ED POLICY MEETING MINUTES
April 4, 2006
Present:
George Buckingham
Lynne Douglas
Sherri Hancock
Jennifer Hughes
Peter Monroy
Cindy Moss
Garry Nicol
Tadashi Tsuchida
Angelica Gorostiza (recorder)
Absent:
Kevin Sullivan
Char Wulbers
LD
re-worded #4 of progress on academic accommodations appeal.
Minutes
approved as amended.
2. Report from Academic Senate: GN
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Upgrades to Graduation
Requirements
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Academic Accommodations
for DSPS
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Reviewed suggestions
regarding Board approval process
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Bookstore will begin
renting books to students
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Funding has begun for
this venture
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Questions came up
regarding bookstore profits
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SH confirmed the
bookstore is an auxiliary service
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FYI: Regina
Stanback-Stroud updates Academic Deans regarding Academic Senate proposals
(e.g. increasing Math/English graduation requirements)
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JH: If this decision is
left at the college level, more dialogue
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SH: still under
discussion if decision will be made at district level.
3. Report on Degree Audit Steering Committee
Recommendations: SH
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38 recommendations to
Academic Senate from 3 campuses regarding Ôhow-toÕ guidelines about how Degree
Audit should be handled.
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A few have been
accomplished.
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Other items have not yet
been sent to Academic Senate
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GPA Calculation
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Degree requirements when
there are conversions of quarter units
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Reciprocity from years
before passage of District Rules and Regs 6.26.
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Transferring coursework
issues
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When native coursework
OK.
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Coursework from outside
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Is it overall? Or degree/transfer requirements only
applicable.
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GPA calculations under
discussion:
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Transferring in
non-native courses may be inflated versus native coursework transfers
penalized.
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TT: Raised concern
regarding various methods of calculations, district, regional, statewide methods.
4. Progress report on disabled student academic accommodations
appeals form: LD
To
be revisited at next session.
5. New developments: cheating/plagiarism? CM/GN
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SH: Survey administered
and being tallied.
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CM: statistics class
doing cheating/plagiarism survey.
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(handout, handbook,
accreditation website)
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Student, community,
college
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Summary of findings from
focus groups
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LD and Virginia Padron added to Standard II
committee
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Pg. 2-4 from
accreditation handbook:
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Part 2: Ôprovide a
catalog with preciseÉ.Ó
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Ed Policy to determine
points listed if precise, accurate, current.
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To review, update,
revise.
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GN asked to note member
name, date at front for documentation.
Also asked to review as accurate unless something significant regarding
process comes up. (e.g. areas that need further clarification or donÕt
understand)
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Committee to review
handbook individually, comments on document.
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Items brought up:
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PM>clarify academic
renewal policy
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GB> (CBE p.16) reword
to convey department basis, not open entry.
7. Matriculation advisory committee: JH
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Will attend Ed Policy at
next session in May.
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GN request thumbnails of
Powerpoint for records
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JH: budget update
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Early alert warning
notice
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SH: District Advisory
Matriculation committee:
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Would SMCCD go along
with increasing maximum summer enrollments of 9 units? (due to 5 week and 6
week courses)
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CSM and Canada did not
approve increasing 9 maximum summer units.
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JH: Regina
Stanback-Stroud to review Ed Policy catalog language regarding Ò10 units per
summer sessionÓ.
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Student wonÕt have to
petition since they will be approved anyway.
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Student canÕt exceed 10
units
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GN suggest JH craft
language to approve at May session.
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JH: If this decision is
left at the college level, more dialogue
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SH: still under
discussion if decision will be made at district level.
8. SRJC grievance scenario: Revisit at May session.
9. Agenda items for May 2.
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Accomplishments and
goals
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Matriculation advisory
committee.
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Revisit accreditation review
of catalog (SH and GN).