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FAEC Minute 9/11/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, September聽 11, 2019 | Location: A220聽 | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Renata Gangemi, Christina Connor, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees

Guest: Tamika Quick聽

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

1. FAEC Minutes Approved [needed]

2. Degree Completion Program and 3 + 1 Program

There is indication from the Provost that 杏吧原创 will be entering into 3+1 program agreements with Raritan, Passaic, and Essex county Community Colleges.聽 FAEC contends that the 3+1 program should not include classes outside of the purview of the faculty. Faculty should not be hired without consulting 杏吧原创 conveners and Deans.聽 Additionally, the program should not offer ARC approved courses without the vetting of the syllabus and proper assessment. Adjunct instructors must be assessed for their fit in the convening group, although currently this is currently only done via course evaluations. The community colleges have an interest in offering courses that will be on demand. 聽 杏吧原创 faculty have expressed concern about the quality of the 杏吧原创 courses taught at community colleges.

A cost benefit analysis of 3+1 programs must be considered as they would be operating in addition to more hybrid and online courses.聽 Any cost related burdens with the community college should be absorbed by the community colleges. The programs must benefit students in the institutions, as well as Community Colleges and 杏吧原创.聽 Concerns were raised regarding potential cannibalization and the logic of the 3+1 program should students determine it cheaper to remain at 3+1 community college for a third year rather than transfer to Ramapo through a 2-2 transfer arrangement.聽 Assumptions behind potential revenue enhancement for 3+1 programs must be thoroughly discussed and communicated among the faculty. Furthermore, if Bergen Community College signs onto a 3+1 agreement it will not be beneficial to 杏吧原创 as it serves as a feeder school to 杏吧原创 and would be a net loss to 杏吧原创.

Presently there is a generic job posting for adjunct faculty within the Anisfield School of Business although ASB faculty have not been informed about the call for adjuncts. It is unclear as to whether the call is for faculty to support a 3+1 program with Raritan Valley Community College. ASB鈥檚 program requires accreditation and therefore any adjunct hired for must be approved by the ASB鈥檚 faculty.聽聽

Provost Becker commented, 鈥渨e don鈥檛 have it all figured out鈥� and that the details of any 3+1 program still need to be hashed out.聽 He assured that a 3+1 agreement would not pose additional strain on 杏吧原创鈥檚 infrastructure, that it could positively impact the picture of enrollment at Ramapo, and that he would like for 杏吧原创 to be part of the process.聽聽

President Mercer declared that he is 鈥渘ot worried鈥� about financial dimension because should 杏吧原创 split in the third year the 70% of the revenue would go to the community college while 30% would be seen by 杏吧原创 for providing the curricula and vetting instructors. He explained that the 3+1 programs between community colleges and 杏吧原创 would be exclusive since the graduation rate is high at 杏吧原创 and this is viewed as a positive for the sending colleges.聽 He also mentioned that the 3 +1 program would support students of color in their educational pursuits citing that 36% of the students at Passaic Community College and 89% of the students at Hudson County Community College are students of color.

The NJ secretary of Higher Education prioritizes access to higher education and thus support for 3 + 1 initiatives.聽聽

3. Degree Completion Program

The FAEC President raised the fact that 杏吧原创 is trying to normalize the Degree Completion Program. However, there must be some course correcting as there are oversight issues.聽 The program is using ARC approved course numbers and there is no input from faculty or conveners regarding the courses taught in the program.聽聽

4. Tamika Quick [ Multicultural Center Exploration Team]

Tamika Quick, requested that FAEC nominate at least two faculty members to serve on a multicultural center exploration team.聽 Under the purview of EDIC the team will gather faculty, staff and students to brainstorm about the development of a Multicultural Center at 杏吧原创.聽 There is currently no timeframe for when the Multicultural Center would launch, however the application for the project was submitted three years ago.

The team will be charged with:聽

(1) Understanding what others are doing/have done in the development and operation of multicultural centers聽

(2) Establishing the vision for a Multicultural center at 杏吧原创

(3) Establishing the guiding principles of the center

Tamika informed the FAEC that Marva Hawkins was hired as Director of Affirmative Action and that EDIC is place and fully staffed.聽 She also addressed the campus-wide perception that EDIC is supposed to do, 鈥渆verything鈥� regarding Equity and Diversity on Campus. He encouraged other campus programs, faculty, and students to develop and conduct initiative to enlarge diversity at 杏吧原创. 聽 She explained that EDIC鈥檚 charge is in part to develop an action plan that to understand how to address the Strategic Plan goal #2.

5. Faculty Searches, Diversity, and Student Involvement with Search Committees

There may be some changes to the way that students engage in faculty searches as they may be permitted to sit on search committees bearing access to applications and the ability to read applications. This decision comes from the Provost鈥檚 office.聽 The FAEC upholds that students should not sit on faculty search committees, read applicant materials, or be involved in internal discussion while faculty are evaluating candidates. Presently, students sit on the committee for the vetting of honors students.

Diversity in Faculty searches must be revisited as faculty are concerned that some searches do not聽 include faculty with academic expertise with a particular departments and programs. The FAEC suggest that rather than replacing people with area specialization on search committees to achieve diversity, that search committees aim for diversity premised upon a mix of academic specialization and demographic diversity.

6. Program Budget Funding and Cuts

The Provost explained that he as allocated funding to Deans that reflects 鈥渕ore or less鈥� what they received last year and that there was clear distribution amongst the schools for faculty travel funding.

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

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