Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopted a resolution Spring, 1990 relating to disciplines lists review,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the document "Timelines for Revisions to the Disciplines List."
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to the Board of Governors that the following be added to the Disciplines Lists to read: "For any faculty position which has not been identified on this or other disciplines lists and which is a non-teaching faculty position, the minimum qualification for hire shall be a Bachelor's degree."
Whereas child development specialists are faculty members at 30 colleges, and
Whereas no minimum qualifications for these faculty members were established,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to the Board of Governors the addition of Child Development Specialists to the list of non-teaching positions with a minimum qualification of an Associate degree.
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges commend the Ad Hoc Basic Skills Committee for an outstanding job of assembling and analyzing the data to arrive at the Basic Skills Committee report.
Whereas the Academic Senate
Resolved at the Spring 1990 Session to establish an ad hoc committee on basic skills to continue the discussion of the establishment of a basic skills discipline, and
Whereas the Ad Hoc Basic Skills Committee held five hearings statewide on the issue and completed its deliberations,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges accept the final report of the Ad Hoc Basic Skills Committee.
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge the Board of Governors to adopt regulations permitting community college districts to hire interns as part-time faculty members even if they do not meet the minimum qualifications provided that:
a. The interns are enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited institution of higher education and have completed at least half of their graduate program which would give them the minimum qualifications in the discipline of hire, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the paper Hiring Effective Faculty: An Introduction.
Whereas shared governance should include faculty involvement in deciding the scheduling of classes, and
Whereas the Academic Senate has supported a greater senate role in budget development,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local senates that they develop a procedure whereby faculty are involved in scheduling classes and determining which courses are offered.
Whereas there is a need to promote the effectiveness of the Academic Senate's resolutions, recommendations, positions papers and models, and
Whereas a network of faculty is needed at each college responsible for facilitating communication between local senates and the Academic Senate, and
Whereas this network can be the voice of the local academic senates,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges inform local senates, districts, and colleges of the urgency of preserving Proposition 98, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend colleges send as many letters as possible to the Governor and the legislature urging the Proposition 98 be preserved, and