Present: Robert Henry, Tadashi Tsuchida, Lynne Douglas, Gary Nichol, Soodie Zamani, Char Wulber, Evelyn Seth, Sherri Hancock, Jennifer Hughes, Ilka Barcala
Absent: Paul Spakowski, Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia

1. Minutes from the last meeting were read and approved as corrected.
Evelyn presented the Curriculum Committee’s definition of the Academic Standards Committee for the Academic Adjustments for Students with Disabilities Policy. The Senate approved committee includes 1-2 discipline faculty, a DSPS faculty representative, a counselor and a division dean. The committee was concerned with the potential for a tie situation given only 4 members on the committee. Evelyn offered to follow up with the curriculum chair.

2. Student Grievance Appeals Form
Soodie reported that she presented the Formal Grievance Form to Governing Council.
GC unanimously approved the form. Evelyn will gather faculty signatures on the policy signature form. The student grievance appeals form will be linked to the student grievance appeals process on the web. Copies of the form will be distributed to the division offices, Admissions and Records and student information center. Jennifer will review the form and process at the next Dean’s meeting.

3. Credit by Exam (CBE)
CBE Process
Evelyn introduced the re-write of #4 on Awarding of Credit which was approved by the committee. Minor revisions will be made to the process sheet and reviewed at the next meeting.

CBE Petition Form
The committee reviewed the latest draft of the petition form. Suggestions were made for additions and changes. Evelyn will make the suggested revisions for review at the next meeting.

Ilka asked about courses offered CBE. A current list of courses was published in the minutes of December 2003. Gary stated that he would check on language courses. Tadashi and Soodi mentioned that the math department has been discussing offering all math transfer courses CBE.

4. Status of Revising Matriculation Exemptions
Currently, each college has slightly different matriculation exemptions. To better serve students the Enrollment Services Council recommended that the 3 colleges standardize matriculation exemptions. In November, Evelyn, Marsha (Canada) and Dean (CSM) agreed to review this item. Evelyn created a draft that incorporates the 3 college exemptions following Title 5 guidelines. This draft has been shared with Marsha and Dean. The committee reviewed the document and asked questions. Evelyn will continue to discuss this item with Marsha (now at CSM) and the Canada representative. She will bring this back to committee for action once there is consensus among the 3 college representatives.

5. Computerized Prerequisite Enforcement Recommendation
Tadashi reported that math faculty representative from the 3 colleges will meet at CSM on March 22 to discuss this item.

6. Probation 2 Holds
Tabled until next meeting.

7. Degree Audit
Evelyn reported she had participated on a sub-committee to review the recommendations and identify committee assignments. The sub-committee included Nick (AS Pres.), Connie (District AS Pres.), Arthur (Chair, Curriculum Committee), Evelyn (Chair, Ed Policy) and Linda Rosa (Counselor). Ed Policy will be responsible for the following recommendations (we share a few with curriculum, as noted):
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 27 and 28
With curriculum: 29, 34, 35 and 37

The committee has been working on revisions of the current CBE policy as indicated by recommendations 1 through 7. It is expected that a revised policy will be completed before the end of the semester and presented to GC as an action item.

The committee agreed that additional information would be necessary in order for discussion of the recommendations. Therefore, at the next meeting the Dean of Enrollment Services will distribute a grid indicating the status of each item at the 3 colleges and share current Skyline AP and CLEP policies. The division reps. will discuss AP and CLEP policies that exist in the departments. The committee asked the Dean of Counseling to address GE breadth issues and implications.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m. Next meeting is April 6th.