not acceptable to change this agreement at this time, during the one-year trial period. Even if a SFP activity does not impact anything else, it is still part of the agreement, and should go through the planning process.
Each division representative should be prepared to briefly discuss each of the updated unit plans. A dialog of the plans should take place within each of the divisions.
Bradley Young took this occasion to report that there are no changes to Economics, History or Political Science. A recent TSA Administration of Justice not for credit opportunity, which would bring revenue to the College, with little impact to facilities has appeared on the horizon. The plan has received consensus from the division and advisory committee. These bodies are agreed on:
- Growth, all the while watching the impact on the college on classrooms/traffic/parking.
- A plan to put the entire AJ department degree and certificate courses on-line.
- Increase programs such as LAX, Department of Water and Power, sole-source provider for the Port of LA, and training for the PV Police Department. (Right now .4FTE instructor, plus benefits, is being paid for by special programs.)
- Expanding TSA, under Homeland Security. We currently provide pilots and flight attendants security training. Harbor is only one of eight campus nation-wide providing this training.
Impact on room space on campus caused the program to be taken off campus. In the next phase, Miami-Dade and Harbor will provide venue training for federal airport screeners. Harbor will have trainees from the five major, local airports. Geographically, we are in a place to provide training for cruise ship screeners. The financial impact and potential is a considerable profit. This could result in $75-100,000 per year just for the space. If the college is selected as the sole-provider for the cruise ship industry, this could obviously be much more. There is the opportunity for our students to earn $35-40,000 a year once trained. Two mobile buildings could provide the necessary classroom space.
Working with the federal government requires a very quick response time. Washington, D.C. is much like a small town. If the college turns business away, word will quickly spread.
- A request for Process Plant Technology has just been received. The college already has the curriculum in place, but would require a qualified instructor.
Again, it was emphasized that anything new needs to be included in the unit plan. If a division has an item on their agenda, it must be brought to the AASCCPC agenda as well. When this has not been done, we cannot have a program at this campus. Every area has a cluster committee performing in this capacity. The opportunity for intelligent discussion is very necessary.
Mrs. McMurray suggests that the Academic Senate could form a committee of four to five members, but this would require advance notice.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Members agreed to meet again on Wednesday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m., where a brief presentation of updated unit plans will take place.
Chairs were reminded of the need to work on offerings for the late-start session, beginning October 24. To date only six courses have been identified.