February 4, 2020FAEC MINUTES 01/22/2020

[DRAFT] FAEC Minutes 1/22/2020

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020  | Location: B 226  | Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Roark Atkinson, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees, Kathy Zeno, Christina Connor,

Guests: Faculty, President Mercer, Provost Becker, Vice Provost Gaulden, Edward Saiff, Aaron Lorenz, Naseem Choudhury, Maya Poran, Robert Becklen

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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FAEC Minutes Approved 

1. Process for Selecting Sabbatical Candidates

The Provost’s methods for examining applications for sabbatical, promotion, and tenure are alarming as the Provost goes beyond the faculty handbook to impose his own criteria which is unknown to faculty.

Last December, the Provost agreed to begin the process of revising the Faculty Handbook.  Since no progress has been made, FAEC will be charging a Task Force with reps from AFT, ER, FA, and the Provost’s Office.  

2. Faculty Concerns and TPO’s 

Faculty are skeptical of TPO’s based on financial projections that were shared in a previous meeting as the

model excludes crucial information and does not account for minority enrollment.  It does not include important details and demonstrates that unless there is robust enrollment and growth (45 students + net 20% growth each year) there may very well be a net loss for RCNJ as a result of taking on the “pilot program” with PCCC.

3.  TPO’s and Faculty Concerns

The Provost is pursuing the opportunity to roll out RCNJ courses at Passaic County Community College [PCCC] as a pilot program.  Faculty pointed out that assumptions made about passaic will be different as it is not representative of any other of the colleges that are sought for TPO’s.  Faculty suggested that the procedures taken in pursuit of TPO’s illustrates a breakdown of shared governance. 

Faculty maintained that assessment of the RCNJ courses offered at PCC is critical for understanding the efficacy of the course content delivery and the performance of students enrolled in the college since it is  being used as a pilot program for TPO agreements with RCNJ. Intellectual integrity and academic rigor are concerns for faculty who suggested a blind assessment of any pilot courses in order to determine whether they satisfy RCNJ standards. The maintenance of academic integrity is also a concern and faculty suggested that online proctoring services would need to be employed to ensure the proper administration of tests and exams.

At present, 2 + 2 models exist in Psychology but these models differ from the proposed TPO structure where 300/400 level courses would be taught at two year institutions.Faculty asserted that currently 300/400 level RCNJ courses are not taught by adjuncts and not taught at community colleges which is what would make TPO courses distinct from courses currently taught at RCNJ and require extraordinary oversight. 

Faculty also expressed concern that TPO’s technically require students to be enrolled for 1.5 years at RCNJ as the fourth and final term within any proposed TPO.  Faculty suggested that this be stated and disclosed in the framing of the program in its presentation to potential students and faculty.

Furthermore, faculty sought understanding about whether students enrolled at RCNJ’s campus in a 4 year degree program could enroll in a two-year institution’s offering of  300/400 level courses. The provost and vice has not considered this possibility and will get back to FAEC regarding this matter.

The notion of the RCNJ course content for TPO’s as equal in rigor and integrity in support of learning outcomes denotes that the 300/400 level courses at two-year institutions are the same as those offered at RCNJ’s campus.  

4. Provost Becker and AFT

The Provost confirmed that faculty would be reimbursed should faculty contributions toward carrying out any oversight and participation in TPO’s exceed “reasonable expectations”.  He explained that reasonable expectations is vague and requires definition. He proposed the negotiation of this matter with AFT.

5. TPO’s and Potential Risk for RCNJ

It was presented that the TPO’s serve as model option courses taught at RCNJ and offsite.  However, according to financial projections divulged at a previous closed meeting, RCNJ assumes the least risk when potential TPO students can be absorbed into existing sections on campus.  

Some faculty proposed alternatives to alleviate financial concerns and potential risks that RCNJ would assume under TPO’s including the acceptance of more high school students and placing a cap on students ability to transfer out of RCNJ in order to obtain a degree in a TPO program.

6. ARC Review Processes

Vice Provost Gaulden and Provost Becker affirmed that pursuing the option to develop tracks rather than concentrations is permissible and viable for enlarging RCNJ’s offerings for contract major programs and for potential TPO’s.

Faculty suggested that if such practices become the norm or default method for delivering courses in new or extraneous programs it would constitute administrative abuse of the ARC review process as it sidelines the purview of ARC and functions to subvert the purpose of ARC review processes.   It would be viewed as intentional circumventing of ARC as an effort to ‘push’ through course and curricular changes that would ordinarily be subject to extensive vetting.

Faculty suggested that boundaries need to be drawn whereby RCNJ’s campus should be characterized as ‘Ramapo Main’ and RCNJ TPO programs should be identified differently while indicating that the course content and offerings are the same. For instance, the proposed program with PCC could be called ‘RCNJ at Passaic’.  There are ethical issues involved with discussing RCNJ as the same program as those offered via a TPO offsite or in conjunction with a community college.

Vice Provost Gaulden stated that this would pose complications for the Middle States Accreditation process as this structure reflects a main-satellite campus arrangement that requires new applications for programmatic accreditation.

Faculty want it to be known that administrators are pursuing a track development process in order to craft majors outside of faculty governance.

7. Miscellaneous Items

An FAEC CA Representative is sought to replace David Oh.  CA will be briefed about this need, requested to ask for volunteers and nominate a representative during the Unit Council Meeting scheduled for 1/22/10.

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2020, RAMAPO FAEC

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December 15, 2019FAEC Minutes 11/13/2019

FAEC Minutes 11/13/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019  | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Roark Atkinson, Hugh Sheehy, Eva Ogens, Lisa Lutter, Scott  Frees

Guests: Provost Becker and President Mercer

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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I. FAEC Minutes Approved [last 2 meetings]

II. Degree Completion Programs (DCP)

Degree Completion Program courses are taught during evenings and are for non-traditional students such as adult learners.  Students are not allowed to enroll in DCP courses as they are solely reserved for its program participants.   Faculty members are not compensated for working on the program. These programs are not reviewed but should be reviewed.  Enrollment and graduation rates for the DCP program are also unknown.  The Provost stated that he will provide a cost benefit analysis for the TPO programs in response to a request for this information from the FAEC.  Faculty do not want to teach a watered-down version of their existing programs and it is believed that DCP’s contain subpar versions of existing courses. 

ASB’s Marketing DCP has been discontinued after only one year for unknown reasons.  The provost was unaware that this program existed and was terminated during his tenure.  SSHS’ Society & Culture DCP and CA’s Communication DCP are operational but have not undergone program reviews.  President Mercer confirmed that two DCP’s are complete and other will be finalized in the next 2.5 years.

As a result of the 11/13/19 communications meeting it is imperative for FAEC to ask the Provost about is the Status of DCP’s

III. Three Plus One Programs (TPO’s)

FA President is conducting a meeting with program Conveners with the aim of engaging those whom have been  tapped for TPO’s on Wed. Nov. 20, at 2:30pm, in A-226. However, TPO are not on the agenda for the conveners meeting.

In conversation with deans it is understood that some believe that faculty do not have purview over curricula.  There is also an assumption that students are already enrolled in 3 credit transfer courses but we accept them as 4 credit courses.  If students have an associates they are exempt from a Gen. Ed. coursework and some conveners waive this coursework for transfer students with 54 credits. 

As a result of the 11/13/19 communications meeting it is imperative for FAEC to receive confirmation about whether Bergen Community College will become a TPO institution and what the official numbers are for institutions in agreement with RCNJ for TPO’s.

There is concern that Administrators can evade faculty concerns over TPO’s by insisting that  DCP Programs already exist and that these programs will be converted to TPO’s. The Provost insists that  TPO’s must begin with RCNJ for Fall 2020 without any observable justification for this move. The Provost insists that TPO’s will not be created for RCNJ’s more “popular” programs.  He also confirmed that at the third year the TPO curriculum is the property of community colleges. FAEC raised concern over contradictions about whether it is a requirement for TPO students’ to enroll in their fourth year at RCNJ.  President Mercer and the Provost asserted that the fourth year [at RCNJ] for TPO’s is critical to these programs. Although RCNJ would not have ownership over third year curriculum in TPO’s there would need to be oversight and control over the curriculum for the proposed fourth year. 

FAEC affirmed that the RCNJ Curriculum for TPO’s would need to be developed and maintained as part of a formal ARC review process. Faculty also expressed consensus relative to requiring the ARC review process for course revisions and new programs.  The provost believes that TPO’s do not require ARC review if they are modeled after existing courses and programs. It is up to the discretion of ARC as to whether a course or program should be exempt from any review process. A convening group can make this case to ARC.  FAEC insisted that if TPO students are receiving an RCNJ degree then there must be some acceptable program which meet our standards as determined by ARC.

FAEC raised concern over the potential for the cannibalization of RCNJ programs.  The provost stated that RCNJ has exclusive rights and right of first refusal with Passaic and other community colleges. FAEC contends that economic justification for TPO’s must be provided to make wise decisions about the potential for these programs. 

Biology faculty are in the process of formalizing the reasons for their concern and discontent with the potential development of TPO’s which appear to be progressing regardless of their position.

President Mercer suggested that faculty should not  “get ahead of” themselves with assumptions that since community colleges have jurisdiction over TPO curricula up to the 3rd year that this means  they have sovereignty to teach whatever they wish.

The provost mentioned that there is a healthy skepticism about the viability of TPO’s but he wished that Faculty refrain from categorizing TPO’s as “a race to the bottom”.

FAEC noted that TPO’s are viewed as marketplace solution and a state mandate.  Thus language that frames the discussion of TPO’s is based on this concern and the understanding that the law that was passed to generate TPO’s is ill conceived and facilitates an unintentional “race to the bottom”.  

IV. Administrators and Academic Programs

Administrators are receiving Academic rank in units where they don’t need them.  They are becoming faculty after they leave their administrative positions. This has been the case with the former provost regardless of any demonstrated need for another professor in any respective units?  

V. Board of Trustees’ Meetings

A special Board of Trustees meeting will be held but it has not been announced.  The BoT’s open meeting was called to order and then dismissed. The agenda for the open meeting was not provided  but may be archived in the library. 

Roughly half of the BoT are on the presidential search committee. 

VI. Miscellaneous 

There is no update on EOF funding. 

The Krame family has withdrawn their pledge associated with the RCNJ library renovation project.  Mr. Krame pledged 250K per year for 10 years to RCNJ. The Krame’s have discontinued support for funding that they pledged. The Krame’s will develop a center at a private institution.   Students that worked in the Krame center were taken off of payroll. The Foundation now has to make up the 1 million to 1.5 million that was pledged to the learning commons.

Meeting Adjourned at 12:00 pm

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2020, RAMAPO FAEC

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December 10, 2019FAEC Minutes 11/20/2019

FAEC Minutes 11/20/2019 

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019  | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Roark Atkinson, Hugh Sheehy, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees, David Oh, Kathy Zeno, Christina Connor 

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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I.  FAEC Minutes Approved 

II. Three Plus One Programs (TPO) Meeting 2:30-4:00pm, A-226

The Provost will attend the TPO Programs Convener’s Meeting, on Wed., Nov. 20th at 2:30 pm to 4pm in A-226.  Program Conveners and Representatives from convening groups are expected to be present during the meeting.  According to the provost, some of the rough details have not been resolved relative to RCNJ’s TPO agreement with Passaic Community College (PCC).  The institution has an operating transportation shuttle that can add an additional stop which could be Ramapo College. This way students would be able to commute to RCNJ’s campus. Chris Romano insisted that a shuttle link between PCC and RCNJ cannot be used as this has not been negotiated between the institutions in tentative TPO agreements.  Some faculty have expressed a preference for online TPO engagement as their campus-based classes are currently at capacity. 

TPO’s should follow the same policies and guidelines that all programs go through in the ARC process.  Hybrid courses could potentially be used means to introduce TPO’s. This can be one way to circumvent any ARC approval process as the body does not regulate course delivery.  Additionally, deans can submit programs when they are new and therefore can submit TPO’s for ARC review. Deans have devised and submitted model TPO programs to the Provost.

The registrar is considering a policy to grant credits to students that enter in RCNJ under a three-credit scheme so they can have enough credits to satisfy the TPO. Students in possession of associates degrees technically do not have enough credits to graduate in a TPO program.  Students would have to earn 38 credits in their 4th year which does not add up. 

The provost agreed to provide a TPO cost benefit analysis in FA and FAEC meetings since September but has not done this to date.  The provost confirmed that TPO’s would allow students to attend their third year at their respective community colleges which does not require the two-year institution to use RCNJ syllabi.  TPO’s would work with existing courses in the third year of the program at institutions that maintain such agreements with RCNJ.

Under prospective TPO’s community colleges requested Psychology and Communication program content but the conveners of these programs have the right to disapprove of TPO’s. Conveners’ involvement in discussions with the provost positions the administration to presume that the faculty have been involved in TPO discussions.  FAEC expressed that TPO’s are happening in the margins without faculty input

There is a need to delineate college-wide versus specific issues at the convening group level. It was proposed that concerns about TPO’s can be devised a the TPO Convener’s meeting and later presented to faculty during the December 4th FA meeting in the presence of President Mercer and Provost Becker. Those present at the TPO Convener’s meeting can assemble a working list of questions which can be circulated among faculty in advance of the FA meeting to garner input about concerns and priorities for addressing TPO’s.  Questions raised by faculty must be entered into the official record of the FA meeting. It was also proposed that a survey can be disseminated to determine which questions to ask the provost during the next FA.

FAEC will request that the administration refrain from hiring any new administrators to facilitate TPO’s

III. DCP Programs 

Faculty in DCP programs have not been engaged or involved in the process of their development and facilitation. It is now known that the Marketing DCP program was terminated by the Dean of Enrollment Management and Trish Laprey, Director of the Adult Degree Completion Program. This decision was made without faculty consultation.  Faculty was excluded in discussions about staffing for the program.  The Marketing DCP experiences pre-requisite and sequencing issues.  Graduate students are not included in any cost-benefit analysis for DCP’s. The provost suggested that DCP programs can function as a model for TPO’s. Some of the five-year review programs will also involve a review of the DCP’s 

IV. AFT Affairs

AFT is planning to line the corridor of the 5th floor in ASB at1:30 in wait for the BoT to attend their special meeting in the boardroom. Earlier in the day AFT membership stood in solidarity in AFT T-shirts at the President’s Committee on Campus Sustainability event, Confronting the Climate Crisis: Ramapo’s Reckoning with Reality.

 V. Miscellaneous

Shared GovernanceTask Force: The original Shared Governance TF (2016-17) had been jointly charged by FA and the Provost’s Office to define Shared Governance for Ramapo College and to make recommendations.  Plans to create a follow-up Shared Governance Implementation TF, also jointly charged by FA and the Provost’s Office, have been put on hold as PAC seems to be in the process of implementing the 2017 recommendations.  We will see how this goes.

The deadline for self-nomination for the office of FA president is next Wednesday

Meeting Adjourned at 12:00 pm

 

 

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2020, RAMAPO FAEC

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November 13, 2019FAEC MINUTES 11/06/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, November 06, 2019  | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Attendees: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Roark Atkinson, Hugh Sheehy, Eva Ogens, Lisa Lutter, Christina Connor, Robert Becklen, Scott Frees

Guests: Ruma Sen, Renata Gangemi (Communication Arts Covener) , Jackie (ARC Chair), Maya Poran (Psychology Convener),

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved  

2. Three Plus One Program [TPO’s]

In relation to TPO’s it appears that  FA President is not informed with reliable information from the Office of the Provost.  Some faculty have the impression that Provost and Deans are circumventing convening groups to develop TPO’s.  If the Provost wants TPO’s to go online ASAP he must not work with individual convening groups but rather than ask conveners to work with each other to examine them.  FAEC suggests that a Vote of No Confidence will be conducted for any dean that attempts to create curriculum as deans are not faculty members. FA must halt further developments until there is agreement among administrators regarding the processes involved in formulating TPO’s.  FAEC will also vote on a resolution that cost benefit analyses must be developed and shared with faculty to illustrate reasons and need for TPO’s. Currently Chris Romano has some preliminary cost-benefit numbers on the prospective tPO’s but has not shared this information. Furthermore, TPO’s are sanctioned by the law which supports their materialization and they have the support of RCNJ’s BoT..  

The benefit of TPO’s is obvious for Community Colleges as they would want to use the TPO’s as  some students would remain enrolled with their institution for longer and TPO’s will attract new students that desire to earn Bachelors degrees.

The provost has stated that courses that are reduced from 4 to 3 credits do not have to be reviewed via ARC.  All courses that are making changes to the number of credits that they bear must go through ARC review. Additionally, all academic programs that are developed at RCNJ are subject to ARC review.  Administrators and adjuncts cannot submit courses for ARC vetting as this is the purview of the faculty. This undermines the purpose of ARC and jeopardizes shared governance.

RCNJ Programs or courses that are taught at external colleges or institutions are not assessed by ARC or faculty members. Their course content is not assessed.

The Psychology convening group [CG] was tapped for TPO’s with Sussex Community College whereby the faculty devised a list of concerns and resources needed for the endeavor.  However, this was never addressed. The CG was asked to provide a curriculum and told that if they did not furnish one, then their dean would create and submit one.  

FAEC suggests that FA produce a list of issues and concerns about TPO’s before moving forward with any aspect of TPO’s and that faculty should take note of any specific changes that are being made to the curricula. FA will address the broader structural/macro level Issues that impact each school in relation to TPO’s.  Processes involving ARC and procedures that ensure shared governance must be examined. There is concern that TPO’s also bear potential negative impact on non-tenured faculty and that some programs will be siloed.

3. ARC Review and TPO’s

The FA will put forth a vote to declare that TPO’s must be ARC approved before moving forward.  As a statement of principle FA can determine that faculty will not teach or contribute to programs that are not ARC approved.  ARC can only enforce this rule if programs come to ARC for review and it appears that the administration could avoid this process.  Part of this can involve outlining the ways that programs will be harmed should the review processes continue to be dismissed in the creation of TPO’s or other programs. A potential ARC sub-committee could serve to examine proposed TPO’s and related programs. FA could vote on an audit process but this would result in the loss of autonomy for convening groups if an external auditing body becomes responsible for vetting courses. There should be a way to empower ARC and convening group to have an audit process.  Every unit has a faculty controlled school curriculum committee that precedes the ARC process

Concerns were raised that administrators could develop versions of the Degree Completion Program which currently have no oversight from convening groups.  Additionally, if RCNJ faculty determine that they will not teach TPO courses then administration can hire adjuncts or temporary faculty to take on this role.  

Meeting Adjourned at 11:30 am

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC, Uncategorized

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October 28, 2019FAEC Minutes 10/23/19

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019  | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Christina Connor, Hugh Sheehy, Roark Atkinson, Eva Ogens

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved 

2. RCNJ’s Career Development and Faculty Scholarship

RCNJ employs career development rather than a post-tenure review process. If the provost envisions a post-tenure review process at the College he can only do that if he negotiates that with AFT. The language on the existing process can be found in the Career Development section of the faculty handbook.  The Career Development procedure is on hold when faculty are working without a contract.

According to the provost scholarship at RCNJ is defined broadly and the terms are vague.   This may be because the provost is applying his own conception of scholarship in the promotion and tenure (P&T) process. Even if each unit devised distinct criteria, this still would not make scholarship across units comparable.  Any criteria that aims to classify scholarship must be performed by committee in conjunction with the AFT and cannot be conducted in isolation. Additionally, there needs to be a re-negotiation of the faculty handbook and a revision of the promotion and tenure criteria within it.   

3. Presidential Search Committee

Susan Vallario informed FAEC that she will respond to the letter that it sent on behalf of FA regarding a request for additional faculty representation on the presidential search committee by the end of the current week. Vallario would like receive the names of the candidates within this same timeframe and will further discuss the process with the FAEC President. Vallario copied the board, and Hillary Goldstein with this communication.  The names of the candidates forwarded to the BoT will not be published in the FA agenda.  

Four schools have volunteered to send a representative to serve on the presidential search committee thus far.  FAEC plans to select the faculty members in keeping with the required number requested for the nomination. A total of three names will be forwarded.

The FAEC believes that the nomination form featured on the presidential search web page should not include questions that serve to vet any potential candidates and that the vetting procedure for nomination should be the purview of the FA.

4. Three Plus One Program Prospects

Concerns about the prospect of Three Plus One [TPO] Programs are evident among the faculty.  FAEC views attempts to tap individual units or convening groups for TPO’s as an inappropriate and problematic way forward. Furthermore, the question remains as to whether there is demonstrated interest in TPO programs from students enrolled in Two Year degree programs. The faculty requires input about this to act constructively toward developing potential TPO programs.  Students would need to apply at the end of this academic year to be eligible for aid for RCNJ attendance and inclusion in a TPO program.

The provost is proposing that students in TPO’s do not have to make-up for credit mis-matches at RCNJ based on the 3 credit granting structure at their two-year institutions.  Any plan to change a three credit course to a four credit course must go through the ARC approval process. TPO programs must undergo the ARC review process and the FAEC is prepared to request that any program that moves forward without adequate review be denied by ARC. Shared governance must be at the heart of any process for creating prospective TPO programs. 

Some faculty view the attempt to expedite TPO’s as part of a process to install numerical rather than real diversity at RCNJ. The administration continues to cite the absence of a transportation hub as a reason for the lack of diversity at RCNJ.  However, the push toward TPO’s is in part seen as an attempt to rectify this and ensure that “diversity numbers” are achieved as a means to secure diversity related funding from the New Jersey Governor’s office. The New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education’s outcomes based funding approach prioritizes degree completion and programmatic service to minority students, thus any potential funding from the governor’s office would not simply be tied to enrollment but also minority students’ graduation rates.   In discussions about prospective students’ successful completion of TPO programs a point must be made to ensure that such discussions are void of assumptions that minority students will fail to succeed simply because they would be emplaced in a new academic environment. This is an artificial construct because if white and black students do not succeed at RCNJ or successfully complete at the same rate it will appear that the service and support given to minority students is disproportionate.

Meeting Adjourned at 12:10 pm

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC, Uncategorized

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October 28, 2019FAEC Minute 9/11/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, September  11, 2019 | Location: A220  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Renata Gangemi, Christina Connor, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees

Guest: Tamika Quick 

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved [needed]

2. Degree Completion Program and 3 + 1 Program

There is indication from the Provost that RCNJ will be entering into 3+1 program agreements with Raritan, Passaic, and Essex county Community Colleges.  FAEC contends that the 3+1 program should not include classes outside of the purview of the faculty. Faculty should not be hired without consulting RCNJ conveners and Deans.  Additionally, the program should not offer ARC approved courses without the vetting of the syllabus and proper assessment. Adjunct instructors must be assessed for their fit in the convening group, although currently this is currently only done via course evaluations. The community colleges have an interest in offering courses that will be on demand.   RCNJ faculty have expressed concern about the quality of the RCNJ courses taught at community colleges.

A cost benefit analysis of 3+1 programs must be considered as they would be operating in addition to more hybrid and online courses.  Any cost related burdens with the community college should be absorbed by the community colleges. The programs must benefit students in the institutions, as well as Community Colleges and RCNJ.  Concerns were raised regarding potential cannibalization and the logic of the 3+1 program should students determine it cheaper to remain at 3+1 community college for a third year rather than transfer to Ramapo through a 2-2 transfer arrangement.  Assumptions behind potential revenue enhancement for 3+1 programs must be thoroughly discussed and communicated among the faculty. Furthermore, if Bergen Community College signs onto a 3+1 agreement it will not be beneficial to RCNJ as it serves as a feeder school to RCNJ and would be a net loss to RCNJ.

Presently there is a generic job posting for adjunct faculty within the Anisfield School of Business although ASB faculty have not been informed about the call for adjuncts. It is unclear as to whether the call is for faculty to support a 3+1 program with Raritan Valley Community College. ASB’s program requires accreditation and therefore any adjunct hired for must be approved by the ASB’s faculty.  

Provost Becker commented, “we don’t have it all figured out” and that the details of any 3+1 program still need to be hashed out.  He assured that a 3+1 agreement would not pose additional strain on RCNJ’s infrastructure, that it could positively impact the picture of enrollment at Ramapo, and that he would like for RCNJ to be part of the process.  

President Mercer declared that he is “not worried” about financial dimension because should RCNJ split in the third year the 70% of the revenue would go to the community college while 30% would be seen by RCNJ for providing the curricula and vetting instructors. He explained that the 3+1 programs between community colleges and RCNJ would be exclusive since the graduation rate is high at RCNJ and this is viewed as a positive for the sending colleges.  He also mentioned that the 3 +1 program would support students of color in their educational pursuits citing that 36% of the students at Passaic Community College and 89% of the students at Hudson County Community College are students of color.

The NJ secretary of Higher Education prioritizes access to higher education and thus support for 3 + 1 initiatives.  

3. Degree Completion Program

The FAEC President raised the fact that RCNJ is trying to normalize the Degree Completion Program. However, there must be some course correcting as there are oversight issues.  The program is using ARC approved course numbers and there is no input from faculty or conveners regarding the courses taught in the program.  

4. Tamika Quick [ Multicultural Center Exploration Team]

Tamika Quick, requested that FAEC nominate at least two faculty members to serve on a multicultural center exploration team.  Under the purview of EDIC the team will gather faculty, staff and students to brainstorm about the development of a Multicultural Center at RCNJ.  There is currently no timeframe for when the Multicultural Center would launch, however the application for the project was submitted three years ago.

The team will be charged with: 

(1) Understanding what others are doing/have done in the development and operation of multicultural centers 

(2) Establishing the vision for a Multicultural center at RCNJ

(3) Establishing the guiding principles of the center

Tamika informed the FAEC that Marva Hawkins was hired as Director of Affirmative Action and that EDIC is place and fully staffed.  She also addressed the campus-wide perception that EDIC is supposed to do, “everything” regarding Equity and Diversity on Campus. He encouraged other campus programs, faculty, and students to develop and conduct initiative to enlarge diversity at RCNJ.   She explained that EDIC’s charge is in part to develop an action plan that to understand how to address the Strategic Plan goal #2.

5. Faculty Searches, Diversity, and Student Involvement with Search Committees

There may be some changes to the way that students engage in faculty searches as they may be permitted to sit on search committees bearing access to applications and the ability to read applications. This decision comes from the Provost’s office.  The FAEC upholds that students should not sit on faculty search committees, read applicant materials, or be involved in internal discussion while faculty are evaluating candidates. Presently, students sit on the committee for the vetting of honors students.

Diversity in Faculty searches must be revisited as faculty are concerned that some searches do not  include faculty with academic expertise with a particular departments and programs. The FAEC suggest that rather than replacing people with area specialization on search committees to achieve diversity, that search committees aim for diversity premised upon a mix of academic specialization and demographic diversity.

6. Program Budget Funding and Cuts

The Provost explained that he as allocated funding to Deans that reflects “more or less” what they received last year and that there was clear distribution amongst the schools for faculty travel funding.

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC, RCNJ Faculty Assembly Minutes 2019, Uncategorized

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October 23, 2019 FAEC Minutes 10/16/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019  | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Scott Frees, David Oh, Donna Flynn, Christina Connor, Hugh Sheehy, Roark Atkinson, Bob Beckman 

Guests: Jacqueline Braun, Provost Becker, and Student Guest

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved 

2. ARC Update [Jacqueline Braun]

Concern over the faculty curriculum as more graduate programs are being developed and three plus one agreements will materialize in the near future.  

The Provost is concerned about having too many courses within the General Education course offerings.  In some instances with ARC reviews double counting of Gen.Ed courses has come up due to the way that the TAS curriculum is organized as its lab credit requirements place some majors over the 68 credit limit.  In such instances clarification as to whether prerequisites are counted within majors. Additionally, according to the Provost, there is no limit to the size or amount of courses that majors bear. However, this is contrary to the liberal arts framework at RCNJ.

There is also some concern about the number of classes available for First Year Seminar sections and course content delivery.

Prof. Kwak pointed out that the number of different classes in a category should not affect assessment, since all classes/sections should be teaching the same goals and outcomes regardless of content.  Categories with few different course numbers may appear to be easier to assess, but that’s an illusion. E.g. some categories only have one course number (such as FYS), but each section teaches different content, as different as a category with dozens of different course numbers.

3. Three Plus One

Faculty have expressed concerns about the direction of the curricula and whether students will be able to complete their fourth year at RCNJ.  It appears that larger majors at RCNJ have been targeted as the initial programs to model Three Plus One programs. According to the hypotheses of RCNJ administrators the financial outlook on Three Plus One programs will be incremental.

FAEC mentioned that there is a need to address inconsistencies in the Degree Completion Programs at RCNJ for assessment purposes before taking on Three Plus One programs.  Additionally, the Degree Completion Programs use the same course numbers as The Colleges standard course offerings even though they are not taught by full time faculty.

4. Student Demographic Data and the Goal 2 Taskforce

FAEC notes a problem with the current methods of aggregation for student demographic data.  It is problematic for the purposes of being useful for Goal 2 of the RCNJ strategic plan as it lumps all non-white students together into a single category.  This results in inaccurate information about the actual representations of non-white students enrolled at and graduating from RCNJ. For instance, international students, regardless of ethnicity or nationality are categorized as non-white enrollees.  

Furthermore, careful distinctions need to be created for understanding the enrollment composition of students based on ethnicity and race relative to African-American, Hispanic, Black, and Asian student populations. Consequently, Goal 2 reporting may potentially be below the 5% target for minority representation.  Additionally, an estimated 5% of the student body never identified their ethnicity or race in demographic measures. FAEC suggests the selection and use of non-arbitrary racial and ethnic demographic indicators. 

5. Austerity Concerns

FAEC acknowledges faculty concerns relative to the implementation of austerity measures at RCNJ.

6. RCNJ Presidential Search Committee

Susan Vallario acknowledged receipt of the letter submitted by FAEC to the RCNJ The Board of Trustees on behalf of the RCNJ faculty.  Faculty have registered their sentiments about the proposed composition of the search committee,  the coordination of the search process, and control over the selection of the search consultancy firms that will produce the candidate pool.

Faculty have expressed reservations about the process being coordinated by Brittany Goldstein and offer that the search should not be coordinated by representatives of the president’s office.

There are also concerns that the BoT has not articulated clear criteria for the search process, nor the nomination of faculty candidates whom should serve on the committee.

The BoT has developed a nomination form for potential presidential committee search members.  These form is available on the BoT’s page via the following link: https://www.ramapo.edu/presidential-search/2021-presidential-search-committee-member-nomination-form/

The FAEC announces a need for volunteers for the presidential search committee.  

May be inappropriate for Brittany to be in the role but don’t know whom will be better.  

FAEC would like to ensure that the search consultancy firm employed to identify potential candidates is committed to generating a diverse candidate pool.

The FAEC also suggests that the search committee  a total of six faculty representatives comprising one faculty member from each RCNJ unit.  The faculty representatives chosen should reflect a diversity of intellectual, cultural and rank experience.

7. Provost Becker’s Report

FDF reimbursements have been delayed until the return of  a staff member that administers their disbursement.   

The number of sabbaticals were shared but not the number of promotions.  There are thirty per cent fewer sabbatical slots than in previous years.  The number of promotions slots should be known shortly.

The Provost requires clarification of the purposive distinctions between the career development and post-tenure review functions. The provost restated that faculty units should develop standards for scholarship classification to assist with the review procedures for promotion and tenure applications.

Provost Becker mentioned that RCNJ is allocating a significant amount of funding toward the salaries of faculty that take LOA, sabbaticals, and assume grant-funded positions that do not fully compensate faculty at their base or actual salary.  The provost stated that he would like to ensure this practice so that faculty do not lose salary while pursuing research endeavors. 

FAEC asserts that replacement costs do not amount to more than faculty members’ salaries as adjuncts are secured at a lower rate than full time, tenure track, and tenured faculty.  This is the case as faculty conduct research abroad their unit level duties are absorbed by other faculty members without and normally without compensation.

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

 

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC

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October 9, 2019FAEC Minutes 9/25/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, September  25, 2019 | Location: A 220  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Christina Connor, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees,   David Oh, Hugh Sheehy

Guests: Nicole Morgan Agard, EDIC; Tamika Quick, EDIC and Brittany Williams-Goldstein

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved [needed]

2. Bias Response Team

EDIC has requested that FAEC nominate faculty members to serve on the Bias Response Team [BRT].  The appointment process will involve the FAEC nomination of three faculty members to EDIC whereby one of the nominees will be selected to serve on the BRT.  EDIC did not declare whether the faculty member should be tenured or untenured. EDIC aims to establish the team immediately to form an exploratory committee which will shape the nature and charge of the BRT.  The volunteer position requires a one year commitment. The faculty representative will meet two times per month until the training for the BRT commences. A trainer from an external institution will be sought to illustrate best practice in assessing bias grievance incidents. EDIC intends that the faculty representative will serve in-part to communicate the BRT’s mission to the RCNJ community.  

FAEC stressed the need to clarify a formal charge and criteria for the Bias Response Team in order to identify potential appointees.  Requirements for the scope, membership composition and size of the committee was requested. FAEC recommended that aspects of the charge should include plans for  how the team will work with other parts of the college. Additionally, it was suggested that two faculty members are selected so that one member could serve as an alternate.

FAEC faculty representatives were asked to inform their units of the need for the BRT appointee and conduct an interest-check.

3. RCNJ Multicultural Center Planning

Regarding EDIC’s plans to establish a Multicultural Center, FAEC underscored that the starting point for this endeavor should be focused on articulating the guiding principles for the Multicultural Center to clarify its mission and purpose to the RCNJ community.  

4. Wednesday Meeting Block Schedule 

FAEC recommends that meeting block scheduling be reconsidered for faculty to be able to balance teaching and service commitments.    

5. Formalizing Communication and Taskforce Directives from the Provost’s Office

FAEC affirms the need for the Provost’s Office to formalize all communication relative to processes, procedures, and decisions that affect the College.  Discussion boards should not be employed as a primary means for dialogue or deliberation around issues that impact or involve The College. Informal online discussion board contents should not be used to represent or substantiate the positions, opinions, and input of the faculty.  FAEC maintains that discussion board contents are not a representative or valid means for establishing or proving faculty accord, particularly in instances when there is no indication of broad issue consensus among the faculty.   

Any task force formed by the Provost’s Office should operate with a formal charge and timelines that specify goals and objectives toward task completion.

6. Communication from administration to the RCNJ Community

FAEC observed that the State of the College address and the Back to School Reception were well publicized.  Notification for the Back to School reception was circulated via Ramapo Daily Digest on the morning of the event.

7. Informational Request for Clarity on Three Plus One Proposals

FAEC supports the formation of a college-wide 3 + 1 task force or committee to liaise between the faculty and administration.  The body would serve to report 3 +1 planning to the faculty, as well as to represent faculty concerns to the administration. The charge for a prospective task force should be decided by the faculty.  

FAEC suggests that any decisions around 3+1 require the following:

• Individual convening groups will not be tapped to create curricula or model programs 
• RCNJ faculty maintains curricular oversight
• Courses and curricula must legitimately improve educational access for students
• 3 + 1 agreements must generate short and long-term profit for RCNJ 
• Courses must mirror the quality and content offered at RCNJ 

FAEC recognizes the need for clarity on the status of any agreements with outside institutions relative to 3+1 programs.  There is concern that faculty and programs are being provided with differing information about the existing state and nature of RCNJ’s involvement with 3 + 1 proposals. Furthermore, engagement in 3+1 programs will impact RCNJ programs that are bound to accreditation processes.  

Faculty concerns are also centered on the following:

• Ensuring that cannibalism will not be an outcome of the implementation of 3 +1 programs
• Potential programs would require prospective students to assume more than 1 year of enrollment at RCNJ, thus resulting in 1.5 years or 1 year and summer enrollment to complete a 4 year degree
• There is no evidence of any cost benefit and cost benefit analyses are not being conducted

To address these and other related concerns, FAEC seeks to open discussion of these matters during Faculty Assembly to formulate a resolution that stipulates how faculty will proceed in our involvement with potential 3+1 planning.

8. The FAEC Presidential Nomination, Voting, and On-Boarding Process

Potential FA candidates will deliver speeches during the December 4th FA meeting.  A Qualitrics survey will be distributed among the faculty on the day after the December 4th FA meeting and faculty will have one week to register their responses toward a vote for FA President.  The winner of the vote will be announced by the end of the Fall semester.  The outgoing FA President hopes to onboard the new President over the Spring semester to ensure a smooth transition.

The FAEC will engage in advertising and campaigning to support a robust participation in the vote for the FA President.  The next FA President will be acting during the RCNJ Presidential transition. 

9. Presidential Search Committee;  Brittany Goldstein, President’s Cabinet

The Board of Trustees is commissioning a committee of thirteen college-wide representatives to serve on the RCNJ presidential search committee.

• The BoT specified that the committee of thirteen should comprise:
• Committee Chair, Susan Vallario
• 3 faculty representatives [including Library faculty and adjuncts]
• 5 Board of Governors representatives [including the immediate past board chair]
• 1 Dean [nominated by Dean’s council]
• 1 Student representative
• 1 Alumnus
• 1 staff member

FAEC has been asked to identify and advance up to 9 faculty nominees that wish to serve on the search committee.  The BoT will choose 3 out of the 9 faculty members that the FAEC nominates to serve on the committee. The BoT and EDIC will inform FAEC of any issues with nominees.

There was no criteria provided for the selection process.  FAEC recommended that criteria are established to pre-empt any potential discontent with candidates that are advanced and selected.  FAEC was informed that criteria should be designated by its members. The FAEC maintains that criteria specification and the decision for faculty nominations must come through FA and not FAEC.  Professors that wish to serve must make their case to FA.

The FAEC was informed that the committee will bear one less faculty member than in the previous Presidential search.  The 2004 Presidential search committee was composed of 17 members and the 1985 presidential search committee consisted of 7 members.

FAEC would like further justification and/or rationale for the following:

• The BoT’s faculty selection criteria and factors for disqualification of faculty nominees
• Details of the service commitment for each category of committee membership 
• The selection of 3 faculty members as opposed to 5 members of the Board of Governors 

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

 

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC, Uncategorized

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October 8, 2019FAEC Minutes 10/02/2019

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, October  2, 2019 | Location: A 226  | Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Eva Ogens, Scott Frees, David Oh, Donna Flynn, Christina Connor, Hugh Sheehy

Guests: Provost Becker, President Mercer

Secretary: Nakia Matthias

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1. FAEC Minutes Approved 

2. Public Safety Notice

FACE discussed the insensitivity and evocation of  stereotypes in the language contained in the public safety notice that was issued on September 26, 2019 to faculty, staff, and students.  The language in the notice described the two males as appearing to be of “Indian descent” as perpetrators of an act that caused safety concerns for a female students on TCNJ’s campus. Nicole Morgan Agard issued an apologetic statement on behalf of the Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion to address the concerns of members of the RCNJ community regarding the language contained within the communication. 

3. Goal 2 Taskforce 

The Goal 2 Taskforce has not completed its charge as they have been slated for realization by 2021.  Due to Nicole Agard’s leave of absence, it’s unclear when the Goal 2 report will be submitted to Mercer, but it was due yesterday.  The task force was assembled to examine Goal 2 of RCNJ’s Strategic Plan [Cultivate and Support Equity, Diversity and Inclusion] and provide recommendations for crafting the plan’s objectives.  Presently, strategic goals are not being tracked by any office on campus. The plan’s definition of non-white students is formulated in a manner that is problematic.  For example, non resident students are counted as non-white even if they are white.

In New Jersey state African American and Hispanic enrollment, as well as graduation are important priorities.  The categories that quantify enrollment and graduation require disaggregation for the sake of tracking and clarifying objectives and goals.   RCNJ has exceeded their goal of enrollment numbers which appear to be arbitrary.  

4. Three Plus One Program

There is no new information about any potential Three Plus agreements or the status of their development between RCNJ and Community College institutions.   RCNJ maintains existing reciprocal agreements and a full time staff member from RCNJ at Bergen Community College for the purpose of soliciting and transitioning students into RCNJ.

5. Presidential Search

FAEC is composing a letter to submit to the Board of Trustees [BoT] to request that one faculty member per unit and the Library are included in the presidential search committee.  The FACE does not seek to ask to exclude or reduce the numbers of anyone that has been identified to sit on the committee.

The FA has been charged with the selection of criteria for choosing nominees for the committee.  At present the FACE intends to forward the names of three faculty members to the Hillary Goldstein in wait for a response to the letter for the inclusion of once faculty member per unit and the Library.

Some considerations for inclusion in the committee may include:

Faculty tenure status, length of service at RCNJ over ten years, and one’s classification and a member of a minority population.  FA members will be asked to determine the categories that they wish to be considered for. They will have to make their case for their nomination and an FA vote will be called for the nomination of a faculty member for each category.

The Minority Faculty and Staff Association (MFSA) request that a voting representative form the  group be seated on the search committee. The FACE supports the MFSA desire to include a voting member on the committee.

6. President Mercer [Full Professorship Promotions] 

The president confirmed that the faculty promotion slot numbers for Full Professorships will be made available by mid-October.   November 15, 2019 is the application deadline.  

7. Provost Becker and Three Plus One Agreements

Provost Becker affirmed that RCNJ is not entering a three plus one agreement with (BCC) and that any potential arrangement with the institution would cut RCNJ two-year transfers. He also pointed out that if another four-year institution enters a three plus one agreement with BCC this would harm RCNJ’s transfer enrollment.  The Provost stated that he would like to sign Three Plus One agreements “very quickly”. The provost indicated that per site where Three Plus One agreements would be formed, RCNJ we could attract 60 to 100 students. He also noted that the Budget Office is currently developing calculations to examine revenue and admission projections, as well as opportunity costs for Three Plus One programs.

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm

Categories: FAEC MEETING MINUTES 2019, RAMAPO FAEC, RCNJ Faculty Assembly Minutes 2019

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September 28, 2019Faculty Assembly Minutes 9/4/2019

Ramapo College of New Jersey
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Faculty Assembly

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Faculty Assembly Minutes Approved

FA President’s Report

Introduction of New Faculty

• Beth Barnett, Psychology, SSHS
• Timmesha Butler, Social Work, SSHS
• Tufan Ekici, Economics, ASB
• Jeffrey Ellsworth, LAWS, SSHS
• David Gurney, LAWS, SSHS
• William Jones, Marketing, ASB
• Lillian (Sharon) Leathers, Literacy, SSHS
• Emily Leskinen, Social Science, SSHS
• Fariba Nosrati, Information Tech Management, ASB
• Kaneez Odgers, NURS, TAS
• Aaron van Klyton, International Business, ASB

FA President Elections 
Online ballots will be distributed after December FA.  Nominations are due at least one week prior to Dec. 4 FA.  

Faculty Meetings and Committees

• AFT will meet before rather than after Faculty Assembly
• Faculty Forum will happen after Faculty assembly
• All College over 10 volunteers needed

African American Literature Line
FA President urges the faculty to support new faculty assuming the African American literature line, as well as the discipline and any related activities.

President Mercer’s Report
Governor Phil Murphy sequestered the additional $1million that his office appropriated for RCNJ and there is no indication of when RCNJ will receive the funds that the governor has allocated.  There is a need to ensure that the state revenues would cover the Colleges forthcoming years.  RCNJ undergraduate enrollment is at 99% and graduate enrollment is at 12%.  RCNJ is currently in talks with with New Jersey two-year colleges to embark on three-plus-one programs which result in students earning a four-year degree at RCNJ. Students hailing from two-year institutions will complete a third year via hybrid enrollment between their home institution and RCNJ.  It is intended that they will complete their fourth year of enrollment with RCNJ to earn their Bachelor’s degree.

Faculty raised concerns that any attempt to build RCNJ revenues from tuition garnered from potential three-plus-one programs are not a sustainable model. President Mercer affirmed that such programs are not the only model under consideration and that the College needs to explore ways to increase revenues.  It was explained that RCNJ tuition will not increase by more than two percent, although the rate of inflation is two percent.  Since RCNJ does not provide or connect to public transportation from the various areas where potential three-plus-one agreements are being developed faculty expressed skepticism about the efficacy of establishing the program with institutions where students rely on public transportation for their commute to and from the respective two-year institutions.

Provost Becker’s Report
The College is heading toward a $3 million, rather than $6 million dollar deficit.  However, RCNJ expenditures are $128 million and $63 million is allocated to Academic Affairs.  The other divisions exhaust the remaining funds. Academic affairs saved $1.2 million and made no employee cuts.  There is currently a hiring freeze for all non-faculty positions and there will be seven new faculty lines. Faculty travel funds are available but travel funding for staff has  ceased until further notice.

The Provost expressed excitement about preparations for Middle States as Middle States year has arrived, as well as the prospect of developing three-plus-one programs with New Jersey community colleges.  RCNJ has seen a decrease in transfer enrollment which is reflective of trends around us. An enrollment decrease was expected.  

Karl Johnson has been named the Faculty Fellow for Instructional Design.

The Canvas Learning Management System is being developed for RCNJ and will be up and available by Spring 2020 and faculty CV’s have been entered into the Spol platform 

The College budget is balanced for this year.  Provost Becker formally introduced Vice Provost, Susan Gaulden to the faculty and announced the following administrative changes:

• Fernanda Papalia has assumed the role of Registrar
• Leigh Keller has been appointed the Director of the Learning Commons
• Tammi Redd is the new Faculty Resource Director 

David Nast, OSS Testing and online interface
OSS Online has been launched via an accessible information management interface.  The benefits include:

• Less deception from students
• Automated reminders, the system will remind you/inform you of students’ needs and testing accommodations.  
• There is no need to forward multiple exams for the same course
• Students can indicate their accommodations and alternative Testing
• Secure exam/test uploading 
• The process is simplified as instructors will be asked three questions: date, time, and specific accommodations.
• A testing agreement is immediately initiated.

Middle States Update, Stephanie Sarabia
Middle States feedback has been included in the ARC report and reviewed by the Cabinet The document is Document is 126 pages and needs to be minimized to 100 pages.  The final self-study will be prepared over winter break and ready for the Middle States team visit from February 23 to February 26.

Tammi Redd, Faculty Resource Director

Faculty Development Day
– This year six different sessions will be offered during the afternoon in B wing 227-228  from 1pm to 4 pm 
– Forward teaching circle ideas, as well as any suggestions for mid-career faculty and full professors to Tammi Redd.

ARC Deadlines

Monday, Oct 1st. 
Submission of syllabi to Unit ARC Representative 

Tuesday, Oct 15  
– ARC Submission Deadline 
– WAC and GeCCO submission deadline

Mid-November Deadline
– Anything that faculty seeks to include in the college catalog for Fall 2020 must be completed by mid-November
– See Jacqueline immediately if you seek to develop a new program 

Announcements:

• 2:00pm Faculty Forum
• 3:00pm 50th Anniversary Launch (Arch)
• 4:00pm Learning Commons Groundbreaking (A-Wing)

Meeting Adjourned at 3 pm

Categories: FACULTY ASSEMBLY MINUTES, RAMAPO FAEC

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