FINAL
El Camino College
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting of December 6, 2004
Present: Dr. Fallo, Ms. Caldwell, Dr. Caldwell, Mr. Hanson, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Middleton, Ms. Pickens,
Ms. Smith, Dr. Schwartz, Dr. Simon, and Ms. Stewart.
1. Appeal rights for faculty. Correspondence from Steven Bruckman, Interim General Counselor
at the Chancellor’s office was distributed for discussion at the next meeting. This is in relation
to faculty concern that their appeal rights are not addressed in the proposed Unlawful
Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Complaints policy.
2. Mid Year Accreditation Report draft was distributed. Council members are requested to review
and e-mail Dr. Schwartz (through Karen Lam) any comments or changes before Thursday,
December 9th. The plan is to have the finalized report adopted by the Board on January 18th.
3. Policy 5060 – Concurrent Enrollment was distributed. Also distributed were procedures that
are still in development. After a brief review, it was noted that the second paragraph of the
policy is actually procedure and can be removed. There was some question whether or not we
should charge K-12 student enrollment fees. Dr. Caldwell will find out what enrollment fee
practices are at other schools. It was mentioned that allowing K-12 students to attend for free is
good community relations. This policy will be discussed further at the next meeting.
4. Review of 2003-2004 Goals. Progress has been made with the policy review process, and it is
on going. Communication is a never-ending goal. College Council focuses both on day-to-day
and broad issues. It is felt that day-to-day issues should not be ignored because they inform on
broad issues. Council members want to feel free to discuss any issues that come up. The Vice
President’s feel that they each should have one vote rather than one combined. They feel that
their individual areas are not equally represented. Members agree that the Council composition
is correct. It was noted that there is not a representative from the Technology Committee on
the Council and that it is desired to have information on their operations brought here. It was
also noted that many people do not know that College Council exists and/or what it does.
5. Goals for 2004-2005.
a. Continue Policy Review
b. Review Procedure 2510
c. Focus on broad issues, but encourage communication on topical issues
d. Focus on student success
e. Build a sense of community
f. Improve campus communication
It was noted that one way to build a sense of community would be to have campus events that
bring employees together for activities such as picnics.
6. Academic Area Council meeting. Discussions included Student Learning Outcomes, concern
about decline in monies from ASB sales, concern about Bookstore not supporting ASB to
extent in past, lack of good food service on campus, and field trip forms not protecting faculty
liability.
Agenda for the December 13, 2004 Meeting
1.
Minutes of December 6, 2004
2.
Team Reports
3.
Review Goals 2004-05
4.
Appeal Rights for Faculty
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8.
Policy 5060 – Concurrent Enrollment
Policy 4240 – Academic Renewal
Policy 4228 – Independent Study
District Resources for Partisan Purposes