Minutes of the University Budget Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8-2743

Members Present: J. Constable, P. Newell, J. Parks, A. Parham, D. Nef, R. Sanchez; R. Maldonado, D. Bukofzer

Members Absent:

Visitors: Dean V. Samiian

The meeting was called to order by Chair Constable at 3:33 p.m. in Thomas 117.

  1. Minutes.

    MSC to approve the minutes of April 18, 2012.

  2. Agenda.

    MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.

  3. Communications and Announcements

    The senate chair elections are complete: Dr. L. Williams will serve for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Senate elections to the UBC have re-elected Dr. P. Newell and newly elected Dr. R. Moldanado (Philosophy) and Dr. D. Bukofzer (Electrical and Computer Engineering).

    The details of the Cal State Online will be discussed by Dr. O. Benavides on May 9.

    A note from Dean R. Harper of the Craig School of Business indicated that the “Ag Business MBA” is an extension of the Executive MBA program with a cohort targeting those with Ag interests. The point was raised in the committee that no apparent consultation with the Department of Agricultural Business occurred prior to naming the program.

  4. New Business

    None received.

  5. Discussion of the library materials for the online degree in Deaf Studies

    The committee reviewed the memo from Ms. Kimberly Smith of the library regarding the potential need for additional library resources to support the program in Deaf Studies. The memo noted that “current holdings can support an online degree program in Deaf Studies”.

    MSC to approve the online degree program in Deaf Studies as described. The committee noted that the conversion of the program to a primarily online format represents steps to effectively compete with entirely online non-state supported programs in Deaf Studies. The Committee recommends that the program’s progress be reviewed in three years.

  6. Discussion of non-reimbursed assigned time

    The committee discussed the amounts and distribution of assigned time use by the various schools and colleges and noted that non reimbursed assigned time was primarily used for (a) advising, (b) instruction related services and (c) instructional experimentation. Concerns continued around the potential for mis-coding of activities and therefore the validity of the data is somewhat in question. Dennis Nef will provide additional information on a second type of non-reimbursed assigned time associated with administrative duties assigned to Deans, Associate Deans and Department Chairs. Chair Constable will draft a letter to the Deans of the Schools and Colleges requesting clarification on the types of activities within a School or College that are coded as either instruction related services or instructional experimentation.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:08 p.m.

Agenda for Wednesday 2 May 2012

  1. Approval of minutes of 25 April 2012.

  2. Approval of agenda for 2 May 2012.

  3. Discussion of the budget framework of Continuing and Global Education.

  4. Communications and Announcements.

  5. New Business.

  6. Continued discussion of non-reimbursed assigned time.

  7. Continued discussion of the Dennis Nef budget model.

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