STUDENT SERVICES SUB-COMMITTEE OF CPC

May 25, 2005

3:00 p.m.

Faculty/Staff Dining Room

 

Members Present:

Co-Chair	Administration (2)	Classified Staff (4)	Students (4)	Faculty (4)	Guest(s)
A. Patterson	D. Ching	C. Clark		S. Steele
D. Tull	B. Richards	T. Mariner

Absent Faculty:  M. Hiscocks, L. Johnston; Classified: T. Gonzalez, M. Murillo;  Students:  H. Joseph, M. Thompson, P. Satele

Student Service Senior Managers: B. Barker, C. Bossler, E. Colocho, J. Fisher, P. Grady, N. Malone,

S. Millman, M. Yanez

 

Meeting called to order at 3:18 p.m.  The Cluster joined the Student Service Managers meeting that was in progress.

        Only 2 agenda items – 1)  Priorities list for Student Services;  2) election of sub-CPC Student       Services chair for 2006.  Agenda accepted.

        The minutes for May 11 were accepted with some change in wording and a spelling correction.

Discussion of priorities as agreed upon at the May 11 meeting and discussed with the Student Service Managers.  Add ‘Increasing international students’ as a revenue producing priority.  Using the priorities list from the May 11 meeting, committee members expressed their ranking for the top 3 priorities.  Input tabulation produced the ranking of hiring priorities for Student Services:

#1    STAFFING	1.    Replace 1.0 A & R Assistant Staff 2.    .6 Life Skills Counselor 3.    Hourly Evening Counselors  (12 hrs/wk) 4.    FT Transfer Center Director           (Compliance Issue) 5.    1.0 Student Recruiter 6.    Assessment Ctr./Matriculation Director 1.0 (currently .5) 7.    1.0 Counseling Secretary 8.    .5 ‘B’ Shift Student Services Aide in Student Activities
#2    REVENUE         PRODUCING	·       Increase number of students enrolled and retained ·       Identify and file applications for grants for student services ·       Increase number of students served by EOPS, DSPS, & Matriculation and International Student Program ·       Increase number of International Students
#3    TECHNOLOGY	·       Streamline Appointments for Counseling & Assessment through SARS Suite ·       Provide computers at the information desk for students to make appointments and check their records ·       Offer students e-mail accounts ·       Insure accessible technology is in place for student with disabilities
#4    EVENING STUDENT         SERVICES	·       Provide additional student services for evening students
#5    DISTANCE         LEARNING	·       Provide additional student services for distance learning

 

The committee agreed that a grant to build up student services would be helpful.  The college may be dinged for not offering distance learning services in the library, counseling or during evening hours.

 

The Vice President and a faculty member are to serve as co-chairs for the cluster committee.  The Committee elected Abbie Patterson and Debbie Tull as co-chairs for 2006.

·        N. Malone stated that the Student Senate was advancing to the Academic Senate the need to plan for   wireless technology.

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.