Executive Summary

Executive Summary,

Harbor College Academic Senate

Regular Meeting,

1:30, Thursday, September 18, 2008

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the September 4 meeting were approved as e-mailed with one correction: that the persons listed as nominees to represent the Senate on college committees were in fact appointed.

SPECIAL ORDER: DIALOGUE ON DISTRICT DECENTRALIZATION

Mr. Columbo distributed the District/College Functional Map delineating respective district and college responsibilities. He also alerted the Senate to the increased rigor with which the accreditation commission is monitoring conformance with its recommendations in this and other areas. The emphasis on decentralization now is on steps beyond the initial concept of ten years ago. Mr. Columbo then briefly reviewed the contents of the Functional Map. Questions and answers followed on specific complications of decentralization before moving then to more general concerns.

CONSENT ITEMS

District Planning Committee

Unanimous consent to appoint Mr. Stanbery as the Senate's

representative on this committee.

ITEMS/MOTIONS FOR ACTION SEPTEMBER 4

Senate Representation on College Committees

Unanimous consent to appoint Mr. Barakat to the Academic Affairs Committee.

Unanimous consent to designate Mr. McKenzie and Mr. Barakat as the Senate's representatives on the Administrative Services Committee.

Professional Growth Committee

Unanimous consent to confirm Harvey Siegel as chair of the committee.

Draft Interim Accreditation Report

Unanimous consent to approve the document in substance in the form previously e-mailed campus-wide, on the understanding that any substantive changes proposed between now and its submission to the district on September 24 will be subject to approval by the Senate Executive Committee September 23.

College Strategic Plan

Unanimous consent to adopt the document as previously e-maile campus-wide.

Academic Program Review Policy and Procedure Manual

Unanimous consent to approve the document as distributed, on two conditions:

- that Dean Humphreys is authorized to replace pp. 11-13 in the document by the "Program Review Format" pages brought before the Senate by him, and pp. 26-28 in the document are replaced by the closing pages of Dean Humphrey's presentation entitled "Program Review Schedule”;

- and that the section of the previous Program Review Manual entitled "Program Initiation" and now separated from the revised Program Review Manual remains in force in its own right as a stand-alone document.