Intra-American Studies/Social ScienceDivision Meeting MinutesOctober 12, 19982:00 p.m.

Attending faculty and staff: Cori Adler, Betsey Barnett, Larry Clarke, Mary Anne Doan, Bob Francis, Jack Hanson, René Hardy, Paul Herrick, Jim Jory, Lloyd Keith, Diana Knauf, Ken LaFountaine, Lee Libby, Lawrence Linford, Nathie Marbury, Tim Perry, Sharon Phillips, Norah Peters, Judy Proffitt, Andrea Rye, Sonja Solland, Arlene Strong, Lou Tarrant, Terry Taylor, Bob Thompson, John Wrobleski

Visitors: John Backes, Chuck Fields, Jack Hanson, Leslie Potter-Henderson and interpreters Jodi Mayer and Leslie Miller

I. Update on Library/Media Service - John Backes

John Backes, Director of the library and media services, announced two important projects for this year. The first and largest is the migration to the web based software search catalog "Voyager", an easy and interactive program. The second project is capitol funding to underwrite the cost of remodeling the library building. As it sits now, the building has a strange configuration, is dark, not user friendly and difficult for students to use. In the proposed new facility, collections will be on one floor, it will be lighter, and the staff will be more visible. In addition it will include a 100-seat computer lab for student use. The estimated cost of renovation is 7.2 million dollars. He also explained that they will be looking for ways to increase the budget for collections. The current budget of $60,000 generally serves a student body ½ the size of Shoreline's.

John introduced Leslie Potter-Henderson, our library liaison person. Leslie gave the web address for newspapers, magazines and journals; www.umi.com/pqdauto. The newspapers are U. S. only including the New York Times. It is a "full text" database. As more and more of these resources come online they can be added to this library web offering. Leslie asked that faculty let her know what specific needs they have for periodicals, so that they can be researched and added on.

Bob Francis asked John about policies and procedures for seeking permission to duplicate or print copyright materials. John explained that the guidelines we use are adopted from the document created by the University of Georgia and has been reviewed and approved by the attorney general. For specific questions you may e-mail John at jbackes@ctc.edu. The library has a copyright primer, which contains many letters, and forms that can be

adapted for our use. There is also a 1-800 number for contacting the publishers directly. Their procedure is to mail a confirmation. This is sometimes the easiest way to obtain a permission to copy.

II. Presentation on Teaching and Learning Technology Center

John introduced Bill McMeekin the Director of the TLT Center who distributed a handout regarding the proposed new TLT Center and the role that it will play in education for Edmonds and Shoreline Community Colleges. Mr. McMeekin described how the Center will serve four populations; (1) Continuing Education: skills upgrade in information technology (2) provide training in use of multimedia, software and various instructional delivery systems for K-20 faculty and students. (3) offer educational opportunities for at-risk and low-income adults to gain marketable skills (4) provide training and project-based learning experiences for tech prep and other high school students.

Jack Hanson interjected that this facility presents an excellent grant opportunity to fund released time opportunities for faculty and staff to acquire technology training.

Three sites are currently under consideration. Mr. McMeekin believes that the center should be at least 30,000 sq. ft., roughly the size of the Automotive Center on our campus. The three sites are (1) Melody Hill school at 220th and I-5, (2) construction of a building over the Park & Ride at 192nd and Aurora, and (3) the old Chuck Olsen Chevrolet lot at N.E. 178th and Aurora. The desire is to locate the site between the two campuses so that it is easily accessible to both and close to the freeway.

Mr. McMeekin says that he is busy seeking the 10 million dollars needed in matching funds. A breakfast for 50 of the largest firms in the area is being planned to solicit funds. Boeing has been invited to consider donating several million dollars. The State and Federal Government are also interested in the project. Everyone who has been is excited about the Center.

Mr. McMeekin is located in Tom Moran's office Room 101 in the library and at extension 6915 or through e-mail at bmcmeeki@edcc.edu . He will be setting up committees to assist him.

The timeline for the opening of the Center has been set for the year 2001. The goal is to start small then grow progressively. Bill stated that the goal is to subsidize economically disadvantaged students to obtain their own computers or to be able to borrow them while they are in school. Students will be able to have their own e-mail accounts.

III. Discussion of Campus Technology Program

Jack Hanson did a presentation on the direction of the technology program, Shoreline's participation in the Online Consortium and online courses offered on campus. He also discussed other distance education approaches that are a part of our course offerings. He indicated that Larry Cheng was the contact person for telecourses and encouraged faculty to work with Larry in developing telecourses.

Jack announced that the new student computer labs, funded through the technology fee, are in Rm. 161 and are running at 100% occupancy. Rm. 122 will be open in about 1-1/2 weeks with 40 more computers. Dorothy Cirelli will be offering web training for seven faculty at a time in the faculty computer lab, Room 161 in the library. Andrea asked about Internet access in the 1300 building. She indicated that the classrooms were cabled but not hot. Andrea asked about technology support services procedures for accommodating internet access in classrooms in this building. Jack said to simply notify them and they would make the access hot in the desired classroom.

Terry asked about accommodating large classes of 40 or more students. He uses the computer labs for all his classes but there are not enough workstations for all his students. Terry asked about plans to support large classes in the future. Bob Francis asked about the possibility of computer seating arrangements where a study group of three or more can work at a single computer for group projects. Jack stated that there is not enough room at this time and recognized that the rooms, as they are now, are very cramped. However, with the new redesign of the library, they are going to remedy the seating problem and provide computer seating for groups as well as individuals.

There was more discussion on providing students with older computers for at home use by checking them out from the school. Jack gave these statistics: 87% of Shoreline students surveyed say they have access to a computer. The lab in Rm. 161 has 60 Pentiums with 233 MHz. Rm. 121 will have 40 computers even more powerful.

V. Other

Program Planning and Assessment Process - Chuck Fields stated that we are now in the second year of the strategic planning process. The purpose of the Program Planning and Assessment process is to find out what we are to be doing. He explained that the emphasis should be on assessing institutional effectiveness at the program level, determining plans for improvement, and striving for excellence. He pointed out that the

accreditation standards have changed. The process of accreditation is much more rigorous. The focus is on assessing student outcomes, measuring how well our students are doing and whether students are learning. Programs must demonstrate how they play a significant role in student success. The State Legislature wants similar information on student outcomes and institutional effectiveness through the Accountability Plan and has tied performance funding to that process. The State will withhold funds until colleges demonstrate that they are meeting goals in the plan.

There is one major change in the Program Planning and Assessment process. This year the budget requests are separated from that process. Each program needs to review/revise the Mission and Purpose Statement. They must also respond to questions regarding the role of the program, students/clients served, criteria for measuring effectiveness, enrollment date, plans for improvement and significant changes. Other areas that must be considered are program strengths, weaknesses, and goal achievement and future goals. Programs are asked to identify who participated in the assessment process reports. Andrea stated that each full-time faculty member receives $250.00 annually for participating in this process. Budget requests are due February 19, 1999. Requests from the programs will be prioritized at the Division level. Andrea will take the Division request to ISC and the Vice President. This group will prioritize the requests from all divisions, which are then presented, to the Strategic Planning Committee by the Vice President. The prioritized lists will be merged by the President's staff as the institution's priority list. When the legislature informs us about our allocation, funds will be distributed to the various programs in priority order. Chuck commented that this is a significant amount of work but replaces the old way where there was little or no discussion.

Bob Francis asked how our effectiveness is measured when many of our students transfer to other institutions. Success depends on how they perform at that level. He commented that this seems overwhelmingly impossible. When do we assess it? At the end of the class or five years from now when the student graduates from that baccalaureate institution? Where do we get the funds, the resources, and the time and people to do the assessment? Lloyd Keith commented that someone needs to explain to the legislature the difference between vocational programs and liberal arts. A discussion took place. Chuck Fields commented that the State, Accreditation, and Legislature say we must do it, we must figure out a way. That with this "figure it out" mandate was an implied threat, "if you can't we will and you may not like what we do." Sonja Solland pointed out that we have determined effectiveness by looking at degrees earned and grades for a 100 years. What more do they need? What do they hope to accomplish? Who is going to do this Shoreline Community College or the faculty in the program? Again Chuck said it is up to the programs. Bob commented that the programs in the Division were sorted into small units and there was

duplication of effort. He suggested that having the Division in one program unit would alleviate this duplication. Chuck stated that if programs want to reconfigure it can been done with the approval of the Division Chair and Larry Reid. If there is a need to do so, do it now because later will skew the historical data.

Full Time Position Requests Timeline - The Division must have requests for full time positions prioritized by next meeting, November 2nd. Deadline for submitting the request to Larry Reid is November 9th.

M.C.O. Revision Process Plan - Andrea commented that this is an arduous process but this process is essential for the self-study which will occur in 4 years. She suggested that programs develop a timeline for reviewing and revising 1/3rd of the courses each year. She pointed out that outcomes and the assessment of those outcomes are essential. Standard II in the Accreditation Handbook is clear on this expectation. In addition, the College is asking that curriculum infusion and transformation be included in the MCO revision process.

Credit Express - Andrea said the college is attempting to increase FTEs. We didn't meet our Fall quarter enrollment target. We will be offering courses that can easily be condensed into a shorter time frame. This has worked well with some developmental courses. We added FTEs last year through Credit Express courses.

Andrea stated that the college is asked to look at packaging modularized occupational programs for paraprofessionals and professionals who are seeking short-term training for job skill development in our professional technical programs. She asked Criminal Justice and EDHS to consider developing such short term training modules.

Committee Reports - Larry Linford announced that nominations from each division for faculty senate seats will go out on a ballot. The Senate will be meeting the following Wednesday. For more information see the Senate's web page on the intranet. Ken La Fountaine has been re-elected to represent the Division on the Curriculum Committee. René is our other faculty representative on that committee.

Other

Bob Francis has been given 100% release time for winter 1999 to develop an online course in Economics. Andrea asked for candidates who would be interested in being an Assistant Division Chair during winter quarter to let her know. She will send out a ballot to the Division faculty.

Andrea related that the online courses offered through the consortium and by individual colleges are doing very well. FTEs for the courses offered by the online consortium goes to the colleges where students enrolled. Shoreline has only seven students and some community colleges have as many as 80 enrolled students. The community college system has over 360 online enrollees Fall quarter in the Online Consortium.

The meeting was adjured at 3:25 p.m.

Next meeting, November 2, 1998, 2:00 p.m., Student Lounge.

Intra-American Studies/Social ScienceDivision Meeting MinutesNovember 2, 19982:00 p.m.

Attending faculty and staff: Cori Adler, Betsey Barnett, Larry Clarke, Mary Anne Doan, Rene Hardy, Paul Herrick, Jim Jory, Lloyd Keith, Diana Knauf, Lawrence Linford, Nathie Marbury, Sonny Masso, Cecile Mielenz, Sharon Phillips, Norah Peters, Andrea Rye, Sonja Solland, Frank Sjursen, Arlene Strong, Lou Tarrant, Terry Taylor, John Wrobleski

Guests: Janelle Dover, Pam Dusenberry, Paul Rucker

I. Study Abroad Program - Paul Rucker

Paul Rucker, Director of the International Student Program, was introduced. He indicated that he would be trying to bring the Study Abroad Program back to Shoreline. He is involved with the Consortium of Community Colleges which currently offers programs in London (Spring ), Costa Rica (Summer) and Italy (Fall 1999). He is seeking information regarding the Study Abroad program in the past at Shoreline and what the faculty would like in the future and how his office could assist. He indicated that his office would assist faculty in developing programs but does not see his office presenting a list of choices. The current consortium has 16-17 colleges who are in partnership in recruiting faculty and students to participate in the three existing programs.

Terry asked what the process was to get involved. Paul indicated that faculty could present a course proposal applicable to an AAS or vocational degree at the current sites. Courses should be connected to the cultural/linguistic environment. The faculty’s replacement cost to the college is paid through the student’s tuition. The coordinators for the program have established criteria to review what courses they accept to be taught abroad. Terry asked if there were sample proposals available. Paul indicated that he did have samples and would be glad to share them.Paul indicated that the program for London in Spring 1999 is already set and the program for Summer 1999 in Costa Rica is also in place.

Larry Clarke indicated that his previous experience was difficult because of housing. Often faculty would have to move 3-4 times during the quarter to find accommodations that are within the vicinity of the college or with easy transportation access. Larry also indicated that students would go to class the first week and then never show. Paul indicated that the consortium is using the group, Centers for Academic Programs Abroad, which seems to be providing better service.

Paul asked who would be interested in developing study abroad programs. The following people indicated an interest: Terry Taylor, Jim Jory, Larry Clarke, Diana Knauf, Mary Anne Doan, Sonja Solland, Sonny Masso and Lloyd Keith. Andrea indicated that Tim Payne and Bob Thompson should also be added to his list. Andrea suggested that Paul interview faculty who have participated to get a better feel for the history of the program at Shoreline.

Paul indicated that he would also be looking into institutional relationships/linkages with foreign colleges. Criteria for working with another college and its match to Shoreline in an exchange program will be under consideration.

II. Full Time Position Requests

Andrea indicated that there are four positions being presented for the division’s review. She has created a checklist for use in ranking these four positions. The ranking of these positions, by each department member, will be due in the Division Office by Friday, November 6.

The following position requests were made and discussed:

Program 2 - World History/East AsiaProgram 2 - Pacific Northwest, Canadian and US HistoryProgram 3 - Multicultural StudiesProgram 5 - Philosophy

Andrea indicated that Philosophy has been on the conversion list, but it is to be prioritized along with the other requested positions. There is no guarantee that the philosophy position will ever be converted. The cost of $200,000 for part-time sections has impacted the college’s ability to convert positions on the list for 1997-98.

III. ParEd 125 - Cecile Mielenz/Sharon Phillips - First Reading

Cecile gave an overview of the current Parent Education course series in the Cooperative Preschools. Parent Ed 110 series is for birth to 1 year, Parent Ed 120 series is for 1 - 2 years, Parent Ed 130 series is for 2-3 years, Parent Ed 140 series is for 3-4 years and Parent Ed 150 series is for 4-5 years. In order to meet the needs of both the parents and the toddlers, the Parent Ed 125 class is being proposed which allows the flexibility for these parents to attend only one day a week and helps overcome the anxiety that this age group often experiences in separation from its parent.

Questions were raised about the multicultural curriculum since the general outcomes, attitudes and values, and specific outcomes have indicated its inclusion, but the course content isn’t specific about it. Questions were

raised about what is normative development when it is usually based on white/middle class and the need to specify curriculum so that white/middle class parents can help their children who are being raised in a diverse society even if there is no diversity within the class to raise these issues.

It was moved that Pared 125 be accepted for first reading. (Jory/Taylor) It was passed with one abstention.

IV. Retention Research - Pam Dusenberry

Pam Dusenberry indicated that she has been doing research based on national studies, Washington state studies and some studies at Shoreline. Pam indicated that her research shows that Shoreline’s retention rate is somewhat lower than the state average and that Washington’s retention rate is somewhat lower than the country as a whole. Pam indicated that the retention figure is fairly stable and thus hard to change.

However, there are some things that seem to help students stay in school:

Social connection - the feeling of being connected Goal oriented - the more specific the higher the retention Beginning with developmental courses

Things that seem to be indicators of students who do not stay:

Part-time status GED Don’t finish their first 10 credits ( the more credits they finish the

higher the retention rate) Full-time employment Low GPA Race and gender (outside the caucasian/Asian/female categories) Age (over 20+ seem to persist less) Inadequate career or job information Isolation

A question was raised regarding faculty advising. Pam indicated that if this is a connection it can be valuable.

There seem to be two philosophical approaches to retention: cultural and economic. Culturally, the things that help are the socialization process, how involved they are with others (collaborative learning environments), orientation classes and mentoring and the infusion of multicultural perspectives in the curriculum. From the economic standpoint, it is the whether the cost of staying outweighs the benefits of staying.

Cori indicated that it is also important to hire faculty of color to help retain students of color. Mary Anne indicated that it would be interesting to study the Student Interest Groups that have been formed this Fall Quarter. She indicated that her EDHS 100 class seems to have developed the social connection with the other students because they are in 12 credits together and are farther along in working collaboratively than her other classes. Cori indicated that it could also be just the afternoon population itself because the students tend to be working full-time, more committed, etc.

V. Other

There were no committee reports.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.

INTRA-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCESDIVISION MEETING MINUTES

January 11, 1999

Attending Faculty and Staff: Cori Adler, Shirley Ferkingstad, Paul Herrick, Lloyd Keith, Diana Knauf, Ken LaFountaine, Lee Libby, Lawrence Linford, Tim Payne, Tim Perry, Sharon Phillips, Andrea Rye, Frank Sjursen, Sonja Solland, Arlene Strong, Lew Tarrant, Terry Taylor, Bob Thompson, and John Wrobleski.

Guests: Janelle Dover and Katrina Jarmin

I. First Reading on Courses

Tim Perry presented the course CRIMJ 243 - Theory of Defensive Control Tactics. This is a combination of two previous 3 credit courses into a five credit course. By combining the two classes, they have eliminated some of the repetition between classes and are able to have the needed concentrated time to cover the material.

It was moved by Ken and seconded by Sonja for acceptance for first reading. It passed unanimously with no abstentions.

Paul Herrick presented the course PHIL 115 - Critical Thinking. This is an informal logic course which uses argumentation and natural language rather than symbolic logic. It satisfies the science requirement and quantitative reasoning at the University of Washington and other Baccalaureate institutions. The course will use informal fallacies and logical arguments in an interactive classroom with components such as debates, presentations, current events, etc.

Tim Payne indicated that in order for the course to meet the quantitative reasoning requirement here at Shoreline, there is an application procedure for this. Even though some courses meet the quantitative reasoning requirement at the UW, the Economics faculty chose not to request consideration of all their offerings to fulfill this requirement since it might preclude many students from taking any math courses.

Paul indicated that any of the current faculty had the background, knowledge and ability to teach this course. The proposal is to offer at least one section per quarter. It would transfer to the University of Washington as PHIL 115. Paul indicated that this course was once offered but eventually deleted from the catalog because of his recommendation. Lloyd recommended that Paul check to make sure that the course was no longer in the course catalog file.

It was moved by Sonja and seconded by Tim Perry for acceptance for first reading. It passed unanimously with no abstentions.

II. Instructional Hiring Trends

Andrea stated that Larry Reid had asked each division to discuss the concerns raised by Lawrence Linford to Gary Oertli and Gary’s subsequent response regarding the decline in liberal arts faculty teaching academic transfer courses.

Andrea summarized the process utilized by ISC for determining which faculty vacancies will be filled. The ranking at the division level is key. However, the requested position must have sound documentation of a strong enrollment history in the discipline. This year there were seven vacancies and 26 requests. In IAS & SS we requested three positions -- Multicultural, History and Philosophy.

Tim Payne stated that he thought the concern raised by Lawrence is in regard to four out of the seven positions being filled in developmental areas rather than the liberal arts areas. Sonja suggested that it would be more beneficial if faculty had the opportunity to review Lawrence’s memo and Gary Oertli’s response prior to discussing the issue. Corinne asked what Larry Reid expected from the discussion Andrea repled that hopefully some recommendation and strategies would come out of this discussion which might address some of Lawrence’s concerns.

The discussion was tabled until the next meeting so that faculty could review the correspondence from Lawrence and Gary’s reply.

III. Other

Andrea announced that enrollment for Winter Quarter had been ahead of last Winter Quarter’s enrollment until the quarter began. The drops for non-payment the first week of classes further exasperated the problem. We are now behind 47 FTE’s from last Winter Quarter. Andrea asked if there were students who were attending classes but not registered. She encouraged faculty to alert students of the importance of registering as soon as possible. The college was hoping to meet last year’s enrollment figure so that additional FTE’s and funding could be requested. Some of this funding could be used to hire new faculty. The 38 extra FTE’s from Fall Quarter will to be used to apply to the shortfall for Winter Quarter 1999.

On February 1 the budget packets will be distributed to the programs. They will include the cost of commonly purchased items and instructions on how to complete the forms and a copy of the base budget for the program. If a program does not wish resources beyond the base budget, it will not be necessary to complete the budget forms. The budget requests will be due on February 19 which will allow the entire division time to prioritize the requests before they are forwarded to the VP for Academic Affairs. The budget prioritization process for the Division will occur at the March 1 meeting.

The College has received matching funds for faculty excellence awards. $50,00 was granted from the state and this amount is matched with funds from the Foundation. Currently a trust fund of $100,000 has been established for faculty awards in the future. The Foundation will make the first award of $1000 to a faculty member during Spring Quarter 1999. The process to apply for this stipend and the criteria for awarding these funds will be announced by the Foundation.

The College has also received matching funds from the State for technology equipment purchases. The College was able to use $20,000 from the Cisco/Mogridge Foundation to match the state’s allocation. An amount of $43,000 will be used to create a new computer lab on campus.

John Wayne, from Technology Support Services has been named to head the process for removing the Y2K problem on campus. If you have any programs or equipment which may be affected that John may not be aware of, contact him. It is the unknown areas that John is concerned about.

Boeing will be granting a fellowship for a faculty member who is interested in determining how prior learning can apply to professional education. Questions around whether prior learning would generate FTE’s and how faculty could be paid for assessing prior learning were raised.

On Friday, January 15, Andrea will be making a presentation to the Board of Trustees for the division. Bob Francis and Terry Taylor will also be there to demonstrate the division web site. Andrea is looking for anecdotal statements of commendation or accolades from students to include in the slide presentation. If the faculty have any such statements they are asked to submit them to Andrea for inclusion in this presentation.

Arlene handed out the class schedule requests for 1999-2000. She encouraged each discipline to collaborate so that the schedule is developed by disciplines and not by individuals. Included in this packet is the proposed Spring 1999 schedule. If anyone has changes, they need to let Arlene know immediately.

Andrea announced that Caryl Jacobs will be demonstrating how to use the scanner/printer system. This training will immediately follow the division meeting in Room 2225.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

INTRA-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISIONMEETING MINUTESFebruary 1, 1999

In attendance: Betsey Barnett, Megan Douma, Shirley Ferkingstad, Rene Hardy, Paul Herrick, Lloyd Keith, Diana Knauf, Ken LaFountaine, Lawrence Linford, Nathie Marbury, Cecile Mielenz, Tim Payne, Sharon Phillips, Andrea Rye, Arlene Strong, Lew Tarrant, Bob Thompson, and John Wrobleski,

Guests: Katrina Jarmine

I. Second Reading on Courses

PHIL 115 - Critical Thinking.

Paul Herrick reiterated the importance of this course. It covers informal fallacies, logic of sciences, hypothesis confirmation, etc. It is a standard course at all colleges. It was moved for second reading by Lawrence Linford and seconded by Ken LaFountaine. The motion passed unanimously.

CRIMJ 243 - Theory of Defensive Control Tactics

Since there were no issues raised at the first reading. It was moved for second reading by Lawrence Linford and seconded by Lloyd Keith. The motion passed unanimously.

These two courses will now be presented to the Curriculum Committee.

II. Instructional Hiring Trends

Copies of the letter from Lawrence Linford and the response letter from Gary Oertli were attached to the agenda. The topic was opened for discussion with the questions, “What are the problems? What are strategies that may address the problems?”

The following issues were raised:

To base hiring solely on FTE’s doesn’t take into consideration the overall impact on curriculum in the liberal arts areas.

The vote seems to be made with self-interest in mind. Enrollment history is important but should not be the only criteria. Comparative placement scores for math and English at other

campuses should be analyzed to see if they are experiencing decline in placement scores and if we are the only college attracting

a high percentage of student whose placement is at the developmental level..

Curriculum will become fueled by marketing, if FTE’s determine the hiring. Something else should drive the hiring -- perhaps the mission of the College.

State’s performance standards are also driving the need to meet targeted enrollment or loss of funding is a potential.

It was questioned why vocational/technical programs have an extra vote in ISC (on top of their individual division) when academic/liberal arts classes do not. This could lead to a bias in decision of faculty hiring favoring vocational/technical.

Solution suggestions:

Be better citizen faculty -- get involved. Be careful in the selection of administrators. Argument for replacement positions should not be based solely on

numbers. A vacancy of a position after 30 years with Shoreline should merit

consideration on longevity alone. A one-person discipline/department is not healthy for the institution. If we hire for developmental classes, determine if this is a trend or

long-term hire. Clarify ranking process in voting for position or replace it with

something less complex.

III. Administrative Upsizing

Tim Payne raised the issue of the way positions are being filled on campus.

There appears to be new administrators being added without a process that involves faculty input. This includes whether such a position is merited, the job description for those positions, and the screening process for those positions. It was stated that there are more VP’s this year than last.

Some faculty see the lack of faculty involvement in these decisions as a morale buster.Tim commented that up to 2+ faculty positions could be gained for the cost of each upper administrative position.

Faculty commented that the communication process is lacking. Other indicated that they are worried about Larry Reid’s leaving and some indicated that they have no confidence in upper levels. Some

questioned the breadth and level of experience in classroom teaching at the upper administrative level.

It was suggested that a committee be formed to draft two separate letters. One letter would be a response to Gary Oertli’s response to Lawrence Linford’s memo. The other letter would address concerns regarding the increase in the number of administrators and the lack of faculty involvement in those decisions. Ken LaFountaine, Tim Payne and Lloyd Keith agreed to work on a draft for the review of other faculty in the Division.Andrea announced that Gary Oertli would be scheduling meetings with all full-time faculty in groups of five. His goal is to meet with every faculty member before the end of the academic year.

IV. Technology Support Services - Student E-mail System

Tabled since presenter did not show up.

V. Other:

Arlene announced that use of media equipment should be made known to Paul Fernandez. They are keeping a record of requests to monitor usage. If you simply move machines yourself, they have no record and cannot argue for additional equipment.

Also, Paul Fernandez has empty carousel trays. If you are in need of any you may contact him. They will be disposed of if not claimed.

Andrea announced that the College was still behind approximately 270 FTE’s for Winter Quarter in last week’s tally.

Also, budget packets are in everyone’s boxes and need to be turned in by February 19, 1999 to the Division Office.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

INTRA-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISIONMEETING MINUTESFebruary 1, 1999

In attendance: Betsey Barnett, Megan Douma, Shirley Ferkingstad, Rene Hardy, Paul Herrick, Lloyd Keith, Diana Knauf, Ken LaFountaine, Lawrence Linford, Nathie Marbury, Cecile Mielenz, Tim Payne, Sharon Phillips, Andrea Rye, Arlene Strong, Lew Tarrant, Bob Thompson, and John Wrobleski,

Guests: Katrina Jarmine

VI. Second Reading on Courses

PHIL 115 - Critical Thinking.

Paul Herrick reiterated the importance of this course. It covers informal fallacies, logic of sciences, hypothesis confirmation, etc. It is a standard course at all colleges. It was moved for second reading by Lawrence Linford and seconded by Ken LaFountaine. The motion passed unanimously.

CRIMJ 243 - Theory of Defensive Control Tactics

Since there were no issues raised at the first reading. It was moved for second reading by Lawrence Linford and seconded by Lloyd Keith. The motion passed unanimously.

These two courses will now be presented to the Curriculum Committee.

VII. Instructional Hiring Trends

Copies of the letter from Lawrence Linford and the response letter from Gary Oertli were attached to the agenda. The topic was opened for discussion with the questions, “What are the problems? What are strategies that may address the problems?”

The following issues were raised:

To base hiring solely on FTE’s doesn’t take into consideration the overall impact on curriculum in the liberal arts areas.

The vote seems to be made with self-interest in mind. Enrollment history is important but should not be the only criteria. Comparative placement scores for math and English at other

campuses should be analyzed to see if they are experiencing decline in placement scores and if we are the only college attracting

a high percentage of student whose placement is at the developmental level..

Curriculum will become fueled by marketing, if FTE’s determine the hiring. Something else should drive the hiring -- perhaps the mission of the College.

State’s performance standards are also driving the need to meet targeted enrollment or loss of funding is a potential.

It was questioned why vocational/technical programs have an extra vote in ISC (on top of their individual division) when academic/liberal arts classes do not. This could lead to a bias in decision of faculty hiring favoring vocational/technical.

Solution suggestions:

Be better citizen faculty -- get involved. Be careful in the selection of administrators. Argument for replacement positions should not be based solely on

numbers. A vacancy of a position after 30 years with Shoreline should merit

consideration on longevity alone. A one-person discipline/department is not healthy for the institution. If we hire for developmental classes, determine if this is a trend or

long-term hire. Clarify ranking process in voting for position or replace it with

something less complex.

VIII. Administrative Upsizing

Tim Payne raised the issue of the way positions are being filled on campus.

There appears to be new administrators being added without a process that involves faculty input. This includes whether such a position is merited, the job description for those positions, and the screening process for those positions. It was stated that there are more VP’s this year than last.

Some faculty see the lack of faculty involvement in these decisions as a morale buster.Tim commented that up to 2+ faculty positions could be gained for the cost of each upper administrative position.

Faculty commented that the communication process is lacking. Other indicated that they are worried about Larry Reid’s leaving and some indicated that they have no confidence in upper levels. Some

questioned the breadth and level of experience in classroom teaching at the upper administrative level.

It was suggested that a committee be formed to draft two separate letters. One letter would be a response to Gary Oertli’s response to Lawrence Linford’s memo. The other letter would address concerns regarding the increase in the number of administrators and the lack of faculty involvement in those decisions. Ken LaFountaine, Tim Payne and Lloyd Keith agreed to work on a draft for the review of other faculty in the Division.Andrea announced that Gary Oertli would be scheduling meetings with all full-time faculty in groups of five. His goal is to meet with every faculty member before the end of the academic year.

IX. Technology Support Services - Student E-mail System

Tabled since presenter did not show up.

X. Other:

Arlene announced that use of media equipment should be made known to Paul Fernandez. They are keeping a record of requests to monitor usage. If you simply move machines yourself, they have no record and cannot argue for additional equipment.

Also, Paul Fernandez has empty carousel trays. If you are in need of any you may contact him. They will be disposed of if not claimed.

Andrea announced that the College was still behind approximately 270 FTE’s for Winter Quarter in last week’s tally.

Also, budget packets are in everyone’s boxes and need to be turned in by February 19, 1999 to the Division Office.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

Intra-American Studies and Social SciencesDivision Meeting Minutes

April 5, 1999

Present: Diana Knauf, Lawrence Linford, Jim Jory, Terry Taylor, Sonny Masso, Shirley Ferkingstad, Cecile Mielenz, John Wrobleski, Arlene Strong, Kathy Patrick, Megan Douma, Andrea Rye, Larry Clarke, Bob Francis, Paul Herrick, Rene Hardy, Lew Tarrant, Sonja Solland, Lee Libby, Tim Perry, Nathie Marbury

Guest: Shashana Epstein

Information Items

Arlene indicated that the Summer Quarter Schedule has been finalized. Fall Quarter 1999 schedule is available for review in the Division Office. Any changes must be given to her by Thursday for inputting into the system.

Andrea announced that the enrollment to date brings us to 124 FTE’s over target. There are several possible reasons for this enrollment increase. The direct mailing of schedules appeared to help. Also the PM classes are showing increased enrollment. The registration office is calling no shows for registration appointments. In addition, advising days were helpful.

Andrea handed out the list for Equipment, Goods and Services and Staffing that have been prioritized by the Instructional Council. The facilities requests are yet to be prioritized Larry Reid will present instruction’s prioritized list to the Strategic Planning Committee..

Andrea indicated that the Student Non-Attendance Withdrawal Policy was brought to the Instructional Services Council and that they felt that it could affect enrollment. Bob Francis and Lloyd are the Division Representatives on the Faculty Senate who are gathering feedback from faculty..

The Cheating and Plagiarism Policy was discussed. This policy cannot penalize the students without due process. Much discussion ensued regarding this issue.

Andrea indicated that due to the upcoming Accreditation Process, the MCO’s in our Division need to be reviewed, updated, and revised. Most of the existing MCO’s are not on the new form. Andrea suggested that she could schedule a training session on this new MCO form if desired by division members. Sonja moved that such training be scheduled. The motion was seconded and passed with one abstention.

Sonny expressed concern that there has been no progress on developing a study abroad with the Interamerican University in Puerto Pico. Several faculty had questions and a common understanding wasn’t apparent regarding the program. Sonja commented that her understanding was that the program would be faculty exchange not study abroad. Sonny indicated that the program was both.

Other:

Andrea provided information on several of the concerns that had been previously expressed regarding hiring trends for faculty and administration positions. She stated that the number of full-time faculty replacements were not decreasing but increasing. In 1996-97 there were 144 full-time faculty. In 1998-99 that number had grown to 153. The increase in administrative/exempt staff was the result of a HEP Board study conducted in 1993-94. This state agency recommended that certain classified staff positions be up-graded to exempt status. The College chose not to make these staffing changes. These changes were again recently recommended by the V.P. for Human Resources and approved by the President’s staff. Eight or more positions were upgraded. There are an additional seven exempt positions but these positions are not funded through general funds but through grants or other sources.

Jack Hanson was promoted to VP status effective July 1 when funding was available. VP status was recommended by the TSS Staff and the two previous administrators (J. Andersen and F. Clowers) when the job description was developed. Margaret Leed’s position (the secretary to Jack Hanson and Bill McMeekin) is hourly, funded out of Foundation money.

Gary Oertli sent a campus-wide memo announcing the resignation of the former VP for Economic Development and his intent to refill that vacancy. The job announcement was widely circulated and publicized. The appointment of screening committee members was the usual process.

The secretary to this VP position became exempt, based on an audit of her duties and responsibilities and recommendation of the VP for Human Resources because she was working out of class.

The combination of VP for Economic Development and Director of Prof/Tech Education freed up an administrative position for the new Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness. Some of the duties of the Director of Professional/Technical education have been delegated to Berta Lloyd. She was not appointed to a new administrative role without a process. She was already exempt with the HEP Board upgrade recommendation.

The College has two new administrative positions, the Director of International Programs and the Multicultural Center Director. These positions are both in Student Services and were approved through the budget priority process.

The senior administrative staff members all have college teaching experience with the exception of Jim Perez in Student Services and Paulette Fleming in Human Resources. Teaching experience among senior administrators ranges from 10 to 17 years.

The members of ISC who vote in the priority process for faculty vacancies are the instructional administrators who are directly supervising faculty. Berta Lloyd sits in those sessions representing Professional/Technical education but does not vote.

A study conducted on the full-time tenure track positions approved for filling from 1995-96 to present revealed the following data:

14 (32.6%) were allocated to Prof/Tech programs,24 (55.8%) were allocated to Liberal Arts disciplines, and5 (11.6%) were allocated to Developmental Education.

These percentages are similar to the percentage breakdown of students at Shoreline by program intent.

A motion to approve the Appointment Review committee candidates for Cecile Mielenz’ committee was moved/seconded and passed unanimously. The slate of candidates are: Betsey Barnett, Bev Kindblade and Marty Olsen.

Presentation from TCC was canceled when no one showed up to present at the meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

INTRA-AMERICAN STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCESDIVISION MEETING MINUTES

May 3, 1999

Present: Betsey Barnett, Larry Clarke, Megan Douma, Shirley Ferkingstad, Bob Francis, Rene Hardy, Paul Herrick, Diana Knauf, Ken LaFountaine, Lee Libby, Lawrence Linford, Cecile Mielenz, Cathy Patrick, Tim Payne, Tim Perry, Andrea Rye, Sonja Solland, Arlene Strong, Lew Tarrant, Terry Taylor, Bob Thompson, and John Wrobleski.

Guests: David Holmes, Caryl Jacobs, Donna Myers, and Sarah Nickelson.

1. Presentation by TSS - Caryl Jacobs

Caryl gave a demonstration of how a student would request an email account and how students can access public folders which allow faculty and students to communicate and respond to information posted in the public folders. Caryl was unsure an area staff could develop an area on the zoot network and how faculty can get access. Students may access the email site to request accounts through the internet http:\\zoot.shore.ctc.edu/info/. They enter their social security number and pin number.

2. Presentation by PIO - Donna Myers, Sara Nickelson and Dave Holmes

Donna talked about the changes that have been made to the intranet news site, some of the reasons why the changes were made, and asked faculty to give feedback that would help them use the site in a better way. Sarah presented an overview of the intranet site showing how different groups are using it for posting meeting agendas and minutes.

3. Professional Development Funds

Andrea asked the division to decide how they would like excess funds in the Professional Development account to be allocated: 1) to those who have overspent, 2) equally among all members of the Division, or 3) to purchase something for the Division. It was moved/seconded and passed by majority vote to have the balance distributed equally to all full-time faculty for their use.

4. Clarification on Getting Items on the Agenda

Tim Payne was concerned about the inability to bring resolution for a draft letter to be written by Ken, Lloyd and himself for division members who wanted to sign it. He was told there was no time on the March agenda due to the budget priority process, he was out of the country in April and it was not on the agenda for May even though he had submitted a request for this item to be placed on the agenda. He asked for clarification on the process

for getting items on the agenda. Division members discussed ways to prevent agenda items from being overlooked in the future. It was decided that he would post a draft of the letter to Division members through email for their feedback after he and the others had it drafted.

5. Information Items:

Budget Priority Process: Everyone should have received the memorandum and attached list of priorities from Larry Reid. It will now be presented to the Strategic Planning Committee on Wednesday. Once all requests have been reviewed by Strategic Planning, the President’s staff will merge and prioritize lists from all areas of the campus. A final list will be distributed by Gary Oertli on June 4th.

Summer Outcomes Assessment Focus Group: Bill Moore from the HEC Board is seeking interest from among Social Science faculty to be part of a focus group during the Summer for a small stipend to work on Outcomes Assessment. If any faculty might be interested, please let Andrea know.

Advance Placement Policies: The Council of College and University Presidents is recommending a minimum score of 3 for advance placement credit. Some disciplines at Shoreline are already consistent with this recommendation and others are not. Discipline faculty need to review this variation. Andrea suggested that the Faculty Senate address this issue.

Internet Fees on Courses: The Technology Committee will be reviewing fees charged for use of computer labs. Some classes use the lab one day a week and some use it everyday of the week and students are all charged the $30 fee to use the labs. There are also problems in the class schedule in how the fee requirements are listed.

U of W-Bothell Faculty Meeting in September: The U of W faculty would like to meet with our Shoreline faculty to discuss curriculum, collaboration and to get to know each other. This meeting may be part of the Opening Week activities.

ITV Classroom Connectivity with Northshore: Courses can be taught through the ITV classroom here on the main campus and at the Northshore campus concurrently. Faculty are encouraged to explore this new teaching methodology through Larry Cheng.

2-yr Science Degree: ICRC is developing a 2-yr Science degree which will require students to take more of their science courses here at Shoreline and complete the liberal arts requirements at 4-yr. schools. Additional two-year transfer degrees in Math, Physics and Computer Science are also in the planning stages. Students will also be required to take courses in their major

at Shoreline and take liberal arts courses at transfer institutions in these new transfer programs.

Library/Media/Technology Services Remodel Project: Shoreline has been funded for this remodel project. It will begin as soon as funding is available. The library will be moving to interim space and likely provide services in a different manner due to lack of accessible space. Sonja indicated that they will be getting rid of many 16 mm. films and if faculty would like to have these items they need to contact the Media Center. Rene said the Media Center will transfer 16 mm films to video tapes if requested.

Annual Report on the Strategic Plan: Andrea asked people to provide her with information regarding activities in their program units or as individual faculty that occurred this year to implement the Strategic Plan. She will be compiling all of this information into the Division report. She would like this information by May 13.

Library/Media Center Donations: The library will be having a fund raiser and they are seeking donations of books, journals, etc. for their sale. The money will be used for services to students. Please contact the library and they will pick up your donated items.

Safety Procedures: Andrea handed out the proposed site map for emergency phones to be installed on campus. Andrea encouraged faculty to have some plan in place knowing where the nearest phone can be accessed in case of an emergency. Discussion ensued regarding the importance of having the security office covered at all hours the campus is open. Currently there are times when you only reach voice mail and if it is an emergency this is not adequate. Some indicated that the office is unstaffed during the lunch hour and question the safety of this practice. Betsey indicated that there is a budget request to add to the security staff.

Faculty Senate: Lawrence referred people to their website for agendas and meeting minutes.

Curriculum Committee: Ken indicated that it is apparent that people other than faculty are writing Master Course Outlines and the Federation is looking into this. He also indicated that the Executive Board (Federation) would be looking at the decision for classified staff to wear caps and gowns at commencement. He questioned why faculty in the campus community were not involved in this decision.

Strategic Planning Committee: Betsey indicated that they are in the process of reviewing budget requests and their relevance to the Strategic Plan.

Governance Steering Committee: The governance committees have been asked to write annual reports. The committee will be devising a process for evaluation of the governance structure.

Other: Larry announced that the nominations for Federation officers are due on Wednesday.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.