• PCC also discussed the issue of Faculty Recognition; they are gathering information on this issue.

way. The committee will have a better argument about pay once they can report what the duties are.

  • Regent McFayden noted that Coordinators are instrumental in putting together reports for CPE and Program Review, and that those Coordinators who get paid are in programs where their accrediting bodies require Coordinators. Moffett agreed that most Coordinators are doing a lot of extra work.
  • Moffett noted that there is a standing committee for Faculty Recognition with a couple of vacancies. A senator asked if the committee does more than elect a Distinguished Professor. Moffett said he didn't know.
  • Another PCC member noted that the committee also discussed the possibility of outsourcing our campus police and bringing in a security company as opposed to having campus police. She asked if there was confirmation that this discussion was happening at the Administration level. She noted that students have commented that we don't have enough campus security. But rather than having a security company from outside, it would be preferable to have a security detail that would be in the best interests of the campus and remain on campus.
  • Also, this PCC member noted that there is currently some competition for student parking, creating a conflict for campus police who do their due diligence by issuing tickets, and then find out further incriminating information about students.

8. Curriculum Committee - Leigh Whittinghill: Chair Whittinghill reported the following:

  • The committee passed Action Item FSCC 18-19-03 – Addition of Course Assessment Plan to the Course Proposal Form. This Item would add a new line to the Course Proposal Form, line 17, which is the "Course Assessment Plan."
  • The committee passed Action Item FSCC 18-19-04 - Change of Committee Forms after Dissolution of the Graduate Council. Whittinghill explained the committee voted to end the use of the Graduate Council Tracking Document for graduate course proposals because the Graduate Council has been disbanded. Instead, the same form will be used for proposing both graduate and undergraduate courses.
  • A Senator asked, if a faculty member is creating an entire program, when it comes to the student learning outcomes and methods of assessment, those are determined by the faculty member. Whittinghill responded that all sections of the same course will have the same SLO's and course objectives, and that this Item is about program assessment.
  • A member of the Curriculum Committee pointed out that this is a change to the course proposal form; it's not about program proposal. Usually, whoever is going to teach the course is the person who writes the course proposal.
  • A guest asked if a compromise could be reached by asking, how does this course fit into the program? Each course needs to fit into the Program Level outcomes. The method of assessment will change but how the course fits into the program wouldn't change all that much.
  • Whittinghill stated that the reason for adding this section on course assessment is partly to forestall what has been happening with confusion about assessment. She agreed to take the issue back to the committee for further discussion.

A Senate vote was called on FSCC 18-19-04. The Action Item was passed unanimously with no abstentions.