The meeting was called to order by President Dianne McKay at 2:13 p.m.

The minutes for the April 22, 1999, meeting were accepted and approved with the following clarification/correction:

Page 5, Item IX.4.b) - (President's Reports/Spring Plenary Session of the State Academic Senate), 4th sentence:

"Dianne noted that PFE funds were to be $100 million/year for 10 years." Dianne clarified that funds in the amount of $100 million will be awarded in the base year with $10 million added each year to the base year.

Page 4, Item VII.A (Continue Discussion on Program for International Students), top paragraph, third sentence as indicated by underlined italics:

"During a brief discussion regarding the financial aspect of the non-credit program, . . ."

Dianne noted that Phil Pabich requested that a correction to the April 6, 1999, meeting minutes be made to Item VIII.A (Discuss Program for International Students), second paragraph on Page 3, last sentence as indicated by underlined italics:

"He noted that there are currently 170 non-resident students in the program.

No changes were made to today's agenda.

Gwen Quail, who is currently working with Charlotte Behm on the National Science Foundation's grant on Diversity in Teaching across Cultures in the Environment presented an update on the current status of the project. Gwen is a high school teacher with the Santa Clara Unified School District and has been conducting research at Mission College since January 1997. It is now time to disseminate the information that has been collected. They are currently preparing grant proposals for funding to assist in the dissemination of information.

Senator Cordero announced that those Senators who have agreed to serve as Graduation Marshals must be at Mission College by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 28, 1999.

Senator Ensminger announced that she is holding a Speech Tournament today at 4:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. in N3-101.

Dr. Callaway announced that five faculty members will be approved for tenure by the Board at tonight's meeting: Christy Coobatis, Judie Del Frate, Pat Hudak, Clint Poe, and Jean Replicon.

President McKay announced that the Senate has enough funds to send interested faculty to the state Academic Senate's Leadership Institute scheduled in San Diego for June 24-27th and to the state Academic Senate's Curriculum Institute scheduled in Monterey in July 28-30th. Anyone interested in attending either institute should contact Dianne (Ext. 3418) as soon as possible.

President McKay announced that she has been elected to serve a second term as Mission College's Academic Senate President.

The Distance Learning Committee will meet on Thursday, May 13th, at 1:00 p.m.; the telecourse group will meet in W2-101 and the Internet group will meet in W2-201. The two groups will then meet jointly at 2:00 p.m.

Betty Ensminger will not be able to read names during graduation. Another faculty person is needed to read the students' names along with Marsha Chan. Anyone interested should contact Dianne McKay (Ext. 3418) as soon as possible.

The following agenda was distributed to all those attending today's meeting:

I. Articulation Process (20 minutes) (Lamkin)

A. Intra and Inter Departmental Articulation at MC

B. Articulation between MC and WVC

1. Content and Territory

2. Varty Proposal

C. Overlapping Courses

1. Content and Territory

2. Need for Guidelines

D. Role of Division Chair Council

A. Does CRC simply approve technically correct courses or do they steer direction?

1. Impact of BCC, Program Review

2. Implications for FTEf and Space

3. Examples of Issues that have arisen:

a. Global Ed - Courses without a department & FTEf

b. Cisco Academy - Courses without space and money

c. Geology - Courses without a department and FTEf

B. Who can propose courses?

C. Interdisciplinary Courses and Course Overlap

A. Define Standards More Clearly

B. Add specifics about Hours by Arrangement hours into Course Outlines

A. ESL Associate Course Advisories

B. Interdisciplinary Studies FSA's

C. MC Course Renumbering

D. Mediating Conflict that arise through curriculum process

E. Representation on CRC

Discussion started off on the articulation process.

Diane Lamkin, Chair of the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) started off the discussion on the articulation process, its purpose, function, and value. The group reviewed and discussed a proposal from Dan Varty, the Chair of the WVC Curriculum Committee, for a curriculum articulation process between West Valley and Mission College. Several people spoke to the issue, some indicating strong objections to certain aspects of the proposal and citing specific examples of problems they have experienced in articulation between the colleges. In many cases, the reality is that there has been no articulation between the colleges, and there is no way to enforce the policy. If the course has the same content, the same prerequisites, there has to be agreement. There is a problem if the prerequisites are not the same; if the prerequisites are advisory the problem is less significant. It was noted that many districts use a district Curriculum Committee to maintain some synchronicity and monitoring of curriculum. Several amendments to the proposal were suggested, and they will be passed on to Dan.

Discussion continued on internal articulation. It was agreed that there is a need to work with departments that are not articulating within their departments and/or divisions. It was suggested that an internal articulation process be considered by the Senate as a top priority for the Fall semester, including some training for faculty, as well as the development of some consequences for those that do not comply with the process. The CRC will prepare a recommendation for the Senate's consideration.

Dianne explained that the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) would like to clearly define its role and function with regard to curriculum proposals, particularly relative to documents that dictate the direction of the college, such as the Balance of Curriculum document, Strategic Plan, etc. It was stated that in previous discussions it has been agreed that the CRC should consider the academic merit of a course proposal as well as a needs assessment, program review, and such. This information should be provided by the author of the course proposal. It was suggested that the committee is not the gatekeeper, but rather the Performance Goals Committee and CBAC acts more as a gatekeeper because of its function to consider FTE and cost. There is no guarantee that a course approved by the Curriculum Committee will be funded. In response, it was stated that faculty must maintain control over curriculum and the academic programs must be driven by the college's strategic plan rather than available funds.

During discussion, several members emphasized the fact that the Academic Senate is ultimately the body empowered by law to approve curriculum, and the CRC is empowered by the Senate to review and approve curriculum proposals. When problems arise that the committee cannot resolve, the Senate should be consulted. The Academic Senate has to affirm and support the right and the ability of the CRC to make decisions based on previously set directions and/or goals. It was suggested that the CRC and the Academic Senate meet early each year to review the college's direction and goals for the year, providing the CRC with a perspective when considering approval of submitted course proposals. The college needs to develop a model and policy to support the model that will encourage creativity and yet have a check on the balance of curriculum.

In summary, it was agreed that the existing policy and procedure must be followed and enforced, and that some training for faculty should be considered. Further, it was recommended that a model be developed that incorporates and affirms the role of the Academic Senate in curriculum and the Curriculum Committee's role (as the Senate's designee) in implementing the direction set by the college in order to approve courses. In addition, the college's programs must be driven by solid values and directions, while being flexible and adaptive, as opposed to letting funding steer the direction of the college. Our values should be the strength behind our decisions.

Lee submitted a draft policy and procedure for Curriculum Overlap based on increasing evidence that there is a need to address the issue of overlapping content in courses, especially in unrelated disciplines. Those present reviewed the document and made several comments and suggestions. The intent of the proposal is to provide guidelines and procedures for future course proposals that may overlap in content with other course(s), taking into consideration issues such as minimum qualifications and the reasons for the overlap as well as the level of overlap.

Dianne proposed that the document be referred to the Curriculum Review Committee for review, discussion, and to prepare a recommendation on the proposal for presentation to the Senate. Diane Lamkin requested that those present share the proposal with their constituents and report any feedback to her.

A document listing the existing CRC Guidelines for Hours By Arrangement (HbA) was distributed. This policy is a district policy and was passed by the MC Senate with the caveat that it be revisited in the year 2000. Diane Lamkin explained that a major problem of the Curriculum Committee is enforcement. There is no requirement in the course outline for an instructor to state what exactly is being done with students. Another area of concern is whether or not HbA are loaded or unloaded even though this falls under the purview of ACE. The rationale is that the students are receiving different levels of teaching based on the loaded or unloaded criteria. The CRC has decided that HbA is primarily a means of generating more WSCH and/or money in some cases, and the committee would like more definition and some means for questioning legitimacy.

Lee explained that the issue of money should be set aside even though it is a valuable and useful side effect. Mission College has been careful and handled HbA courses correctly. People look at the curriculum and feel they need HbA. The issue of load is also a curricular issue within the department because some faculty feel they need to be there with the students. She is reluctant to mandate that all HbA must be loaded, because you eliminate the flexibility for the faculty and the department. She feels, however, it is appropriate for the instructor to justify the need for HbA, to demonstrate the purpose in the course outline, to demonstrate how the student will benefit.

A brief discussion ensued on the definition and difference in courses with HbA and those without, and how HbA and homework differ. It was noted that some courses, such as nursing courses, require HbA and is an integral and necessary part of the course. It was suggested that implications and ramifications of HbA relative to budget concerns, load concerns, educational concerns be addressed and clarified, preferably by the District Academic Senate, since this is a district concern.

A. ESL Associate Course Advisories - Advisory prerequisites for all our Associate Degree level courses include eligibility for English 108A and Reading 53. However, students enrolled in Associate Degree level ESL courses may not be eligible for either of those advisory courses. Lee explained that the course outline approved by CRC include this is advisory for English 108A and Reading 53. This conflict needs to be resolved in the near future. Don explained that he has been assigned to conduct the validation of the ESL Program Review along with Betty Ensminger and Lin Marelick and he has been charged to address that problem. The opportunity to deal with this matter may arise when the Program Review is completed and reviewed with the ESL faculty.

B. Interdisciplinary Studies Discipline & Minimum Qualifications - Diane Lamkin reported that this issue arose with the question of who can teach Global Studies. The state Academic Senate has issued a list of minimum qualifications, and there is a discipline called Interdisciplinary Studies. Ian Walton has advised that if Interdisciplinary Studies is stated on a curriculum form as a discipline, then the particular disciplines must be specified and chosen from the state Senate's approved list of disciplines and minimum qualifications. For example, one might assign a Global Studies course to an Interdisciplinary Studies discipline and indicate History and Social Science as the disciplines making up the interdisciplinary area. This is a higher requirement because it requires a masters in one discipline and upper division work in the other. If instructors do n