CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO President’s Office
Administrative Council Meeting June 29, 2009
Present: Aguilar, Arlin, Aylmer, Bisbee, Bowerman, Burns, Caballero, Carlson, Chen-Maynard, Clark, Fernández, Freund, Gardner, Hatcher, Jandt, Kamusikiri, Karmanova, Karnig, Lilienthal, McGowan, Moran, Nassar, Rincón, Robinson, Thompson, West, Yasuhara
Absent: Frost, Kendle, Kray, Langford, Vasquez, Wilson, Zorn
Guests: Happy Almogela, Lydia Ortega, Olivia Rosas, Roseanna Ruiz
1. Informational Handouts. President Karnig discussed the following:
· A graph from The Press-Enterprise, dated June 10, illustrating the “Education Gap: California will have a shortage of a million college graduates by 2025 unless current trends are reversed, according to a new report.”
· A “Save the Date” for “The CSU Center to Close the Achievement Gap” launch event on July 14 from 11:30 – 1:00 at the Golden Eagle Building, 3rd Floor, California State University, Los Angeles.
· An article from The Press-Enterprise, dated June 16, entitled “UCR, Other University of California Schools to See Fewer Freshmen This Fall.”
2. Commencement Debriefing
Apart from a few electronic glitches, Commencement went very well this year. Dr. Karnig continues to be worried about the timing: each ceremony starts consistently late, and we need to hood before the graduate’s name is called.
3. Urban Serving University Economic Impact Survey
A draft of the completed survey was shared with the Administrative Council. The collection of this data should prove useful for our own purposes as well. Please send any additions and corrections to Dr. Thompson.
4. Student Unit Loads
The table prepared by Dr. Moran demonstrates that unit load varies with whether the student is new or continuing, as well as varying with the term of the year. It is a first step towards providing the data and analysis necessary for a more considered look at our enrollment management practices.
5. Executive Council Retreat
The Retreat included discussion of the following:
· Carl Wieman’s study of teaching methods, which concludes that the lecture style is an ineffective approach to learning.
· The Troops to College program, which has resulted in an increase from 2,800 to 5,000 troops now studying at CSU campuses. The program will be supplemented by a transfer agreement with the University of Maryland Extension. Because military personnel are frequently not in one physical location for an extended period of time, online education programs are the most useful. CSUSB’s relationship with Ft. Irwin (which is a national military training center) received compliments.
· The Education Trust’s Kati Haycock delivered a presentation on K-12 and higher education. One of her conclusions is that those institutions that are data driven record better retention results than those that are not.
· By the date of the Retreat, two unions had approved the furlough concept with the faculty union still undecided. Systemwide, personnel expenses count for 83-85% of the budget; if all unions approve furloughs, this would reduce by approximately half the amount of the anticipated budget cut. Furloughs differ conceptually from pay reductions in that they (1) are temporary and (2) do not affect health care, retirement, and other benefits; this has been confirmed by CalPERS. A furlough day must be 8 hours in length—and no work may be performed by an employee on that day—and there is a cap on the number of furlough days that may be taken in a week before unemployment can be claimed.
· The Board of Trustees will meet for a single day on July 7th for a broad discussion on enrollments and the budget (including possible fee increases), and then will hold its regular meeting on the 21st.
Discussion ensued on the implications of imposing furloughs on the campus, along with the impact of closing the campus entirely on set days. While we need to minimize exceptions to closing the campus entirely, we should be able to retain some flexibility. No final decision has been made yet regarding Cal Grants.
6. Update: Enrollment
The goal—over two years—is to decrease our enrollment roughly 12% from AY08-09. This will be accomplished in steps:
· Decrease our AY09-10 enrollment to 98% of AY08-09.
· Lay out what the strategies are for Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring; Dean Clark and Ms. Rosas will produce a model which includes: freshman cut off date, decline in application yield, projected decline in new post-baccalaureates, purge of transfer students for not meeting file completion dates, reduction in special admits, SOAR non-attendees purge, academic dismissal, and reduction in super seniors) and then:
o Communicate what the expectations are and
o Deal with exceptions and those who haven’t met expectations.
· Then the courses that are needed for the Fall and Winter Quarters can become clarified.
Dean Karmanova will produce a Q&A regarding Special Session and CEL to present at Academic Affairs. Ms. Ruiz will produce an informational handout on financial aid and Special Session. Ms. Ortega will begin looking at how to convert Summer Session 2010 to 100% (or near-100%) CEL so that student advising can begin in a timely manner.
7. Roundtable
Dr. Bodman will not be joining the campus until July 15th. In his absence, Provost Fernandez has agreed to extend his time on campus.
Mr. Gardner stated that regulations concerning the driving of electric carts on campus will be strictly enforced and tickets will be issued. We are attempting to prevent future injuries. New instructions have been painted on the sidewalks. The Administrative Council was asked to spread the word.
Ms. Wise announced that the President’s Office will begin sharing on-campus copies of documents electronically, and not via paper, in an effort to move towards a more paperless work environment.
Ms. Rosas reported on the status of international student application processing. She will look into the issue of international students arriving on campus and being unable to register for classes as they are already closed.
Dean Arlin shared that the recent accreditation visit was very favorable to the College of Education.
Minutes Prepared by T. Wise
