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FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
Dr. Alan Kaufman, Chair of the Senate, called the
meeting to order at 3:55 p.m.
I.
REVIEW OF MINUTES
Minutes of the September 13, 2005,
Senate meeting were accepted without objection.
II.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Senate Officers meeting with the
President:
A. The motion that was passed at the September
13 meeting:
"Dr. Kaufman made a motion which proposes
that the Senate not discuss each CC resolution unless someone wants to
question a particular item. New curricular items will continue to be
distributed to the Senate, as a package, but individual items will only be
discussed and voted on if individual members bring them up. With this, we ask
the Curriculum Committee to be more diligent in their work, and Dr. Kaufman
will request from Vice President Porter time on the agenda of the year's first
Curriculum Committee meeting to speak to them about this Senate change and its
implications for the Curriculum Committee."
needs to be modified. New programs need
to be discussed and approved by the Senate; but the rest remains the same.
B.
Assessment was discussed and a report will be given
today. Dr. Kaufman thanked the sub-committee on Student Learning Outcomes for
their hard work: Dr. Fressola, Professor Joan Dalrymple, Professor Lenore
Lerer, Professor Denise Jerman, and Dr. Judi Davis.
III.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Final Exam Week Committee: Professor
Orlando reported that the committee is collecting information on a final week
or a partial week; doing research on teaching/learning impact; identifying New
Jersey schools to see if they have an exam week; meeting with the Academic Vice
President, deans, and department heads; and compiling survey to be distributed
to the faculty via e-mail. They hope to have a report by the end of the Fall
semester; then the Senate can decide what should be.
IV.
OLD BUSINESS: Dr. Maria Fressola took questions on
the two documents included in the Agenda packet: "Bergen Community College
Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan" and "An Assessment
Framework." The Framework document was approved by the BCC Board of
Trustees in July of 2005 and remains in effect until the Senate approves something
different. The President and Dr. Redmond have said that whatever the Senate
approves, that document will replace what is in the current Framework document
regarding assessment as affects the faculty. After a lengthy discussion, there
was a MOTION to table.
PASSED:
25 – 20 – 6.
V.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Senate
Resolutions:
SR#7-05/06 Course Addition SOC-1XX Introduction to
Substance Abuse
SR#8-05/06 Course Addition SOC-1XX Substance Abuse
Counseling
PASSED:
38 – 2 - 4
SR#2-05/06 Curriculum Addition COA: Real Estate
SR#3-05/06 Course Addition REA-2XX Zoning, Planning
and Land Use
SR#4-05/06 Course Addition REA-2XX NJ Environmental
Regulations
SR#5-05/06 Course Addition REA-2XX Real Estate
Leasing
SR#6-05/06 Course Addition REA-2XX Real Estate
Finance
PASSED:
26 – 11 -11 with the stipulation that the name of SR#6-05-06,
REA-2XX,
Real Estate Finance be changed to "Real Estate Financing."
B. Class
space and what courses will be offered--Professor
A motion was made to have the Chair appoint
a sub-committee to study class sections versus class sizes and make
recommendations.
FAILED:
7 – 14 – 16.
C. Search
Committees—Professor Peter Helff: this was tabled until the next meeting.
D. FACULTY SENATE RESOLUTION ON AMENDING
THE RESOLUTION ON LEARNING OUTCOMES: Dr. Gary Porter, Academic Vice
President
Whereas the Faculty Senate has authority
to establish an ad hoc committee in accordance with 5.1 of the Constitution of
the General Faculty (Eff. April 27, 2005).
Whereas the Faculty Senate has established
a permanent subcommittee on the assessment of student learning.
Therefore, be it resolved that:
The language regarding the ex officio membership on
the Subcommittee on the Assessment of Student Learning be changed as follows:
The Director of Learning Outcomes Assessment and
Testing Academic Vice President
or designee will
participate as an ex officio member
of the subcommittee.
A friendly amendment to the above was accepted by the
maker: "If the Academic Vice President chooses to appoint a designee, this
person needs to be approved by the Faculty Senate."
PASSED:
25 – 5 - 1
The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Professor Marjorie Webster
Secretary