MINUTES
– FACULTY MEETING
HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Minutes:
Faculty Senate
Highline Community College
Chair: Glen
Avantaggio, Vice President
Present: John
Pfeiffer, Rebecca Sliger, Helen Burn, Tracy Bright, Geoff Truck, Maggie Brown,
Sharon Hashimoto, Arlene Garcia, Mike Cicero, Jeff Wagnitz, Gwen Spencer
Agenda:
1. Probation Policies
2.
A.S. Degree Writing Requirement
1.
Probation policies. Gwen
Spencer and a small sub-committee agreed to a limit of 12 credits for students
on second quarter probation. She
reported that most students have
quickly adjusted to the probation procedure. There is still a problem with tuition payment and
disenrollment which is labor-intensive.
2.
AAS Degree – for technical/professional education.
Members discussed how many students might be effected by the 2.0 writing
requirement grade. Though other
community colleges like Edmonds and Seattle Central may have similar gpa
requirements where writing courses are concerned, their program graduation
requirements are different from ours. Members
will continue discussing this topic.
3.
Lonnie Kaneko brought to
the Senate’s attention that all
academic courses listed in the catalog should be at the 100 level or above.
The Faculty Senate was involved in the language that describes course and
what they are composed of.
4.
Jeff Wagnitz who is presiding on the
board working on policies, including grading policies, will
take input from the senate to the Council on Councils to become formal
college policy.
Respectfully Submitted,
Judy Johnson-Wise,
Secretary