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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES
April 16, 2003

Present: Phil Droke( President) Rebecca Sliger; John Pfeffer; Arline Garcia; Rod Fowers; Gloria Rose Koepping; Tracy Brigham; Glen Avantaggio (Vice President); Sharon Hashimoto; Judy Johnson-Wise

1.      Ivan Gorne sent out a pamphlet  on how to deal with students in distress.

 2.  Faculty Senate members agreed that the AAS-T degree is an option for students at Highline.  If a department wants to require credits in addition to generally required credits for an associate degree, this would need to come back to the Faculty Senate for approval.  Faculty Senate members agreed we can send out the notice of this new degree and the requirements to other departments and programs. 

            It was moved, seconded and passsed that members favored adoption of the AAS-T degree at Highline. 

2.      Plagiarism on campus:  Rod Fowers brought up the plagiarism issue and Phil Droke suggested we do something during orientation week, fall quarter, in order to change the campus climate  where plagiarism and reporting is concerned.  Rerbecca Sliger mentioned that it was important to have a reporting system where faculty did not fear reporting plagiarism.  Gloria Rose Koepping stated that faculty members have become angry in the past because nothing was done in a timely manner, secondary to reporting.  Rebecca Sliger also stated that faculty has the power to give a zero as a test grade and it is important to retain this power.  A punitive approach should not be taken with first offenders but could be taken with repeat offenders.  Tracy Brigham emphasized that faculty need to be consistent on this issue and Rod Fowers asked if Toni Castro educated repeat offenders as to the seriousness of the offense.  Rebecca Sliger offered the idea of a possible ethics class for students and Rod Fowers emphasized the need for an attitudinal shift, not punishment.  Rebecca mentioned the possibility of exploring ethics in different countries and cultures within the context of the Globalism educational requirement.  Also mentioned was putting information in syllabi about academic dishonesty and procedures for dealing with this issue and putting this information on a separate web page such as writing across the curriculum. 

Gloria Rose Koepping and a committee will put more together on the academic dishonesty issue and Phil Droke will contact Jack Bermingham about the possibility of discussing this issue at the first faculty meeting of the academic year.