Academic Senate

Whereas, The Academic Senate often presents on effective practices in breakouts at plenary sessions and institutes;

Whereas, The Academic Senate often provides effective practices in Rostrum articles; and

Whereas, The Academic Senate often provides effective practices in papers;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work to provide summaries and checklists on effective practices on its website for easy reference by local senate leaders. MSC Disposition: Local Senates

Whereas, Local senate executive teams change frequently in colleges and districts, necessitating access to resources and information on a variety of issues pertinent to faculty;

Whereas, The Executive Committee for the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges also changes regularly, and local senate leaders cannot always recognize which members of the Executive Committee are experts in each area of responsibility assigned to the Academic Senate through Title 5 and elsewhere; and

Whereas, There are multiple methods by which a faculty member can be assigned to short-term, non-teaching work such as Student Learning Outcomes or accreditation coordinator, or grant director;

Whereas, A recent Academic Senate survey indicated that districts and colleges employ different methods of assigning faculty to these tasks such as appointment by the local academic senates, or by the administration, or by a competitive process; and

Whereas, The Academic Senate Bylaws include provision for conferring the status of senator emerituson individuals; and

Whereas, TheAcademic Senate Bylaws include no procedure or criteria for conferring the status of senator emeritus;

Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopted resolution 1.8 F95 asking for the Executive Committee to review the "new resolution process used in this session (Fall 1995) and bring to the Spring Session a recommendation for an `appeal' of the Executive Committee's determination of urgent resolutions"

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the following procedure for an appeal process regarding an "appeal" of the Executive Committee's determination of urgent resolutions, and

Whereas, Participation in the development and implementation of budget processes is one of the academic and professional matters assigned to the purview of faculty under Title 5;

Whereas, Understanding and tracking state and local budget data is a critical skill for local faculty leaders who wish to participate effectively in the development and implementation of budget processes, but one which may be difficult for many faculty;

Whereas, The current resolution process as published in the Plenary Session materials says that resolutions may be authored in one of five ways:
Resolutions created by the Executive Committee, its individual members, or by the standing committees of the Academic Senate
Resolutions brought by individual faculty to an Area meeting
Resolutions adopted by local senates
Resolutions developed during the Area meetings by those in attendance
Resolutions developed at the Plenary Session; and

Whereas, Promoting transfer is one of the central missions of the California community colleges, and transfer is frequently subjected to changes in policy and procedure as a result of legislation, regulation, and/or the policies and procedures of our transfer partners;

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has a demonstrated commitment to diversity through its committees, actions, and initiatives;

Whereas, The Academic Senate has a stated diversity policy:

Whereas, Administrators and trustees who understand, value, and honor the role of faculty and other participatory governance groups can create a positive collaborative teaching and learning environment that fosters student success; and

Whereas, Training in participatory governance as defined by Title 5 53200 is on many local campuses quite limited;