Peralta Community College District
Board Standards and Management Committee Minutes
June 25, 2009
Present: Chancellor Harris, Trustee Withrow, Trustee Gulassa, Trustee Handy, Wise
Allen, Jacob Ng, Janet Cragin, Joseph Bielanski, Diana Lara, Karolyn VanPutten, and
Louis Quindlen.
Review status of the implementation of the Campus-wide Strategic Planning Process (Dr.
Allen/Dr. Budd )
This is proceeding as scheduled. Laney college will be working on their plan, with updates due in the Fall. Trustee Withrow is concerned that we’ll be out of balance after making our cuts, rather than optimizing the monies we do receive to reflect our strategic planning. He asks that the budget be driven by the strategic plan. The strategic plan was based upon a 2% growth plan, and now we’re looking at 15% in cuts. The plans need to be refined due to budget cuts. Reductions have to be differential. A retreat will occur on
July 8 th
for the Deans and SMT, to identify the non-productive classes. FTES is based upon positive attendance.
Discuss a strategic plan and business plan for Contract/Customized Education. (Dr. Wise
Allen)
There is a lot of talent from our adjunct faculty, who can be moved into contract education, which needs to be negotiated. There is some stimulus money available for full-time, short-term programs, and there is a sense of urgency and opportunity here to seize. There is an existing contract education agreement and manual. It was asked if we applied for the center for applied technology grant. Judy Tang is our consultant, and she developed that model. OUSD is talking about getting out of adult education, as has
Hayward USD. It makes sense to have an adult education center that feeds into our regular curriculum. Professional development day on August 18 th
will be on fee-based classes and contract education. We could open our sport facilities to the community as contract education class. The Chancellor feels that matriculation is defined as the student meeting his goal. Leisure classes will be examined, and could perhaps be placed into a fee-based structure. Classes are supposed to go to CIPD and the curriculum committee.
We have very little non-credit classes that we can offer. There is a revised master plan for higher education, and we should be concerned with those goals, which may change our goals to be more of a transfer institution. There’s a joint legislative committee beginning to define this, as fees start to rise significantly. BOGG waiver qualifications may change and tighten. The A and B requirements for BOGG waivers were requested for income requirements. The aircraft engineering class could be a possible contract education program. A lot of those students eventually come here, with high debts from student loans, and no job security from other similar private programs. Our marketing needs to tell students they will graduate this program from Peralta with no debt.
Review status of the IT Master Plan including selection process for a new CIO. (Tom
Smith)
A draft is ready, and needs to go through shared governance from the Chancellor’s working group, which has an IT/technology working group. It’s based on the educational master plans. Trustee Withrow asked for a structured process for vetting the plan, such as through project management software, such as primavera. A draft copy is requested.
It is hoped that there will be a recommendation to the Chancellor by the July 21 st Board meeting.

Board Standards and Management Committee Minutes June 25, 2009
Discuss issues related to the high cost of text books, including the status of a pilot project action plan. Discuss status of the consortium for OER as a source for textbooks and progress achieved to date at The Peralta Colleges. (Dr. Allen and Dr. Bielanski)
Alexis Alexander will conduct a staff development day in October on this, which is hoping to energize faculty.
Review status of the ear mark, grant initiatives, and federal stimulus applications. (Alton
Jelks and Jeannette Dong)
We have $125,000 earmarked for police and fire programs. The third week of October is slated for a meeting between with our lobbyists and the Board.
Discuss the results of the recent trip to South America, as well as the recruitment of outof-state students and those from Canada and Mexico. (Jacob Ng)
Data is not final yet. From 400 applicants, 200 enroll and are accepted. It takes time to build ties in different communities. 11 students from South America will arrive this Fall.
We also have students from Ethiopia. The trustees will visit the South African embassy in DC. It is requested that a package be developed for their trip to forward to the educational contacts about Peralta, including Peralta’s history with that area. We have a sister-state agreement with South Africa. Distance education reports 1013 FTES during the last year. A goal is to get international online programs to expand the program, such as the program proceeding in Korea. Out-of-state population efforts are continuing.
High school outreach was addressed. Some students get a free, first year of education in their home states, but some students still want to come here to the Bay Area from out of state. Rick Spees said he would take the issue to consultant ambassadors, who sometimes tell students that Oakland is not safe, and advise that students shouldn’t come here.
Trustee Withrow will provide this information to Jacob. AP advanced students can take concurrent enrollment for online classes with counselor approval, and they will be screened, mostly for math, English, GE classes, and Jacob’s office assists with this. Vets could arrive here for trade programs, and we need market Peralta via the VA. Each college has a veterans’ program. The VA seems to push 4 year colleges more, where students come in on a FTES basis. The VA is also visited on the DC trip. Veteran clubs should also be on our campus as a student group. Colleges may not have the space for more clubs. Jacob’s programs bring money into Peralta away from the tax base. We need to focus this same energy on our local enrollment. There is a structural breakdown as to how this country is being educated, and the projections for the future are not good.
ASTI graduation was inspiring to see the student success. Recent immigrants are enrolling, but OUSD graduates aren’t motivated to get here, and have dropped through the cracks. We have to re-examine what we’re doing for the urban populations who aren’t enrolling here. We need to examine our current enrollment to see who’s enrolled by ethnic background, as well as investigate the Financial Aid enrollees. Dr. Allen will provide this information.
Respectfully submitted,
Roxanne Epstein repstein@peralta.edu
466-7203
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