CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIJX;E
EDUCATIONALFOUClliSCO~E
MINUTES OF MEETING:
March 12, 1990
February 28, 1990
Submitted to Exec. Comm. - - - - - Submitted to Acad. Senate _ _ _ _ __
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Approved by Committee
March 21. 1990
Approved by Exec. Comm. _ _ _ __
Approved by Acad. Sen.
J. Dole, J. Furman, R. Madison (Chair), P. Mercurio, H. Rich,
K. Sato, D. Schwartz, E. Spielmann, A. Stasch, B. Swerkes,
E. Berry (Executive Secretary); E. O'Brien
GUESTS PRESENT:
R. Camp, L. Caretto, H. Coulson, K. Crase, S. Dayal, T. Fairbairn,
R. Kiddoo, P. Klinedinst, L. Krzywkowski, B. Lucero-Wagoner,
C. Navarro, L. Offord (Sundial), D. Philibosian, R. Rodewald,
J. Shaw, W. Toutant, E. Weiss
I.
Approval of the Minutes of the February 14, 1990 Meeting
The minutes of the February 14 meeting will be considered at the Committee's
next meeting, scheduled for March 7.
II.
Announcements
A.
Roberta Madison, Chair of EPC, announced that she had accepted the
resignation of Brent Larson, student representative of the Committee.
EPC members unanimously commended B. Larson for his participation in
all aspects of the Committee's work during the Fall1990 semester, and
wished him well. B. Larson then thanked the Committee members for
their support.
B.
The following dates for Fall 1990 Experimental courses were announced:
Friday, March 23
Last day to respond to Experimental courses
proposed for Fall1990.
Wednesday, April4
EPC reviews Experimental courses proposed for
Fall1990.
C.
It was announced that the Faculty Senate, at its meeting of February 15,
approved EPC' s proposed residency requirement for the Minor. EPC' s
proposed termination of the ROTC program on campus was discussed by
the Senate, but not voted on. Consideration of the item will resume at the
next Faculty Senate meeting, scheduled for March 22.
D.
EPC's next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7.
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E.
It was announced that the School of Communication and Professional
Studies had requested out-of-cycle consideration of the cross-listing of
Leisure Studies and Recreation 406/L with Child Development, and that
the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences had requested consideration
of General Education credit for the proposed Fall1990 Experimental
course SBS 196ABC, Social Science Perspectives on a Multicultural Society.
The Committee agreed to consider both requests under New Business at
its March 7 meeting.
III.
Old Business
Subcommittee on Faculty Authored Material: Chair Madison commended the
subcommittee on the composition and clarity of its report. Richard Rodewald,
Chair of the subcommittee, explained that adoption of recommendations 2.2.,
2.2.a. and 2.2.b. contained in the subcommittee's report would not preclude
faculty from receiving royalties from the sale of textbooks they had authored,
listed as mandatory reading for their classes, and ordered for sale in the
Bookstore, but that the recommendations would require all faculty who chose
to receive royalties procured in the aforementioned manner to first obtain
departmental approval:
Such approval should be granted only after an independent peer
review has shown that the level and content of the works in question
are appropriate for the course for which they will be required.
(from recommendation 2.2.b.)
During the discussion that followed, Dr. Rodewald explained that the subcommittee's recommendations had been designed to serve as a public document
in order to address the public's perception of the University's faculty, not to
impugn the integrity of its faculty members.
EPC member Penny Mercurio and Earl Weiss, Special Assistant to the President, discussed the legal ramifications of the recommendations contained in
the subcommittee's report. Whether adoption of the recommendations would
restrict faculty members' rights to participate in a free enterprise system was
questioned. Conversely, whether faculty who required self-authored texts in
their classes without first submitting the texts to a peer review could be
construed as participating in a free market was questioned. Additional issues
and concerns raised by Committee members and guests included the following:
1.
Whether the adoption of the recommendations contained in the
subcommittee's report could discourage faculty from authoring and
publishing textbooks, thus inhibiting intellectual growth;
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2.
Whether recommendations 2.1.a., b. and c., if adopted, could be
enforced;
3.
Whether adoption of recommendation 3 would allow faculty
members to personally sell textbooks they had authored to students
not enrolled in their classes;
4.
Whether a voluntary code of ethics would better address the issue of
faculty authored material;
5.
Whether faculty should continue to have the right to choose whether
or not to receive royalties from self-authored textbooks included by
them as required reading in their classes;
6.
Whether a preamble should be added to the recommendations which
would state that their use by faculty would be voluntary; whether
adoption of the recommendations would, by definition, preclude such
a preamble, in that the recommendations, if taken as policy, must
function in a prohibitive capacity.
Discussion then dealt with the University's existing policy on faculty
authored texts and materials, adopted by the University as policy in 1966,
and it was
MS
to review and update the language contained in the University
policy on faculty authored texts and materials.
The motion was later withdrawn.
After further discussion, it was agreed that R. Rodewald, with the assistance of P. Mercurio, would attempt to revise the proposed recommendations proposed by the Subcommittee on Faculty Authored Material, and
report back to EPC.
IV. New Business
A.
Discussion of Curriculum Procedures Proposed by the Associate Deans:
Committee member John Furman reviewed the eight proposals contained
in Associate Dean Caretta's memorandum (written on behalf of all of the
Associate Deans) of February 13,1990. It was then
MSP to approve the second, third, fourth, eighth, and seventh
proposal-in that order-contained in Associate Dean Caretta's
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memorandum of February 13, 1990, entitled "Curriculum Procedures," pending approval by the Graduate Studies Committee.
(VOTE: 8 YES)
The proposals approved by EPC are as follows:
2.
Curriculum will be initially circulated to EPC and GSC chairs, Associate Vice
Presidents for Academic Programs and Graduate Studies, Research and International Programs, and Associate Deans during the first week of May. In May and
June there will be a marathon curriculum review which will consist of three
sessions:
a.
one session for 100-300 level courses, 400-level courses not available for graduate credit, and bachelors' program proposals to which the Associate Vice
President for Academic Programs and the Chair of EPC will be invited;
b.
one session for SOD-level courses and masters' program proposals to which the
Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and International
Programs and the Chair of GSC and/ or chairs of the curriculum subcommittees
will be invited;
c.
one session for 400-level courses to which both committee chairs, both Associate
Vice Presidents and chairs of the GSC curriculum subcommittees will be invited.
3.
There should be one curriculum calendar for both graduate and undergraduate
curriculum. The chairs and staff of EPC and GSC should plan jointly the curriculum
calendars to ensure that the deadlines are the same. Whenever possible the
common calendar should have common deadlines for comments on courses and for
committee meetings on these courses.
4.
All concerns regarding curriculum should be in writing and in the hands of the
appropriate Associate Dean a minimum of two weeks before the item appears on
the EPC or GSC agenda.
8.
Curriculum proposals approved by EPC and/ or GSC should be signed by the
appropriate Associate Vice President. One signed copy of each proposal should be
returned to the proposing School.
7.
EPC and GSC should convene an open faculty forum, attended by all members of
both committees, to engage in long-range curriculum planning and a discussion of the
curriculum process.
One of the items to be discussed at the open faculty forum, should the
Graduate Studies Committee approve proposal seven above, would be
proposal six contained in the Associate Deans' memorandum:
6.
Experimental/Selected Topics approval procedures should be decentralized as a
pilot program to see if most course approval procedures could be decentralized. This
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would allow EPC and GSC to spend more time on policy issues, academic standards,
and long-range plans for undergraduate and graduate curricula. The pilot program
for Experimental/Selected Topics courses would work as follows:
a.
All such courses will be approved by the Academic Councils of the respective
Schools;
b. Associate Deans will be responsible for rigorous review of these courses at the
School level. EPC and GSC members will be assigned to each School to act as
liaison and to participate in the Academic Council meeting of each School
when these courses are reviewed;
c.
All such courses will be distributed to the Associate Deans, the Associate Vice
Presidents and the EPC and GSC Chairs. Courses lacking concurrence because of
territorial claims or other reasons would then be reviewed by EPC and GSC. At
the request of committee chairs, Associate Deans, or the Associate Vice Presidents, specific courses shall be placed on the agenda for the full committee
meeting.
The Associate Deans' memorandum is attached to these minutes.
B.
Integrating International Programs Into Campus Bulletins: Jerry Shaw, Coordinator of International Programs, was discussing the possible inclusion of
statements in the University catalog which would acknowledge and promote
awareness of the CSU International Programs when the furniture in Administration 314-and the Committee members and guests-began moving. By
unanimous consent, the Committee agreed to consider Dr. Shaw's request at its
next meeting.
Adjournment:
3:45 p.m.
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, March 7, 1990 at 1:30 p.m. in Administration 314.