Educational Policies Committee

The Educational Policies Committee studies educational issues of concern to the Academic Senate and is the standing committee that recommends educational policies to the Executive Committee. The Committee provides a forum for high-level discussion and development of Academic Senate Policy, including its effect on faculty and students. The discussions include the viewpoint of students, CIOs and union representatives. The Educational Policies Committee researches issues as required, and writes background and/or position papers where appropriate. The Committee may pass general recommendations to other Senate committees, or work with them on more detailed implementation or technical issues. New or revised educational policies of the Academic Senate pass through the Educational Policies Committee. These may include policies to be implemented either locally or at the state level, suggested positions on proposed policies or changes in existing policies, and responses to assignments given by the President or Executive Committee.

Notes:

Six faculty members serve on this committee, along with one student representative and one CIO representative.

Current Members

Member		Term	Region
Robert Stewart		2021-22
Sharyn Eveland		2021-22
Cheryl Aschenbach		2021-22
Carlos Guerrero		2021-22
Luke Lara		2021-22
Erik Shearer		2021-22
Andrew Delunas		2021-22

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Academic Year Meetings:

Meetings 2021-2022 (Zoom)

September 23, 2021, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

October 28, 2021, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

November 25, 2021, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm ***Need to change at first meeting (Thanksgiving)

December 23, 2021, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

January 27, 2022, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

February 24, 2022, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

March 24, 2022, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

April 28, 2022, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

May 26, 2022, Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm

Meetings 2020-21 (Zoom)

September 15,2020, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

October 20, 2020, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

November 17, 2020, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

December 15, 2020, Tuesday 11:00 am -12:30 pm

January 9, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

February 9, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

March 2, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

March 23, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

April 20, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

May 18, 2021, Tuesday 10:30 am -12:00 pm

Meetings 2019-20

September 20th, 2019, 10:30-3:30pm Santa Monica College

MEETINGS 2018-19

September 5, 2018, Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 am, Zoom

October 5, 2018, Friday, 10:00 am -3:00 pm, Mt. San Antonio College

December 5, 2018, Wednesday, 3:30-5 pm, Zoom

March 8, 2019, Friday, 10:00 am -3:00 pm, Los Angeles Pierce College

April 15, 2019, Monday, 2-3 pm, Zoom

May 8, 2019, Wednesday, 2-3 pm, Zoom

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Current agenda/minutes

Current Agenda/Minutes

Term	Name	Details
2021-22	Ed Pol Meeting Agenda September 23. 2021.docx

Resolutions

Resolutions from this committee

#	Title	Session	Year	Status
03.01	Part-time Hiring	Spring	1996	Completed
06.07	Student Fees	Fall	2004	Completed
09.03	Application of Advanced Placement (AP) scores	Spring	2005	Completed
13.01	Resolution on MOUs	Spring	2005	Completed
13.02	President and Chancellor Searches	Spring	2005	Completed
13.03	Noncredit	Spring	2005	Completed
14.02	Student Cheating	Fall	2005	Completed
14.01	Student Academic Dishonesty and Grading	Fall	2005	Completed
19.01	Support for Sabbatical Leave	Fall	2005	Completed
13.02	Bond-funded Building Projects	Fall	2005	Completed
01.07	Technology Paper	Spring	2005	Completed
09.03	Study of Impact of Higher Graduation Requirements on Students	Spring	2006	Completed
13.03	Compressed Calendars	Spring	2006	Completed
13.03	Research the Increases in District Reporting Responsibilities	Fall	2006	Completed
13.04	Residency Requirements for Credit by Exam	Fall	2006	Completed
19.03	Origins and History of the 75% Goal	Fall	2006	Completed
19.07	Part-Time Faculty	Spring	2006	Completed
09.07	Grading, Student Equity, and Developing Senate Guidelines	Spring	2007	Completed
01.02	Local Processes for Faculty Appointments	Fall	2007	Completed
04.01	Expanding Opportunities for Concurrent Enrollment	Fall	2007	Completed
04.02	Concurrent Enrollment for Secondary Students	Fall	2007	Completed
13.04	A Document in Support of an Academic Culture	Fall	2007	Completed
13.06	Budgetary Practices	Fall	2007	Completed
13.02	Transition of Faculty to Administration	Fall	2007	Completed
19.03	Part-time Faculty Hiring Study	Fall	2007	Completed
17.01	Resolution to Update Paper on Enrollment Management	Fall	2007	Completed
09.05	Resolution to Update the Senate Paper on Program Review	Fall	2007	Completed
19.03	Resolution to Amend Adoption of the Academic Integrity Paper	Spring	2007	Completed
19.04	Sabbatical Leave Position Paper	Spring	2007	Completed
13.03	Improving Faculty Interest in Administrative Leadership	Spring	2008	Completed
09.04	Support for Information Competency	Spring	2008	Completed
04.01	Concurrent Enrollment	Spring	2008	Completed
14.02	The Value of Grades	Spring	2008	Completed
20.01	Researching the Needs of LGBT Students	Fall	2009	Completed
13.04	Develop Guides for Using Data	Spring	2009	Completed
13.05	Influence of Outside Organizations on Policies	Spring	2009	Completed
09.02	Update Program Discontinuance: A Faculty Perspective – 1998	Fall	2009	Completed
13.09	Building Alliances for Improving Enterprise Software Capabilities	Spring	2009	Completed
17.04	Resources for Senate/Bargaining Unit Relations	Spring	2009	Found Not Feasible
13.13	Institutional Review Board	Spring	2009	Completed
09.01	International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam Applicability to Associate Degree General Education Requirements	Spring	2010	Completed
13.02	Understanding Student Accumulation of “Excess Units”	Spring	2010	Completed
13.03	Academic Freedom: New Recommendations	Fall	2010	Completed
13.06	Develop a Faculty Definition of Student Success	Fall	2010	Completed
13.10	Support for Distance Learning Coordinators	Fall	2010	Completed
17.01	Responses to Violations of Law, Policy, and Procedure	Fall	2010	Completed
06.03	Further Research on the 50% Law	Spring	2010	Completed
09.12	Support and Retention of Intercollegiate Athletic Programs	Spring	2011	Completed
13.10	Coordinating a Model of Basic Skills Instruction through Implementation of the ERWC	Fall	2011	Completed
18.05	Limiting Repetitions and “Ws”	Spring	2011	Completed
01.02	Timely Process for Responding to Urgent Issues	Fall	2011	Completed
19.05	Faculty Evaluations Processes	Fall	2011	Completed
13.20	Supplemental Instruction Survey and Glossary	Fall	2011	In Progress
13.01	Automatic Awarding of Earned Degrees or Certificates	Fall	2012	Completed
17.01	Approval of Grant Driven Projects	Fall	2012	In Progress
13.07	Hiring of Academic Administrators	Spring	2012	Completed
21.02	CTE Program Review	Spring	2012	Completed
13.05	Revisit Failing Students for an Egregious Act of Cheating	Spring	2013	Completed
19.03	Develop Training Guidance for Faculty Engaged in Peer Evaluations	Spring	2013	In Progress
07.06	Re-enrollment Information for Admissions and Records Staff	Fall	2014	In Progress
13.02	Dual and Concurrent Enrollment	Fall	2014	Completed
06.03	Support Expanding Dual Enrollment Opportunities for High School Students	Spring	2015	Completed
07.01	System Handbook on Guidelines and Effective Practices for Dealing with Student Academic Dishonesty	Spring	2015	Not Addressed
14.01	Allowing Faculty to Submit the “Report Delayed” (RD) Symbol for Instances of Student Academic Dishonesty	Spring	2015	In Progress
09.02	Develop a Paper on Effective Practices for Educational Program Development	Spring	2016	In Progress
09.02	Faculty Involvement in the Creation of Dual Enrollment Programs	Fall	2016	Completed
09.03	Investigate Effective Practices for Pathways Programs	Fall	2016	Completed
18.01	Local Senate Approval for Participation in Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP)	Fall	2016	Completed
09.03	Addressing the Needs of Students Impacted by the Changes to Course Repetition	Spring	2017	In Progress
12.02	Support Use of Sabbaticals and Other Professional Development for Open Educational Resources Development	Spring	2017	Completed
07.03	Evaluation and Certification of Coursework from Home Schools	Fall	2017	In Progress
13.01	Recognition of Course Sections with Low-Cost Course Material Options	Fall	2017	In Progress
13.02	Environmental Responsibility: College Campuses as Living/Learning Labs	Fall	2017	In Progress
14.01	Effective Practices for Allowing Students to Repeat Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades	Fall	2017	In Progress
09.01	Update to the Existing SLO Terminology Glossary and Creation of a Paper on Student Learning Outcomes	Spring	2017	Assigned
05.03	Develop Resources with Guidance Relevant to the Student Centered Funding Formula	Fall	2018	Assigned
17.01	Guided Pathways, Strategic Enrollment Management, and Program Planning	Fall	2018	Assigned
13.02	Data Paper and Equity-Minded Practices	Fall	2019	Assigned
06.02	Legislative and Systemic Support for Academic Freedom	Fall	2020	Assigned
13.01	Administrator Retreat Policies	Fall	2020	Assigned
06.05	Aligning Attendance Accounting for Asynchronous Credit Distance Education Courses with Synchronous Credit Distance Education Courses	Spring	2021	Assigned

Rostrums

Rostrums from this committee

Title	Published	Year
Part-time Issues	September	1997
Intellectual Property: Your Right to Compensation	February	1999
Part-time Paper Adopted Amid Controversy	February	1999
Paper on the Future of the Community College Adopted	February	1999
Coronations and Assassinations: Finding the Appropriate Role for Faculty in the Evaluation of Administrators	April	2001
Alternative Calendars: An Update	April	2001
Educational Policies Committee	October	2003
Outrage and the Moral Dimension	December	2003
Four Policy Issues: Fees, Textbooks, Degrees, and Corporatization	December	2004
Conversations about Leadership	March	2004
Consultants and the 10 + 1	November	2005
Changes to the Graduation Requirements for the Associate's Degree	September	2005
The Corporatization of Higher Education	September	2005
Graduation Requirements in English and Mathematics with Apologies to Andrew Marvell	March	2005
Minors on Campus	February	2006
A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges	May	2006
Underage Students	December	2006
Senate Roles in Administrator Searches: Survey Findings	February	2007
Update on Implementing New Mathematics and English Requirements	December	2008
Grades are Valuable	May	2009
Survey says. The Status of Information Competency	September	2009
Institutional Review Boards—An Academic and Professional Matter	November	2009
Budget Cut Blues, What Happened?	December	2010
What we “know” (about) what we “need”	December	2010
Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority	January	2010
Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College	April	2010
The Appointment or Selection of Faculty to Short-term, Non-teaching Tasks - Why did HE get that position?	April	2010
Open Access and “Excess Units”	March	2011
I Fought the Law…	September	2011
The Chance to be Human	February	2012
Effective Practices: Part-Time Faculty and Local Academic Senates	April	2012
Beyond the Classroom: Fostering Local and Statewide Engagement in Our Faculty	June	2013
Automatic Awarding of Degrees and Certificates – Considerations for Local Senates	February	2015
Open Educational Resources and the California Community Colleges	November	2015
Dual Enrollment: What Local Senates Need to Know	February	2016
Dual Enrollment and Basic Skills: A New Pathway for Students	May	2016
Advanced Placement Examination Credit Policy for General Education	April	2017
The Value of Time: Going on Sabbatical? Try OER	October	2017
Supplemental Instruction Revisited	April	2018
Data 101: Guiding Principles —10 Years Later	October	2019
The 4th Pillar: Guiding Questions to Focus and Define Faculty Involvement	April	2019

Publications

Publications from this committee

Title	Session	Year	Topic
Academic Standards: The Faculty's Role	Spring	1983	Curriculum
Instructor Advisement	Spring	1985	General Concerns
High Schools: Planning for Tomorrow: How to Prepare in High School for Your Community College Years	Spring	1986	Articulation and Transfer
Professional Standards for Faculty	Spring	1987	Professional Standards
Role of Faculty in the Curriculum Process	Spring	1987	Curriculum
Affirmative Action Guidelines	Spring	1987	Equity and Diversity
Critical Thinking Skills in the College Curriculum	Spring	1988	Curriculum
Humanities Instruction in the California Community College: Renewing Our Commitment	Spring	1988	Curriculum
High Schools: Improving Articulation between High Schools and Community Colleges: Activities and Incentives	Spring	1988	Articulation and Transfer
Ethics: Why the Academic Senate Has Adopted the AAUP Ethics Statement	Spring	1988	Professional Standards
Part-time Faculty Hiring Procedures: A Model Based on Assembly Bill 1725	Fall	1989
Equivalence to the Minimum Qualifications	Fall	1989	Professional Standards
Contract Faculty Hiring Procedures: A Model Based on Assembly Bill 1725	Fall	1989
Administrator Retreat Rights: An Introduction and a Model Procedure	Spring	1990	Professional Standards
Tenure: Towards a Model Four Year Tenure Process	Fall	1990	Professional Standards
Guidelines for Developing a Faculty Evaluation Process	Spring	1990	Professional Standards
Student Equity: Proposal for Action	Spring	1991	Students
Hiring Effective Faculty: An Introduction	Spring	1991	Professional Standards
Recommendation on Length of the Academic Year	Spring	1992	General Concerns
Administrator Evaluation: Toward a Model Academic Administrator Evaluation Policy	Fall	1992	Professional Standards
Graduate Students as Interns in the California Community Colleges	Recurrent	1992	Professional Standards
Toward a Model Chief Executive Officer Evaluation Policy	Spring	1993	Professional Standards
Distance Learning in California Community Colleges: An Academic Senate Review of the Social, Fiscal and Educational Issues	Fall	1993	Distance Learning
Faculty Ethics: Expanding The AAUP Ethics Statement	Spring	1994	Professional Standards
Integrated Approach to Multicultural Education	Spring	1995	Curriculum
Governor's School to Career Plan: A Response by The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges	Fall	1995	Career Technical Education
Scope, Implications, and Impact: The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Response to the Proposed CSU Policy to Eliminate Remedial Education for Entering Undergraduate Students	Fall	1995	Articulation and Transfer
Perspective on Faculty Responsibilities: Suggestions for Local Senates	Spring	1995	Professional Standards
Program Review: Developing a Faculty Driven Process	Spring	1996	Curriculum
Use of Part-time Faculty in California Community Colleges: Issues and Impact	Spring	1996
Toward A Nonviolent Campus Climate: Conflict Resolution	Spring	1996	General Concerns
Plus and Minus Grading Options: Toward Accurate Student Performance Evaluations	Spring	1996	Grading
Toward Increased Student Success: Transfer as an Institutional Commitment	Fall	1996	Articulation and Transfer
Textbook Pricing Policies and Student Access	Fall	1997	Students
Toward Accurate Student Performance Evaluation: Symbol for Unofficial Withdrawal	Spring	1997	Grading
Participation of Part-time Faculty on the Executive Committee of The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges	Fall	1998
Program Discontinuance: A Faculty Perspective	Spring	1998	Curriculum
Academic Freedom and Tenure: A Faculty Perspective	Spring	1998	Professional Standards
Future of the Community College: A Faculty Perspective	Fall	1998	General Concerns
California Articulation Number System (CAN): Toward Increased Faculty Participation	Spring	1998	Articulation and Transfer
Performance Based Funding: A Faculty Critique and Action Agenda	Spring	1998	General Concerns
Role of Academic Senates in Enrollment Management	Fall	1999	Local Senates
Academic Freedom, Privacy, Copyright and Fair Use in a Technological World	Fall	1999	Distance Learning
Revised Equivalence to the Minimum Qualifications	Spring	1999	Professional Standards
Re-Examination of Faculty Hiring: Processes and Procedures	Fall	2000	Professional Standards
Technology in Education: A Summary of Practical Policy and Workload Language	Spring	2000	Distance Learning
Alternative Calendars: Recommendations and a Progress Report	Spring	2000	Local Senates
Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting	Fall	2001	Local Senates
Part-Time Faculty: A Principled Perspective	Spring	2002
Faculty as Professionals: Responsibilities, Standards and Ethics	Spring	2002	Professional Standards
Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Academic Chairs: An Academic Senate Perspective	Spring	2004	Professional Standards
What's Wrong with Student Fees? Renewing the Commitment to No-Fee, Open-Access Community Colleges in California	Fall	2004	Students
Textbook Issues: Economic Pressures and Academic Values	Spring	2005	Students
What is the Meaning of a California Community College Degree?	Fall	2005	Curriculum
The Status of Nursing Education in the California Community Colleges	Fall	2005	General Concerns
The Role of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges	Fall	2006	Professional Standards
Minors on Campus: Underage Students at Community Colleges	Fall	2006	General Concerns
Promoting and Sustaining an Institutional Climate of Academic Integrity	Spring	2007	Grading
Sabbaticals: Benefiting Faculty, The Institution, and Students	Spring	2007	Professional Standards
Sabbaticals: Effective Practices for Proposals, Implementation and Follow-Up	Spring	2008	Professional Standards
Promoting Thoughtful Faculty Conversations About Grade Distributions	Spring	2008	Grading
Program Review: Setting a Standard	Spring	2009	Curriculum
Budget Considerations - A Primer for Senate Leaders	Fall	2009
Enrollment Management Revisited	Spring	2009	Local Senates
Program Discontinuance: A Faculty Perspective Revisited	Fall	2012	Curriculum
Sound Principles For Faculty Evaluation	Spring	2013	Professional Standards
Effective Practices for Educational Program Development	Spring	2018	Curriculum
Student Learning Outcomes	Spring	2019	Curriculum
Protecting the Future of Academic Freedom During a Time of Significant Change	Fall	2020	Professional Standards

Past members

Past Members

Term: 2020-21
Member		Term	Region
Sam Foster		2020-21
Mayra Cruz		2020-21
Leigh Anne Shaw		2020-21
Darcie McClelland		2020-21
Teresa Aldredge		2020-21
Adrean Askerneese		2020-21
Andrew Nickens		2020-21
Gerardo Chavez		2020-21
James Preston		2020-21

Term: 2019-20
Member		Term	Region
Nathaniel Donahue		2019-20
Stephanie Curry		2019-20
Julie Bruno		2019-20
Carolyn Holcroft		2019-20
Angela Echeverri		2019-20
Manuel Vélez		2019-20

Term: 2018-19
Member		Term	Region
Anna Nicholas		2018-19
Craig Rutan		2018-19
Julie Clark		2018-19
Christy Karau-Magnani		2018-19
Greg Burchett		2018-19

Term: 2017-18
Member		Term	Region
Randy Beach		2017-18
Rebecca Eikey		2017-18
Christopher Howerton		2017-18
Andrea Guillen Dutton		2017-18
David Lagala		2017-18
Holly Bailey-Hofmann		2017-18

Term: 2016-17
Member		Term	Region
Virginia "Ginni" May		2016-17
Randy Beach		2016-17
Andrea Devitt		2016-17
Donna Greene		2016-17
Michael Flores		2016-17

Term: 2015-16
Member		Term	Region
Dolores Davison		2015-16
Wheeler North		2015-16
Julie Bruno		2015-16
Cynthia Reiss		2015-16
Lillian Batista-Edwards		2015-16
Tonya Cobb		2015-16
Corinna Evett		2015-16
Jason Edington		2015-16

Term: 2014-15
Member	Term	Region
John Freitas	2014-15	6
Cynthia Reiss	2014-15
Diana Hurlbut	2014-15
Scott Lee	2014-15
Eric Lehtonen	2014-15
Asia Reed	2014-15
Joseph Bielanski	2014-15
Phil Crawford	2014-15

Past minutes

Past Minutes

Term: 2020-21
Term	Name	Details
2020-21	Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 17 November 2020.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 15 December 2020.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol Meeting Notes 19 January 2020 .docx
2020-21	Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 9 February 2021.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 2 March 2021.docx
2020-21	Recommendationsfinal3-2-21.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol Agenda 23 March 2021.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol 9-15-2020 meeting notes.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol meeting notes 29 September 2020.docx
2020-21	Ed Pol MInutes 20 October 2020.docx