Richard Mahon Jane Patton

 Ed Code  Title 5  Local Policies  Accreditation

 Effective local senates  Senate V. Union roles  Using Resolutions  Documents subject to senate review  Brown Act

Standard IV “Faculty and administrators have a substantive and clearly defined role in institutional governance and exercise a substantial voice in institutional policies, planning, and budget that relate to their areas of responsibility and expertise. Students and staff also have established mechanisms or organizations for providing input into institutional decisions.” (IV.A.2.a)

“ The best planning will be bottom up in nature” (p. 2) “Planning should drive budgeting and not vice versa” (p. 8)

Multi-college Districts: “ Budgeting in a multi-college district is the achievement of an equitable allocation formula.”

Paper’s Recommendations Planning should drive budgeting, never the reverse Planning should always be for the first-rate Planning, in an academic context, should be a bottom-up process

Paper’s Recommendations Final recommendations of the planning and budget committee(s) should be reviewed by the academic senate, & other campus constituencies.

Formula shall be equitable with respect to each college in the district Districts should take a “students first” approach to budgeting Centralized services should be subject to regular review and evaluation

How does today’s climate change the faculty roles? Governance Planning Budgeting

Yeah, but...

When are faculty roles in jeopardy? When policies or practices are not up-to-date When policies or practices are not followed When faculty are not vigilant When groups squabble (e.g. senate + union)

How to prevent the dilution of faculty roles In the short and the long term Symptoms that something is going wrong

Avoiding Summer Surprises Summer senate meetings Summer governance committee meetings Regular interactions with administrators Senate president is empowered not as a individual but as a representative of senate & its position

Resources Faculty Role in Planning and Budget Enrollment Management (1 st and 2 nd papers) Program Discontinuance: A Faculty Perspective Scenarios (& all of your binder contents) Title 5 and Ed Code Rostrum ASCCC office and Exec members

Scenarios Number on reduction of reassigned time Number on accreditation Number on budget processes Directions:  Exec members will lead 8 groups of ~8-10  What’s the issue? Citation? Solution?