Committee Chair, Senator Buddhi Gyawali, presented the revised Distance Education Policy for Senate approval. He noted that APC worked with Dr. Dailey to clarify some of the language and definitions in the policy statement before approving it. Senator Keeler noted that the Distance Education Policy has now been through the APC twice.

A motion to approve the policy was made and seconded. The Distance Education Policy was approved unanimously.

b. Academic Integrity Statement Action item

Senator Gyawali next presented an Academic Integrity statement that could be incorporated into syllabi and included in handbooks. Questions were raised by senators about enforcement of the statement. What happens if students violate it. There were also questions about where the statement would go. There is already an academic honesty section in the student handbook. Senator Keeler suggested that the statement should go back to the APC to consider these questions, and Senator Gyawali agreed.

8. Curriculum Committee report [20 minute time limit]

  • Action item 20-21-1 Course change proposal by Criminal Justice to change CJE 495 Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Criminal Justice Reform to CJE 420 Seminar in Criminal Justice Reform
  • Passed unanimously.
  • Action item 20-21-2 Program change proposal to make CJE 420 Seminar in Criminal Justice Reform as a core course in Criminal Justice major, replacing CJE 415 Seminar in Criminal Justice.
  • Passed unanimously
  • Action item 20-21-3 Course change Proposal by Performing Arts to change all major applied courses (MUA 161, 162, 261, 262, 361, 362, 461, & 462) to variable credit hours. The lower hour numbers will be for BA and non-performance majors. The high hour numbers will be for performance majors.

Passed unanimously.

9. Professional Concerns Committee report [15 minute time limit]

Committee Chair, Senator Monica Valentine, reported that PCC is working on a resolution making recommendations for modes of instruction for the spring semester. Committee also discussed the salary compression resolution, and two committee members were directed to collect the data needed for that resolution.

10. Budget and Academic Support Committee report [5 minute time limit]

Chair Noel Novelo was absent so Senator Fariba Kashan spoke for the committee and reported that, at their meeting, they completed the process of electing officers as follows: Fariba Kashan, Vice-Chair and Senator Jennifer Ballard-Kang, Secretary. The committee had no action items to present.

11. Faculty Regent report [10 minute time limit]

Regent Joe Moffett reported that, at its September 3, 2020 meeting the Board of Regents approved the following action items:

  • Corrective action to faculty hires from previous years granting tenure to faculty who should have been hired with tenure - Corrective action to faculty hires from previous years granting tenure to faculty who should have been hired with tenure
  • Extension of Tenure and Promotion Calendar for one year (due to the Covid-19 emergency)
  • Association of Governing Boards contract for Presidential Review on Dr. Brown (fee of $40,000)
  • Organizational charts for university (these have not been published yet, but do include position titles and individual names