Educational Policies Committee

The Educational Policies Committee studies educational issues of concern to the Academic Senate and is the standing committee that recommends educational policies to the Executive Committee. The Committee provides a forum for high-level discussion and development of Academic Senate Policy, including its effect on faculty and students. The discussions include the viewpoint of students, CIOs and union representatives. The Educational Policies Committee researches issues as required, and writes background and/or position papers where appropriate. The Committee may pass general recommendations to other Senate committees, or work with them on more detailed implementation or technical issues. New or revised educational policies of the Academic Senate pass through the Educational Policies Committee. These may include policies to be implemented either locally or at the state level, suggested positions on proposed policies or changes in existing policies, and responses to assignments given by the President or Executive Committee.

Notes
Six faculty members serve on this committee, along with one student representative and one CIO representative.
Current Members
Member Term
Erik Reese 2023-24
Chantal Lamourelle 2023-24
Kandace Knudson 2023-24
Joseph Ferrerosa 2023-24
Tamara Cheshire 2023-24
Taneisha Hellon 2023-24
Howard Eskew 2023-24
Christopher Howerton 2023-24 Chair
Academic Year Meetings

Meetings 2023-2024

Fall 2023

  • August 28, 2023 4:30pm - 5:30pm ZOOM
  • September 18, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm  ZOOM
  • October 16, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM 
  • November 13, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM 
  • December 11, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM 

Spring 2024 (Tentative Dates)

  • January 29, 2024 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM
  • February 19, 2024 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM
  • March 18, 2024 4:00pm - 5:30pm ZOOM
  • April 15, 2024 4:00pm-5:30pm ZOOM
  • May 13, 2024 4:00pm-5:30pm ZOOM

Current Agendas/minutes

Resolutions

Title Session Year Category Status
Part-time Hiring Spring 1996 Diversity and Equity Completed
Support for Information Competency Spring 2008 Curriculum Completed
Resolution to Update Paper on Enrollment Management Fall 2007 Local Senates Completed
Concurrent Enrollment Spring 2008 Articulation and Transfer Completed
The Value of Grades Spring 2008 Grading Completed
Part-Time Faculty Spring 2006 Professional Standards Completed
Student Fees Fall 2004 State and Legislative Issues Completed
Technology Paper Spring 2005 Academic Senate Completed
Application of Advanced Placement (AP) scores Spring 2005 Curriculum Completed
Resolution on MOUs Spring 2005 General Concerns Completed
President and Chancellor Searches Spring 2005 General Concerns Completed
Noncredit Spring 2005 General Concerns Completed
Student Cheating Fall 2005 Grading Completed
Student Academic Dishonesty and Grading Fall 2005 Grading Completed
Support for Sabbatical Leave Fall 2005 Professional Standards Completed
Bond-funded Building Projects Fall 2005 General Concerns Completed
Study of Impact of Higher Graduation Requirements on Students Spring 2006 Curriculum Completed
Compressed Calendars Spring 2006 General Concerns Completed
Research the Increases in District Reporting Responsibilities Fall 2006 General Concerns Completed
Residency Requirements for Credit by Exam Fall 2006 General Concerns Completed
Origins and History of the 75% Goal Fall 2006 Professional Standards Completed
Resolution to Update the Senate Paper on Program Review Fall 2007 Curriculum Completed
Resolution to Amend Adoption of the Academic Integrity Paper Spring 2007 Professional Standards Completed
Sabbatical Leave Position Paper Spring 2007 Professional Standards Completed
Grading, Student Equity, and Developing Senate Guidelines Spring 2007 Curriculum Completed

Rostrums

Title Issue Year
Consultants and the 10 + 1 November 2005
Changes to the Graduation Requirements for the Associate's Degree September 2005
The Corporatization of Higher Education September 2005
Graduation Requirements in English and Mathematics with Apologies to Andrew Marvell March 2005
Four Policy Issues: Fees, Textbooks, Degrees, and Corporatization December 2004
Conversations about Leadership March 2004
Educational Policies Committee October 2003
Outrage and the Moral Dimension December 2003
Coronations and Assassinations: Finding the Appropriate Role for Faculty in the Evaluation of Administrators April 2001
Alternative Calendars: An Update April 2001
Intellectual Property: Your Right to Compensation February 1999
Part-time Paper Adopted Amid Controversy February 1999
Paper on the Future of the Community College Adopted February 1999
Minors on Campus February 2006
A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges May 2006
Underage Students December 2006
Senate Roles in Administrator Searches: Survey Findings February 2007
Update on Implementing New Mathematics and English Requirements December 2008
Grades are Valuable May 2009
Survey says. The Status of Information Competency September 2009
Institutional Review Boards—An Academic and Professional Matter November 2009
Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority January 2010
Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College April 2010
The Appointment or Selection of Faculty to Short-term, Non-teaching Tasks - Why did HE get that position? April 2010
Budget Cut Blues, What Happened? December 2010

Publications

Title Session Year Category
Affirmative Action Guidelines Spring 1987 Equity and Diversity
California Articulation Number System (CAN): Toward Increased Faculty Participation Spring 1998 Articulation and Transfer
High Schools: Improving Articulation between High Schools and Community Colleges: Activities and Incentives Spring 1988 Articulation and Transfer
High Schools: Planning for Tomorrow: How to Prepare in High School for Your Community College Years Spring 1986 Articulation and Transfer
Scope, Implications, and Impact: The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Response to the Proposed CSU Policy to Eliminate Remedial Education for Entering Undergraduate Students Fall 1995 Articulation and Transfer
Toward Increased Student Success: Transfer as an Institutional Commitment Fall 1996 Articulation and Transfer
Contract Faculty Hiring Procedures: A Model Based on Assembly Bill 1725 Fall 1989
Academic Standards: The Faculty's Role Spring 1983 Curriculum
Critical Thinking Skills in the College Curriculum Spring 1988 Curriculum
Humanities Instruction in the California Community College: Renewing Our Commitment Spring 1988 Curriculum
Integrated Approach to Multicultural Education Spring 1995 Curriculum
Program Discontinuance: A Faculty Perspective Spring 1998 Curriculum
Program Review: Developing a Faculty Driven Process Spring 1996 Curriculum
Role of Faculty in the Curriculum Process Spring 1987 Curriculum
Academic Freedom, Privacy, Copyright and Fair Use in a Technological World Fall 1999 Distance Learning
Distance Learning in California Community Colleges: An Academic Senate Review of the Social, Fiscal and Educational Issues Fall 1993 Distance Learning
Technology in Education: A Summary of Practical Policy and Workload Language Spring 2000 Distance Learning
Future of the Community College: A Faculty Perspective Fall 1998 General Concerns
Instructor Advisement Spring 1985 General Concerns
Performance Based Funding: A Faculty Critique and Action Agenda Spring 1998 General Concerns
Toward A Nonviolent Campus Climate: Conflict Resolution Spring 1996 General Concerns
Plus and Minus Grading Options: Toward Accurate Student Performance Evaluations Spring 1996 Grading
Toward Accurate Student Performance Evaluation: Symbol for Unofficial Withdrawal Spring 1997 Grading
Alternative Calendars: Recommendations and a Progress Report Spring 2000 Local Senates
Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Fall 2001 Local Senates

Past members

Past Members
Term: 2021-22
Member Term Sort descending
Erik Shearer 2021-22
Matias Pouncil (CIO Representative) 2021-22
Jacky Leung (student) 2021-22
Sharyn Eveland 2021-22
Andrew Delunas 2021-22
Luke Lara 2021-22
Carlos Guerrero 2021-22
Cheryl Aschenbach 2021-22
Robert Stewart 2021-22 Chair
Term: 2022-23
Member Term Sort descending
Justin Maung (SSCCC Representative) 2022-23
Christie Dam 2022-23
Chantal Lamourelle 2022-23
Julie Clark 2022-23
Carlos Guerrero 2022-23
Maria Figueroa 2022-23
Stephanie Curry 2022-23
Juan Arzola 2022-23 Chair
Term: 2020-21
Member Term Sort descending
James Preston 2020-21
Gerardo Chavez 2020-21
Andrew Nickens 2020-21
Adrean Askerneese 2020-21
Teresa Aldredge 2020-21
Darcie McClelland 2020-21
Leigh Anne Shaw 2020-21
Mayra Cruz 2020-21
Sam Foster 2020-21 Chair

Past Agenda/minutes

Term 2022-23
Document Notes Term
2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 08.31.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 09.21.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 10.19.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 11.16.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 08.31 2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 09.21.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 10.19.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 11.16.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 12.14.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 01.25.2023.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 02.15.2023.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Agenda 03.15.2023.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 12.14.2022.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 01.25.2023.docx 2022-23
Ed Pol Minutes 02.15.2023.docx 2022-23
2022-23
2022-23
Term 2021-22
Document Notes Term
Meeting Agenda September 23, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Summary September 23, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Summary October 28, 2021 2021-22
Ed Pol Meeting Agenda February 28. 2022.docx 2021-22
Ed Pol Meeting Meeting Notes February 28. 2022.docx 2021-22
Meeting Agenda January 27, 2022 2021-22
Ed Pol Meeting Summary January 27. 2022.docx 2021-22
Meeting Agenda December 16, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Summary December 16, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Agenda November 24, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Summary November 24, 2021 2021-22
Meeting Agenda October 28, 2021 2021-22
Term 2020-21
Document Notes Term
Ed Pol 9-15-2020 meeting notes.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Agenda 23 March 2021.docx 2020-21
Recommendationsfinal3-2-21.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 2 March 2021.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 9 February 2021.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Meeting Notes 19 January 2020 .docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 15 December 2020.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol Meeting Minutes 17 November 2020.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol MInutes 20 October 2020.docx 2020-21
Ed Pol meeting notes 29 September 2020.docx 2020-21

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