Appendix F1: Full-Time Faculty/Adjunct Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category
1000]
Audience: Faculty Prioritization Committee and Administrators
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time faculty
and adjuncts
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Discuss anticipated improvements in student
learning and contribution to the Strategic Plan goal. Cite evidence and data to support your request,
including enrollment management data (EM Summary by Term) for the most recent three years, student
success and retention data , and any other pertinent information. Data is available at
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/ProgramReview/Data2012.cfm .
1. Number of new faculty requested in this discipline: __1__
2. If you are requesting more than one position, please rank order the positions.
Position
Description
1. Administration of Justice Instructor
Full-Time faculty in Administration of Justice
2.
3. Rationale for your proposal. Please use the enrollment management data. Additional data that will
strengthen your rationale include FTES trends over the last 5 years, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios,
CLO and PLO assessment results and external accreditation demands.
Administration of Justice is the fourth largest major at Chabot. Of the top six majors at Chabot,
Administration of Justice is the only discipline with a single full-time faculty member despite its status as
a top five major. Also, four of our classes satisfy UC-IGETC requirements and attract many non-major
students who utilize ADMJ courses to satisfy graduation and/or transfer requirements. Consequently,
our course enrollments consistently exceed 100% capacity. These enrollment patterns, FTES trends,
FT/PT faculty ratios and assessment data demonstrate the need for another full-time faculty member in
Administration of Justice.
Spring 2009 thru Fall 2012
 FT/PT faculty ratios = 40%/60%
 WSCH/FTEF = 723.52
 Average enrollment = 113%
Relevant Assessment Data
Data review (enrollment, student success) demonstrate the need for additional full-time faculty. Parttime faculty play an important role in the program. However, their limited involvement in the program
limits our ability to advise our students as well as the quality of instruction. The full-time to part-time
faculty ratio in Administration of Justice is 40:60. This is well-below the statutory mandate of 75:25.
As previously stated, ADMJ is the fourth largest major and the only one of the top six with only one fulltime faculty member. the average enrollment for ADMJ classes is 113%. With the approval of our AS-T
degree which gives priority admission to community college graduates, I expect that enrollment will
continue to increase. An additional full-time faculty member needed to adequately address issues
related to student success and to provide appropriate advising.
4. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and your student learning goals are
required. Indicate here any information from advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews
that is pertinent to the proposal.
Creating a new “Pre Law” Career Pathway in Administration of Justice
With the approval of our new AS-T degree for Administration of Justice, I will be submitting a proposal
to the Curriculum Committee to modify our existing AA degree to focus on a Pre-Law Curriculum. We
have substantial numbers of students who have an interest in pursuing a legal career but there is no
clearly identified pathway from community college. Creating this new “pathway” is in alignment with
the Strategic Plan.
One of the primary goals of this new AA will be to prepare students seeking admission to law school for
the rigorous academic curriculum by developing those skills particularly important for the study of law.
The program will use an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing the development of critical thinking,
writing, and analytical skills, all of which are part of our college-wide learning goals.
The State Bar of California, through its Council on Access & Fairness (COAF), has established a Diversity
Pipeline Initiative designed to increase diversity in the legal profession. Even though California is a
majority-minority state, minorities make up only about 21% of the California bar. The State bar has
concluded that this imbalance in the proportion of minority lawyers to the general population affects
the level of trust the public has in the courts and the legal system.
The State Bar's Diversity Pipeline Initiative seeks to increase that diversity by partnering with California
educational institutions to develop an educational "pipeline" to support minority and other diverse
students seeking careers in the legal profession. The California Community College System is the most
diverse in the nation and one of the goals of the project is to establish a 2+2+3 articulation agreement
with community colleges, four-year colleges/universities, and law schools that would give priority
enrollment to students who meet certain criteria. Chabot is one of the community colleges participating
in this initiative.1
This refocused AA degree will attract significant numbers of new students to Chabot. There is no other
program like this in the state and it will benefit from significant marketing and public promotion from
the State Bar Association. It is certain to increase our enrollment by attracting students, particular
students of color and other diverse populations, with an interest in a legal career. This increase in
enrollment will only exacerbate the need for an additional full-time faculty member.
1
On Friday, March 22, 2013, the Chabot College Law & Democracy Program, the State Bar Council on
Access & Fairness (COAF), the Law School Admission Council, and Street Law, Inc. will be hosting a
conference on Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession. This will be the first public gathering of
COAF’s community college initiative.