Ed Policy Committee Meeting Minutes

May 4, 2004

In Attendance: Evelyn Seth, Ilka Barcala, Lynn Douglas, Robert Henry, Jennifer Hughes, Garrett Nicol, Paul Spakowski, Tadashi Tsuchida, Char Wulbers, Rosemary Ybarra-Garcia, and Soodi Zamani.

1. Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the April 6, 2004 meeting were read and approved.

2. Chair Report

Evelyn introduced Linda Ghio, new Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Student Services. The group welcomed Linda to her first Ed Policy Committee meeting.

Evelyn announced that Gary has been nominated as chair of Ed Policy for next year. Results of the Academic Senate elections will be announced at the May 14 Senate meeting. She thanked everyone for their hard work and for the many accomplishments of the year.

3. Degree Audit Recommendation

Evelyn asked the committee if they would agree to support the recommendations of the Degree Audit Steering Committee. Jennifer mentioned that she could agree with the plan but would like to know what direction the other two colleges will take and that our policies are not so different.

The committee agreed to support the recommendations of the Degree Audit Steering Committee. Evelyn will report the outcome at the May 14^th Academic Senate meeting.

There was additional discussion about the degree audit recommendations, the process for sharing new policies and procedures among the 3 colleges and 6.26. Rosemary questioned whether the curriculum committee needs to be involved in making sure that students’ credits are awarded properly. Evelyn mentioned that curriculum committee is involved in that area. Also, since there is a district wide curriculum committee they can share items with the other colleges.

The committee supported Soodi’s suggestion that AP credit meet CSU area requirements rather than course credit. English is the only department that listed course credit for AP. Gary offered to talk with the English faculty.

The group noted that curriculum committee should have oversight in the determination of such items as AP credit, courses offered credit by examination, etc. Evelyn will share the AP credit discussion with curriculum committee since that group would make the final decision.

4. Credit by Exam

The committee reviewed and approved the CBE process and petition with minor changes. Evelyn will prepare the documents for the Academic Senate’s May 14^th meeting. She will ask for a vote of acceptance for the two items. With Senate approval and the Senate President’s signature on the Ed Policy Record of Final Process form, the VPSS will share the CBE process

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and petition with Cabinet and College Council as information items. The petition forms and

process will be made available on the web and in Admissions and Records.

The Senate approved the revised Credit by Examination text last year. The revised text will appear in the 2004-05 Catalog and Student Handbook and on the web.

5. Computerized Prerequisite Enforcement

The math faculty at the 3 colleges agreed to implement computer blocking on Math 120 and 122 for spring 2005. The Computerized Prerequisite Task Force will convene with Mike representing the math dean’s on the committee. Faculty reps from each college will be identified as task force members. Evelyn mentioned that the reading faculty at Skyline and Canada are interested in computer blocking for Reading 836. Anita will check with ITS.

6. Probation 2 Holds

Jennifer reported that the Student Success committee recommends a different approach to their original idea of probation 2 holds. Rather than proposing implementation district wide, Skyline will pilot the idea. Probation 2 students will receive a letter requiring them to participate in the Student Success Program. If they don’t, enrollment will be blocked. The program is ready to start this fall.

7. Accomplishment of Goals 2003-04

The Ed Policy Committee Goals for 2003-04 were distributed. They will be presented to the Academic Senate at the May 14 meeting.

Development of Goals for 2004-05

The committee recommended the following goals for 04-05:

Continue working on the degree audit recommendations (to include review of the CLEP and AP policies)

Review proposed standardized district matriculation exemptions

Monitor status of UC/CSU redirects (GTO)

Receive updates on status of matriculation

Receive updates from the Degree Audit Steering Committee

Monitor progress on the pilot of probation 2 holds

Continue to post agendas, minutes, goals to Ed Policy Committee website