Course Placement
Whereas the document, Placement of Courses Within Disciplines, calls for the establishment of a philosophy to maintain the academic integrity of each discipline by assisting senates in the placement of courses into disciplines, and
Whereas the document, Placement of Courses Within Disciplines, calls for the establishment of a philosophy to maintain the academic integrity of each discipline by assisting senates in the placement of courses into disciplines, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate approve the document Placement of Courses Within Disciplines as amended.
Resolved that the Academic Senate approve 1996 Disciplines Review and Timeline: A Proposal.
Whereas actual college practices involved in establishing equivalency vary, and
Whereas some colleges refer to "eminence" as a feature of their equivalency processes, and
Whereas some colleges have reported the practice of establishing equivalency contingent on entry to specific courses rather than the discipline as a whole, and
Whereas economic pressures are causing widespread consideration of program elimination, and
Whereas data identifying programs eliminated and the reasons for elimination can be useful for development of strategies to address program elimination,
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to collect data identifying programs eliminated by individual community colleges and the reason (s) for elimination, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to research program discontinuance policies and procedures, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to prepare guidelines for local senates regarding model practices for curriculum committees which include, but are not limited to: standards for committee composition, role of department/division chairs, role of administrators, role of librarians, involvement in program review, and resource allocation, and to present such guidelines at a future session.
Resolved that the Academic Senate urge the Executive Committee to create a joint committee representing the Academic Senate and the statewide bargaining agents (CTA, CFT, Independents) and FACCC to develop implementation strategies for faculty ethics and professional responsibilities at local colleges and bring a position paper on such strategies to a future session.
Resolved that the Academic Senate receive the paper Faculty Ethics: Expanding the American Association University Professors (AAUP) Ethics Statement as amended, as a guideline regarding community college faculty ethical responsibilities, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate recommend to local senates that they, using their consultation processes, adopt an ethics statement, or revise their existing statement, taking as a point of departure, the recommendations in this expansion of the AAUP Ethics Statement, and
Whereas the costs of earning an education in the California Community Colleges are on the rise, and
Whereas the rising costs of textbooks and materials increase barriers to those students least able to afford and most in need of the benefits of a community college education,
Resolved that the Academic Senate urge local senates to recommend to faculty that they consider the cost of books as one of the criteria in book selection.
Resolved that the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges adopt the document "Guidelines for the Implementation of the Flexible Calendar Program."