ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CPC

MINUTES

FOR THE MEETING OF

February 18, 2004

2:30 P.M.

President’s Conference Room

Attending:        

Administration – Nancy Carson, Bobby McNeel, Bob Richards, Luis Rosas (co-chair), Ann Tomlinson

Faculty – Nabeel Barakat (co-chair), Carmen Carrillo, Joy Fisher, Sally Gogin, Bruce Lemon, Lauren McKenzie, Susan McMurray, Evelyn Portis, Stanley Sandell, Jim Stanbery, Pamela Watkins, Mark Wood, Laurel Woodley, Bradley Young

Classified – Ivan Clarke, Traci Liley

Absent: Administration - Charlie Bossler, Faculty – Wendy Hollis, Pamela Watkins, Classified –Hovsep Kotelyan, Classified Manager - Carla Mussa-Muldoon, Students - Phillip Horsley, Kalani Mailo, Anthony Rodriguez, Arsenio Navarro-Rodriguez

Nabeel Barakat chaired the meeting.

I.          MINUTES

The Minutes of the December 17, 2003 meeting were accepted as corrected.  Traci Lilley was absent for the 12/17 meeting.  (M/S/A, Lemon/Wood/Accepted).

II.        PROGRAM REVIEW UPDATE

III.       VIABILITY STUDIES

Safe Harbor, a videotape prepared and included as part of the China Shipping Settlement proposal, was shown to members.  In a field of 27 proposals, this serves as one more way to show the committee Harbor’s intense interest.  Nursing, TV, Culinary Arts and Security are all included in this grant for a share of  $3.8M.  Bobby McNeel gave thanks to John Sparks the grant writer, and Larry Heimgartner for preparing the video production.  Thanks were also extended to each of the division chairs involved in the grant.

By March 30, the College has to have a report to the Grant Allocation Committee.

There should be further updates after the 3/30 reporting cycle. 

Ann Tomlinson reported that the mini-reviews are all done, but there is much work remaining.  Proposals for the next steps would include having the chairs (going back three years):

1.      Identify target FTEs

      Identify target FTEs each semester by division

2.      Identify the number of sections an area is teaching each semester.

Identify stacked classes.

3.      Identify potential growth areas and demand.  Review wait lists. 

Develop documentation.

Ann Tomlinson can do population/growth projections.

Keep records on cancelled classes to document how we manage our resources.

4.      Programs to show community

5.   A progress report on “below 25” courses.  We have taken extra efforts by combining and many have shown improvement.  Keep tracking these and document data.

IV.       ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR

a.  Evelyn Portis was introduced and welcomed by committee in her role as the new LAC Director.

b.  There are 16 people on the list for Harbor’s Accreditation team.  These individuals represent a wide cross-section of the campus.  There will be a smaller group of 10 who will attend the Friday, March 26, day-long Accreditation Self-study Workshop.  It is proposed that this group be composed of five faculty and five administrators.  Among those attending:  Susan McMurray, Jim Stanbery, Mark Wood, Nancy Carson, Jerry Davis, Bobby McNeel, and Luis Rosas.

V.        ADJOURNMENT

The next meeting of the Academic Affairs Standing Committee of the College Planning Committee will take place on March 17, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., in the President’s Conference Room.