Highline Community College
Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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 September 17, 2002

 Minutes:  Faculty Senate Meeting

 Chair:  Phil Droke

 Present:  Rebecca Sliger  /  Geoff Turck  /  John Pfeffer  /  Glen Avantaggio  /  Jean Harris
Sharon Hashimoto  /  Han Lim  /  Gwen Spencer  /  Jeff Wagnitz (for Dr. Bell)  /  Arline Garcia
Tracy Brigham

 Agenda: 

1.      New Degree:  reported on by Michael Allen, Dean

There is a new degree, A.A.S.T, Associate in Applied Science and Technology which is a professional technical degree with 15 general educational transfer credits.  Students can choose to achieve either an  AAS or an AAST. 

 2.      A.A. – option B:  Faculty Senate voted on A.A., option B but it was not included in the school catalogue

3.      New Policies:  Several general policies were sent to the faculty senate, all having to do with accreditation.  The senate is to give feedback on these policies which include policies on the process for the development of new policies and the drug free college policy. 

4.      Grading Guidelines:  The catalogue guidelines will require a faculty forum for a full discussion of this issue.  Senate members offered several suggestions for discussion methodologies, including a meeting in Building 2 on Faculty professional day where interested faculty could gather for a full discussion.

 5.      Faculty Senate agenda for the year 2002/2003:  There was discussion of the several topics requiring discussion during  the coming  academic year, including proposed policy changes with a requested two week turn around time for final action, as requested by the college president and a proposed policy on naming college assets such as naming a college building. 

 6.      Faculty Senate meetings will continue to be the first and third Wednesdays of each month with the first official meeting on Wednesday, October 2, 3 to 4PM.

 Enclosures:

Proposed Drug Free College Policy

Sex Offender Notification

Proposed College Policy:  Process for the development of new policies

Proposed Board General Statement for Institutional Advancement

Proposed Board General Statement for Student Services

Proposed Board General Statement for Instruction

Proposed Board General Statement for Human Resources

Proposed Board General Statement for Administrative Services