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-6)
October 11, 2010
Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, Jacinta
Amaral, William Covino, Gena Gechter, Pedro
Ramirez, O. Harald Schweizer, President John
Welty, Michael Botwin (ex-officio).
Member Absent: Thomas Holyoke.
Visitor: S. Hayes, P. Popma.
The meeting was called to order at 3:04 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 10/04/10.
3. Communications and Announcements. (Anyone wishing a copy of
the items distributed or discussed, may contact the Academic
Senate Office).
Information Item
A. Provost Covino gave an update on the RFP for student rating
of instruction instruments by external vendors. A timeline
for selecting an instrument and its pilot testing and full
integration across the campus is being created with the
assistance of Brian Cotham (Procurement and Support
Services).
B. President Welty announced that the university has a budget
and described the distribution of budget including stimulus
money, enrollment growth and enrollment targets. He also
announced good news that the university’s budget plan put
in place last spring is intact. The primary strategy is to offer
enough courses in spring 2011 to meet enrollment targets.
C. President Welty announced that, as a result of having a
budget, the search for a Chief Information Officer (CIO) will
proceed.
D. Senator Jacinta Amaral (Statewide) announced the statewide
senate will have interim meetings on Friday.
Action Item
E. Revised memorandum (10/6/10) from Paula Popma, Chair
Personnel Committee to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic
Senate re: Ad Hoc Committee Report Regarding Investigation
of Student Rating of Faculty Instruments, was received.
Today’s Agenda Item #4.
F. A memorandum (10/8/10) from Fred Schreiber, Chair
Academic Policy & Planning Committee, to Michael Caldwell,
Chair Academic Senate re: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
RN-to-BSN, Off-Campus, was received.
Agenda item next Executive Committee Meeting.
4. Revised memorandum (10/6/10) from Paula Popma, Chair
Personnel Committee to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate
re: Ad Hoc Committee Report Regarding Investigation of Student
Rating of Faculty Instruments.
Point of Clarification: Item 2. of the memo should conclude
with direction stating by whom the RFP will be sent, i.e., by
the Office of the Provost.
An addendum to the Ad Hoc Committee’s report will include
the following:
The Required Features of External Vendors (Item F.2.b) are
revised as follows:
a. F.2.b.2 reads as “The rating form(s) has appropriate
research evidence, consistent with professional
standards, that demonstrates its reliability and
validity.”
b. F.2.b.4, Users (departments) are able to remove or
zero-weight individual questions on the common form (in accordance with the course
CS number), is moved
to the list of Desired Features of External Vendors.
c. F.2.b.5, Users (departments) are able to adjust the
weight of individual items, is moved to the list of
Desired Features of External Vendors.
The Desired Features of External Vendors (Item F.2.b) are
revised as follows:
a. Add an item to the list of Desired Features of
External Vendors that reads “Rating form(s) is
available that has questions that are appropriate
for online courses.”
6. Executive Session.
There was no Executive Session
MSC to adjourn at 3:22 p.m.
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be October 18, 2010.
An Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.
Submitted by: Approved by:
Dawn Lewis Michael Caldwell
Recording Secretary Chair
Academic Senate Academic Senate
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