Revised Agenda for Academic Senate Meeting
May 4 -06-2006
Campus Center Room 5, 1:30-3:00 PM (90 minutes)
1. Call to Order (Parliamentarian – Gwen Walker-2min)
Update on senate protocol. Time limits will be adhered to for all agenda
items.
2. Approval of Minutes (3/02/06) and (4/05/06)-(Gwen Walker-3min)
3. Officer’s Reports
A. President (Angela Echeverri- 15 min)
L.A. MISSION COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE
PRESIDENT’S REPORT April 6, 2006
Submitted by Angela C. Echeverri
1. Administrative Update
 Dr. Mark Rocha, has been serving as our interim Vice President of Academic
Affairs since March, 2006. Dr. Rocha was formerly President at Santiago Canyon
College and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Seton Hall University. He
holds a doctorate degree in English from USC and a master’s degree from CSUFullerton.
 Maria Fenyes, former acting Vice President of Academic Affairs, has stepped
down and is currently on sabbatical.
 The search committee for a permanent Vice President of Academic Affairs will be
chaired by Dr. Karen Hoefel and will hold its first meeting after Spring Break.
Gwen Walker and Angela Echeverri are the Senate representatives.
 The selection committee for a permanent college president held its first meeting at
LAMC on Thursday, 3/30/06. The committee chair is Valley College President
Tyree Wieder. The LACCD hired a consultant, James W. Walker, to assist with
the search. LAMC faculty members on the committee are Eloise Cantrell, John
Orozco, Louise Barbato, and Angela Echeverri. At the initial meeting, the
committee members drafted an advertisement brochure for the position, which
will be reviewed by the Chancellor and approved by the Board of Trustees. The
position will be advertised nationally for 8 weeks. While the process must be kept
confidential, faculty may encourage interested individuals to apply. The
committee plans to interview candidates by the first week of July.
2. Board of Trustees Response to Motion Regarding Louis Cruz: The Senate motion
approved at the 3/2/06 meeting was forwarded to Chancellor Young and the Board of Trustees,
along with supporting information. Yesterday (4/5/06) the Board of Trustees met in closed
session to discuss the motion. Larry Eisenberg and Dr. Adriana Barrera gave a presentation to
the Board regarding Louis Cruz and the oversight of the PropA/AA projects at LAMC.
3. Shared Governance Retreat: The LACCD will be sponsoring a retreat for LAMC on Friday
April 21st, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Woodland Hills Holiday Inn. Department chairs,
vice-chairs, standing committee chairs, accreditation co-chairs, and faculty at large will be
invited, along with administrators and some classified.
Agenda items will include:
Program Review and the New 2002 Accreditation Standards
Viability Review
Shared Governance and Budget Planning
Gary Colombo, Dons Sparks, Leon Marzillier, and representatives from other campuses in and
outside of the district will attend as presenters and/or facilitators.
4. Procedure for the Creation of a New Department: The procedure approved at the 3/2/06
meeting was signed by LAMC President Jose Leyba, AFT President Eloise Cantrell and Senate
President Angela Echeverri, and is now in effect
5. LAMC Enrollment and Budget Update
Our enrollment for 2005-06 is likely to fall short of our base allocation of 5,555 FTES by
approximately 300 (This trend is occurring at most colleges in the LACCD, with the exception of
Pierce). As a result, LAMC will have to give back some of the growth money it received and is
currently projecting a budget deficit of approximately $1.7 Million for fiscal year 2005-06. The
picture is not likely to improve dramatically, and LAMC will probably have to appeal for debt
forgiveness to the LACCD Grant Allocation Task Force.
6. LAMC Construction Update
 Construction of the student parking lot began in January of 2006, expected completion
date is February 2007. There are three shuttles operating to the temporary parking lot on
Sayre Street. The fencing that was recently put up in the staff parking lot is to dig
trenches for the campus infrastructure project.
 The bungalows will be relocated to the staff parking lot off Eldridge in the summer.
Some of the parking will be replaced at the current site of the bungalows.
 Construction of the Child Development Center is expected to begin in the summer.
 At yesterday’s Board of Trustee meeting the purchase of a 10 acre parcel of land at the
corner of Eldridge and Harding was discussed in closed session.
7. Enrollment Management Committee
LAMC enrollment management committee met on Wednesday 4/5/06 to discuss our enrollment
(FTES) and the number of sections (FTEF) In the fall 2006 schedule galleys. The number of
sections in the current version of the schedule is about 10 FTEF above the initial allocation.
Meetings are open to all faculty and will take place every other Wednesday of each month at
2:30 PM in CC-4.
8. Block Grant Requests:
The Resource Analysis Committee and the College Council agreed to set aside $120,000 out of
program 10147 for an instructional equipment sub-committee established by the Academic
Senate. An e-mail was sent out to all full time faculty with electronic copies of request forms for
the individual items and for each department. Please submit all request packets to Said
Pazirandeh by April 20th, 2006.
9. Student Learning Outcomes
I have volunteered to coordinate the implementation of Student Learning Outocmes at LAMC.
My goal is to have most disciplines do the following:
A. Identify SLOs for at least one course by the end of Spring 2006.
B. Incorporate the SLOs into the Fall 2006 syllabi for these courses, and
C. Develop assessment tools to measure the SLOs by the Fall of 2006.
I am available to meet with any and all faculty that may need help or guidance with the
development and implementation of SLOs and assessment tools. Additionally, I will be giving a
presentation at the next council of instruction meeting and coordinating SLO workshops with
presenters from other campuses.
10. ASCCC Spring 2006 Plenary Session: Will take place in San Francisco April 27-29th. The
area C meeting will be held at Santa Monica College on Saturday 4/8/06 from 10:00 AM to 3:00
PM. I will attend both meetings.
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Consultation with Dr. Leyba
Selection processes for permanent LAMC President and Vice-President of
Academic Affairs
Budget Deficit
Report on Shared Governance – Retreat-April 21,2006 Holiday Inn
3-02-06 motion status
B. Treasurer (Mark Pursley-2 min)
 Treasurer’s Report
 Faculty dues status
4. Public Address (comments on matters on the agenda for the current
meeting -10 min)
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Reports of Senate Committee Meetings (15 min)
Curriculum: (Said Pazirandeh)
District Academic Senate ( Mike Climo, Vickie Oddino,Gary Prostak)
EPAC (Sonia Soto-Bair)
E-100 and DSPS Services (Rick Scuderi)
6. Old Business
 Accreditation (John Glavan ) (10min)
a. Update
b. Report on meeting.
 Block Grant Funds (Committee report – Milke, Soto-Bair, Echeverri, Jordan) (5
min)
 Student Success Initiative May 5 – LA VALLEY (Louise Barbato/David Jordan)
(5 min)
 Establishment of Department Policy and Call for Petitions (Louise Barbato) (
5min)
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New Business
Program Viability (Louise Barbato-see attachment) (10 min)
Student Learning Outcomes (Angela Echeverri) (5 min)
Proposed Governance Committee Changes (Angela Echeverri) (5 min)
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3 semesters ( Michael Climo-Alex Yguado) (3 min)
Faculty Hiring status ( Leslie Milke) (3min)
President and VP of Academic Affairs Search status (Leslie Milke) (3 min)
Petition for Chicana/o Studies Department (Jose Maldonado) (3 min)
Hostile Work Environment (John Orozco) (3 min)
April 26-27 Incident (Louise Barbato) (3 min)
Notice Motion (John Orozco) (3 min)
Other
8. Announcements and Open Forum (3 min)
 Establishment of the Rachel and Ben Leeds Scholarship ( Eloise Cantrell)
Rachel is retiring in December of 2006. I would like to honor her many
years of service here at Mission as a founding faculty member by
creating a scholarship in honor of Ben and Rachel.
Mission College
Viability Review of Educational Programs
Overview
 Program Viability Review is a Senate- directed process meant to assure that the College’s
instructional resources are used in response to the College’s Mission, its Educational
Master Plan, the needs of its students, and the requirements of the community it serves.
 Viability review involves a special process. It is only invoked under unusual
circumstances: it is not part of the regular Program Review process, and it is not a
process that should be applied to all departments, disciplines, or programs in a regular
fashion.
 The term program as it relates to this review process includes all degree and vocational
state-approved certificate instructional programs (credit and non-credit), all specially
funded programs, all instructional disciplines, and all departments or other campus units
offering instruction.
 Faculty participation in program review is mandated by the following
o Accreditation: Standard Two directs faculty to take an active role in educational
innovation and in addressing the future of programs that appear to have outlived
documented need.
o State Senate Guidelines: State Senate models of the program review and
educational planning processes make it clear that faculty must take a proactive
part in decisions affecting program creation, discontinuance, and restructuring.
o Board Rule 6803 requires that each college, in consultation with its Academic
Senate, develop procedures for initiating and conducting a viability review of
educational programs.
o Board Rule 6803.10, Education Code 78016, and Title 5, §55130 & §51022(a)
require that a viability review be conducted prior to program discontinuance
(termination).
 This policy and the process of program viability will be complimentary to existing
approved Department Establishment and Modification Policies
Outcomes
Viability review committees make recommendations that include but are not limited to the
following:
1. Program Initiation
The institution or adoption of a new program, a new discipline, or a new department
2. Program Discontinuance
The discontinuance (termination) of an existing program, discipline, or department
3. Program Modification and Improvement
A plan of action to enhance the performance and effectiveness of an existing
program, discipline, or department
4. Departmental Reorganization
The restructuring of an existing program, discipline, or department for greater
effectiveness, including the joining of smaller departments into a larger one, or
splitting a larger department into smaller ones.
Establishing a Special Viability Review Committee
The process of Viability Review is carried out by a special study committee organized by the
Educational Planning Committee (or until an EPC is established, the committee will be
established by the Senate) in all cases of program initiation or program discontinuance. The
process may be initiated by a request or motion on the part of any of the following:
1. The College President
2. The Vice President of Academic Affairs
3. The Academic Senate
4. The Educational Planning Committee (as the result of Program Review and/or
Educational Master Planning)
In cases of program modification and improvement or departmental reorganization Viability
Review is carried out only if there is no consensus within the Educational Planning
Committee (or Senate in the absence of an EPC) or when at least a quarter of the Educational
Planning Committee calls for such a review.
The Review Committee exists until it files its recommendations. Membership on the Review
Committee should include:
1. The Academic Senate President or Designee
2. Two Educational Planning Committee members (elected by the Senate)
Note: Until the Education Planning Committee is established, the Senate President
will appoint these two members from the faculty at large.
3. Two Department Chairs (elected by the Senate)
4. The Curriculum Committee Chair or designee
5. One AFT representative
6. The Vice President of Academic Affairs or designee
7. One Academic Dean
8. One ASO representative
Committee Resources:
 When either program initiation or program discontinuance are being considered,
up to two additional members from other institutions may be called upon as
resources.
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Members of the discipline(s) or department(s) under review will not be appointed
to the Viability Committee but may serve as resources.
Information Gathering
Decisions made in the course of the Program Viability Process must be based on a broad and
thoroughgoing investigation of factors relating to the benefits of a program for students, for
the college, and for the community served by Mission College. They must, therefore, take
into consideration information that goes far beyond simple measures of current student
demand or weekly student-contact hours. The following general types of information should
be gathered as needed and weighed in the process of formulating the Review Committee’s
recommendations:
1. Relation of the program to the College Mission
2. Relation of the program to the Educational Master Plan
3. Recent Program Review or accrediting agency recommendations
4. Measures of student demand
5. Measures of labor-market demand
6. Measures of demand in the service area
7. Current program effectiveness (including a cost vs. benefits analysis)
8. Outside expert opinion
9. Projected impact on overall educational program, students, faculty, college budget,
community
Process
 Once a Special Review Committee has been formed, it will meet to elect a chair and
establish a specific plan for the study it is about to undertake.
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This plan should include data gathering, solicitation of position papers from faculty, staff,
and students involved, interviews with faculty in the affected area and in related
instructional areas, interviews with students and administrators, consultations with
outside experts and faculty and/or administrators from other institutions, administration
of surveys, and/or use of focus groups. At least one well-publicized open forum should be
held to allow any concerned member of the campus community or of the College’s
service area the opportunity to voice opinions and express concerns. In addition, the
committee shall consult when necessary with District, regional, and State agencies and
institutions overseeing specific types of programs, such as certain vocational programs.
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Within 90 days of the committee’s formation, it will produce a Program Viability Report
specifying the outcome of its deliberations and making specific recommendations for
action, complete with timelines.
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This Viability Report must include the following:
1. a summary of the process used by the committee
2. a review of all data consulted
3. a detailed assessment of the recommendations’ impact on the College’s overall
educational program and budget, as well as its impact on all students, faculty, and
staff involved.
Program Discontinuance
o In general, program discontinuance should be recommended only after a serious
attempt has been made to improve program effectiveness and efficiency, unless it is
clear that future efforts at remediation are not warranted.
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Pursuant to Board Rule 6803.10, a viability review is required prior to program
discontinuance and must consider the following:
1. The effects on students and student success if the program is discontinued;
2. Provisions that can and should be made for students in progress to complete their
training;
3. The impact that discontinuance of the program will have on the
comprehensiveness and balance of offerings across the college curriculum and
within the district;
4. How the program’s discontinuance would impact the educational and budgetplanning process used at the institution;
5. How the program’s discontinuance affects the region;
6. The effects of the program’s discontinuance on transfer to four-year colleges and
universities;
7. The effects of the program’s discontinuance on local businesses and industries;
8. The effects of the program’s discontinuance on faculty and staff.
Making the Decision
 Viability Review Committee recommendations shall be forwarded to the Academic
Senate for approval. The Viability Review Committee’s recommendations shall be
forwarded also to the Educational Planning Committee once this committee is
established, and the Office of Academic Affairs for review and comment.
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The Senate’s decision shall be taken to the College President in consultation with the
Academic Senate President and the AFT Chapter President. [Article 17, §A.2 AFT
Faculty Guild Collective Bargaining Agreement]
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“The College President and College Academic Senate President shall make program
discontinuance recommendations to the Board of Trustees for approval. The
recommendation shall include a description of the viability review process and the
reasons for the recommendation.” [Board Rule 6803.10]
Copies of this Vitality Review of Educational Programs, signed by the College President and the
Academic Senate President, shall be on file the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of the
Academic Senate.
This approval of this document supersedes all previous agreements regarding program viability
review at Los Angeles Mission College.
College President
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Senate President
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AFT President ______________________________________
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