Cabrillo College Faculty Senate
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
3:05 PM – 5:51 PM
Sesnon House
In Attendance: Eva Acosta, Rebecca Arnesty, Winnie Baer, David Balogh,
Janus Blume, Virginia Coe, Becka Fortune, John Govsky, Steve Hodges,
Renee Kilmer, Brian Legakis, Diego Navarro, Francesco Ponce, Beth
Regardz, Dave Reynolds, Georg Romero, Dan Rothwell, Adrienne Saxton,
Letitia Scott-Curtis, Mary Ellen Sullivan, Alex Taurke
Note Taker: Eric Barbour
1.0 Call to Order
1.1 – The meeting was called to order at 3:05 PM.
2.0 Minutes
2.1 – Reviewed the 2/17/09 minutes.
2.1.1 –2/17/09 changes: “Dance is part of HWPEA and not VAPA” to
“Dance was a part of HWPEA when the plans were designed but is now a
part of VAPA” (4.1.3). Minutes approved without opposition
3.0 Reports
3.1 – President (Steve Hodges)
3.1.1 – No volunteers have been found for the Staff Development Task
Force. Steve will all-college email if no senators are interested.
3.1.2 – A faculty representative is needed for the Food Service Committee.
Meets Fridays once-per-month from 12-1PM: committee reviews the
contractual food service and voiced comments/complaints; food is
available to members of the committee. Steve will all-college email if no
senators are interested.
3.1.3 – There are 9 short-term administrative comprehensive evaluation
committees – the administrators under review are Pegi Ard, Harry
Bidlman, Robin Ellis, Wanda Garner, Beth Nelson, Margery Rodriguez,
Barbara Shingai, Teresa Thomae, and Shelly West. Each team needs a
faculty person. Each committee will meet once or twice over this
semester. Ideally committee member will be within the field of the
administrator that they are evaluating.
3.1.3.1 - Mary Ellen Sullivan will join Margery Rodriguez’s
committee
3.1.3.2 - Dave Reynolds will join Wanda Garner’s committee
3.1.3.3 - Virginia Coe will join Teresa Thomae’s committee
3.1.3.4 - Leticia Scott-Curtis will join Robin Ellis’s committee
3.1.3.5 - Eva Acosta will join Harry Bidlman’s committee
3.1.3.6 - Beth Regardz will join Beth Nelson’s committee.
3.1.3.7 - Steve will look for someone to fill Barbara Shingai’s
committee
3.1.3.8. - Winnie Baer will join Pegi Ard’s committee.
3.1.3.9 - Steve will look for someone to fill Shelly West’s
committee
3.1.4 – The Faculty Senate will be turning 40; this event will be celebrated
April 16 – 18 at the regular Spring Plenary Session.
3.1.5 – Should we maintain the year-end party tradition?
Motion: maintain year-end party tradition for this year.
3.1.5.1 – Will need volunteers for the party committee.
Steve Hodges will be a committee member.
Passed without opposition
3.1.6 – Adrienne Saxton from Health Sciences joined as a Senator
3.1.7 – Rebecca Arnesty from HWPEA joined as a Senator
3.2 – Vice President (Leticia Scott-Curtis)
3.2.1 – BELA department will be electing a new department faculty
senator soon; more than one person is interested in the position
3.3 – Secretary (Georg Romero)
3.3.1 – We will have full faculty senate representation after the BELA
vacancy is filled, though a position will still exist for a Watsonville liaison
3.3.2 – The new name for our Basic Skills program is ACES (formerly
ESI – Emerging Scholars Institute.)
3.4 – Treasurer (Dave Reynolds)
3.4.1 – Dave should now have the power of check writing
3.5 – CCFT (John Govsky)
3.5.1 – CCEU/CCFT solidarity event April 3rd 5-8PM
3.6 – CCEU (Janus Blume)
3.6.1 – CCEU is not as alarmed about a layoff catastrophe with the $3.2M
reduction plan but is still very concerned with the with process of layoff
allocation
3.6.2 – CCEU is concerned as to whether temp hourly work is being used
appropriately. Classified staff members are focused on classified work.
3.7 – Watsonville (Eva Acosta)
3.7.1 – Watsonville enrollment is up around 9%. The college is receiving
$1M “bonus” to its base budget because of the size of the Watsonville
center.
3.8 – ASCC (Becka Fortune)
3.8.2 – Appointed February 19th on the student senate are: Eric Barbour
(Vice President), Geoffrey Stanfield (Legislative Representative), Monica
Oliveira (Watsonville Representative), Andreas Nicholas (Senator-atLarge), Madeline Vidibor (Senator-at-Large), and Nahum Rivera
(Senator-at-Large).
3.8.3 – The ASCC Senate voted to not fund march-in-march due to a lack
of a cohesive message on the part of the expected attendees
3.8.4 – A $3000 increase was funded to the library’s textbooks on reserve
program
3.8.5 – The ASCC Budget committee will soon be holding an open forum
regarding our budget and the funding of the Student Activities Coordinator
3.9 – VPI (Renee Kilmer)
3.9.1 – We are going forward with the Title V grant. A contractor will
help us to write and obtain the grant – the contractor has a 98% success
rate. We will not pay if the proposal is not successful.
3.9.2 – A Title V Task force has already met and is polishing surveys to
students, faculty, and staff for the grant writer. Please take the time to
have your students fill out the survey if your class is selected for it. Will
occur within the next 2-3 weeks
3.9.3 – Focus groups will be forming within the next 2-3 weeks to look at
project goals & activities. Contact Rachel Mayo for more info about Title
V. A $3.5M total grant is expected. The grant writer fee is 5% contingent
upon the success of our application.
4.0 Unfinished or Ongoing Business
4.1 – Budget Discussion
4.1.1 – ECE has a childcare and an instructional component. ECE is both
an occupational and transfer program. ECE has helped Title V students to
continue through college and earn their degrees, increasing eligibility for
the Title V grant. The success of the ECE program is dependent on a solid
setup. ECE is concerned about losses & maintaining the level of quality
and access to the students. They may need to revise curriculum depending
on the changes – this causes lots of stress within the department
3.1.1.1 – The current proposal is a $180K cut. ECE cannot
function as a revenue neutral entity
3.1.1.2 – The Administrative Council is considering a proposal to
lease out the Baskin center to private entities.
3.1.1.3 – The State subsidizes students but not sufficiently; the
college transfers money yearly to keep the program functional.
Transfer was originally $500K. Last year was $300K. Planned is
a maximum of $120K as a safety net if other support (grants, lease,
etc) do not cover needs.
3.1.1.4 – Will still be serving infant-toddlers in 1500 bldg; Only
the Baskin center would be closing, not the 1500 bldg
3.1.1.5 – Open mindedness should be given toward other
possibilities in handling the ECE funding issue
4.1.2 – Archaeology: Cabrillo’s Arch. Tech Program is the only like it in
the entire US west coast. Cabrillo is a preeminent Arch. Tech school and
has gotten both state and federal awards. Our Arch. Tech Program works
broadly and brings many students from many places. The program is 2225 teaching units, totaling a cost of $115-$135K per year. Arch. Tech
proposition: plans to reduce by 60% every other year by inactivating some
courses, those not necessarily required for transfer programs. Plans to
reduce teaching units. Interested in bringing Arch. Tech back into
Anthropology. Their proposition would eliminate archaeology as a
specific program but would still provide core courses and some field
courses. The change would occur over next 12-18 months for students
with catalog rights. In the past, Cabrillo’s program has been visible and
respected. The California Archaeological Society has ~10% attendees
carrying Cabrillo’s blue alumni badge; there is high Cabrillo activity in
these meetings. Cabrillo graduation brings a near rubber stamp to
archeology majors’ transition into careers. The program teaches more
than just technology: it also teaches ethics, anthropology, the scientific
method, etc.
4.1.2.1 – Some UC & CSU campuses (and even a CCC) advertise
our Arch. Tech program in theirs brochures. They may be
interested in ensuring our program’s success. Arch. Tech will be
looking toward these campuses for a chance to bring in more
financial support.
4.1.3 – Real Estate is proposing marked reductions over complete
elimination. Though it was declining two years ago, enrollment this year
has doubled. The program has 57 teaching units presently. They propose
a drop to 12 units. Cost/FTES is $1542; the present total program cost of
$95k/yr could be dropped to $25K/yr by eliminating all but required
courses. Cabrillo is the only place within Santa Cruz that offers these
courses. All of their adjunct instructors work within the industry.
Suspending the program would make bringing it back a very difficult task.
Current market conditions should not be a factor in our considerations
because they change greatly with time. RE wants to sustain itself at barebones levels. The program has been in place 15-20 yrs and has spawned
some of the most successful realtors in the industry. Many community
members support the program. Suspending the program is tantamount to
eliminating the program – too difficult to revive it once it’s gone. Need to
raise the educational bar now more than ever; the last couple of years have
been disastrous for the market because there has not been sufficient
education for those in the RE industry. Rotating electives will still allow
the classes to exist which would be required for the attainment of a degree
for students who could pursue the program slowly.
3.1.3.1 – $92k cost to become $20k; admin is so far agreeable but
proposition still under review; majority of RE students are nontraditional and work while pursuing their degree. 2-3 electives
courses are required for the RE degree; courses in other fields can
fulfill the remaining requirements.
4.1.4 – Journalism has given up its AS degree and has brought newspaper
production from 4 units to 1. Now they are struggling to maintain a few
courses. Their newspaper production class has grown from 6 to 30 people.
They will start printing online papers but still emphasize the need for
paper copies. There is a new Ad-Sales class; advertisements will also be
entering the Voice to bring financial support to the program. The Voice is
even starting to get off-campus distribution. Production is much more
than 1 unit worth of work (~12 hrs) but students and instructors are willing
to put in the effort. Several other nearby colleges do not have journalism
programs, making our Journalism loss even more impactful to the
community. The Voice has existed for 50 years.
4.1.4.1 – “Voice” self-sufficiency with advertisement is unknown
until the project fully comes into effect. 8 teaching units out of 1215 have been cut for this semester already. Admin proposed
reduction is 50% in TU’s, including the portion that maintains the
newspaper. Saves $37K to close down the paper & the program.
May lead to $70K if the entire program has to go because of the
loss of the paper aspect. The (informal) general will of the senate
is to oppose this proposition.
4.1.5 – Aeronautics: ground-training is provided by Cabrillo and is
prerequisite to flight-training instruction, which is provided elsewhere.
Aeronautics program enrollment has stabilized throughout the last decade
with 110 students and 3 classes taught. Aero is already cut to a very low
level. ~40% of the class is interested in going to work in the field of
aviation as instructors, commercial pilots, or military. Private and
commercial aviation is very prosperous right now. Watsonville refers our
program to its pilots for training. We have one of the largest programs per
city capita in the state. Private and commercial pilots require multimedia
classrooms with field trips, etc. and only community colleges offer what is
needed. Very difficult to trim program b/c program is already very lean.
Airline pilots all over the world have gotten their starts here at Cabrillo.
4.1.5.1 – Aeronautics in community education works to an extent
but prices skyrocket and many people feel as if it is too expensive
to enroll in the program (enrollment drops). Community Ed. Was
tried in the past and they decided that it was not the appropriate
venue. Most enrollees in the program are not wealthy, contrary to
popular opinion. Neither Gavilan, Hartnell nor MPC have
aeronautics programs.
4.1.6 – Women’s Studies: the admin proposal to cut 12 units would cut
core classes which are required for the major. WS feels that work can be
done to ensure course transferability, as that has been identified as an
issue. Already work has improved the transferability of two courses
which will be joining section D certification in IGETC. Many bachelor’s
degree WS majors do not claim WS as their major during CCC education
but still take the courses. WS is interested in maintaining WS 1 (in fall
semesters) & WS 2 (in spring semesters) to keep the program alive but on
life-support. The other necessary classes for the degree could come from
history, sociology, etc. WS 5 (La Mujer) is not proposed for a cut.
Suggestion is a 6 unit cut instead of the 12 unit cut proposed.
4.1.6.1 – Members of the community have expressed shock at the
concept of a complete WS program cut.
5.0 New Business
5.1 – No items
6.0 Open Forum and Agenda Building
6.1 – No items
7.0 Adjourn
7.1 – The meeting was adjourned at 5:51 PM.