Notes - November 26th, 2007The De Anza Academic
Senate
Approved Notes for the
meeting of
November 26th, 2007
Senators and Officers present:, Argyriou, Bambhania, Chenoweth, Cole, Coleman, Dolen, Glapion
Goodwin, Hanna, Hughes, Kessler, Kramer, Lathers, Lee-Klawender, Mitchell, Ng-Lee,
Paicius, Schaffer, Setziol, Shively, Walton, White, and Winters,
Senators and Officers absent: Beggs, Gallegos, Maynard,
Miller, and LaManque,
DASB:
Classified Senate: Al Guevara
Administrative Liaison:
Guests: Jeri Montgomery
Curriculum Co Chair:
[NOTE: Item numbers are reflective of agenda numbers in the order
they are actually taken up at the meeting.] The meeting was called to order at 2:32a quorum being present.
I. Approval of Agenda and
Notes: The agenda was approved as distributed with the
addition of an Item IIB, Curriculum Institute. The notes were approved
as distributed.
II. Needs and
Confirmations:Joy Duremdes was
confirmed for service on the EOPS Counselor Tenure Review Committee. Chenoweth, Khanna, and Winters were named as
serving on the Student Learning Outcomes Coordinator Search Committee along
with John Swennson. IIa. Curriculum Institute
: Chenoweth
suggested that the group sponsor attendance by Anu Khanna and one or two other
faculty at the Curriculum Institute run by the Academic Senate for California
Community Colleges. It was MSCU (Hanna/Winters)
to fund up to $1,050. At the same time,
Chenoweth was directed to urge those attending to pursue staff development
funds if such pursuit would not jeopardize the pursuit of funding for other
staff development activities.
III. District Academic Senate President: Chenoweth brought a
proposal from Paul Starer asking the group to consider the elimination of the District
Academic Senate President position. Some
discussion included ongoing concerns as to whether that position should be more
or less active and activist than it has been and a concern that this drastic
solution might be an overreaction to a specific situation or relationship. Chenoweth distributed the list of the duties
of the position and pondered the need for several of the duties. The officers were advised to seek solutions
to apparent problems short of eliminating the position. IV. Bookstore: Jeri
Montgomery was present to give the group an update on the status of on line
book ordering, the availability of electronic alternatives to books in print,
textbook rentals, and faculty custom designed course readers. On line ordering was characterized as progressing
reasonably with somewhat mixed reviews. Montgomery emphasized the
attraction of electronic versions of texts allowing faculty to choose portions
of books instead entire texts. Textbook
rental will, unfortunately, not be ready in time for Winter. The group was asked to spread the word that
the production of readers was remarkably quick and easy, with getting
permission to reprint and actual production being entirely taken care of by the
bookstore and printing services respectively. Montgomery will distribute a detailed list of points she mentioned about online textbook
ordering. Those with interest in or
concerns about any of the topics she addressed are urged to contact Steve
Mallett.
VI. Campus Architectural Style: It had been
anticipated that Marty Kahn would be present but was not. [After the meeting it
was discovered that a family medical emergency prevented his attendance.] Setziol briefly spoke to at least some of
Marty’s concerns as he understood them coming from a third source. Principally, statements were apparently made
by a top administrator that the basic campus architectural style is offensive
and that the time has come for a new, more exciting, approach. The problem is lack of consultation and
deliberation about something with effects that will last for generations. The item will return when Marty Kahn can be
present to make a presentation.
V. Student Learning Outcomes: Two documents were distributed referring to the
Coordinator search, a rough draft job description, and a small slip of paper
containing an addendum proposed by Shively. Shively’s
proposed addendum referred to the protection of faculty from excessive “load
creep”. After considerable discussion
and suggested changes to the document proposed by Kramer and Chenoweth, it
was MSC(Mitchell/Hanna) to
accept all suggestions for change other than the Shively amendment. The officers acknowledged that Chenoweth,
through the Student Learning Outcome Steering Committee would be the point
person addressing issues of load, creepy and otherwise and would inform and or
involve the Faculty Association as appropriateVII. Senator Orientation: The item was
held over due to a lack of time VIII. Good of the Order and announcements: - Chenoweth
announced the invitation from the Academic Senate for California Community
Colleges for Hayward Award nominees.
- White asked for discussion about ways to
solicit explicit and quantifiable responses from faculty. A brief discussion revealed the need for an
agenda item on the topic and differences of opinion about having collegewide
versus division specific responses and the representative roles of Senators.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30
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