Academic Senate Chair

Report to the Faculty

January 2015

In case you missed the news:

The Constitution of our Academic Senate directs us to hold at least one, scheduled, all-faculty meeting each academic year.

Today is it!

Faculty who are not senators and don’t attend senate meetings can be brought up to date on the work of the Senate.

All faculty and staff have the chance to hear from the President, the Provost, the Senate Chair, and the Brakebill Award honoree.

Purpose of the Academic Assembly

Highlights of Senate Business

Fall 2014

Senate Coordinator: Adrienne Durso

Rookie of the Year!

Pre-Proposal Forms Pre-Proposal Program Launch Decision

Form Anticipated Revenues and costs

worksheets CSUSM Degree Program Proposal

Checklist Program Proposal Tips Sheet CSUSM Degree Program Proposal

Template

Check Academic Programs website for new forms and templates: “Curriculum Records and Forms”

BLP

Streamlining review process:

Consent calendar items: C2 forms not associated with new programs P2 forms

New electronic C form – start spring 2015

Curriculum Review

Senate passed the Applicability of RTP Department Standards

FAC also created Guidelines for Department RTP Standards

Departments writing RTP standards should consult Faculty Affairs website.

RTP Policies

Undergraduate Learning Outcomes Adopted Student Grade Appeals (SAC) Curriculum Proposers Policy (APC) AD Hoc Viability Review Committee for

Discontinuation of Children’s Services and Adult Services concentrations in Human Development (withdrawn) and Physical Education option (recommendation forthcoming to February Senate)

Additional Senate Business:

Continuing the work begun by Chair Bennett last year to include more lecturers in Senate work and address lecturer issues. 4 lecturer senators added in changes to Constitution.

Changes to Constitution and By-Laws

Other accomplishments

Halualani and Associates completed their analysis of CSUSM.

For a summary of the findings go to http://youtu.be/mWPaAZTume4 for a slidecast that features the key highlights.

For a full presentation on the findings of the Diversity Mapping Project please attend one of the forums on Feb 18th or 19th.

Diversity Mapping

Feb 18 Forums 11-11:50 AM Open forum (USU Ballroom B) 12-1:00 PM  Open forum (USU Ballroom B) 3:30-5:00 PM  Faculty/curriculum

focused presentation (USU Ballroom D)   Feb 19 Forum 12-1 PM Faculty/curriculum focused (USU

Ballroom B)

Diversity Mapping Open Forums

This is not a Senate Initiative.

Provost and Vice Provost consulted with EC, Senate, Departments, Department Chairs, SA and ASI.

Open Forum January 27 at U Hour in Commons 206.

Discussion at Feb. Senate Meeting.

Student Access Initiative

Feb. 12: “Meaning, quality and integrity of the degree” and “Educational quality: Student Learning, core competencies and standards of performance at Graduation”

Feb. 26: “Student Success, Student Learning, Retention and Graduation” “Quality, Assurance and Improvement: Program review, assessment: use of data and evidence”

Deadline for any feedback early March -

March 17: final wrap up

WASC Open Forums

Hiring Tenure Track Faculty on an Ongoing

Basis

Most Urgent Concern

Fall 2014: TT Faculty 49 (including 1 FERP) PT Faculty 63 TA’s 18

FTES taught by TT 712 FTES taught by PT 1330.45

College of Science & Math

Fall 2014 TT Faculty 39 (includes 6 FERP)

PT Faculty 32

FTES taught by TT 54.8% FTES taught by PT 45.2%

College of Business Administration

Fall 2014

TT Faculty 11(1 offer out now) PT Faculty 2

(PT Faculty also teach information literacy)

Library

Fall 2014 TT Faculty 122 (includes 2 FERP) PT Faculty 198 (Lecturers with an appointment in more than one

department are counted in each department:7 people with multiple appointments)

TAs 17

FTES taught by TT 1935 FTES taught by PT 4022

CHABSS

Fall 2014 TT Faculty 53 (includes 8 FERP) PT Faculty 147

FTES taught by TT 333.26 FTES taught by PT 584.14

CEHHS

Tenure Track Faculty 274 (includes 17 FERP)

Part Time Faculty 477 (includes 35 instructional TA’s)

Campus Totals

Professors: 114Associate professors: 73Assistant professors: 53

(These figures are from IPA and do not include library faculty or FERPers)

Tenure Track Faculty, F 14

◦To build new programs and curriculum

◦To participate in the service work that is essential to the university

◦To replace a wave of faculty retirement as we mark 25 years in existence as a campus

◦To create a steady pipeline of Associate and Full Professors

Hiring Tenure Track Faculty is Urgent

Full Professor burnout is a reality and the number of FERPers is growing.

Our small pool of Assistant Professors risks the same down the line if we do not add new tenure track faculty yearly.

Hiring Tenure Track Faculty is Urgent

To all the facultyTo all the staff

To all the administrators

Whose hard work and dedication to CSUSM

Make us the ‘Pearl of the CSU’

Thank You