PRESENT: E. Baxter, I. Benz, P. Bishop, C. Boettrich, F. Burger, S. Cable (Vice-President), B. Connell, R. DeFelice, K. Doyle, K. Eirich, S. ElRayess, S. Forsyth, M. Fugate, C.T. Gilbert, E. Grissing, R. Hamell, K. Huggins, A. Hughes, N. Karolinski, R. Kennedy, P. Keyes, A. Leopard, M. Marino, J. McKenna, D. Mueller, S. Murphy, J. Nelson, M. Rizzo, S. Ruckert, D. Shaw, D. Smith, B. Smithgall, J. Thompson, M. Timmons, T. Tugel (President), P. Wakem, H. Wheeler (Secretary), W. Willard, W. Yanklowski
ABSENT: J. Ekis, M. Ewanechko, S. Fess, D. Leach, M. Pastorella, P. Peterson, E. Stewart, V. Toth, H. Wynn-Preische
GUESTS: D. Baxter, D. Cecero, P. Collinge, K. Collins, B. Dery, C. Guess-Bardques, M. DiSano, C. Fisher, J. Hinkelman, E. Laidlaw, A. Lee, E. Marino, S. Tshibangu, T. Wagahoff,
I. Meeting called to order: 3:35 p.m.
II. Guest Speakers
A. Elizabeth Laidlaw—Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Searches Update
1. Committee Members: Gloria Anderson, Peter Collinge, Kim Collins, Louise Rozwell, and Beth Laidlaw (chair).
2. Committee’s charge: identify the current hiring practice at MCC, compare this practice to the practice at similar institutions, identify the impact current practice has on the recruitment and hiring of qualified diverse faculty and staff, identify the impact of this practice on education programs, and recommend improvements to the practice.
3. Impact of current practice
a. Often some of the best qualified candidates accept early offers (offers extended as early as Dec.)
b. In most cases, MCC extends offers in the late spring or summer
c. Some qualified candidates (diverse candidates included) have accepted offers at other institutions by the time MCC extends offers
4. Impact this practice has on education programs
a. Not including some of the best qualified candidates in our hiring pool
b. Reliance on temporary/adjunct staffing (and resulting loyalty to such staff)
c. The timing of advertising is unpredictable resulting in frustrating interactions between individual departments and the Human Resources department.
5. Recommendations:
a. Adjustments to the Search/Hiring Process
i. Hold a joint hiring workshop with all members of Human Resources and Academic Services who are connected to the hiring process
ii. Publicize commitment to honor initial advertising request
iii. Ensure that all positions are posted in diverse publications and media
iv. Recruit at all professional meetings attended by MCC faculty members. Identify such conferences early in the hiring process.
v. Send candidates a comprehensive package of information about MCC and Rochester, NY via online password protected site
vi. Create a single M-drive folder that has all current information and forms for hiring salaried faculty
vii. Include in all announcements for postings covered by the Faculty Association contract a notice (akin to the “equal opportunity” notice) that the advertised position has union representation.
b. Adjustments to Timing of Notification of New Lines (usually authorized on March 1st)
i. The President offers to extend a commitment by December 1st to new lines based on budgetary projections and enrollment trends.
c. Adjustments to Timing of Notice of Retirements
i. Provide retirement announcement incentives for those who announce early.
6. Alberta Lee indicated that Human Resources will be expanding the training possibilities for those involved in the hiring process. An administrative product has also been purchased that will help the process.
B. Lorraine D’Ortona—Ad Hoc Textbook Committee Update
1. Committee Members: Dominick DeMichele, Mary DiSano, Dale Doty, Carol Fisher, Gene Marino, Patricia Sarantis, Tony Wagahoff, Karen Wagner, and Lorraine D’Ortona (chair)
2. Charge: examine the availability of text books prior to start of classes, faculty members’ flexibility to bundle books with special ISBN numbers, determination of final book cost to students, and the scheduling of book buy back periods.
3. Availability of Books prior to the start of class
a. Concerns:
i. Not enough books are on shelves the first week of classes, requiring books to be ordered at the last minute. The student is then without the book for a period of time.
ii. The lines to buy books in the first week of school are very long.
b. Findings:
i. The bookstore’s goal is for books to be on the shelf two weeks prior to the start of classes, and the policy is that all books are on the shelf the first day.
ii. Bookstore statistics show that 16 out of 1,299 books were unavailable for purchase for some portion of the first week of class in the spring 2006 semester. Approximately 50 additional titles were not available until later in the first or second week due to late adoptions and section changes.
iii. Options exist for students when books are not available.
c. Recommendations:
i. Investigate the feasibility of student on-line book ordering
ii. Conduct meetings with faculty and bookstore staff to improve the ordering process
4. Faculty Flexibility to bundle books with special ISBN number
a. Concerns:
i. When a faculty member specifies bundles are needed, then only bundles should be available
b. Findings:
i. Bundling negatively affects price of books for students since 1) not all parts of the bundle can be bought back, resulting in 2) fewer used copies for sale.
ii. Faculty see all items in the bundle as academically beneficial for students.
iii. But students resist bundles because they think that all items are not going to be used and the cost is greater.
c. Recommendations:
i. Conduct meetings with faculty and bookstore staff to further explore bundling including cost implications
ii. The bookstore should modify existing adopting forms to provide more specific information about bundles
5. Final Book Cost
a. Concern is that text books are too expensive.
b. Findings:
i. The bookstore is not-for-profit, and its profit margin is in keeping with industry standards.
ii. Close to 90 percent of any excess revenue is returned to the college to fund projects that enhance student life. The funds are administered by the MCC Association Board of Directors.
c. Recommendation:
i. A brown bag should be held to explain the bookstore’s not-for-profit and how the profits are distributed.
6. Book Buybacks
a. Concerns:
i. Students sell books back prior to the final exam
ii. Long lines of buyback cause students to miss class
b. Findings:
i. A student survey conducted during the December 2005 buyback showed that students in line to sell back their books on the first – and busiest – day of the buyback; average wait time was 9 minutes. Wait time the other days averaged 2 to 8 minutes.
ii. Competition from Rochester Book Exchange and Internet outlets is now a factor.
iii. It is the student’s responsibility to determine when to sell their books back and whether to miss class when participating in the buyback.
iv. The bookstore is exploring the possibility of continuous daily
buybacks.
c. Recommendation:
i. The bookstore should continue to evaluate the procedure and make modifications.
7. Conclusions:
a. Lack of communication among the bookstore, faculty, and students is evident. i. Recommendations: Distribute to faculty the report’s section on
bookstore practices.
ii. Joint effort between faculty and bookstore staff to address faculty concerns and improve the process.
b. Scope of the problems needs to be identified.
i. SUNY conducted a Student Opinion Survey that included 5 questions that addressed concerns about the MCC Bookstore. The results will be available sometime in September.
ii. The committee conducted an informal survey of faculty concerning our charges, and although the survey reached a reasonable cross-section of faculty, there needs to be a deeper understanding of the scope of the problems. Therefore the Faculty Senate will conduct a survey early in the fall 2006 semester, during the second week of classes.
8. What will happen next:
a. The Faculty Senate will conduct a survey of the faculty in fall 2006 during the
second week of classes
b. Results of the SUNY Student Opinion Survey with questions about the MCC
Bookstore will be available by September.
9. Discussion followed:
a. The bookstore’s refusal to buy more books than students
enrolled in a class is a big problem. For example, when a class has 33 students in it if 2 students drop but don’t return their books, if 2 students then add the
course they have no books. Another problem is that if enrollment is pushed up to 35 students, those additional students won’t have books.
b. Tony Wagahoff explained that the bookstore understands our concerns and that when enrollment changes, the bookstore is notified and tries to order books ahead of time. Additionally, the bookstore can overnight books without charge to student or make copies of what students need while books are coming in.
c. A question was raised about slippage—when students are added, additional
books aren’t always available.
d. A concern was shared that it is irresponsible of us to allow students to sell books back before finals week.
e. A question was raised why students are able to buy books for classes they aren’t registered for which causes a shortage of books for those actually enrolled in those classes.
f. T. Wagahoff indicated that it would take too long to monitor what each student
is purchasing. When the bookstore knows this happens with particular books it
tries to anticipate this and purchase more books.
g. The question was raised about how students were to be informed that copies of texts not in the bookstore are available.
h. If the bookstore knows a book won’t be in time from the publisher, the faculty member is contacted. On a case by case basis the bookstore will make copies of whatever the faculty member needs until the book comes in.
i. It was suggested that extra texts can be placed on reserve in the library or in a learning center.
j. C. Fisher indicated that the perception that the bookstore doesn’t’ buy enough books isn’t accurate. It actually sent back 50% of what it purchased in new books.
k. A faculty member questioned wait times for buy back at Damon.
l. T. Wagahoff indicated that the bookstore did hear that students complained of having to wait two hours at Damon to sell back books. The bookstore added a second buyer.
m. T. Tugel indicated that a more thorough survey of faculty will be forthcoming from the Faculty Senate and encouraged senators to give feedback if asked to do so.
III. Announcements: T. Tugel
A. The All College Faculty Senate meeting will be held on June 8th . Valarie Avalone and Bonnie Connell will present on the Strategic Plan before the business meeting. Senators were reminded to ask their constituents to come to the meeting and share any concerns they have. T. Tugel reminded senators that the business part of the meeting will contain action items that will need to be voted on.
IV. Approval of Minutes: Minutes from the April 13, 2006 meeting were approved as written.
V. Standing Committee Reports
Academic Policies Committee -- E.Grissing
No report.
Curriculum – A. Leopard
The Curriculum Committee has posted the following: 5/11/2006 – 5/ 25/ 2006:
Four Course Deactivations:
CD2S C-E 245 Cooperative Education-Accounting
CD3S C-E 235 Cooperative Education-Marketing
CD4S PSY 120 Interpersonal Effectiveness in the Work Context
CD5S PSY 210 Human Behavior and the Organization
Three Course Revisions:
CR68S PSY 204 Industrial Psychology
CR70S COM 109 Introduction to Public Relations
CR71S EMS 118 EMT - Basic Core Review
Two New Courses:
NC30S BIO 182 Marine Biology – Bahamas (Special Studies)
NC31S BIO 244 Neuropathology
Two Program Revisions:
PR8S Massage Therapy
PR9S General Accounting AAS
The Curriculum Committee has given final approval to the following:
Seventeen New Courses
NC12S DAS 117 Biomedical Foundations for Dental Assisting Practice
NC14S JPN 102 Elementary Japanese II
NC15S JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I
NC16S HVA/ATP/TAM 285 Modern Welding Techniques
NC17S NAC 102 Nursing Assistant Training
NC18S EMG 206 Emergency Exercise Program Management
NC19S EMG 204 Multi-Hazard Emergency Response Planning for Schools
NC20S DAS 121 Dental Assisting Clinical Experience (clinical hours removed)
NC 21S MAS 250 Massage Therapy Seminar
NC 22S MAS 120 Introduction to Massage Therapy
NC23S MAS 130 Massage Therapy Professionalism
NC24S MAS 140 Swedish Massage
NC25S MAS 150 Western Medical Massage
NC26S MAS 210 CAM- Alternative Therapies
NC27S MAS 220 Special Populations
NC28S MAS 230 Introduction to Orthopedic/Sports Massage
NC29S MAS 240 Shiatsu
One Course Deactivation
CD1S DEN 100 Dental Studies College Orientation Seminar
Nine Course Revisions
CR56S MTH 098 Elementary Algebra with Geometry
CR61S BUS 204 Management Theory and Practice
CR21S BIO 142 Human Anatomy
CR59S SCR 212 Computer Security II
CR60S SCR 215 Computer Crime Investigations
CR63S BUS 275 Business Cooperative Education
CR64S COM 160 Computer Graphics: Design and Layout
CR66S PSY 110 Understanding Psychological Disorder
CR67S MAS 105 Massage Therapy Clinical
One Program Deactivation
PD1S Teacher Preparation Advisement Sequence
Three Program Revisions
PR2S Health Information Technology AAS
PR3S Apprentice Training – Automotive General Motors ASEP
PR7S IT 01 Information Technology AS
One New Program:
NP1S Public Relations AS
One New Achievement Award
NP2S D.A.R.T. (Dental Assisting Rapid Track)
NEG - S. Murphy
David Boni was elected as the MCC Association Representative in the May 8th election. Contested senator elections have also been completed. There are three areas without Senate representation: ETS, VaPA, and R&R/Workforce Dev/etc.
In June senators will be asked what committee they want to work on for the next academic year.
SCAA -- T. Gilbert
The search for the Liberal Arts Dean has been closed because the candidate pool was narrow. SCAA met with Dr. Glocker to discuss an alternative plan which SCAA finds reasonable. Dr. Glocker will work to find an existing Liberal Arts faculty to serve as interim dean for the 2006-2007 academic year. The search will commence in the fall.
Planning – B. Connell
The Planning Committee has no report. The Strategic Planning Committee continues to meet weekly.
Professional Development – J. Thompson
The June 14th professional development workshop at DCC that the Senate was co-sponsoring has been postponed for the fall. The professional development at the Brighton Campus will be held June 16th .
VI. Curriculum Action Items:
PD1S Teacher Preparation Advisement Sequence, unanimously approved
PR3S Apprentice Training – Automotive General Motors ASEP advisement sequence, unanimously approved
PR7S IT01 Information Technology AS, unanimously approved
NP1S Public Relations AS, approved with one abstention
PR2S Health Information Technology AAS, unanimously approved
VII. Student Announcements:
A. New officers have been confirmed by the Student Government Organization.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Terri Tugel Holly Wheeler
President Secretary
Minutes approved at theJune 8, 2006 Faculty Senate meeting.
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