Issues and reports currently being discussed by the Senate are listed below along with information on whom to contact, if you have comments.
CSU’s proposal to implement in fall 2008 a professional fee of $210 per semester unit for all students in state-supported MBA programs and similar professional business graduate programs.
Access to Excellence: http://www.calstate.edu/acadaff/System_Strategic_Planning/docs/1stDraft-A2E_v3-acc.pdf
Drops, Withdrawals, Incompletes and Repeats Report
Archived Issues
Faculty Utilization Task Force Report September, 2002 – The Faculty Utilization Task Force developed five core values for CSULA and proposed a goal of 70% of the full-time equivalent faculty positions to be composed of tenured and tenure-track faculty.
Faculty who contract with the CSU - SB 1467 and SB 41 comparison and overview - October 30, 2003
Academic Senate Committee and Subcommittee Reorganization Proposal - April 17, 2003
The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate has been working on a broad proposal to reorganize the committee and subcommittee structure of the Senate for the last four years. Below are three documents related to this proposal:
All documents are in PDF format.
Report of the Task Force on Academic Calendar* - September 10, 2001
*Note for readers unaccustomed to using "pdf" files. The report contains two kinds of links: to documents outside the report and to the appendices within it. After following a link to an appendix, return to your place in the report by using the "Go to Previous View" arrow key in the pdf toolbar.
Memo from Vice Chancellors Jackie McClain and David
Spence: "Trimester Conversion Plans" - September 7, 2001
This memo explains current policies about academic credit, "instructional
days," "work days," etc. It contains links to CSU Policies and
Government Regulations.
President Rosser's Response to Task Force Inquiries - July 31, 2001
Memo from the Task Force - July 17, 2001
Memo from Executive Vice Chancellor David Spence: "Term Conversion" - April 13, 2001
Comments and questions can be emailed to calendr@calstatela.edu
The Task Force asked the President to speak to topics such as number of units faculty might teach under a semester system, whether the two terms taught by faculty might be flexible, how we might fund the extensive activities that would be required for conversion, and what kind of flexibility there might be about an implementation date of 2003 or 2004.
Links:
Cal State Hayward's site is extensive. It contains links to catalogs of all the CSU campuses, many references to other studies and non-CSU campuses' calendar conversion experiences, CSU sites, Chancellor's office letters, etc.
http://imctwo.csuhayward.edu/senate/ctf_info.htmCal Poly Pomona. Their report includes extensive appendices, including references to a few studies on calendar conversion. Note that their CSU links are not as up to date as Hayward's.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~public_affairs/cpp_web/mesters.shtmlThe San Bernardino Calendar documents can all be reached via "Documents" on the menu on the address below. There are three relevant documents in the "Conversion Packet": the Majority Report, the Minority Report, and President Karnig's statement.
http://senate.csusb.edu/Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Their documents can be reached via "News and Documents" on the menu on the address below.
http://www.calpoly.edu/~acadsen/
Report of the Task Force on the Governance of the Academic Senate
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