Equity and Diversity

Chancellor's Office Salary and Staffing Reports

Whereas Title 5 requires each California community college to submit a staffing and salary report, and

Whereas the local academic senates should be, but often are not, aware of the statistics in that report, and

Whereas the current Chancellor's Office staffing and salary report is often unreadable and not understandable,

Resolved that the Academic Senate work with the Chancellor's Office to develop a new clear and readable mechanism for reporting salary and staffing information, and

Hiring Abuses

Whereas there have been abuses of hiring procedures under the guise of re-organization and/or business necessity,

Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to work with the Chancellor's Office and the Board of Governors to change the Title 5 affirmative action regulations in ways to close the loopholes of "business necessity" and "college reorganization," which have been excuses for ignoring the usual affirmative action hiring procedures at some colleges.

Practices that Promote Equity in Basic Skills in California Community Colleges

This paper discusses the importance of institutionalizing practices that promote equitable outcomes for all students within the vast California Community College (CCC) system. The CCC system, which annually provides educational opportunities for almost three million students, exists at the heart of the state economy and future labor pool.

Student Equity: From Dialog and Access to Action

This paper provides specific suggestions to help local faculty make more purposeful use of program-level student equity data on their campuses and suggests best practices for the use of these data as local colleges develop their equity and diversity plans. It will help California community colleges in establishing and maintaining an active link between equity plans and the ongoing review of course and program planning and accreditation.

Amend Resolution 3.02 S08

Amend the resolve:

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges recognize, collaborate with, and facilitate the promotion of the Umoja Community as an established organization across the state to enhance student success. MSR Disposition: Referred to the Executive Committee for development of additional materials and bring information and resolution back to the Fall 2008 Plenary Session.

Support for the Efforts of the Umoja Community

Whereas, Umoja (a Kiswahili word meaning unity) is a community and critical resource that serves as an umbrella for several efforts and groups and is dedicated to enhancing the cultural and educational experiences of African American and other students and to increasing student retention, persistence, and success;

Whereas, The Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges recognizes discrepancies in student achievement in basic skills courses;

African American Student Success

Whereas, Low success rates in course completion, persistence and retention by African American students are clearly documented by the Data Mart system maintained by the System Office;

Whereas, Several papers and articles on student success and basic skills also document that a disproportionate number of African American students are failing to meet the minimum level for academic success;

Amend Resolution 3.02

Whereas, Information technology gives faculty and staff the ability to access detailed data at the program and course level for use in improving Information technology's capacity is reaching the point where data can be accessed in real time and "drilled" down to the program and even the course levels such that this data can be utilized to make decisions that could impact retention and success rates across both despite equity and diversity barriers;

Using Data to Promote Equity and Diversity at the Program Level

Whereas, Information technology's capacity is reaching the point where data can be accessed in real time and "drilled" down to the program and even the course levels such that this data can be utilized to make decisions that could impact retention and success rates across both equity and diversity barriers;

Whereas, Most of today's equity efforts are aimed at either systemic or collegiate adaptations simply because there is little capacity to do otherwise; and

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