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Governance Gazette the newsletter of Brookdale Governance
DECEMBER 2000
Chair’s Message Mission review and advertising guidelines will frame the December 5 Forum meeting. Some (93) of you participated in focus groups in early November facilitated by Richard Alfred and Pat Carter from the Consortium for Community College Development. The focus groups were designed to obtain campus input with regard to the current Mission Statement and a set of core principles developed by the Board of Trustees to guide the development of a revised Mission Statement. I am pleased to report that Drs. Alfred and Carter will be presenting their initial findings at the December 5 Forum meeting. We will also hear from the College Life Committee about advertising guidelines for the new campus portal that will make its debut in January. As always, we will hear reports from our standing committees and related permanent committees. On behalf of the Steering Committee, I look forward to seeing you at the Forum. Arnie
Arnie Gelfman Governance Chair
DECEMBER 5 – FORUM MEETING
11:45 in NAS 100 Agenda 1. Standing Committee Reports 2. Discussion: The College Life Committee will present its recommendations on the use of advertising at the college. 3. Presentation: Dr. Pat Carter and Dr. Dick Alfred, consultants to the Mission Review process, will present a summary of their findings to the college community.
ISSUES The Use of Advertising After extensive discussion, the College Life Committee has formed two recommendations in reference to our original charge to review the draft guidelines for advertising on Campus Cruiser. We determined it might be beneficial to the College to adopt these guidelines for ALL advertising on campus, whether it be signage on the athletic fields or banner ads on the portal.
Recommendation #1: The College Life Committee recommends the following guidelines for advertising be adopted by the College. The bold areas indicate change or additions to the draft guidelines. 1. No advertising, promotion of, or links to alcoholic, tobacco, gambling, or drug-based products that have addictive characteristics.
2. No advertising, promotion of, or links to services that would in any way lead to a violation of conditions of the College Student Code of Conduct (e.g. term paper services, etc.) or these guidelines. 3. No advertising, promotion of, or links to activities promoting violence, bias, or social or value degradation. No profanity, obscenity, lewdness, or any suggestion of these elements in any form. 4. No advertising, promotion of, or links to commercial services intended to compete with Brookdale-provided services unless they are considered extended opportunities. 5. No sponsorship, promotion, or advertising for other higher education institutions and/or services considered to be in direct competition with Brookdale, except in cases where it is deemed to be complementary to Brookdale’s mission and goals. 6. No political or religious advertisements of any kind. 7. In no case shall any promotion or advertisement suggest endorsement by or association with Brookdale Community College without prior agreement by the College. 8. No personally identifiable information* will be collected by advertisers or Time Cruisers without express prior permission from the user. 9. No advertisements that promote fraud in any form, such as vacations, investments, and “pyramid” business schemes; or advertisements that encourage fraudulent or inappropriate business or personal behavior.
additional feedback and comments from the college community will be invited.
*Personally identifiable information: Examples of this type of information include name, address, phone, student number, social security number, email username, and passwords. This is information that can identify you personally.
The mission review process provides the college community with a venue for open dialogue regarding the underlying pressures for change, how the college intends to manage the implications of a changing mission, and how the various components of the college may be impacted and/or called upon to adapt. It also provides the college community with the opportunity to begin to re-establish some of the collegiality and connectedness that has been viewed as having been somewhat diminished by the rapid and extensive growth which the college has experienced. Longservice faculty and staff have a great deal of "resident wisdom" to contribute to the process and those who are newer to the BCC community have "fresh perspectives" that are an important resource as the college looks to the future.
Recommendation #2 For portal advertising, we recommend there be internal and external gatekeeping in place to be certain the guidelines are upheld: Internal: The Marketing Services Office should serve as the internal office that monitors the advertisements posted and responds to campus questions or concerns. External: The Campus Cruiser representatives should be provided with a copy of the Student Conduct Code and these guidelines for reference.
It is hoped that the college community will accept the invitation to become involved in the process and help to build a revised mission statement for the college that provides a touchstone for the institution for the decade to come. Please plan to attend the Governance Forum on December 5 and be a part of this process.
Mission Review Report by Pat Carter As part of the College's Mission Review process, approximately 130 faculty, staff and students participated in focus groups or structured discussions on October 31 and November 1, to provide input into Brookdale Community College's Mission Review Process. The sessions were facilitated by Patricia Carter and Richard Alfred from the Consortium for Community College Development at the University of Michigan.
REPORTS November 21 Forum Meeting
The objectives of the focus groups were to: 1. Engage the college community in an examination of the current College Mission Statement and the Board of Trustees’ Core Principles (2000). 2. Identify trends, themes and suggestions related to a revised mission statement and/or the Core Principles to assist the Mission Review Steering Committee in drafting principles for consideration when developing the revised mission statement. 3. Identify related concerns, issues and action suggestions.
David Stout of the Student Development Committee led a continuation of the discussion of the “new student experience”. Some of the suggestions focused on priority registration – counselors could make appointments with students well in advance of their priority registration pass date; students could also have a registration plan for the whole year if the college developed a year-long schedule. There were questions about the counseling process possibly causing a bottleneck for new students. Does every student need to see a counselor? Prerequisite checking and degree audit are some of the new developments that may allow counselors to focus on students needing intervention. The payment process is another bottleneck – long lines and a cramped waiting space. The college is looking into online registration and payment, but the in-person payment process needs to be improved.
A synthesis of focus group comments and opinions has been prepared by the facilitators that provides a detailed record of the focus group sessions which will be used by the Mission Review Steering Committee. The focus group sessions related to Brookdale Community College's mission review process provided an opportunity for healthy and constructive discussion. Thoughtful and constructive input shared with the facilitators expressed a sincere commitment to Brookdale's student success, a pride in being a part of the Brookdale community, and optimism that the college would be able to retain a reputation for quality, high standards, and student success while addressing an even more complex mission in the future.
Executive Vice-President Johanna Kobran led a discussion of the scheduling formats of classes – once a week or twice a week. In a survey conducted last year, 60% of students responding indicated a preference for once a week classes, while 40% preferred twice. In contrast, the overwhelming majority of classes are offered once a week. Room utilization is also an issue in scheduling. Some opinions offered:
Focus group discussions reflected an understanding that fundamental and profound changes in the external environment need to be addressed in the college's revised mission statement, but at the same time there was a natural undercurrent of yearning for past simplicity. An overview of the focus group input will be shared with the college community at the Forum meeting on Dec. 5, at which time
Younger students are accustomed to class every day and do not have the attention span needed for a 3-hour class. The format of the class may depend on the type of class. Writing offers many different activities during class and gives the student an opportunity to practice the ideas immediately. 2
After their feedback is considered, the survey will be distributed to current and past governance standing committee chairs. The results of the survey will help us meet our charge of developing a training program for committee chairs.
Questions raised: How can split classes be scheduled efficiently so that a student can put together a schedule? What should motivate the type of schedule offered? Student demand? Pedagogy? Room utilization?
Student Development
If more split classes were offered, what effect might there be on students’ ability to work?
The Committee wishes to thank the college community for its input at the last two Forum meetings regarding the new student experience. The committee will be finalizing its recommendations at the next few meetings. In addition, the Steering Committee has asked Student Development to review these recommendations and develop a list of “Principles” concerning the new student experience. While the recommendations made so far have been very specific, these principles would define the goals that we should have for the experiences of a new student. Anyone who would like to comment or contribute to this should contact David Stout.
Other Opinions There is little difference in student performance when the format is changed. Many teachers enjoy the split classes because they get to know their students more quickly and see them more often.
STANDING COMMITTEE NEWS Academic Standards The Academic Standards committee is making progress on its second charge of the year, which is a four-part charge related to Basic Skills. Currently the committee is working on a revision of the Basic Skills regulation. A subcommittee met and worked on a draft, which will be discussed by the full committee at its next meeting on November 28 (11:45 in SSB 120). A draft of the regulation and other recommendations will be discussed at the meeting of the Forum on December 19.
COLLEGE-WIDE COMMITTEE NEWS Diversity Council The Winter Celebration is going to be on Tuesday, December 12 from 11:30 – 1:30 in the Commons. Please come and join us. We will have many diverse performances and table exhibits from different cultures. There will also be live interviews with anyone who would like to share his/her concerns related to diversity issues on campus. These interviews will be shown on a television screen in front of the Trustees Dining Room. Refreshments will be served.
Academic Council Academic Council met on Tuesday Nov. 14. We passed three new Certificates in the Electronic Engineering Department including Computer Repair Technician, MCSE Networking Administration and Computer LAN/WAN Technician. Two new courses, ELEC 150 Router Internetworking/CCNA and ELEC 151 VIrtual LAN's and WAN's/CCNA were also passed. Two new courses in the Math Department, MATH 141- Algebraic Modeling and MATH 146- Advanced Topics in Math, were passed. Council considered a new Certificate in Accounting and will vote on this certificate in our upcoming meeting on Nov. 28th. The agenda for the 28th has seven new course proposals and seven program option/certificate changes. We meet in SSB 112 at 12 Noon.
In our last meeting, the Council discussed the possibility of applying for a grant to run DAC (Diversity Across Curriculum) workshops in the future. Please come and share your ideas with us. We need your support. We also would like to hear from anyone interested in serving on the Council. Contact Linda Wang or Dennis Elgrim.
General Education Committee The General Education Committee awarded its first Diversity (d) designations to HIST 105 and HIST 106. Diversity (d) is a new facet of the recently signed General Education Regulation. Diversity (d) courses help students understand and appreciate diverse cultures. The committee is also continuing its work on reviewing the lists of designated general education courses, Diversity (d) courses, and courses which emphasize Information and Technological Competency (t).
Institutional Planning We received many submissions from the college community (thank you !) in response to our request for email about what you feel will be the internal and external factors that will impact the college in the next year or two, and whatever you feel should be addressed by or within the Matrix. We are arranging the suggestions into categories and looking at the developing themes. All this will become available for discussion at the December 19th Forum. Keep those emails coming to rtopham or lschmelterdavis.
Basic Skills Committee The Basic Skills Committee is collaborating with the Academic Standards Committee on its charges relating to Basic Skills. The committee will be working on a revised Basic Skills Regulation at its next meeting on December 7.
Professional Development Professional Development has been finalizing a survey that will help give the committee some insight into addressing leadership needs. Shortly, a "test" of the questionnaire will be sent out to several members of the campus community.
Honors Committee The Honors Committee is being restructured as follows: • Fourteen faculty, two from each Division. 3
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for the President which will reflect all discussions to date as well as the Principles developed by the Board of Trustees. The document should reflect the purposes, goals and core values of the institution.
One faculty from each of the seven counseling areas One faculty from the Library One Administrator One Non-Academic Staff Member Student President of PTK Faculty Advisor of PTK Articulation Officer
Milestone dates for Mission Review: December 5 Mission Review feedback at Forum Mission Review Steering Committee begin work on development of draft of principles December 7 Mission Review Steering Committee sends draft of Principles to President January 29 President distributes draft of Principles to College Community February Revised Mission Statement discussed at Forum February Mission Review Steering Committee reviews Forum input and forwards recommendations to Governance Steering March Mission Review Steering Committee develops final draft of Mission Statement after Forum vote and submits to President April President submits Mission Statement to Board of Trustees June Board of Trustees approves Mission Statement
Ex-officio Members • Dean of Academic Affairs • Registrar • Executive Director, Planning, Assessment and Research • Chair of Dept. of Philosophy, Education and Fitness Nominations and elections will take place shortly. The charge to the Honors Committee is as follows: 1. Advise, develop, and recommend all policies, procedures, and regulations concerning Honors at Brookdale to the Dean of Academic Affairs, or to the appropriate governance committee. 2. Facilitate ongoing College discussion regarding the mission, goals, and objectives of Honors. 3. Evaluate and provide guidance for ongoing assessment of Honors.
The Mission Review Steering Committee encourages you to attend as many of the public discussions of mission review as you can. The goal of the Committee is to submit a document to the President that has received the maximum deliberation and input.
NEWS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
IMPORTANT DATES IN DECEMBER
Committee to Review the Academic Master Plan RAMP will be meeting twice in December with the following Agenda: 1. To firm up the proposed structure of our revision and to divide into three subcommittees for the Spring Term 2. To give feedback the Mission Review Steering Committee on the Consultant's Report and the resulting new Mission Draft 3. To review the feedback on the Academic Strategies requested by Dr. Kobran 4. To continue revising the Assumptions and Directions with the input from the consultants. Late in the Spring Term, the RAMP Commission will probably need a full Governance Forum to present a draft of our Revision and to get campus input.
December 5
FORUM Meeting – NAS 100
December 7
Basic Skills Committee
December 12
Standing Committee Meetings
December 13
Holiday Feast
December 19
Special FORUM
December 22
Last Day of Classes Fall 2000
IMPORTANT DATES IN JANUARY
Mission Review Steering Committee The Mission Review Steering Committee wishes to thank the nearly 100 members of the faculty, staff and administration who participated in the eight focus group facilitated by Drs. Carter and Alfred, co-directors of the Consortium for Community College Development. In addition to facilitating these focus groups, the consultants met with approximately 60 members of the Educational Services division and the leadership of the Academic Master Plan Committee. Before they left, Drs. Carter and Alfred also met with members of the College Board of Trustees. After the discussion of the Carter/Alfred report at the Forum, the Mission Review Steering Committee will meet the afternoon of December 5th to begin to prepare a document 4
January 16
Faculty Day
January 18
First Day, Spring 2001
January 23
Standing Committee Meetings
January 25
President’s Roundtable
January 30
Diversity Council Basic Skills Committee
