Statewide Academic Senate Report November 16, 2010 Statewide Academic Senate Representatives: Andrea Renwanz Boyle Martin Linder Darlene Yee-Melichar 1

Fiscal and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair: Darlene Yee-Melichar Liaison Reports George Diehr, CalPERS Board of Administration David Hood, ASCSU Budget Specialist John Travis, CFA Liaison Karen Zamarripa, AVC Advocacy and State Relations 2

Fiscal and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair: Darlene Yee-Melichar Committee Resolutions  AS /FGA; Affordable Learning Solutions Initiative; Withdrawn  AS /FGA; Adequate Financial Support for the Academic Senate CSU; Tabled  AS /FGA; Commendation for Allison Jones, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Academic Support; Tabled  AS /FA/FGA; Sale, Distribution or Publishing of Class Materials for Commercial Use; Approved  AS /FGA/APEP; Fiscal Concerns on Implementation of Early Start Programs; First Reading  AS /FGA/AA; Call for Intersegmental Collaboration on the Implementation of AB 1295 (Fuller)- Postsecondary Education: Nursing Degree Programs; First Reading 3

Academic Affairs Committee Chair: Andrea Renwanz Boyle Liaison Reports SB 1440 Implementation Committee 4

Academic Affairs Committee Chair: Andrea Renwanz Boyle Committee Resolutions  AS /AA; Counseling and Troops to College; Approved Unanimously AS /AA; Resolution on Returning Veterans; Approved Unanimously  AS /AA; Creation of a Taskforce for Developing System Policies Regarding Online Degree Programs 5

ASCSU Plenary SF State Rep: Martin Linder Liaison Reports  Executive Vice Chancellor Ephraim Smith  Graduation Initiative  Four Campuses Visited  Remaining campuses will be visited by March  Best practices to share with the other campuses  1440 Update  FTES Targets: Grown to 339,000  CSULB President F. King Alexander  Public higher education financing  LAO Presentation (2008 data) 6

7 ASCSU Plenary SF State Rep: Martin Linder  LAO (Legislative Analysts Office) Presentation (2008 data)  Teach a very high percentage of high cost students as indicated by Pell Grants  Incredibly efficient as indicated by our spending per student/outcome  California and Florida spend the least for public higher education  Ivy League institutions combined serve half the total number of low-income students then CSU Northridge

8 ASCSU Plenary SF State Rep: Martin Linder  LAO Presentation (2008 data) Institution Spending/Degree – CCC $93,172 – CSU $48,143 – Peer $65,336 – Public Research $68,636 – UC $96,332 – Private Research $203,348

9 ASCSU Plenary SF State Rep: Martin Linder  Eric Forbes, CO Director of Enrollment Management Services  The Early Start  Implementation plans are due this month  Implementation Fall 2012  John Travis, CFA Liaison  Bargaining team was surprised at the number and intensity of “take-away” proposals  They would like more latitude in layoff procedures and evaluation of faculty  CFA opposes the proposed student fee increases.

10 ASCSU Plenary SF State Rep: Martin Linder  Teri Yamada (CFA bargaining team)  Red Balloon  Believes this is aligned with a number of other efforts to redesign curriculum, delivery and academic structures  There are concerns about the lack of respect for faculty governance in these initiatives  Other Red Balloon Insights

Statewide Academic Senate Report November 16, 2010 Comments? Questions? Thank you! 11