Peralta Community College District
Discipline Meeting Notes
December 3, 2010
Present:
College of Alameda: Rochelle Olive, Gary Perkins, Gloria Vogt, Mike Wirth
Berkeley City College: Sharon Garrett, Jayne Matthews, Shirley Fogarino
Laney College:
Anna Beavers, Margaret Lynn Crossman, Ron Jones
Merritt College:
Fereshteh Mofid, Shahbaz Shahbazi, Simon Chan
Facilitators:
Jayne Matthews, Gary Perkins
Note takers:
Gloria Vogt and Jayne Matthews
Next Meeting: Friday, February 4, 2011; 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., College of Alameda, Room A149
Follow-up Action &
Topic
Discussion
Responsible Party
Recommendations
Scheduled next meeting
Friday, February 4, 2011
Distribute minutes and agenda Jayne Matthews
12:30 to 2:00
to Business Discipline
Rochelle Olive
College of Alameda
members at all colleges.
Copy to Deborah Budd and
Joseph Bielanski
Minutes from prior meeting
Reviewed and approved
Jayne Matthews
Accounting Instructors
Meeting 12/3/10
Report from Anna Beavers
BUS 70 Introduction to
Marketing
BUS 20 and 24: No changes recommended at
this time; BUS 20 required for several
programs.
Individual colleges may decide to add a new
course combining both in the future
Laney’s enrollments are strong; at other
colleges enrollments vary, with students often
using all four campuses to meet their goals.
Reviewing possibility of Accounting Club as a
collaborative effort among the colleges to help
retention.
Tutoring programs available at Laney and
COA. Merritt has no funding for this service.
Textbooks not standardized across campuses.
Current course description versus proposed
revision
Shirley Fogarino presented her rationale for the
suggested changes. Overall agreement on
content of course; suggestions made for
instructors to update their syllabi. Overall
Timeline
As soon as possible
Merritt faculty and
department chair to continue
to solicit Dean for Accounting
Tutor Support
Merritt faculty,
department chair, and
dean
Ongoing
Rewrite proposed by Ron
Jones and Mike Wirth. Final
draft to be brought to
February meeting.
Jayne Matthews
Shirley Fogarino
Final decision to be
made at next meeting
on 2/4/11
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Discipline Meeting Notes
December 3, 2010
Topic
Follow-up Action &
Recommendations
Discussion
Responsible Party
Timeline
agreement on need for at least a minor revision
to the description.
Degree Completion
Degree Discussion
Getting a Better Idea of our
success rate
SB 1440, CSU transfer
degrees; C-ID
Each college provided best available numbers.
Average over past three years:
Laney
Degrees: 55 Certificates: 60
Merritt
Degrees: 38
Certificates: 5
Alameda
Graduates: 52 Enrollment: 1273
Berkeley
Degrees: 10
Certificates: 4
Each campus has a different focus for their
programs and different challenges.
Merritt: No evening support to offer evening
classes for workers who want to update
Business skills.
Berkeley: Many Cal students take one or two
classes. Workers in Berkeley often take only
one or two classes to upgrade skills.
All campuses: More students with Bachelor’s
in other fields returning to get business classes
to get jobs; no need for degrees or transfer.
Variety of business classes are a good example
of meeting each college community’s different
needs in the area of CTE.
Alumni Tracking Database needed
Marketing Research needed
Track Alumni not degrees
Possible funding for these
activities from Peralta
Foundation
Brief overview of project
Gary Perkins
Continued to next
meeting on 2/4/11
Continued to next
meeting on 2/4/11
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Follow-up Action &
Recommendations
Topic
Discussion
Gary Perkins closing remarks
Purpose of meetings to collaborate.
Will report out key issues to District
Committee: Retention; scheduling decisions;
clubs; tutoring; alumni numbers as BI tool;
community service. This is considered a very
effective committee and the energy seems to
keep going.
Kudos to Anna Beavers, Jayne Matthews, and
Gary Perkins for following through and leading
the process.
No meeting staff development
week.
Proposed agenda items for
2/4/11
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Scheduling courses to ensure least amount
of overlap (semesters, days, times)
BUS 70 Course Description
Mapping and comparison of degrees and
certificates at all colleges (majors and
specializations)
Issues to consider: Who offers what and
where? Community Service and CTE
versus Transfer. Avoid competition.
Student needs.
Update on SB 1440 and possible Business
Transfer Degree to CSU
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Responsible Party
Timeline