California State University, San Bernardino President’s Office
Administrative Council Meeting
June 8, 2009
Present:
Aguilar, Arlin, Aylmer, Bisbee, Bowerman, Burns, Carlson, Chen-Maynard, Clark,
Fernández, Freund, Gardner, Jandt, Karnig, Kendle, Kray, Langford, Lilienthal,
McGowan, Moran, Nassar, Rincón, Robinson, Thompson, West, Yasuhara, Zorn
Absent:
Caballero, Frost, Hatcher, Kamusikiri, Karmanova, Vasquez, Wilson
Guests:
Lee Hanson, Les Kong, Lydia Ortega, Carrie Hemphill Rieth, Olivia Rosas, Roseanna
Ruiz, Jim Stretch, Belisario Ventura
Informational Handouts.
President Karnig discussed the following:
An article from the San Diego Union Tribune, dated June 5, entitled “UCSD Says
It’s Not Done after Shedding 800 Jobs.”
An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, dated June 5, entitled “Cal
State May Cut Enrollment by 40,000, Chancellor Says.”
Documents issued by the Chancellor’s Office:
Frequently Asked Questions, resulting from the Executive Council Budget
Reduction Discussion – June 3, 2009
Title 5 Changes:
Article 6.8 – Furloughs of Non-Represented Employees
Article 6.9 – Reductions in Pay for Non-Represented Employees
Article 4.1 – Holidays
Article 5 – General Requirements for Graduation
In the face of the upcoming budget cuts, CSU is committed to its two principles of
serving with quality as many students as possible and preserving as many jobs as
possible. Three strategies which are being reviewed include reducing enrollment,
increasing revenue, and taking personnel actions. The Chancellor doesn’t intend to
impose financial exigency at this time. Ambiguity remains in what the final dollar figure
of cuts will be. One change in policy is that our enrollment target will be lowered and we
will not be penalized if we are under-target. The Chancellor has emphasized trying to
get students through the system and has issued an Executive Order that if a student
has taken all necessary coursework for a degree, the university can graduate them.
The Chancellor’s Office has placed virtually everything on the table, and has modified
certain Articles in Title 5 accordingly. Articles 6.8 and 6.9 are directed at MPP’s:
furloughs will be defined and imposed at the direction of the Chancellor; the possibility
of pay reductions also exists. Per Article 4.1, holidays may be directed to be taken
without pay for non-represented employees. Finally, per Article 5, the President can
preclude students from registering in state courses if those students have completed the
requirements for a degree. To qualify for financial aid, students must demonstrate that
they are making progress towards a degree in a reasonable timeframe. Ms. Ruiz will
look into the campus’ flexibility to decide the maximum number of credit hours beyond
which financial aid is no longer offered.
Update on the “Free Speech and Advocacy” Policy
Because of First Amendment actions taken by the Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education, CSU attorneys have been reviewing each campus’ free speech policies. As
a result, the entire campus has been designated open to free speech except for areas
where it would negatively affect university business (i.e., the normal use of a particular
space). While the campus can’t put limits on the content of the speech, it can look at
things like sound issues. A handbook is posted on the CSU attorney’s website on free
speech issues.
If we have in place standard charges for space use, those policies remain. Per the
Election Manual, the campus cannot endorse political candidates. The campus has
greater discretion in controlling commercial speech on campus (e.g., credit card
vendors) and for off-campus individuals and groups requesting on-campus space; in
either case, it is important to be consistent. Time, place, and manner restrictions can be
imposed and areas with security and/or privacy issues can have their entrances
restricted. Ms. Rieth will look into the campus’ flexibility to charge more to outside
groups for increased security costs incurred by their use of our space, particularly when
the number of attendees is unclear in advance. She will also examine item IV of the
revised policy which no longer clearly ties freedom of class discussion to the subject of
the course.
“IV. Academic Freedom in the Classroom: Students and faculty in the University enjoy
generally accepted rights to academic freedom. Students and faculty are free to
express their opinions and views in the classroom without censorship, providing these
opinions and views are related to the subject matter under discussion in the class or if
their expression is invited by the class instructor. Those not enrolled in a class or
specifically invited to attend a class by the instructor do not enjoy such rights.”
Finally, she will correct the policy to reflect that the green area adjacent to the Fitness
Center will become a conservation garden and will therefore not be able to serve as a
gathering place.
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minorities Program (LSAMP)
LSAMP was designed by the National Science Foundation to increase the number of
underrepresented students who major in science or mathematics (the “STEM” areas of
study). Co-funded by NSF and CSU, it was a systemwide proposal with 22 campuses
participating. The grant was originally awarded in October 1993, and the first activities
at CSUSB began in the summer of 1994. The first director was Dr. Javier Torner (19942001); Dr. Belisario Ventura has been coordinator since 2002. Each grant cycle is 5
years, and we are now in the Senior Program or 4th cycle, with Phases I to III (involving
retention in STEM and increased graduation rates) successfully completed. One of the
outcomes has been CSUSB’s ranking as #1 in the US for Latino math graduates.
Strategic Plan
The deadline is November 1st to have the Strategic Plan in place and tied to the budget.
All Administrative Council members were asked to review the Plan, send in any
changes by Wednesday, so that a revised version will be available for discussion on
Monday (6/15).
Enrollment Management
Anticipated depressors to enrollment include allowing only new students in the Fall (per
the Chancellor’s request), shutting down exceptions, and potential fee increases. The
campus is closed for Winter and Spring undergraduate enrollment; however, graduate
and international student enrollment remain open. For modeling purposes, a 1,600
enrollment decrease will be used. The decision was made to keep Summer Session
open; the Provost and Deans will decide if they wish to make any adjustments. They
will also decide the summer enrollment target, then meet with Ms. Rosas and Ms. Ruiz
to decide on the path to reach it. It is important that we do not accept students from
Pomona while denying our own students or even returning students. Dr. Moran will
check with the Chancellor’s Office to see if a policy will be instituted on the re-admission
of returning students.
Roundtable
Mr. Freund distributed a timetable for finishing the IRTP project, organized by
building and by date.
Dean Clark announced the successful completion of Part I of the SOAR program.
Dr. Chen-Maynard issued an invitation to the Student Art Show on June 18.
Dr. Aguilar announced that the Office of Advocacy and Institutional Relations will
become a unit of the Division of University Relations & Advancement under the
direction of Karen Zamarripa, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Advocacy and
Institutional Relations.
Dr. McGown reported that the summer census report is a mirror image of where
we were last year. The projected enrollment for this year is 1,756. If
adjustments to enrollment had not been made, we would have been higher than
last year as the number of admission offers was substantially higher than last
year.
As a means of saving money, Mr. Gardner asked that any on-campus mail be
sent through inter-campus mail and not use postage.
Ms. Ortega reported that registration was very successful. Her office will begin
working this summer with Dr. Clark’s to identify “super seniors” and call them in
for advising. Dr. Karnig directed them to start with those students with the
highest number of credits and work downwards.
Ms. Langford urged everyone to go see the final weekend of CSUSB’s
production of Pirates of Penzance.
NOTE:
Correction to June 1st Minutes—Nick Kendle’s name was spelled incorrectly.
Minutes Prepared by T. Wise