3.  The Constitution of our Academic Senate directs us to hold at least one, scheduled, all-faculty meeting each academic year.  Today is it!

4.  Faculty who are not senators and don’t attend senate meetings can be brought up to date on the work of the Senate.  All faculty and staff have the chance to hear from the President, the Provost, the Senate Chair, and the Brakebill Award honoree.

5. Highlights of Senate Business Fall 2014

6. Senate Coordinator: Adrienne Durso

7.  Pre-Proposal Forms  Pre-Proposal Program Launch Decision Form  Anticipated Revenues and costs worksheets  CSUSM Degree Program Proposal Checklist  Program Proposal Tips Sheet  CSUSM Degree Program Proposal Template  Check Academic Programs website for new forms and templates: “Curriculum Records and Forms”

8.  Streamlining review process:  Consent calendar items:  C2 forms not associated with new programs  P2 forms  New electronic C form – start spring 2015

9.  Senate passed the Applicability of RTP Department Standards  FAC also created Guidelines for Department RTP Standards  Departments writing RTP standards should consult Faculty Affairs website.

10.  Undergraduate Learning Outcomes Adopted  Student Grade Appeals (SAC)  Curriculum Proposers Policy (APC)  AD Hoc Viability Review Committee for Discontinuation of Children’s Services and Adult Services concentrations in Human Development (withdrawn) and Physical Education option (recommendation forthcoming to February Senate)

11.  Continuing the work begun by Chair Bennett last year to include more lecturers in Senate work and address lecturer issues. 4 lecturer senators added in changes to Constitution.  Changes to Constitution and By-Laws

12.  Halualani and Associates completed their analysis of CSUSM.  For a summary of the findings go to http://youtu.be/mWPaAZTume4 for a slidecast that features the key highlights.http://youtu.be/mWPaAZTume4  For a full presentation on the findings of the Diversity Mapping Project please attend one of the forums on Feb 18th or 19th.

13.  Feb 18 Forums  11-11:50 AM Open forum (USU Ballroom B)  12-1:00 PM Open forum (USU Ballroom B)  3:30-5:00 PM Faculty/curriculum focused presentation (USU Ballroom D)   Feb 19 Forum  12-1 PM Faculty/curriculum focused (USU Ballroom B)

14.  This is not a Senate Initiative.  Provost and Vice Provost consulted with EC, Senate, Departments, Department Chairs, SA and ASI.  Open Forum January 27 at U Hour in Commons 206.  Discussion at Feb. Senate Meeting.

15.  Feb. 12: “Meaning, quality and integrity of the degree” and “Educational quality: Student Learning, core competencies and standards of performance at Graduation”  Feb. 26: “Student Success, Student Learning, Retention and Graduation” “Quality, Assurance and Improvement: Program review, assessment: use of data and evidence”  Deadline for any feedback early March -  March 17: final wrap up

16. Hiring Tenure Track Faculty on an Ongoing Basis

17. Fall 2014:  TT Faculty49 (including 1 FERP)  PT Faculty63  TA’s18  FTES taught by TT712  FTES taught by PT1330.45

18. Fall 2014  TT Faculty39 (includes 6 FERP)  PT Faculty 32  FTES taught by TT54.8%  FTES taught by PT45.2%

19. Fall 2014  TT Faculty11(1 offer out now)  PT Faculty2 (PT Faculty also teach information literacy)

20. Fall 2014  TT Faculty122 (includes 2 FERP)  PT Faculty198  (Lecturers with an appointment in more than one department are counted in each department:7 people with multiple appointments)  TAs17  FTES taught by TT1935  FTES taught by PT4022

21. Fall 2014  TT Faculty53 (includes 8 FERP)  PT Faculty147  FTES taught by TT333.26  FTES taught by PT584.14

22.  Tenure Track Faculty274  (includes 17 FERP)  Part Time Faculty477  (includes 35 instructional TA’s)

23. Professors:114 Associate professors:73 Assistant professors:53 (These figures are from IPA and do not include library faculty or FERPers)

24. ◦ To build new programs and curriculum ◦ To participate in the service work that is essential to the university ◦ To replace a wave of faculty retirement as we mark 25 years in existence as a campus ◦ To create a steady pipeline of Associate and Full Professors

25.  Full Professor burnout is a reality and the number of FERPers is growing.  Our small pool of Assistant Professors risks the same down the line if we do not add new tenure track faculty yearly.

26. To all the faculty To all the staff To all the administrators Whose hard work and dedication to CSUSM Make us the ‘Pearl of the CSU’