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AGENDA ITEM BACKGROUND
TO: GOVERNING BOARD
DATE
FROM: PRESIDENT
January 9, 2012
SUBJECT:
Title V Professional Services Contract for Faculty Inquiry System
REASON FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION
ENCLOSURE(S)
Page 1 of 1
ITEM NUMBER
ACTION
Background:
The college is the fiscal agent for the Title V Hispanic Serving Institutions grant, funded through the
federal Department of Education. One of the goals of the grant is to develop a Faculty Inquiry
System to allow faculty to have real time access to data on student outcomes. The grant allocates
funds for a SQL programmer to develop this system.
The Title V budget allocates $158,000 in funding for the SQL programmer. Both IT and PRO are
supporting this project and two contractors have been hired to address the project programming
needs. Several milestones have been reached and an initial set of beta testing is scheduled for
December and January.
In order to complete the major portion of the programming for the Faculty Inquiry System, Title V is
providing funding for a contract with Vinod Verma in the amount of $81,500, who has developed a
similar system for the Chancellor’s Office, and who understands the faculty inquiry needs of
educators, and whose system will meet our Title V goals.
The new Faculty Inquiry System (nicknamed SOFIA for Student Outcomes for Faculty Inquiry and
Analysis) will allow faculty to examine outcomes for the students they teach. The system will also
allow learning communities to examine student outcomes both short term and longitudinally. The
new system is expected to facilitate curriculum development, program planning, and the evaluation
of student outcomes with easy to access, real time data.
Fiscal Impact:
Expenditures of $81,500 funded by the Title V grant for Professional Services Contracts, for a oneyear contract with Vinod Verma.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Governing Board authorize the Vice President of Administrative
Services to execute a professional service contract with Vinod Verma.
Administrator Initiating Item:
Rachel Mayo, Dean, Education Centers and
Title V Director
Renée M. Kilmer, Vice President, Instruction
Academic and Professional Matter
If yes, Faculty Senate Agreement
Senate President Signature
 Yes  No
 Yes  No
Final Disposition
Approved