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FACULTY SENATE MINUTES

October 18, 2005

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.

III. 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.

IV. 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 Richard Comerford

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,

Marjorie Webster

Professor Marjorie Webster

Secretary

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