LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Faculty Senate. APPROVED Minutes of the April 23, 2008, Meeting

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1 LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Faculty Senate APPROVED Minutes of the April 23, 2008, Meeting Linda Currivan, Chair Ron Flegal, Vice Chair Michael Lane, Secretary SENATORS PRESENT: C. Akina, K. Caldwell, L. Currivan, R. Flegal, M. Fujita, C. Ganne, C. Hochstein, B. Hotta, M. Kamahele, D. Kunimune, M. Lane, S. Laycock, G. Levy, R. Liongson, S. Lum, B. Martel, D. Matsumoto, S. May, B. Nakamura, I. Riseley, J. West SENATORS ABSENT: T. Lee, J. Wang GUESTS: Kathy Hill, Shelly Ota CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 3:14 PM with a quorum. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes from April 2, 2008, were accepted with corrections. CAMPUS REPORT: Kathy Hill, Office of Planning, Policy, and Assessment Director, updated the Senate on the status of the College s Annual Review Standing Committees: Equipment, External Factors/Environmental Scanning, Information Technology, Space Management and Facilities Planning, and Staffing. The reports from the Information Technology, Space Management and Facilities Planning, and Staffing Committees are posted online: According to Mike Tagawa, Dean of Career & Technical Education, equipment budgeting has a set procedure, so the Equipment Committee might not operate as envisioned. The standing committees generated prioritized planning lists, and forwarded the recommendations to the Executive Planning Council. Note that the recommendations were drafted before the new UH System budgetary priorities were released. Additionally, the accreditation update will be posted online shortly: COMMITTEE REPORTS: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair's Report

2 2 Chair Currivan provided the Senate with information about budgetary issues from the Executive Planning Council meeting held on April 17, The Chair distributed the finalized Student Academic Grievance Procedure. Nine faculty members attended the forum held to discuss the revised procedures. Additionally, the Chair distributed a copy of a formal apology from the Administration to Professor Zeny Estrada. The Administration acknowledged that set procedures mandating notification of an Academic Grievance Committee s findings were not followed. Interim Chancellor Cabral assured Professor Estrada that in the future all provisions of the policy would be observed. UHCC Provost John Morton recommends that the Community College Council of Faculty Senate Chairs have the authority to speak on behalf of their campus faculty at meetings as the campus faculty leader with the intent to minimize the time between initiation and action of an issue. Senate Chairs would be authorized to decide on pressing issues when time constraints would not permit consultation with their Senates. The Senate discussed the policy and reached a consensus that the faculty places trust in their elected leader to speak on their behalf when time constraints do not allow consultation with the College s Senate or Faculty. Motion 08-30: To approve the authority of the Senate Chair to speak on behalf of campus faculty as stated in the April 21, 2008, draft of University of Hawaii Community College Policy # PASSED Y-19, ABS-2 ACADEMIC/INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE No report. BUDGET & PLANNING Chair Fujita announced that the Committee would address issues resulting from the modification of the Strategic Plan goals. The current planning phase was supposed to be finished on April 30, At this point, however, the Committee does not know when the strategic plan will be done. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE - Chair May presented a number of new course and program proposals and course modification proposals. Motion 08-31: To approve a new program proposal for Certificate of Completion in Health Care Management. Motion 08-32: To approve a program modification proposals for Certificate of Completion in Medical Receptionist and Certificate of Completion Business.

3 3 Motion 08-33: To approve course modification proposals for HSER 268 Survey of Substance Abuse Problems, HSER 270 Substance Abuse Counseling, HSER 100 Self Exploration, HSER 140 Individual Counseling, HSER 245 Group Counseling, and HSER 256 Sexual Assault and Family Violence. Motion 08-34: To approve a deletion proposal for BUS 20 Introduction to Business. BUS 20 has been inactive for years. The program and division do not foresee using this course. Motion 08-35: To approve course modification proposals for MUS 108 Music Fundamentals, MUS 121D Classic Guitar I, MUS 122D Classic Guitar II, MUS 140 Introduction to Audio Production, and MUS 146 The Business of Music. Motion 08-36: To approve a deletion proposal for ACC 136 Cost Accounting. ACC 136 has been inactive for years. The program and division do not foresee using this course. Motion 08-37: To approve course modification proposals for BIOL 124 Environment and Ecology, BIOL 172 Introduction to Biology II, and BIOL 200 Coral Reefs. Motion 08-38: To approve a new course proposal for BIOL 275 Cell and Molecular Biology. Approval is contingent upon changes being made as suggested by the Curriculum Committee. Motion 08-39: To approve a new course proposal for BIOL 275L Cell and Molecular Biology Lab. Approval is contingent upon changes being made as suggested by the Curriculum Committee.

4 4 Motion 08-40: To approve program and course modification proposals for BUSN 277 International Business Protocol, DNCE 108 Hatha Yoga, ED 100 Introduction to the Teaching Profession, and Associate in Arts in Teaching. Motion 08-41: To approve deletion proposals for MATH 24 Elementary Algebra I and LAW 150 Fundamentals of the Legal Environment of Business. The degree programs that used MATH 24 as a requirement or as a prerequisite course now use MATH 73. LAW 150 has been inactive for years. The program and division do not foresee using this course. Motion 08-42: To approve a new program proposal for Academic Subject Certificate in Community Food Security. Motion 08-43: To approve a new program proposal for Certificate of Completion in Help Desk. Academic Review Board Chair, Senator Levy, presented an ARB recommendation on the College s administrative disenrollment policy and asked the Senate to consider a motion to approve the recommendation. Motion 08-44: That the Leeward Community College s administrative disenrollement policy be extended to and implemented for the prerequisite and target courses in the Hawaiian and Foreign Languages and the English as a Second Language (ESL) Disciplines, effective spring Students who pre-register in spring 2007 for enrollment in these disciplines target courses offered in fall 2008, but do not receive a C or better grade in the prerequisite courses and do not voluntarily withdraw from the target courses, will be administratively disenrolled after the spring

5 semester grades are entered into Banner. Chair Levy provided a printed synopsis of the issues. ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Chair Liongson presented a motion to establish a voting procedure for Senate elections. The Senate discussed the motion and decided to defer a vote to allow additional time for senators to consider the issue. FACULTY COMMITTEE No report. GEN ED COMMITTEE Chair Matsumoto reported that UH-West Oahu submitted an application to join the multi-campus Foundations articulation agreement. If the application is accepted, all but three UH System institutions would be included in the agreement. UH-Hilo, Hawaii CC, and Kauai CC have yet to join. Senator Kamahele, the College s HAP Board Chair, distributed a report on the status of the Board s draft portfolio to the Multi-campus HAP Board. The draft portfolio was reviewed and verbally accepted, and the official acceptance is forthcoming. Senate Chair Currivan thanked Senator Kamahele for her notable efforts to quickly assemble the required data and construct the portfolio. LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS COMMITTEE Chair West informed the Senate that the funds to purchase the land and buildings for LCC-Waianae were deleted from the State House bill; however, the matter currently remains in the State Senate. PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE Chair Hotta distributed a report with updates on the College s Annual Program Review, accreditation, information on the Office of Planning, Policy, and Assessment Web site, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, and the Graduate and Leaver s survey. STUDENT COMMITTEE Chair Laycock provided the Senate with recommendations from an academic grievance committee: 1. Encourage increased student involvement in the grievance procedure 2. Encourage students to seek mediation before filing a grievance 3. Determine who should be allowed to attend grievance hearings AD HOC COMMITTEES CONTINGENT FACULTY/LECTURERS - No report.

6 6 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Senator Matsumoto distributed a handout that included recommendations and a motion to replace the F grade in some remedial and developmental courses. Motion 08-43: Resolved, that the Faculty Senate, after having consulted with the Reading, Writing, ESL, and Math Disciplines and having received their approval, support the LCC Vice Chancellor s Task Force on Remedial and Developmental Education s recommendation to replace the F grade in the following remedial and developmental English, English as a Second Language (ESL), and math courses with the N grade, which results in the grading options, A, B, C, D, and N: ENG 8 Reading and Writing Basics ENG 18 Reading Essentials ENG 19 Writing Essentials ENG 21 Introduction to College Reading ENG 22 Introduction to Composition ESL 2A Beginning Reading for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 3A Beginning Writing for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 8B Intermediate Reading for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 9B Intermediate Writing for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 17 Listening and Speaking for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 18 High Intermediate Reading for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 19 High Intermediate Writing for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 20 Intermediate to High Intermediate Grammar for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 21 Advanced Reading for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 22 Advanced Writing for Speakers of Other Languages ESL 23 Advanced Grammar for Speakers of Other Languages MATH 1B Basic Math Through Problem Solving MATH 22 Introductory Algebra with Geometry MATH 73 Algebraic Foundations I MATH 83 Algebraic Foundations II The motion takes effect Fall PASSED Y-14, N-3

7 7 In addition, Senator Matsumoto announced that the Academic Competencies dropped from the College s current catalog would be reinstated in the appendix of the next catalog. NEW BUSINESS Senator Matsumoto discussed the need to update the Senate s Bylaws during the coming Senate term. Senator Hochstein presented two concerns for consideration by the Curriculum Committee: 1. Courses approved for a coming fall semester should be approved by fall of the previous year to allow for an appropriate lead time for the courses to be included in the fall schedule of courses. 2. Course modification proposals that change prerequisites from ENG 21 or ENG 22 to ENG 21 and ENG 22 limits students from registering for these courses. This is because when the College created the prerequisites policy, if students had a reading score of 65 or higher, they would be allowed to register for any course that had a prerequisite of ENG 21 or Eng 22. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:31 PM. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Michael Lane, Secretary