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
Christopher Howerton 2023-24 Chair
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
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 Sort descending Session Year Category Status
A Document in Support of an Academic Culture Fall 2007 General Concerns Completed
Academic Freedom: New Recommendations Fall 2010 General Concerns Completed
Addressing the Needs of Students Impacted by the Changes to Course Repetition Spring 2017 Curriculum In Progress
Administrator Retreat Policies Fall 2020 General Concerns In Progress
Advancing Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and Practices within Hiring Committees Fall 2022 Local Senates
Aligning Attendance Accounting for Asynchronous Credit Distance Education Courses with Synchronous Credit Distance Education Courses Spring 2021 State and Legislative Issues Assigned
Allowing Faculty to Submit the “Report Delayed” (RD) Symbol for Instances of Student Academic Dishonesty Spring 2015 Grading In Progress
Amend 13.04 Define Academic Freedom in Title 5 Spring 2023 Disciplines List
Amend 13.04 Define Academic Freedom in Title 5 Spring 2023 Disciplines List
Amend 13.04 Define Academic Freedom in Title 5 Spring 2023 Disciplines List
Application of Advanced Placement (AP) scores Spring 2005 Curriculum Completed
Approval of Grant Driven Projects Fall 2012 Local Senates In Progress
Automatic Awarding of Earned Degrees or Certificates Fall 2012 General Concerns Completed
Bond-funded Building Projects Fall 2005 General Concerns Completed
Budgetary Practices Fall 2007 General Concerns Completed
Building Alliances for Improving Enterprise Software Capabilities Spring 2009 General Concerns Completed
Compressed Calendars Spring 2006 General Concerns Completed
Concurrent Enrollment Spring 2008 Articulation and Transfer Completed
Concurrent Enrollment for Secondary Students Fall 2007 Articulation and Transfer Completed
Considering the Merits and Faults of Artificial Intelligence in the Community College Classroom Spring 2023 General Concerns Assigned
Coordinating a Model of Basic Skills Instruction through Implementation of the ERWC Fall 2011 General Concerns Completed
CTE Program Review Spring 2012 Career Technical Education Completed
Data Paper and Equity-Minded Practices Fall 2019 General Concerns To be Addressed
Define Academic Freedom in Title 5 Spring 2023 Disciplines List
Develop a Faculty Definition of Student Success Fall 2010 General Concerns Completed

Rostrums

Title Sort descending Issue Year
A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges May 2006
Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority January 2010
Advanced Placement Examination Credit Policy for General Education April 2017
Alternative Calendars: An Update April 2001
Automatic Awarding of Degrees and Certificates – Considerations for Local Senates February 2015
Beyond the Classroom: Fostering Local and Statewide Engagement in Our Faculty June 2013
Budget Cut Blues, What Happened? December 2010
Changes to the Graduation Requirements for the Associate's Degree September 2005
Consultants and the 10 + 1 November 2005
Conversations about Leadership March 2004
Coronations and Assassinations: Finding the Appropriate Role for Faculty in the Evaluation of Administrators April 2001
Data 101: Guiding Principles —10 Years Later October 2019
Dual Enrollment and Basic Skills: A New Pathway for Students May 2016
Dual Enrollment: What Local Senates Need to Know February 2016
Educational Policies Committee October 2003
Effective Practices that Support the Transfer of Students Who Repeat Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades April 2022
Effective Practices: Part-Time Faculty and Local Academic Senates April 2012
Evaluating Language Proficiency for IGETC and UC Transfer February 2022
Four Policy Issues: Fees, Textbooks, Degrees, and Corporatization December 2004
Grades are Valuable May 2009
Graduation Requirements in English and Mathematics with Apologies to Andrew Marvell March 2005
I Fought the Law… September 2011
Institutional Review Boards—An Academic and Professional Matter November 2009
Intellectual Property: Your Right to Compensation February 1999
Long-Term Local Academic Senate Presidents: The Importance of a Light at the End of the Tunnel November 2021

Publications

Title Sort descending Session Year Category
Academic Freedom and Tenure: A Faculty Perspective Spring 1998 Professional Standards
Academic Freedom, Privacy, Copyright and Fair Use in a Technological World Fall 1999 Distance Learning
Academic Standards: The Faculty's Role Spring 1983 Curriculum
Administrator Evaluation: Toward a Model Academic Administrator Evaluation Policy Fall 1992 Professional Standards
Administrator Retreat Rights: An Introduction and a Model Procedure Spring 1990 Professional Standards
Affirmative Action Guidelines Spring 1987 Equity and Diversity
Alternative Calendars: Recommendations and a Progress Report Spring 2000 Local Senates
Budget Considerations - A Primer for Senate Leaders Fall 2009
California Articulation Number System (CAN): Toward Increased Faculty Participation Spring 1998 Articulation and Transfer
Contract Faculty Hiring Procedures: A Model Based on Assembly Bill 1725 Fall 1989
Critical Thinking Skills in the College Curriculum Spring 1988 Curriculum
Distance Learning in California Community Colleges: An Academic Senate Review of the Social, Fiscal and Educational Issues Fall 1993 Distance Learning
Effective Practices for Educational Program Development Spring 2018 Curriculum
Enrollment Management Revisited Spring 2009 Local Senates
Enrollment Management Revisited Again: Post Pandemic Spring 2023 General Concerns
Equivalence to the Minimum Qualifications Fall 1989 Professional Standards
Ethics: Why the Academic Senate Has Adopted the AAUP Ethics Statement Spring 1988 Professional Standards
Faculty as Professionals: Responsibilities, Standards and Ethics Spring 2002 Professional Standards
Faculty Ethics: Expanding The AAUP Ethics Statement Spring 1994 Professional Standards
Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Fall 2001 Local Senates
Future of the Community College: A Faculty Perspective Fall 1998 General Concerns
Going Beyond Development: Faculty Professional Learning—An Academic Senate Obligation to Promote Equity-Minded Practices that Improve Instruction and Student Success Spring 2021 Faculty Development
Governor's School to Career Plan: A Response by The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Fall 1995 Career Technical Education
Graduate Students as Interns in the California Community Colleges Recurrent 1992 Professional Standards
Guidelines for Developing a Faculty Evaluation Process Spring 1990 Professional Standards

Past members

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

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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