Minutes

Standard 2

March 13, 2000

Present: Rudy DeLa Torre, Richard Rains, Eloise Cantrell, Victoria Hansen, John Cantley, Roman Juarez, Joanne Kalter-Flink

2.1: John Cantley will work with Eloise on her descriptive summary this week.

2.2: Rudy DeLa Torre will interview Leslie Milke about this section. He will also review the faculty contract, refer to the Senate constitution, and the Board rules 9000 series.

2.3: The committee agreed that a descriptive summary should accompany the submitted documents for this section. John will work with Victoria on this section.

2.4: The committee agreed that this section does not apply to our college.

2.5: This section was reviewed and approved in the last meeting.

2.6: The committee reviewed and approved this section with modifications. Roman will upload the new college goals on the website.

The committee suggested that include the Center for Student Success, Access, Retention, and disabled students for Student equity be included.  The committee agreed to ask the curriculum chair (Alex Yguado) where we are with the district curriculum diversity component. The committee will also ask Rick Scuderi about he policy for disable students. Do we comply with regulations for disability access?

2.7: The committee agreed that this section does not apply to our college.

2.8: Not submitted.

2.9: The committee formulated questions about this sections and about Eloise's descriptive summary. They asked her to answer these questions.

Roman and John agreed to collect college currently available student brochures so that the committee can evaluate them for accuracy and to determine how often they are revised. The committee will investigate if it is a policy to include the Board of Trustees members and the college administration on all publications.

The committee agreed to evaluate the catalog for changes and accuracy.

The committee will investigate the current procedures use to evaluate the catalog and schedule for accuracy. Also the committee will investigate who decides what is included in or excluded from the catalog.

The catalog evaluation was divided as follows:

Kalter-Flink -Will evaluate the transfer section on CSU, USC, Plan A and B, and IGETC

Rains- Science, Math and Engineering

Cantrell- Vocational programs

Hansen will help Sheib, Ramil and Orosco evaluate their departments.

The committee agreed that when evaluating the catalog they would to ask:

"In your experience, have you and students found the catalog to be accurate and usable?"

The college website is currently in the process of being changed. David Jordan has the minutes.

The committee will ask, "Is the college website is helpful?"

Rudy will review the academic freedom policy and accreditation statute and will ask Andres Torres if there are any grievances for academic freedom.

The committee asked to assemble a collection of campus policies and to make it available to staff and faculty.

The committee will look up for faculty ethics in the new contract.

The committee asked to bring Angela Merrill in the committee meetings.

The committee reviewed the standard tips.

The committee will meet again on April 10 at 1:30 in the Aca. Aff. Conf. Room.