Minutes,
Harbor College Academic Senate
Regular Meeting,
1:00, Thursday, March 17, 2005
LRC 125
Officers present: Susan McMurray [presiding; Glover, after her departure], Jim Stanbery [recording], Len Glover, Mark Wood
Senators present: Bruce Lemon [Behavioral Sciences], Pam Watkins, Kate Campbell [Communications]; Wendy Hollis [Health Sciences], Mike Hiscocks [Humanities]; Kathleen Keller [Math/Physical Sciences]; Tissa Munasinghe [Science/ FCS]; Brad Young [Social Sciences]
Members excused: June Smith [officer]; Jonathan Lee [Library]
Members absent: Brenda Guertin [officer]; Nabeel Barakat [Phys Ed]; Adell Shay [Business]; Arlene Smith [Health Sciences]; Lauren McKenzie [Math/Physical Sciences]; Joyce Parker [Science/ FCS]; Elizabeth Colocho, Linda Ruiz [Counseling]
Guests: Sally Fasteau, Kristin Garcia, Len Isaksen, Bobbie McNeel, Melissa Melendez, Abby Patterson, Luis Rosas, Slavka Stanojevik, Steve Stimmler, Ann Tomlinson
OPENING PROCEDURES
Culinary Arts Program and Title V Grant Proposal
Beginning in the absence of a quorum, and continuing once a quorum had been attained, Mr. McNeel summarized the proposals submitted to the Academic Affairs Committe yesterday and distributed to the Senate at this meeting. He then responded to several inquiries, highlighting the Title V grant focus on ground-breaking approaches to on-line instruction and “hybrid” offerings.
Approval of Agenda
Unanimous consent to approve the agenda with the adjustments shown herein.
Treasurer’s Report
Mr. Glover reported that the balance in our account is $1899.
Approval of Minutes
Unanimous consent to approve the minutes of March 3 with typographical corrections.
Unanimous consent to schedule a one-agenda-item special Senate meeting for 1:00 p.m. April 14 to confirm nominations for Senate elections.
Administrative Report
Mr. Rosas briefed the Senate on current enrollment implications and predicted that we will probably be slightly better off under the new formula allocations than before, although we are down 1% more than the district average this spring, so our summer offerings will be increased accordingly.
ASO Report
Ms. Stanojevik reported that “pi-day” was a great success and that ASO elections campaigning will begin April 4. The ASO Senate opposed the proposed change in general education requirements. Mr. Stimmler commented on this as well and introduced the idea of a student essay contest on “what Harbor college has meant to me” with a deadline of May 9. Ms. Melendez also added comments of her own.
Consent Item
Resolved, That the Academic Senate of Harbor College endorses June Smith and/or Wendy Hollis if either or both decide to become candidates for the ASCCC Executive Committee at the Spring, 2005, Plenary Session.
Adopted without objection.
ITEMS/MOTIONS NOTICED FOR ACTION MARCH 2
Sociology 001
The offering as adopted by the Curriculum Committee was unanimously approved.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Signature Collectors
Ms. McMurray alerted the Senate to possible misrepresentations of the contents of initiatives which on-campus paid signature gatherers are allegedly making to students. She also requested input on how to assess representative campus-wide sentiment on proposed changes in the general education requirements.
COMMENTS ON DISTRIBUTED REPORTS/NOTICES/COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Curriculum
Ms. Fasteau, on behalf of the committee, noticed the following Curriculum Committee approvals for action at the Senate’s April 7 meeting:
Socilogy 1 (Introduction to Sociology), 3 units, new Online course, degree applicable
Biology 101 (Biodiversity and Environmental Biology), 5 units; new course in series of 3
Child Development 44 (Programs for Children with Special Needs I), 3 units, new course
Speech 190 (Radio and T.V. Production), 3 units, reinstatement of college course
Accreditation
Mr. Wood drew the Senate’s attention to the accreditation timeline in the Senate meeting packet and his written committee report. Dr. Tomlinson then briefed the Senate on related program review data, introducing Len Isaksen to distribute and discuss a summary of the “Six Year Trend Study”on enrollment and demographic characteristics for Harbor College which he has completed under Dr. Tomlinson’s direction. Now that the data has been made available this way, it should greatly facilitate its actual use throughout the program review process. Mr. Isaksen also alerted the senate to several anomolies in the data.
ADJOURNMENT
In the absence of a quorum, the meeting was adjourned.