Student Affairs Committee
October 9, 2009
1 pm – 3 pm
Aztlan B
I.
US Bank proposal for banking partnership – combines student ID card with
ATM access and benefits to students and the student government.
Two representatives from US Bank were present to deliver PowerPoint
presentation. Their goal is to get MCC to partner with them with respect to
the Student ID Card. They would encode a US Bank acct number on the
magnetic strip and only when a student goes to a US Bank branch and
opens an account would that account number become activated. There is
no minimum balance nor any monthly fees associated with a US Bank
checking acct.
No student reps were at the meeting today. The faculty and staff felt that
this is a dangerous idea and that there are very few benefits for the
students.
US Bank will offer marketing support, special promotions and financial
support with respect to a signing bonus (based on student population) and
annual royalty payments (based on student participation). It appears the
college is the one who benefits the most, not necessarily the students.
II.
Work Group Reports
a. Textbook Rental Program
Todd Hannan (Follett) could not make the meeting but he forwarded an
update on the rental services that Follett is currently offering – albeit at one
campus only (Orange Coast College). He reports that it is working well and
Follett is committed to making it work here at MCC.
Julie Vignato did some searching on her own. With poll numbers from
Teresa Cerda it appears that more than 80% of students say “yes” they do
want some type of rental program for textbooks.
SouthWestern College who has a “college run” bookstore started a rental
program in 2006 with only 5 titles and today they have tripled their
program and saved students over $1 million.
b. EOPS Book Lending Program
No update given on this program during this meeting.
c. Student Input into Bookstore Profits
No student representative was present for today’s meeting.
III.
Work Groups to Replace Committees:
From our Committee we need to choose folks to be on the following
committees:
Commencement
Fin. Aid appeals – Committee is set
Matriculation
Committee on Exceptions
Awards and Scholarships
Many of these committees need certain and specific types of faculty
representation. Currently, the Student Affairs Committee does not have
enough of the “specific” type of faculty to fill the needs of these
committees. Ledet will ask the Steering Committee to see about adding
more faculty members to our group. In the meantime committees that
need more faculty were advised to just go ahead and ask different faculty
who might not be assigned to a committee, and see if they would be willing
to fill the need. If not, then we wait for Steering to assign more faculty.