WASC
Executive Committee
November 7, 2013
Meeting Notes
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Haak Ctr Boardroom 4115
Members Present: Michael Caldwell, Xuanning Fu, Darlene Haines, Asao Inoue, Andrew Lawson, Jim Marshall, Pranav
Menon, Arun Nambiar, Dennis Nef, Tamyra Pierce, Angel Sanchez, Fariborz Tehrani, Sandra Witte, David Schecter,
Lynnette Zelezny and Laura Alcantar
Members Absent: Darlene Haines, Jim Marshall and David Schecter
Call to Order: 12:02 p.m.
I.
II.
Announcements
a. Welcome Students - Darlene Haines and Pranav Menon
b. Update on WASC Invite in November
We have not heard from Barbara at this point but L. Zelezny will be seeing her at a review and will touch
basis with her.
c. WASC Proposal Review – John Shields
John Shields professor from Agriculture has agreed to serve as an editor the institutional report. J. Shields
is very detailed oriented and is already studying the new WASC guidelines prior to reviewing our draft
institutional report.
d. WASC Accreditation Reviews Proposed Dates – We have received our dates from WASC and see the
dates below.
i. Offsite Review: November 20, 2014
ii. Accreditation Visit: October 20-23, 2015
Review October 10, 2013 meeting notes
Meeting notes were approved.
III.
Update on Core Competencies Perspectives – A. Lawson and L. Zelezny
L. Zelezny had a very fruitful meeting with the college assessment coordinators in the program review process.
There were several ideas developed at this meeting, one of them being a rubric developed by the College and the
departments could use to assess the quantative analysis core competency. There were a lot of opinions on how to
get to the five core competencies and how to assess them. A. Sanchez agrees that it is a very good idea to start the
assessment conversation going in the program review process. We have a good process, but some areas are broken
and require reviewing the process. D. Nef discussed how the eportfolio would help reduce the resistance of
assessment. The eportfolio has seven goals and assessment is one of them. The campus needs to decide whether
the assessment process needs to be centralized or decentralized. A. Lawson mentioned that there are very different
perspectives on this issue and we need to be thinking about how to discuss this at the campus wide level. It may
be useful to plan campus forums and request campus feedback. The executive committee will need to decide how
we are going to request campus feedback starting the Spring 2014 semester.
IV.
Newsletter Topics
The newsletter was very well received; please send any topic ideas to T. Pierce.
V.
VI.
VII.
Progress Update on Self Study Essays – Due Monday, December 2nd (Outlines will be uploaded to website)
We have received outlines from all of the groups. The student success group went over the guidelines page limit
and at this point it is okay to submit to put together in the final report. It is better to have more information and
then we can edit down the pages. Once we put all the information together the editor will be able to delete
duplicate areas. P. Oliaro mentioned that at this point they have not added community service in their section of
the report, but believes that this is one Fresno State highlights.
1. Introduction: Institutional Context; Response to Previous Commission Actions – L. Zelezny and A.
Lawson
Lawson will be working on the response to the previous commission actions. He feels confident that this
might be the easiest section to complete.
2. Compliance with WASC Standards and Federal Regulations: Self-Review under the Standards;
Compliance Checklist – D. Nef, S. Moore and M. Caldwell (G. Harootunian)
D. Nef provided the standards and federal regulations and will be meeting with AP&P to get some more
feedback.
3. Degree Programs: Meaning, Quality, and Integrity of Degrees – D. Schecter (A. Lawson, Michelle
DenBeste, S. Moore and D. Nef, J. Diaz, J. Marshall and R. Raya-Fernandez and Student)
4. Educational Quality: Student Learning, Core Competencies, and Standards of Performance at Graduation
– X. Fu (R. Hall, R. Harper, A. Inoue, C. Radke, M. Ram, F. Tehrani, D. Tyckoson, P. Neufeld, T. Pierce
and J. Magee)
5. Student Success: Student Learning, Retention, and Graduation – P. Oliaro and M. McDonald (A.
Sanchez, C. Radke and Student)
6. Quality Assurance and Improvement: Program Review; Assessment; Use of Data and Evidence – A.
Sanchez and S. Witte (D. Griffin and Lisa Kao)
Presented the outline and are currently working on the draft section. We have some overlap in groups 3, 6
and 7.
7. Sustainability: Financial Viability; Preparing for the Changing Higher Education Environment – D. Nef
and C. Matson (R. Sanchez, B. Berrett and C. Coon)
This group has completed seven pages is almost complete. D. Nef would like to begin discussion about
developing a vision of the 21st century education.
8. Conclusion: Reflection and Plans for Improvement – A. Lawson, L. Zelezny (M. Caldwell and T. Pierce)
Upcoming workshops:
a. The Meaning, Quality, and Integrity of Degrees Workshop
November 14, 2013, southern California
Attending: David Schecter, Scott Moore, Michelle DenBeste, Jose Diaz, Jim Marsall and Rebeca RayaFernandez
b. Assessment 101: The Assessment Cycle, Clear and Simple
January 29, 2014, southern California
c. Retreat on Student Success
January 30-31, 2014, southern California
d. 2014 WASC Academic Resource Conference
April 23-25, 2014, Los Angeles, CA
Attending:
Next Meeting: December 5th 11:00 – 12:00 p.m., Haak Center Boardroom 4115
Reminder: Draft Institutional Reports Due – Monday, December 2nd via email to Tamyra Pierce tpierce@csufresno.edu
and cc: lalcantar@csufresno.edu.
Meeting adjourned: 12:02 p.m.