The Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate FAX: 278-5745
Telephone: 278-2743 (EC-18)
April 11, 2011
Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, William Covino,
Gena Gechter, Thomas Holyoke, Pedro Ramirez
(student member), O. Harald Schweizer, Lynn
Williams, Michael Botwin (ex-officio)
Members Excused: Jacinta Amaral, President John Welty
Visitors: V. Baker, P. Popma, F. Schreiber
The meeting was called to order at 3:03 p.m. by Chair Caldwell in the Library
Conference Room 2108.
1. Agenda.
MSC to approve the Agenda.
2. Approval.
MSC to approve the Minutes of 4/4/11.
3. Communications and Announcements.
Communication Item
A. Memorandum (April 7, 2011) from Fred Schreiber, Chair Academic
Policy & Planning Committee, to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic
Senate re: AP&P membership. Memo has been received.
Dr. Fred Schreiber, Chair, Academic Policy & Planning Committee,
has resigned from AP&P effective the end of spring 2011 semester.
Chair Caldwell will send a letter of appreciation on behalf of the
Academic Senate. Individual members of the Executive Committee
were encouraged to send letters of appreciation to Dr. Schreiber.
B. Memorandum (April 5, 2011) from the University Graduate
Committee, to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Added
Authorization in Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Memo has been received.
Next Executive Committee Agenda.
C. Email, April 8, 2011, from John S. Nicols, Professor Emeritus of
Communications and International Affairs College of
Communications, Penn State University, to coia@clerk.soc.psu, re
COIA endorsement. Email has been received.
Item will be sent to Dr. D. Schecter, FAR Representative, and the
Athletic Advisory Council.
D. Email, April 7, 2011, from James Postma, Chair of the Statewide
Academic Senate, to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re:
Academic Constitutional Amendment. Email has been received.
Next Executive Committee Agenda.
4. Policy on the Procedures and Guidelines for the Periodic Review
of Academic Programs (APM 220)–Academic Policy & Planning.
Second Reading.
Dr. F. Schreiber, Chair of AP&P, gave an overview of the
rationale for revising APM 220 and described the main changes
to the document – i.e., to separate the procedures from the
policy. Several questions were asked by the Executive
Committee.
MSC to send the Policy on the Procedures and Guidelines
for the Periodic Review of Academic Programs (APM
220)–Academic Policy & Planning to the Academic
Senate for approval.
5. Creating a Departmental Policy on Assessment of Teaching
Effectiveness (APM 322)–Personnel Committee. Second Reading.
Ms. P. Popma, Chair of the Personnel Committee, was present to
respond to questions from the Executive Committee.
MSC to send Creating a Departmental Policy on
Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness (APM 322)–
Personnel Committee to the Academic Senate for
approval.
6. Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) Process (APM 324, 325,
327)–Personnel Committee. Second Reading.
Ms. P. Popma, Chair of the Personnel Committee, described the
committee’s deliberations regarding this item and responded to
questions from the Executive Committee.
Ms. Popma clarified that the Personnel Committee defines a
negative recommendation as a non-recommendation for tenure
and/or promotion.
The Personnel Committee inserted a new section to APM 327,
Section III Additional Criteria for Promotion to Full Professor (see p. 5).
A lengthy discussion was held. Provost Covino expressed
concern for equity in RTP criteria across departments and
programs. T. Holyoke and M. Botwin will review the RTP criteria
across departments and programs and provide a report to the
Executive Committee.
The Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) Process (APM 324,
325, 327)–Personnel Committee will return to the agenda of the
next Executive Committee meeting for continued reading.
7. Policies and Procedures Student Academic Petitions Committee
(APM 243)–Student Affairs.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
8. Co-Curricular Leadership Certification Consultation–Student
Affairs.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
9. Executive Session.
There was no Executive Session.
MSC to adjourn at 4:04 p.m.
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be announced.
An Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.
Submitted by: Approved by:
Michael Caldwell Michael Caldwell
Chair Chair
Academic Senate Academic Senate
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