Agenda
Liberal Arts Chair/Coordinator Meeting
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
3:00 to 4:00 p.m., LRC 340
Call-in Number: 888-450-4821 (cell phone users dial: 719-785-4469)
Access Code: 310929
1. Liberal Arts Strategic Enrollment Management Plan
 Our plan focuses on Outreach (High School Capture Rate, Full-time Enrollment)
and In-reach (Academic Success as Measured by Persistence and Retention)
 Create a Liberal Arts Community Advisory Board (first meeting, April 2015)
 Liberal Arts Dean, Chairs, and Coordinators meet as a team with our High School
counterparts at their campuses
 Expand DE, emphasizing quality standards and outcomes (Brett Myhren/training
for chairs/individual faculty)
2. 2013-2014 College Degree Awards Data (see attachment)
3. Curriculum and Enrollment Management
 Identify, by department, courses not offered every semester
 When any Liberal Arts course not offered every semester is scheduled, include
comment in College Schedule that indicates semester or academic year when
next available
 Identify division courses that do not fulfill AA, AAT, and IGETC requirements
 Connect with Counseling to promote awareness of and enrollment in courses
that meet degree, certificate, and transfer goals
 Schedule Liberal Arts courses in San Clemente, if appropriate classroom space
can be identified
 Consider offering first and second eight week online sections
 Discuss CIO Block Schedule Model (see attachment)
 Liberal Arts Enrollment Comparison Report, Summer 2015 (see attachment)
4. 2014-2015 Schedule Development
 Current Fall 2014 Enrollments (see attachment)
 Revisions to Current Spring 2015 Schedule Completed
 Chairs will receive Summer 2015 TARs no later than November 21
 Fall 2015 TARs will be distributed to faculty in early December
5. Faculty Evaluations/Tenure Review
 Fall 2014: Status Report on Annual Tenure Review Process for Full-time Faculty in
Tenure Track Positions and First Semester Evaluations for Newly Hired Associate
Faculty
 Spring 2015: Complete Once-Every-Three-Year Evaluations for Full-time Tenured
Faculty and Associate Faculty as well as Newly Hired Spring 2015 Associate
Faculty
6. Faculty Substitutes, Unpaid Workload Exchanges, Classroom Guests and Volunteers, and
Absence Reporting
7. Status of Special November Tech Review for Proposed New Courses and AAT Course
Revisions
8. 2014-2015 College-wide Resource Allocation Request Process
 Submit in fall
 Division Prioritization in December
 Final Submissions Due in January 2015
9. New Full-time Faculty Position Requests
 Humanities/#4
 English/#6
 ESL/#12 (ranked #10 by Academic Senate)
10. Division Success Committee Representatives and Projects
 Outstanding Liberal Arts Student Award and Department Awards
11. Program Reviews Due in December 2015
 English
 Reading
 ESL
 Humanities
 Philosophy
 Journalism
12. New Business and Announcements
13. All Spring 2015 Meetings, Tuesdays, from 3-4 p.m., LRC 340