Glendale Community College Faculty Senate Official Documents, 1968 -1972

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Glendale Community College
A Unit of the MlIrkoplI County Junior College Dlstrld
PHONE 934-221' • 6000 WEST OLIVE AVE. • GLENDALE, ARIZONA 8530'
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERTALS CENTER
March 21, 1968
Professor Ruth Macfarlaine
President AAUP Chapter
Pasadena City Coll ege
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, California 91106
Dear Professor Macfarlaine:
The local chapter of AAUP is interested in researching and
promoting a faculty senate. We are seeking material which
would be helpful in drafting a constitution or selling the
idea to the faculty, administrators and board. Any assis­t/
Mee you can give us will ,be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
;f~I:V 1/7&~;C
BlairH:' N. Flint
Vice President AAUP
Gec ChapteX'
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President AAUP Chapter
FooUd 11 College
12345 E1 Honte Hoad
Los AJtos HiJls, California
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Hrs. Val1eta H. Linnette
Pre~ddent AAUP Chapter
San Diego City CCillege
lJ~5 flUBS BouleVard
, 90808 San ,C£l,lifornia 92101
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Professor Donald Fitzgerald
ident AAUP Chapter
City College
East Carson
President AAUP Chapter
Antonio
North Iivenue
""1.•1.1''"1'"', Califord.i;l. 91789
Glendale Community College
A Unit of the Maricopa County Junior College District
PHONE 934-2211 • 6000 WEST OLIVE AVE. • GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301
.NSTRU~iIONAL MATERIALS CENTER
June 4, 1968
San Diego 3un:ior Co 11"gps
835 Twelfth Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
Gentlemen:
Our faculty has recently ratified a constitution for a Faculty
Senate. However, Glendale Community College is a unit of the
Maricop' Count.! Junior College District and neither of the
other two campuses has a Senate. This pre~'2rn:s problems in
district committees and organization. Ne)Lnex has the Faculty
Senate any legal recognition in this state.
What procedure5 or guidelines could you recommend in solv ~g
these;:'!roblems? A committee has been appointed to work ore
these problems during the summer and any information you c;<,l1d
send us would be appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
~k(A~//?,~
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Elaine ~. Flint .
Assista:t Director and
Reference Librarian
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We are enclosing a copy of the Charter for the Faculty Senate
Council of the San Diego Junior Colleges. Hope you will find
this information useful.
6-12-68
C.W.Patrick
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CHAr{TER
FOR THE
FACULTY SENATE COUNCIJ.J
OF THE
SAN DUriO JUNIOH. COLLEDES
ARTICLE I
Name
C
o
P
Y
The name of this organization shall be the Faculty Senate Council of the San
Diego Junior Colleges (hereafter referred to as the trFaculty Senate Council ll ).
AR'l'ICLE II
Purpose
The purpose of this organization is to promote the goals of higher education and
to represent the college faculties in the formation of district policy on academic
and professional matters.
ARTICLE III
Membership
Eligibility for membership on the Faculty Senate Council shall be limited to
teaching faculty "mo moe eligible for menuJership in their local college faculty
senate.
Hembership on the Faculty Senate Council shall consist of the President, President­elect
or V'ice-president, Chairmen of the Faculty Personnel Affairs Committee,
Academic Affairs Cownittee, and one faculty member-at-large from each college.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Officers of the Faculty Senate Council ·Hill include: Chairman, Vice-chairman,
Secretary (recording) and such other officers as may become necessary for the
fulfillment of COlUlcil fu.11ctions. Hethods of selection vJill be determined by
members of the Faculty Senate Council.
ARTICLE V
Functions
The Faculty Senat,e Council shall serve as the official voice of the combined
faculties of tile San Diego Junior Colleges in matters of mutual concern.
The Faculty Senate Council shall promote effective communication between teachj.ng
faculty, the governing board, administration, government, and interested community
organizations. Resolutions, advisories, policy positions will be conveyed to the
the above-named by the Chairman of the Faculty Senate Council.
The Council shall have such additional pov-mrs as may be legally delegated to j_t.
The Faculty Senate Council shall present its findings and/or recommendations to
the governing board of the district through established ch~~nels. Requests from
the pl'eddent of the San Diego Junior Colleges, from the governing board, or
Charter, Faculty Senate CO'lmcil
San Diego J"lmior Colleges
ARTICLE V (cont t d)
Page 2
from an individual college faculty senate concerning policy decisions should be
directed to the Faculty Senate Council.
The Faculty Senate Council shall furnish the minutes of its meetings to the
respective college faculty senates and to the president of San Diego Junior
Colleges ,.;ithin hro days following the council moeting.
ARTICLE VI
Referendum
Upon petition of a college f acuIty senate , received ,....i thin s even calendar days
excluding legal school holidays of' issuance of Faculty Senate Council minutes,
protesting any action taken by the Faculty Senate Council, the matter referred to
in the petiHan shall be reconsidered by tho Faculty Senate Council at a special
meeting as provided in the byla,-m. Reconsidered matters require a tHo-thirds
vote of the Faculty Senate Council to affirnl, discard, amend, or take any other
action thereon.
ARTICIJE VII
Amendment
Amendments to this chm'ter may be proposed by the Faculty Senate Councilor by
any other local college faculty senate through the senate council.
Ifa charter amendment proposal qualifies by a majority vote of the Faculty
Senate Council, the Chairman of the Faculty Senate Council shall call for each
college to consider and vote on said amendment in accordance with its constitution.
ARTICLE VIII
By1avls
By12MS to this charter, concerning such matters as meetings, cownittees, rules of
procedure, finances, etc., shall be developed by the Faculty Senate Council, and
may be amended at any meeting providing such amendment shall have been proposed
in writing at a previous meeting.
ARTICLE IX
Ratification
The Faculty Senate Council is officially authorized upon a two-thirds affirmative
vote of the teaching faculty voting at each college.
Adopted January 1964
A Unit of the Maricopa County Junior College District
PHONE 934-2211 • 6000 WEST OLIVE AVE. • GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301
l:CJ.rch 21, 1968
Junior CoUcge District of
7508 Fors;rth Boulevard
Clayton, 1'1i550uri 63105
GentJe;nen:
Louis
The locul chapter of AAUP is interested in researchinb and
promot:inf3 a faculty sena.te. He are seeking material ',Ihich
\-!ould te helpftJl in drafting a constitution and selling
tlle id.ea to the f~j,cult.r, administrators and bo'l'cl. Any
assistance you can give us will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Jndne N. FlJnt
Vice President AAtJP
GGe Chapter
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President AAUP Chapter
Ferris State College
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President AAUP Chapter
Fullerton lJunior College
321 East Chapman Avenue
Fullerton, CaJj fornia 92634
Glendale Community College
A Unit of the Maricopa County Junior College District
PHONE 934-2211 • 6000 WEST OLIVE AVE. • GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER
March 21, 1968
Peralta Junior College District
300 Grand Avenue
Oakland, California 94610
Gentlemen:
The local chapter of AAUP is interested in researching and
promoting a faculty senate. Will you please send us a copy
of the Board Policy Manual and constitutions of the faculty
senates in your district? Any other material which would
be helpful in drafting a constitution or selling the idea
to the facul~y, administrators and board would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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Elaine N. Flint
Vice President AAUP
GCC Chapter
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.,. Board of Directors of Herged Area 9
Muscatine Community College
I . 152 Colorado Street
\ ,/ Huscatine, Iowa 52761
Also: Clinton Co~~unity College
Davenport Vocational-Technical
School
American River College
Also: Rangley College
Also:Amundsen, Bogan, Crane, Fenger,
Southeast, Woodrow Wilson, and
\'lright
Also:
District 508
YLos Rios Junior College District
Sacramento City College
3835 Freeport Boulevard
Sacramento, California 95822
\;·\/.,r;..Mesa Junior College District Committee
,v }fesa College
I ,1120 North Avenue
'.Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
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"/ C:.tra Costa College Also: Diablo Valley College
2600 Mission Bell Drive ----------------~~-- __
San Pablo, California 94806 1?ted 'f1tMV/ ~M;71./ n;. ....52.z:.?U<.~~
./-f-Foothill Junior College District 6!?yJ' _~'?z~~~&{!~6/L,
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i Foothill College 4>1-/d~~Jc?~) 9;:')~)1
. 12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, California 94022
/ Junior College District of St. Louis
1/ 7508 Forsyth Boulevard
"Clayton, Missouri 63105
,,£,'<1;/ f Board of Junior College
..j ". Chicago City College
S;.:x ti,:>.64. East ~ke St::eet
j 1)1 ';,'Chlcago, 1.11inOlS 60601
>( Orange Coast Jr. College District
;1;/ Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, California 92626
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~North Orange County Junior College
Fullerton Junior College
321 East Chapman
Fullerton, California 92634
District
Also:
Cypress Jr. College
Golden West College
..>/' Peralta Junior College District
Merritt College
5714 Grove Street
Oakland, California 94609
Also: St. Philip~sCollege
San Diego City College
}fesa College
Evening College
Adult Schools
Laney College
College of Almeda
Also:
District
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.~ ,1 v -+-San Antonio Union Junior Oollege
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, I"< :11300 San Pedro Avenue
~ ~ ~ b ,,' !,\san Antonio, Texas 78212
~ San Diego Junior Colleges
835 Twelfth Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE CHAPTER
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
1300 SAN PEDRO AVENUE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78212
June 26. 1968
Mrs. Elaine N. Flint
Instructional Materials Center
Glendale Community College
6000 West Olive Avenue
Glendale. Arizona 86301
Dear Mrs. Flint:
This letter is written in response to your inquiry dated
June 4:
San Antonio College is a two-year institution having a
combined day and evening enrollment in excess of eleven thousand
students and is one of two colleges operated by the San Antonio
Union Junior College District. The faculty of San Antonio College
is composed of approximately 260 full-time. or day division
members, and about 200 part-time or evening division members.
Sixty members of the day division faculty are enrolled in a
campus AAUP organization. In addition, there exists at this
college a Faculty Senate organization which represents the
interests of the day faculty and presumably the interests of the
evening personnel as well.
The San Antonio College Faculty Senate grew out of recommen­dations
made to the college administration by The Southern
Associa tion of Universi ties and Colleges following a self-study
program required of the college by the regional accrediting
agency four years ago. To the best of my knowledge. neither the
State Legislature nor the Texas Coordinating Board on Higher
Education has accorded legal status. made recommendations. or
established guidelines relative to the establishment of Faculty
Senates on the campuses of tax supported institutions in this
Sta te. :J..'he San Antonio College Sena te was organized only wi th
the encouragement and approval of the school's administration.
I wish to emphasize however that the structure and functions of
the organization are entirely in faculty hands. At no time
have the administrators of the college or the Distriot Trustees
attempted to influenoe the wording of the constitution. the
election of representatives. or the subjeotmatter or Senate
inves tiga tions. :J..lhe Sena te serves very effeotively in an advisory
and consultive oapacity to the sohool's administrators.
2--Mrs. Elaine N. Flint: June 25, 1968
The other institution of learning operated by the district,
St. Phillips College, has by compBrison with San Antonio College
a very small enrollment, is located in a poorer section of the
city, and attracts Negro students almost exclusively. The college
is staffed by Colored administrators and teachers; and at this
institution, technical and vocational courses receive very strong
emphasis. There is neither a ~18cul ty Sena te nor AAUP chapter
at St. Phillips. However, several individual faculty members
belong to the na tional organiza tion; and efforts a re now being
made to organize a local AAUP chapter on that campus.
Otner than sh&ring a common College President and Board of
Trustees, there is little communication between the two schools,
contact between the faculties of the institutions being limited
usually to a general meeting of one or two hours duration held in
September of each year. :IJhe one recent noteworthy exception to
the above state of affairs has been the successful effort this
Spring of a committee of the San Antonio College Faculty Senate
working jointly with two administration-appointed representatives
from St. Phillips College and a C.L.U. representative to devise,
and secure the adoption of, a college-financed faculty insurance
program.
In addition to the tax supported institutions mentioned,
four church-related colleges are located in San Antonio. Three
of these are Catholic and one Presbyterian. Two of these have
l!'ac11l ty Sena tes; and three have AAUP chapters on their campuses.
Here again, there is almost complete lack of communication among
the faculties of these institutions. Efforts however are
currently under way to remedy this situation to some extent at
least by linking together the memberships of the local AAUP
chapters under some sort of county-wide organization. To this
end, several planning sessions were held this spring by chapter
officers representing the various campuses. Moreover, the
several AAUP chapters cooperated this Spring in a joint evening
meeting to which all members were invi ted~ Each cha.pter con­tributed
a pro rata share toward the expense of bringing a
speaker to Sen Antonio from out of town.
The above information, wnile perhaps not specifically
answering your questions, may possibly be of use to you. If I
can be of any further service to you, please do not hesitate to
ca.ll on me.
Sincerely yours,
Q.~, fj~
A. C. Bowman, Ph.D.
Chapter President
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S~ptember 11, 1968
D::. A. C. Bowman
Ch '~ote:r P:rosid;~nt
of
College
J. :':.an 1 ~dro A'lenue
San Antonio t Texas 78212
yc;u Y<:'Ul' In:) t ()r:J',adve J. conce::nin9
t1"<(' ol'g4nizatiO!1()! tllG Faculty ,:';onate, dated Jl,U1G 2tit>
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vur c{)rPrnittt7anas oe"m mewting duri.ng the $umm.ar arid
"ene rcsp.:msGs \i"0 h~lp~d ir.l1i,easllrahly .•
If W-2 can be or se.t'Vice to you, please let us know.
Sincerely,
N. flint.
Assistant Oir~ctor and
Reference Librarian
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May 14, 1965
ARTICLE I
Section 1
ARTICLE II
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
ARTICLE III
Section 1
ARTICLE IV
Section 1
Clause 1
Clause 2
Clause 3
conSTITUTION -OF-TH-E FACULTY SENATE
San Joaquin Delta College
NAME
The organization shall be known as the Faculty Senate (herein­after
referred to as the Senate)o
PURPOSES
The primary function of the Senate, in the words of Seco 13106,
Title 5, California Administrative Code (See Appendix), shall
be "as the representative of the faculty, to make recommendations
to the administration and the governing board of the school
distriot with respect to academic and professional matters •••
participating in the formation of district policies on" these
matters.
To promote communication and mutual understanding within the
teaching faculty.
To promote communication ~nd mutual understanding between the
teaching faculty and other groups having to do with the
welfare and growth of the College.
ELECTOHATE
The electorate is the faculty, as defined in Seco 131.6, i.e.
"those certificated persons who teach full-time in a junior
college or other full-time certificated persons who do not
perform any services for the college that require an
administrative or supervisory credential."
MEr>ffirnSHIP OF THE SENAT:bi
Any oertificated person who teaches at least half-time at San
Joaquin Delta College and whose duties do not require an
administrative or supervisory credential may be elected a
member of the Senate.
There shall be:
Elected by the Division; One member from each Division that
h~s fewer than eight members.
Elected by the Division: Two members from each Division that
has eight or more members.
Elected by the l~;lectorate: a President, a Vice-President, and
a Secretary.
Section 2
Clause 1
Section 3
ARTIVLE V
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
ARTICLE VI
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
2
For the purposes of this Constitution the number of members of
each Division shall be determined on the basis of full-time
equivalents (the number of load units in the current year in
each Division divided by the llilmber of load units required
of a full~time position)o
The Library and Counseling stDffs and the evening school shall
be considered Divisions o
Vac;mcies shall be declared by the Senate; upon direction of
the Senate~ n(~w members or officers shall be elected to fill
unexpired terms o rfhe same constituency which elected the
original member or officer shall, within a month, excluding
holidays, after declaration of vacancy, elect his replacement
using the same process and meeting the same terms as in the
original electiono
ELECTIOn PHOCI;iDURE
Election of division representativeso The President of the
Senate shall appoint j annually, one member of each Division
to issue a ballot to all in the division Electorate, tally
the ballots, and deliver them to the Senate President by Nay
31 of the spring semestero
Election of Senate officerso The Secretary of the Senate
shall issue a ballot to the assembled Electorate, tally the
ballots, and deliver them to the Senate President by Nay 31,
of the spring semestero 1'he Secretary shall also have
available mail ballots if the assembled Electora.te is short
of a quorumo
Absentee ballots shall be available to those unavoidably absent,
but such ballots must be exercised no later than 24 hours prior
to the electiono
OHGANIZATION
The officers of the Senate shall include, but shall not be
restricted to, a President, a Vice=President, and a Secretary.
These officers shall be elected by the Electorate (see
Article III) and shall perform the usual functions of such
officeso
The officers and members of the Senate shall normally serve
a term of two years o The terms shall be arranged so that one­half
of the membership is elected annuallyo
Officers and members of the Senate shall be eligible for re­electiono
However, no officer or member shall serve more than
four years without at least one year out of officeo
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
ARTICLE VII
Section l'
Clause 1
Clause 2
Clause 3
Clause 4
Clause 5
Section 2
Section 3
3
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate shall consist of
but shall not be restricted to the President, the Vice-President,
the Secretary, and the immediate Past President o
The Senate shall meet at least once a month during the school year,
such meetings to be included in the official College calendar0
A simple majority of the Senate be considered a quorum o
PO~~S AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senate shall~-in accordance with Seco 13106 (c), "Present
its written Vie1tlS and recommendations to the governing board
through regularly established channels 0 However, the Senateooo
after consultation ",ith the administration, may present its
views and recommendations directly to the governing board,"
with respect, but not limited to the following:
Any matter involving the educational program of the College
,,,ith special reference to curricula, admission standards for
transfer and terminal programs, changes in courses of study,
requirements for degrees and diplomas, and courses leading to such
degrees and diplomaso
Policy rega.rding appointments, status, and selection of teaching
faculty members and executive staffo
Policy for the establishment and discontinuance of Divisions
and/or Departmentso
General policy regarding student affairs and activities o
The above clauses also apT,ly to Evening and Summer School programs 0
The Senate may Ilarticipate in the formulation of certificated
personnel policy including, but not limited to, policies concerning
salaries, load, leaves, tenure, and professional advancement
programs 0
In line with the legal provlslons for communication channels
between the Senate and the Board of Trustees (131.6(d):
"The governing board shall con~3ider" the Senate ~ s "views and
recommendations" and "may entertain oral presimtations therc;of
by the senate at any board meeting" 0 '['he President of the Senate
shall attend in person or by proxy every open session of the
Board. The Senate representative shall be recognized in his official
capacity by the Board whether he is present at the particular
meeting to make /; scheduled presentation on behalf of the Senate
or merely to make himself available to the Board as a resource persono
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I
Section 4
ARTICLE VII
Section 1
ARTICLE IX
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 1
Section 2
4
The President of the Senate or his proxy shall confer with the
President of the College or his appointee to structure the agenda
of the meetings of the total faculty.
SmJATEi S nEEDS
The Senate shall channel its requests for such clerical, budgetary,
and other requirements as it may need to carry out its functions,
to the Board of Trustees through regular channels.
PROCEDURES
The President of the College, any Dean, any Division Chairman,
any member of the Senate, or any three members of the College
staff may place an item on the agenda of the Senate by signed
written notice to the President of the Senate.
The Senate shall normally not initiate matters that are within
the province of the divisions.
Senate meetings are open to all members of the Electorate, and,
by invitation, to non-members but only members of the Senate
possess a vote. Visitors may speak only with consent of the
President or a majority vote of the Senate.
A summary of actions taken by the Senate and other information
deemed essential by the Senate shall be distributed to the Board
of Trustees, and College staff, and displayed on the faculty
bulletin board.
Special meetings of the Senate may be called by the chairman at
his discretion or when requested in vrri ting by five members of the
Senate, provided that the Senate members shall be notified at least
one school day in advance of the meeting date.
The President shall declarE" a vacancy ,.hen a Senate member has
heen a,bsent from more than three consecutive meetings or any
five meetings of the Senate, Emd shall Ilroceed according to
Article IV, Section 3.
In all matters of internal functioning not covered by its
Ily-Lalils, the ;3enate shall be governed by Robert i s Rulescif Order.
cm![l'U1"PEES
The Senate may establish sta.nding and special cOlJ1.mittees and
define and limit the povlers and duties of such committees.
Election and nomination procedures shall be the responsibility
of a committee appointed hy the President and apllroved by the
Senate.
Clause 1
ARTICLE XI
Section 1
Clause 1
Clause 2
5
This committee shall make prOV1Slons for (a) nomination by
petition by no less than ten per cent of the faculty as
defined in the la1l1 9 (b) verification of petition signatures,
(c) its own prerogative to add nominees of its own - one for
each of the three offices 9 (d) availability,if possible, of at least
tvlO candidates for each office, (e) nominations from trG floor
at the pleasure_of,.anyvoter, and (f) the appearances of the incumbant
Vice President among the nominees for the presidency, if he agrees
to run.
AMmm]\1ENTS, INITIATIVE, I1EFERENDU:t1
Constitution and b;y-lcn.,rs may be amended by initiative procedures.
Any I)etition sit:,:rned by ten per cent of the faculty as defined
shall be presented to the Senate.
Upon receipt of the petition, the Senate shall distribute the
proposed amendment to the electorate and ballot the electorate
vIithin ten days of regular school session.
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-A -P -PE-N--D-I -X "A"
Finding of Emergency
The State Board of Education finds that an emergency exists and that
the foregoing regulations are necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, and safety or general 1I181flJreo
A statement of the facts constituting such emergency is:
School Districts are reopening on and after the 14th of September
and boards 9 administrations 9 and faculties are illlcertain of their
rights and privileges in regnrd to the establishing of academic
senates or faculty councilso If academic senates or faculty councils
are to be fully effective for the 1964-65 school year, it is
necessary that the regulations become effective immediately.
The said regulations are therefore adopted as emergency regulations to
take effect immediately upon the filing vith the Secretary of State as provided
in Section 11422(c) of the Government Code.
RES 0 L UTI 0 N
A resolution by the State Board of Education to amend Section 130 of,
and to add Section 13L6 to, Title 5 of the California Administrative Code,
relating' to academic senates or councils in jilllior colleges.
Be it resolved by the State Board of Education, acting lIIith respect to
Section 130 illlder the authority of, and implementing, Education Code Section
25510, and with respect to Section 13106 under the authority of and implementing
Education Code Sections 152 and 22650, and pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act, that:
Section 1
Section 2
Secti0n 130 of rritle 5 of the California Administrative Code is
amended to read~
130. STA'PE AID. The provisions of this article, except Sections
13L5 and 13L69 are adopted under the authorit;y of Education Code
Section 25510, and comprise the rules and regulations affirming
and fixing the minimum standards entitling districts to Teceive
state aid for the support of junior colleges.
Section 131.6 is added to said title to read:
131.6 ACADEHIC ~)ENATES O1i FACULTY C01JNCILS (a) For the purpose
of this section:
(1) IfFaculty" mecms those certificated persons Hho teach full­time
in a junior college or other full-time certificated persons
who do not perform any services for the college that reCluire an
administrative or supervisory credentiaL
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(2) "Academic Senate" or "Faculty Council" means an organization
formed in accordance with this section whose primary function is,
as the representative of the faculty, to make recommendations to
the administration and the governing board of a school district
with respect to academic and professional matters.
(b) In order that the faculty may have a formal and effective
procedure for participating in the formation of district policies
on academic and professional matters described in (a), (2), the
facul ty first must d_ecide by secret ballot to have an "academic
senate" or "faculty council" in each junior college by authorizing
the faculty to:
(1) Fix, and amend, by vote of the faculty, the composition,
structure and procedures, of the academic senate or faculty council.
(2) Select, in accordance with accepted democratic election
procedures, the members of the acadernic senate or faculty council.
(c) The academic senate or faculty council shall present its written
views and recommendations to the governing board through regularly
established channels. Hmvever, the senate or council, after
consultation with the administration, may present its views and
recommendations directly to the governing board.
(d) The governing board shall consider such views and recommendations.
It may entertain oral presentations thereof by the senate or council
at any board meeting.
-A-P -PE-N--D-I -X "B"
PROCEDURE FOR BI-CMI!I'iRAL ACrrrON SYSTEH
Section 1
Section 2
Any reco~~endation by the Senate or Administrators U Council shall
be referred to the other body for action, L e. (a) approval,
(1)) approval with monor changes not requiring conference committee
action, (c) return without objection, (d) objection and referral to
conference committee.
Action under Section1 above shall be taken ,vithin four 1Ileeks,
holidays excluded. In cases Ivhere this period is stated to be
inadequate, by either body, the presiding officers of the bolO
lJodies shall l'lOrk out an apIJrOIJriate time extension.
Section 3
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In the event of disagreement between the Senate and the
Administrators Q Council, the matter shall be referred to a
Conference Committee composed of three members from each side.
The recommendation of the Conference Committee shall b0 made
within two weeks of the date the matter in question is referred_
to it and shall require the approval of five out of its six
members (four~ if only five are present). If agreement is
reached~ the recommendation shall be referred back to botb
bodies for consideration.
The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Ariticle X of the Constitution
shall apply in the same manner to objections \·ihich the Senate may have
to actions and/or recommendations proposed by the Administrators i
Council.
CHICAGO
CITY
COLLEGE
THE LOOP COLLEGE
64 EAST LAKE STREET • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601 • 782-0200
June 27, 1968
Miss Elaine N. Flint
Assistant Director and
Reference Librarian
Glendale Community College
6000 West Olive Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85301
Dear Miss Flint:
This is in response to your duplicated letter of June 4, asking
about the status of a faculty senate in a special unit of a larger
college system.
The eight campuses of the Chicago City College have limited auton­omy
and each has a kind of faculty senate. Also, each campus elects
representatives to a city-wide faculty council with considerable power
in matters of curriculum, appointments, and teacher welfare. The
individual councils at each campus vary considerably in their local
constitution, method of selection, and size. There is also some dif­ference
in emphasis and mission. Despite these wide variations, this
seems to be a reasonable, workable pattern. In addition to these
various faculty bodies, there is a local of the American Federation
of Teachers, with a written contract with the college board which
establishes salaries, teaching loads, assignments, and other welfare
items.
I see no major obstacle if one unit of a larger system chooses to
have a senate. The matter of legal recognition of a faculty senate
does not seem particularly important. Ours functions very well merely
by a resolution of our board and a strong working relationship.
JJB:et
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIl\1..S CENTER
September 12, 1968
Mr. John J. Bowen
Dean of Faculty and Instruction
Chicago City College
64 East Lake Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Dear Dean Bowen
Thank you for your most informative letter concerning
the organization of the Faculty Senate, dated June 27,
1968.
Our committee has been meeting during the summer and
the respon$es we received have helped immeasurably.
If we can be of service to you, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Elaine N. Flint
Assistant Director and
Reference Librarian
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MESA COLLEGE
1120 NORTH AVENUE
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
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Glendale Community College
6000 West Olive Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85301
Dear Miss Flint:
Your letter of June 4 poses problems for which I have
no ready answers. It appears to me that a first step
might be the establishment of faculty senates at other
units of the Maricopa District to serve the purpose of
unity. Is it necessary for a Faculty Senate to have legal
recognition by the state? Should it not be sufficient to
have the Maricopa District governing board recognize the
Faculty Senate?
At Mesa College our faculty thus far have not expressed a
wish to even have a faculty association, let alone a
Faculty Senate. We have been operating successfully for
the past five years with a five-member Faculty Council elected
at large from the general faculty with members serving rotating
terms. The Faculty Council has direct access to the President
and/or the governing board .
While I am afraid I have not been of much help to you, I
wish you success in resolving your problem.
Sincerely,
W4l.L.;..- (Jl. n. Co"7
William A. Medesy
President
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER
September 12, 1968
Dr. William A. Medesy
President of Mesa College
1120 North Avenue
Grand Junction, Colorado
Thank you for your most informative letter concerning
the organization of the Faculty Senate, dated June 26,
1968.
OUr committee has been meeting during the summer and
the responses we receiv~d have helped immeasurably.
If we can be of service to you, please let us know.
Sincrely,
ElaineN• Flint
Assistant Director and
Reference Librarian
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The Commission on Colleges and Universities of the North Central
Association in its most recent edition of the Guide for the Evaluation
of Institutions of Higher Education set forth its basic position concerning
faculty participation in the governance of colleges and universities:
The faculty organization should allow for the representation
of all educational interests, should encourage faculty members
to participate in the affairs of the institution, should pro­vide
the means through which the faculty participates in planning
and policy-making, and should help to coordinate the diverse
interests of the faculty. It should relate to the administrative
staff in. such a way as to contribute maximally to the success of
the institution in accomplishing its purposes.
The principles' promulgated in the Guide are rooted in a conception
of the basic nature of the academic enterprise and of the individual
as a faculty member and participant in the academic community. An
elaboration of these concepts will serve to clarity the position of the
Commission.
An institution of higher education as an organizational entity possesses
unique characteristics which differentiate it from other types of social
institutions. The academic enterprise, although organized in a hierarchical
structure and operated within a formally organized system of rules and
regulations, is a community of scholars engaged in a special type of service
to society. The essential mission of the academic community is the dis-covery
and communication of Imowledge. To promote the attainment of this
mission certain characteristics are evident.
Paramount among the characteristics of the academic enterprise is an
atmolphere in which tree inquiry is the method through which truth i8 sought j
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there is freedom to examine all relevant data in seeking a solution to a
problem and to be guided by the evidence wherever it may lead. Free dis-cussion
of ideas and controversial matters and the questioning of assumptions
is not only permitted, but encouraged; different conclusions as to the
meaning of a set of data can be tolerated.
As with the institution, distinctive characteristics also mark the
role of the faculty member. As a participant in the academic community,
the faculty member is recognized as an expert in his scholarly field of
interest. He is dedicated to the search for truth and expanding knowledge
in his particular field and recognizes as legitimate the similar dedication
of his colleagues. His effectiveness and contributions are judged by his
peers who are primarily responsible for the establishment and maintenance
of viable standards. The faculty member operates with a minimum of super-vision
and has wide discretion in the conduct of his scholarly activities.
To a large degree he is responsible for the promotion of his own scholarship
and ~he attainment of institutional goals and objectives.
These distinctive features of an institution of higher education and
the individuals comprising it make the usual concepts of employer-employee
relationships inadequate and inappropriate. The faculty member's role and
conduct should reflE.:ct a professional status beyond that of an employee.
Institutional governance should reflect ~he mutual participation and
support of all groups inter!", ·di in the implementation of the educational
program and activi"ties. 'l.'he relationship ronong the groups should be com-plementary
in the sense that full participation of each member and group
in institutional governance strengthen~ the effectiveness of the other.
Any attenrgt on the part of one of the _ '.::"es to make unilateral decisions
except ..I. =tL.l!rgencies ,,:.: as re~:uirE:a. by law can only weaken the total effort.
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As an element of institutional governance there should exist a
mechanism developed by the faculty in cooperation with the university
community through which the faculty may discharge its responsibilities
for educational planning, curriculum developments, improvement of in-struction,
establishment and maintenance of professional standards and
the promotion of student interests. Decisions on such educational problems
can be made only in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration. Any force
or •agency which abridges such trust and collaboration will have a negative
'and an in1m1cal effect upon the quality of the educational program.
Adopted by the Execut1ve Board - March 24, 1968
GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
1785 MASSACHUSETIS AVENUE, N. W.
WASHINQTON, D. C. 20036
Miss Elaine N• Flint
Assistant Director and
Reference Librarian
Glendale Community College
6000 West Olive Avenue
Glendale, Arizona 85301
RALPH S. BROWN, JR., President
Yale University
WILLIAM J. BAUMOL, First rice-President
Princeton University
WILLIAM J. KILGORE, Second Fice-President
Baylor University
JOHN W. COUGHLAN, Treasurer
George Washington University
BERNARD WOLFMAN, General Counsel
University of Pennsylvania
WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE
582 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone 415--989-5430
RICHARD H. PEAIRS, Director
and Staff Associate
July 3, 1968
WASHINGTON OFFICE
Telephone 202-HO 2-4332
BERTRAM H. DAVIS, General Secretary
WILLIAM P. FIDLER, Deputy General
Secretary
louIs JOUGHIN, Associate Secretary
PEGGY HElM, Associate Secretary
and Economist
HERMAN 1. ORENTLICHER, Associate
Secretary and Counsel
WARREN C. MIDDLETON, Associate
Secretary
ROBERT VAN WAES, Associate Secretary
JORDAN E. KURLAND, Associate Secretary
TOM J. TRUSS, JR., Staff Associate
FRANCIS W. WARLOW, Staff Associate
ALFRED D. SUMBERG, Staff Associate
CHARLES M. LARSEN, Staff Associate
MATTHEW W. FINKIN, Legal Assistant
MICHAEL B. GROSSMAN, Staff Associate
Dear Miss Flint:
Professor Woodrow V. Nold, president of our chapter
at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California has referred
your inquiry to the professional staff of the Association. We
are very pleased to respond to your letter with respect to the
establishment of an effective academic senate at Glendale
Community College. I am hopeful, of course,that our chapter
at the college has been able to assist your faculty in
formulating plans for the structure of its senate. We have
corresponded with Professor Herlihy on such matters and we
recommend that her contacts with academic persons in and the
resources of the Association be fully utilized. During last
spring a copy of what we believe is an especially well-drawn
faculty handbook for a community college (Southwestern Oregon
Community College) was forwarded to her. Perhaps you have
had an opportunity to seethe organization outlined in that
document. I am aware of at least three community college
persons in California who may also be able to assist in
answering specific questions on the basis of their experience
with senate structure and functioning in this state. The
first is Professor Eugene Chamberlin (History), San Diego
City College, 1425 Russ Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101.
Professor Chamberlin, a member of the governing Council of the
Association, has also served as a member of its Committee T
on Faculty Participation in Institutional Government and will
become chairman of the new national Special Committee on
Miss Elaine N. Flint - 2 July 3, 1968
Junior Colleges. Next, you may wish to contact Professor
Donald Fitzgerald (Mathematics) ,Long Beach City College,
Long Beach, California 90808. Professor Fitzgerald, a
former president of the California Junior College Faculty
Association, is also a member of our national Special
Committee on Junior Colleges. Lastly, you may be able to
receive some helpful information from Professor Harold
Jones of Merritt College, 5714 Grove Street, Oakland,
California 94609. Professor Jones has served the California
Junior College Faculty Association as chairman of a committee
studying local senates at the more than seventy junior and
community colleges in California as well as their new state­wide
academic senate. Any or all o·f these knowledgeable
professionals should be able to offer you advice from their
experiences with senate structure and the relationship of
senates to governing bodies of various kinds.
On the matter of the legal status of your senate
I enclose a photocopy of the relevant legislation in the
Education Code of California. In addition, I should like to
offer a personal ~ observation. You may discover t:hat in
prompt achievement of full faculty participation in institutional
government it may be important to depend upon the willingness of
presently constituted legal authority to permit such participation
voluntarily rather than to strive first for legislation requiring
it. The 1~66 Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities~
jointly formulated by the AAUP,the American Council on Education,
and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and
Colleges, outlines patterns of organizational behavior appropriate
to an institution of .higher learning which will contribute
markedly to institutional health and well-being. A copy of that
statement is enclosed for your convenience. In addition, I
enclose a recent statement of the executive board of the North
Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Commission
on Colleges and Universities (the agency which has accredited
your institution) which identifies the importance of faculty
participation in .the government of a "community of scholars
engaged in a special type of service to society.'" I believe
that you will be well advised to seek first an acceptance by
your board of control of the principle of faculty participation,
based upon the premise that there is within the faculty a body
of knowledge and expertise which, if for no reason other than
the effective conservation of human energy and talent, should
be fully utilized in shaping the direction and administration
of the college. Efforts devoted to that goal, rather than to
the establishment of a legislative campaign aimed at compelling
acknowledgement of some role for the faculty, may be your most
effective means of accomplishing the task of full participation.
Miss Elaine N. Flint - 3 July 3, 1968
Once the laymen serving as trustees of your institution see
the value of a viable senate operation, they may then become
your alliesinleg~slatingits existence.
Finally, I would urge that you solicit the views
of other Arizona academic colleagues, perhaps through the
medium of the Arizona Conference of the AAUP,whose president
is Professor Virginia Floyd (Speech), University of Arizona.
The Western Regional Office will seek to offer additional
assistance wLt.hrespect to spec~al problems which you encounter.
We will look forward to hearing from you on such occasions.
Very
Richard H. Peairs
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Enclosures: 1966 Statement on Government
Pages 85 and 86 of T~tle 5, California Ed. Code
NOrth Central Association's statement on
Faculty Participation in Policy Formation.
cc: Professor Harriet Herlihy (Eng.) Glendale Community Col.
Professor EugeneK. Chamberlin (History), San Diego City Col.
Professor WOodrow V. Nold (psychology), Orange Coast Col.
TITLE & GOVERNMENT OF THE PUBLIO SOHOOLS
(Register 66, No. 36-10-22-66)
85
or
proved by the State Board of Education as a component of,
a prerequisite to, or eligible as a required or elective course
within, a course of study which leads toward an associate
degree.
(2) The course is approved by the State Board of Edu­cation,
and is part of an occupational course of study of
beyond high school level within the scope of the term "voca­tional
and technical fields leading to employment" as the term
is used in Education Code Section 22651 which leads toward
an associate degree, an occupational certificate, or both.
(3) The course is approved by the State Board of Edu­cation
and is recognized upon transfer by the University of
California, a California state college, or an accredited inde·
pendent college or university in California, as a part of:
(A) The required preparation toward a major;
(B) The general, or general education, requirement;
(C) The permissible or recommended elective credits.
(c) Standards. Any course meeting one or more of the above
criteria shall meet all of the following standards:
(1) It is a course, approved by the State Board of Edu­cation,
the content of which is organized to meet the require­ments
for the associate degree as specified in Section 131.7
or the requirements for an occupational certificate and is a
part of a course of study not exceeding 70 units in length.
(2) It must be offered as described in the college catalog
or a supplement thereto which provides an appropriate title,
number, and accurate description of course content. A course
outline is available at the college. Course requirements and
credit awarded are consistent with Education Code Section
7807.
(3) It is a eourse in whieh are enrolled only those stu­dents
who have met the prerequisites for the course.
(4) It is subject to the published standards of matricu­lation,
attendance and achievement of the college, and the
enrollees are awarded marks or grades on the basis of methods
of evaluation set forth by the college and are subject to the
standards of retention set forth in Section 131 or to such
additional standards as may be established bj the governing
board of the district.
(5) It is a course in which enrollment shall not be re­peated
except in unusual circumstances and with the prior
written permission from the district superintendent or his
authorized representative or representatives.
Note: Additional authority cited: Section 5718.5, Education Code.
Hiatorv: 1. New section filed 2-25-63; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Regis­ter
63, No.4).
131.6. Academic Senates or Faculty Councils. (a) For the pur­poses
of this section:
(1) "Faculty" means those certificated persons who
teach full time in a junior college or other full-time certifi.-
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cated persons who do not perform any services for the college
that require an administrative or supervisory credential.
(2) "Academic senate" or "faculty council" means an
organization formed in accordance with this scction whose
primary function is, as the representative of the faculty, to
make recommendations to the administration and the gov­erning
board of a school district with respect to academic and
professional matters.
(b) In order that the faculty may have a formal and effective
procedure for participating in the formation of district policies on
academic and professional matters described in (a) (2), the faculty
first must decide by secret ballot to have an "academic senate" or
"faculty council," in which case the governing board of each school
district shall establish such an "academic senate" or "faculty council"
in each junior college by authorizing the faculty to:
(1) Fix, and amend, by vote of the faculty, the com­position,
structure, and procedures of the academic senate or
faculty council.
(2) Select, in accordance with accepted democratic elec­tion
procedures, the members of the academic senate or fac­ulty
council.
(c) The academic senate or faculty council shall present its
written views and recommendations to the governing board through
regularly established channels. However, the senate or council, after
consultation with the administration, may present its views and recom­mendations
directly to the governing board.
(d) The governing board shall consider such views and recom­mendations.
It may entertain oral presentations thereof by the senate
or council at any board meeting.
NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 152 and 22650, Education Code.
History: 1. New section filed 9-14-64 as an emergency; effective upon filing
(Register 64, No. 19).
2. Certificate of Compliance-Section 11422.1, Government Code, filed
11-17-64 (Register 64, No. 23).
131.7. Requirements for Degrees and Oertificates. (a) The
governing board of a school district maintaining a junior college shall
confer the degree of associate in arts upon the .satisfactory completion
in grades 13 and 14 of from 60 to 64 semester hours of work in a cur­riculum
which the district accepts toward the degree (as shown by its
catalog) and which includes the requirements listed in (1) through (5),
provided that 12 of the required credit hours were secured in residence
at that junior college. (The governing board may make exceptions to
the residence requirement in any instance in which the governing board
determines that an injustice or hardship would otherwise be placed
upon an individual student.) "Satisfactory completion" means a grade
point average of 2.0 (grade C on a five point scale with zero for an F
grade) or better in 13th and 14th year graded courses in the curriculum
upon which the degree is based.
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Annual M<ilCtin"
In local organi/!,uions the ~nnual m~;:tifll' (Eff~rs
from a v'egular m~<:ting ollly in that, bt;:ttMc$ the 1~~11~
tar business that m:llY arilll:, the annual reporq~ ()f
offict':rlI and C(l'lflmlt\~(:J, and the e1ecl::~t of omr.:~n
lire in order. The _r!.ide on Meetingll in the By-tow.
•hould carry ill stctiou .imilar to tlti.. : ''Tbe reg',alllf'
meding in ••.. ' shall be kno'Nn lU tll'.: ar"n,lJi1
llll::dmg, and shall f"C for thepurpox of cltcti.ng
,Alicerlll, recdving ft'\,lOrta of offiol:n lUld t:'OItUbtth::,-:,s,
-.nd for Imy other bl!$i~s that may .ui$e." On tha.t
day thto rt'il,lIu Im<ttij),l' and the lWnuid meet:lrt¥
b¢~ome one, Tbe millllt.es of the previoua rqub:'
rrt.eeting are read lilll I.lIiUrJ at the annual meeting, and
~he minut(':3 of the il\IIrlUld meeting are rad at the
next rt'gUbu Meeting. Minuteli of urn: annual meeting
~hould not be hdd for action until the next one.
(For l'll!nutu of lut day of &nnUIII cC)fIvention, $t1l'e
Pelle 2%.) By~La'WII
To prQviQjj for emergencie"" By-llIws should COJl~
bin the following: in the wide 00 Meetings, &
I<:dioo kghming, "Unlt!3~ otherwise ordered by the
cluh (or <,ther organh:ii.l.lon) or by the executive
board, l'''&'!,lt~r meelingll shall be held. _ ."; and in
the article 911 OtTkcn, II stat«mcnt, "They shall hold
ol'!i« for ••.• years 0" until Iheir succt:sllOn are
d"~ted." The need for .. mellns whereby, ill tbe,,,
two tespedll, by-hIW! could provide f<)(' their own
$utl>emit)l~ WeLl dtml1llstratetl dIning W'Qrld "Var n.
wll<'fl hoth ll'f~ubr lind annual, meetings oftel\ be­ntm<
c imponible. (Seif. also By-IawlI, page 2(6)
The Nowlnatlns Committee
Although in org:&ni:cing a tn;w society, it may
be fr::uibte 1')1' the chllir to appoint the uomiDllting
\l':ommi.ttc:e ~!e~ page 289), (11 an organi:ce.d socidy,
tilt pruidt.nt should not appoint the tlOminatillg
<;nmmiUee, and !hould not bll. u-9fficio a member
(If thoe nominating committee. The by-laws may con­tlolin
stich pr(wi$h)l1s M: "The Preiidl:nt shall be
cx-oflicio I!!. member of all r.(lmtrlitt~es except the
l\ofilinatulg cornmiU(~." lU'rd "The prltllidcnt shalt
_/'V>illtlt iltll COl.tlmltteea Itll:cept the namhlldina ~­m!
lil/l'e." Tllrc by·lliws sh\ll.dd provide that tho nom--
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by ill! uc(utive board: ~r met1~~' oPS'ec?tJ~l,
ace P<lt'iC U9. Ii more than the required number
are proposed, election may be by baltot.
Ml'mt~rs of the nominating committee are hot
barred :' 'om bewmin&' nominee. for office. To do
10 Wk".1 mean that service on the nominatiili com~
mittee carried a penalty by depriving it. mmlib&rt
of a privilqe t')pt11 to all other membeN: t&nd. tee•
ondly, that the nominal!n.. committee COIlld be .ts.ed
as • ~ear1.$ for prcfll$tinll a member frQm becominr
a nomn~.
The Parli&numtarian
The parliamentlU'iall should not he an ek'ded
officer. The principal duty of the parlia.m.mhl.rW'l 19
to adyj~e the president. The president may be the
beJt parliamentarian of Ihe organiution. It i..
absurd and .&lSI) embarrassing to elect an ad'l'bory
<iffker, when that :;Idvlscr may know les$ about the
subject tban the officer he is supposed t(l advise. If
there Is to be a parliamentarian, in a. Ioc;a! orpniu­lion,
the pre,\ld(nt ~hould be free to appoint one: In
whose abilities he has coofidence. WllCll state or
natiooal urgOl.ululiOt!J need a profeSSional parlia­mentJldan,
he may be avpointtd by the prr.sident with
the .approvill of the exel.'1ltlve board.
Rotation In Olfke
A reasonable rotation in office is good for al
orgNilution.,. 'l1\e by·law$ may contain tbis provi~
,ion: "No officer shall be eligible to more than ...•
l:\~ll$ecutive (erln. in the same ofiiC't\,It In filling
var.4IUdl".li for unexpirrtd terrlS, an officer who has
lIerlled more than n"H of a ttrm i, (;Ql1sid~rtd tl) have
lJervl.'d a full term in that office.
Special Meeting
The 'lot1<:e that (alh a li!J<,:cial meetill?" should
Itllte the purpose ftlr which the meetiflS' I' ealled.
F.:xcept (or trivial matters, busiOl'SS transacted at 11
5p«ial meeting ~hQuld be limited to that mentioned
in the cal1. I f it ill urgent in an emergency to (Ute
a(dOll for tlo !lkh 110 notice was ll'iven, to legalize that
action it is ne<;c,uiry {Qr it to be ratified by the
orra;lh;...tlon $t a r':llular meeti~ or li.t a sp<e<:ial
nu:~tini cldled for that purpQ~e
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Attached is a copy of a constitution for the proposed Glendale
Community College Faculty Senate. The adoption of this constitution
will be recommended and discussed at the general faculty meeting called
at our request by Dr. Hanhila for Thursday, Nay 2nd at 2:45 in Science 1.
Please give to the study of this constitution what time and atten-tion
you can in order that you may be familiar with it to the point of
:..:~'~ . )'11' C 1n prcper decision on its acceptance by the end of the week.
This committee has found after countless meetings and informal
discussions that there is a pattern of inquiry about the Senate proposal.
That we may help you to answer these questions, we have prepared a list
of typical questions that have been propounded and answers that the
committee has made. We trust that these will help you to reach the
conviction that there is no better agency to serve the faculty of
this college than a F A C U L T Y SEN ATE - - tON G MAY
I T G 0 V ERN
The Teachers' Committee for the Installation
of a taculty Senate at Glendale Community College
Phil Smelser
TYPICAL QUESTIONS ASKED
ABOUT THE PROPOSED SENATE
WITH ANSWERS FROM THE TEACHERS' COMMITTEE FOR THE INSTALLATION
OF A
FACULTY SENATE
1. Question: Is this Faculty Senate one of those organizations where everyone is a
member but in order to vote you have to pay a little something by a certain date?
Answer: This is dual-energy organization, pardner, not dual-membership. No dues.
2. Question: Tell me. Just what IS a faculty senate?
Answer: A faculty senate is a part of college government--the agency of the faculty
for participation in management on a joint basis with the administration and the
Board.
3. Question: Do we teachers actually have something to contribute?
Answer: You can bet on it. No one can know better the problems facing the student,
the faculty, the college, and the community than the man who's on the firing line
in the classroom.
4. Question: This is a kind of give and take proposition then?
Answer: Indeed it is. Even as we ask, we must be prepared to give. As we shall
take, we must contribute.
5. Question: What's different about this Glendale Senate idea anyway?
Answer: This one is home-brewed--brewed exclusively to the Glendale taste. We've
found no imports that answer this faculty's requirements. In a word, friend, it's
custom-crafted to the requirements of our people.
6. Question: What makes you people out there at Glendale think you're different?
Answer: It's hard to say. Maybe it's our ~uperior teaching capacity, our com­parative
youth, our eternal unrest. But we really don't know.
7. Question: All you're doing out there is trying to make trouble by establishing
a rival center of power. Right?
Answer: Cartaga delenda est.
8. Question: In only a few words, just how is a senate going to help this faculty?
Answer: Here's a hard one~ In a phrase, we suppose that it would be in partici­pation
by your Senate in the operation of the college--always alert, day to day,
week to week, month to month, to the enlightened self-interest of the faculty.
9. Question: This Senate is really going to "tell them off" then?
Answer: By no means. It will, rather, after judicious study, penetrating analysis
and serious consideration "tell them" in the most lucid language how the interests
of the faculty are involved, how these interests may be advanced or retarded by .
any particular action or lack of action, and what the consequent effects will be
upon the college as a whole. .
10. Question: Sounds like a lot of hard work. Do we have the people who can do it?
Answer: This IS going to be hard work. And we will have the people only if you
interest yourself in electing those most able of analysis, most skilled in compo­sition
and most persuasive of tongue. These are the qualities you'll have to
look for.
11. Question: True perhaps! But we're just a group of teachers!
Answer: Can you advocate study to your students if you do not yourself study?
Can you require thought if you do not think? Can you communicate with your
classes without having skills of speech and writing? Are we not the specialists
in psychology, mathematics, science, business, the arts? Who could be more qual­ified
for participation in college government than teachers?
12. Question: You intest me with that. Do you think I'll feel I'm "somebody" with
this faculty senate?
Answer: You should. We know our worth, and we rej ect that old canard that "Those
who can, do and those who can't, teach." Rather we asseverate that those who can
teach, can do, and this Senate is going to prove it.
13. Question: There's going to be some trouble fitting this in down at the District,
isn't there?
Answer: We know of no reason that we cannot work amicably and successfully at the
district level--both with the administration and with the representatives of our
sister colleges.
14. Question: What was good enough for ----- is good enough for me!
Answer: We all regret the loss of the old which has served us
It's like trading an old car that has been a faithful friend.
but it must be done. And so here, as in so many other things,
way to the new in order that new conditions may be met.
well in the past.
It hurts to do it,
the old must give
15. Question: What's the rush out there on this thing? Rome wasn't built in a day,
you know.
Answer: True. But it didn't have the Glendale spirit. Pity~
16. Question: What are these Senators going to wear?
Answer: Togas, of course.
17. Question: Where's your forum going to be?
Answer: We suppose the handball court could be converted.
18. Question: I suppose all the discussions will be in Latin?
Answer: This has been seriously considered.
19. Question: Won't the "radicals" take this over?
Answer: Yes, but only if you vote for them, or if they're needed, or if you
don't vote at all. Remember, you'll be working in a republic.
20. Question: In ~ word, just what do you expect to accomplish with this Senate?
Answer: In ~ word: DIGNITY--dignity of the individual faculty member and of
the collective faculty by exercising the right to participate responsibly and
responsively in those areas of college government of special interest to the
faculty .
21. Question: What areas for example?
Answer:. Curriculum, budgets, building programs, cal,endars,- faculty status
(appointments, evaluations, dismissals), salaries, fringe benefits, selection
of administrators, committee assignments, etc.
22. Question: Won't we have trouble getting the administration and the board to
listen to us?
Answer: Not if we elect a Senate that will urge a viewpoint based in fact,
logically arranged, and clearly presented.
23. Question: Can anybody run for the Senate? Can! get to be a Senator?
Answer: Certinly~ anyone can be a Senator, All you have to do is convince your
fellow faculty members that you are the best qualified to serve them by keen
intellect, good character and a willingness to exert tireless energy in their
behalf and that of the college. In your case that may not be easy.
24. Question: Who is entitled to vote for a Senator?
Answer: If you can show you're on the regular payroll as a teacher, counselor
or librarian, you're as entitled as you can get. If you're there, you're in;
if you're not, you're not.
25. Question: How do I know this thing will work any better than any of these other
hare-brained ideas that are ahwys,.being kicked around here?
Answer: Caveat emptor!
26. Question: I gather from you people that this Senate, if established, is a guar­anteed,
sure-fire success.
Answer: Not at all. It has not always been so. Some faculties have shrunk back
from the responsibilities that a senate entails as too great for their capacities,
their interest, or their energies. They Mve elected to remain subject to every
random force that threatens them,with no control of their destiny. If, however,
your committee did not have full faith in the courage, interest~ and capacity of
this faculty~ it should never propose a Faculty Senate.
'21. Question: Can you tell me in just a few words by what steps this Faculty Senate
will get results?
Answer: We pondered this hard. Maybe this will do: By study, by thought
We light our way
By action
We determine our destiny.
(And in looking over this little production, we wonder if that couldn't serve as the
motto to be-hung on a pillar in the Forum.) ,
28. Ques.ti.on: And ~at, brother, do you really see ahead if this Senate creation
CONSTITUTION OF THE FACULTY SENATE
of
Glendale Community College
PREAMBLE
WE HOLD THAT THE GOVERNING OF GLENDALE COl-IMUNITY COLLEGE IS THE
JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION,
AND THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. IN ORDER TO PRONOTE THE FULL PAR­TICIPATION
OF THE FACULTY IN THE DETERMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL
POLICY AND THE EXECUTION OF THAT POLICY, THE ADOPTION OF THIS CON­STITUTION
ESTABLISHING A FACULTY SENATE IS HEREBY ORDAINED.
PURPOSES
THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE SENATE SHALL BE TO SERVE AS THE
EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FACULTY OF THIS COLLEGE TO THE
LOCAL COLLEGE OR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS AND TO THE GOVERNING
BOARD WITH RESPECT TO ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL l-~TTERS, TO SELECT
REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCILS AND ON COORDI­NATING
COl-IMITTEES OF THE FACULTIES OF THE COLLEGES OF THE DISTRICT,
AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION
POLICIES FOR THE LOCAL COLLEGE AND THE DISTRICT.
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITION OF FACULTY
Section 1. "Facu1ty", as used in this constitution, means ful1­time
certificated members of teaching departments engaged primarily
in teaching and/or research, librarians, counselors, and certifi­cated
audio-visual personnel.
ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY
Section~. All faculty members regardless of tenure shall be
eligible to vote in the election of Senators and, after one
semester on campus, to be elected to the Senate.
Section 2. No membership or office held in any faCUlty organ­ization
shall in any way disqualify any faculty member for voting
or for seeking office in the Senate.
ARTICLE III CONPOSITION
Section 1. The Senate shall consist of 15 members to be elected
at large, with the provision that in any business affecting a
specific department which is not represented in the Senate, this
department shall be called in for consultation.
ARTICLE IV ELECTIONS
(The first two sections pertain to the first election only.)
Section 1. The first election for senators shall take place as
soon as possible after the implementation of this constitution.
Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall be composed of 5 members,
shall be elected from the faculty at large by all members of the
faculty and shall submit a slate of nominees in writing to each
faculty member one week prior to the election. Members of the
Nominating Committee shall not be barred from becoming nominees
for the Senate.
(Subsequent to the first election for senators the procedure
shall be as follows:)
Section 3. All members of the faculty shall elect the Nominating
Committee composed of five members. This committee shall submit
a slate of nominees in writing to each faculty member one week
prior to the election. Members of the Nominating Committee shall
not be barred from becoming nominees for the Senate. This elec­tion
shall be held not later than April 15th.
Section 4. Additional members may be nominated from the floor.
Section 5. The nominees receiving the highest number of votes
for the existing vacancies will be the elected. Nominees must
receive a simple majority to be elected.
Section 6. In case the number of nominees elected does not fill
the existing vacancies, a run-off election will be required. The
nominees shall be selected from those on the first election ballot
receiving the greatest number of votes but less than a simple
majority. The number to be selected will be twice that of the re­quired
vacancies. The selection of nominees for the run-off elec­tions
shall be made by the Nominating Committee.
Section 7. The election of Senators shall be held on the second
Wednesday in May, and Senators shall serve from the time of
their election.
ARTICLE V TERM OF OFFICE--SENATE
Section 1. Members of the Senate shall serve terms of three
years. The terms shall be arranged so that one-third of the
membership is elected annually. Term of office for the Senators
originally 'elected shall be determined by the actual number of
votes received (i.e., the first five receiving the highest
number of votes shall be elected for a term of three years;
the next five for a term of two years; the remaining five for
a term of one year.
Section 2. There shall be no limitation on the number of terms
which a senator may serve, however, he may serve only two terms
consecutively.
ARTICLE VI VACANCIES
3.
Section 1. Vacancies shall be declared by the President; upon
direction of the Senate. New members shall be elected by the
faculty to fill unexpired terms.
Section 2. The President shall declare vacancies when a Senator
has been absent 3 consecutive times or four total times during the
academic year. Official school absences resulting in non-attendance
are not included.
ARTICLE VII REMOVAL OF SENATORS
Section 1. On the petition of 25 per cent or more of the faculty
members, a Senator may be removed from office by a two-thirds
vote of all members of the faculty (Senators included).
ARTICLE VIII OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Senate shall include, but shall
not be restricted to, a president, a vice-president, a secretary,
and a treasurer. These shall be elected from among the Senators
by a simple majority vote of the Senate.
ARTICLE IX OFFICERS--ELECTION
Section 1. Members of the Senate shall elect officers for the
following academic year at the first meeting in May which follows
the election of Senators.
ARTICLE X TERM OF OFFICE--OFFICERS
Section 1. The term of office for an officer shall be one year,
and he may be re-elected once for a similar period.
ARTICLE XI OFFICERS--DUTIES
Section 1. President: The President shall preside at all meetings
of the Senate and all meetings of the Executive Committee. He
shall appoint members to serve on all Special Committees subject
to the approval of a majority of the Senate. He shall be a member,
ex-officio, of all committees except the Nominating Committee. He
shall have the right to call special meetings of the Executive
Committee and of the Senate. He shall be the official spokesman
for the Senate. The President must call a general faculty meet­ing
once each semester and may call other meetings at his dis­cretion.
Section 2. Vice-President: The Vice-President shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the President
or the Executive Committee. In addition, he shall preside in the
absence of the President. He shall be responsible for a written
report to the faculty at large, concerning the actions and activities
of the Senate, following each meeting of the Senate.
Section 3. Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the
meetings of the Senate. He shall be responsible for the corres­pondence
files and be in charge of communications between the
Senate and any other person or organization. :
Section 4. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for
the collection of assessments, the keeping of all financial
records and of making periodic financial reports.
4.
ARTICLE XII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the
officers of the Senate. It shall act as a steering committee
for the Senate by preparing the priority agenda for Senate
meetings and recommending actions to the Senate.
ARTICLE XIII DELEGATES
Section 1. The Senate shall select from its number representa­tives
to administrative councils as they now exist or may be
established.
Section. 2. Membership in the district coordinating committees
shall be determined in the following way: A simple majority
of the representatives shall be selected by the Senate from its
number. The remaining members shall be elected by the faculty
from its membership excluding those who are Senators.
Section 3. Representation to the District Senate shall be
determined in the following way: A simple majority of the
representatives shall be selected by the Senate from its
number. The remaining members shall be elected by the facuIty
from its membership excluding those who are Senators.
ARTICLE XIV MEETINGS
Section 1. The Senate shall meet at least once monthly during
the academic year, or more often at the call of the President
or by request of the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Senate meetings shall be open to faculty members
only. However, the President or Senate members may invite
non-faculty members in for official business.
Section 3. Faculty members may participate at any time as
non-voting members.
ARTICLE XV QUORU~l
Section 1. A four-fifths majority of the elected Senate shall
be considered a quorum.
4-a.
ARTICLE XVI VOTING
Section 1. The President of the Senate shall vote only in the
event of a tie.
Section 2. A voting record of each Senator shall be kept for
every matter requiring a vote in the Senate. Such voting record
shall indicate by name of the Senator either a lIyes ll or a lIno "
or an "abstention. 1I
Section 3. In the event the President of the Senate is required
to vote to break a tie, his vote of lIyes ll or "no ll shall also be
recorded.
Section 4. This record shall be a regular item in the Vice
President's written report to the faculty.
ARTICLE XVII PROCEDURES
Section 1. In all matters of internal functioning not otherwise
covered by the Constitution, the Senate shall be governed by
Robert's -Rul-es -of-Ord-er.
ARTICLE XVIII EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
Section 1. By unanimous vote of the Senators the Senate may resolve
itself into an executive session where only Senators may be present.
Section 2. In executive session no record shall be kept of debate,
except that which is ordered by the Senate, and no Senator shall
reveal the nature of executive proceedings to any person without
the permission of the Senate.
Section 3. No recommendations either to the administration or to
the trustees of the district shall be enacted during executive
sessions.
ARTICLE XIX CONNITTEES
Section 1. There shall be no standing committees of the Senate
other than the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Special Committees may be established by majority
approval of the Senate.
Section 3. Special Committees shall serve at the pleasure of
the Senate.
Section 4. The size, purpose, and membership of a Special Com­mittee
shall be determined or modified by the Senate. Non-Senate
membership on Special Committees may be permitted by the enabling
action of the Senate with specification concerning a Non-Senate
member's right to vote in Committee.
Section S. The chairman of each Special Committee shall be
appointed by the President of the Senate subject to the approval
of the Senate membership.
Section 6. Membership of continuing Special Committees shall be
reconfirmed or modified by the Senate prior to October 1 of each
academic year.
Section 7. Vacancies on Special Committees shall be filled by
the President of the Senate subject to the approval of the
Senate membership.
Section 8. Special Committees shall report and be responsible
to the Senate.
5.
ARTICLE XX JOINT COHNITTEES
Section 1. None of the above provisions shall restrict or limit
the power of the Senate to propose or participate in joint com­mittees
involving the Governing Board, the district administration,
the local administration, other colleges in the District, or the
students of Glendale Community College. The nature and extent of
participation of Senate members on the Joint Committees shall be
determined by the Senate as need or opportunity arises.
Section 2. Special Committees may be designated by the Senate
to represent the Senate in Joint Committee activities.
Section 3. Regular reports of the progress of Joint Committees
shall be made to the Senate.
Section 4. Recommendations of a Joint Committee shall be referred
to the Senate for approval; othenvise, such recorr.mendations shall
not imply the concurrence of or be binding upon the Senate.
ARTICLE XXI· AGENDA
Section 1. The Dean of the College, any member of the Senate, or
ten per cent of the members of the faculty may place an item on
the agenda of the Senate by signed written notice to the President
of the Senate. The Vice-President shall provide the faculty with
an agenda one week in advance of all meetings except the executive
sessions.
ARTICLE XXII PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 1. The Faculty Senate shall of its own determination con­cern
itself with any academic and professional matters which it
deems important to the welfare of the college or to the enlightened
self-interest of the faculty.
Section 2. The Senate shall be the agency of the faculty in
exerclslng its primary responsibility for such matters as curricu­lum,
subject matter and methods of instruction, faculty status
(including appointments, evaluations and dismissals) and those
aspects of student life which relate to the educational process.
Section 3. The Senate on behalf of the faculty shall actively
participate, directly or through its representatives, in the de­termination
of policies and procedures governing salary increases,
fringe benefits, sabbaticals, and general conditions of employment.
Section 4. The Senate shall on behalf of the faculty, participate
in the selection of administrators of the college, bringing its
recommendations to the attention of the president of the college
and the governing board of the district.
Section 5. The Senate shall work jointly with administration
officials on the appointment of faculty members to administra­tive
committees and to extra-curricular responsibilities.
6.
ARTICLE XXIII REFERENDUM
Section 1. The Senate may request the Dean of the College to call
a general faculty meeting for consideration of matters of general
faculty interest.
Section 2. The Senate may request the advice of the general
faculty through written ballots or other communications.
Section 3. Any matter considered by the Senate must be referred
to the faculty for a secret ballot on petition of ten per cent
of the total faculty or on demand of one-third of the senators.
ARTICLE XXIV RECOMMENDATIONS
Section 1. Recommendations of the Senate shall be forwarded
through regularly established administrative channels. However
the Senate may, after consultation with the Administration,
present its views and recommendations directly to the governing
board.
ARTICLE XXV FINANCES
Section 1. As a part of the college government, the Senate
shall channel its budgetary requests to the G3verning Board
through regular channels for such requirements as it may need
to carry out its functions. These requests shall include:
3 hours release time for the President, general office supplies,
clerical help, travel expenses for delegates to local and
national conventions.
ARTICLE XXVI AMENDMENTS
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds
vote of those present at any general or special meeting called
for the purpose or of those returning a written ballot provided
that the proposed amendment shall have been presented in writing
to each member of the Senate at least one(l) week preceding the
voting.
ARTICLE XXVII RATIFICATION
Section 1. This Constitution shall become effective by a
majority vote of the total faculty by secret ballot in
meeting or by written ballot submitted to the total faculty.
7.
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THE
FACULT Y
SENATE
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Glendale Community College
Glendale, Arizona
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FACULTY SENATE
of
Glendale Communi~ College
(Revised May, 1969)
PREAtviBLE
WE HOLD THAT THE GOVERNING OF GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS THE
JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND
THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE FULL PARTICIPA­TION
OF THE FACULTY IN THE DETERMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND
THE EXECUTION OF THAT POLICY, THE ADOPTION OF THIS CONSTITUTION ES­TABLISHING
A FACULTY SENATE IS HEREBY ORDAINED.
PURPOSES
THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE SENATE SHALL BE TO SERVE AS THE
EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FACULTY OF 1~IS COLLEGE TO THE LOCAL
COLLEGE OR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS AND TO THE GOVERNING BOARD WITH
RESPECT TO ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MATTERS, TO SELECT REPRESENTA­TIVES
TO SERVE ON ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCILS AND ON COORDINATING COM­t-
JITTEES OF THE FACULTIES OF 'IHE COLLEGES OF THE DISTRICT, AND TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE FORMATION AND IMPLEt-iENTATlON OF EDUCATION
POLICIES FOR THE LOCAL COLLEGE AND THE DISTRICT.
ART!9J&..!-QEFlNITION OF FACUL:IT
Section 1. "Faculty", as used in this constitution, means full­time
certificated members of teaching departments engaged primarily
in teaching and/or research, librarians, counselors, and certifi­cated
audio-visual personnel.
ARTICL§-ll__~LIGIBII"ITY
Section 1. All faCUlty members shall be eligible to vote in the
election of Senators and, after one semester on campus, to be
elected to the Senate.
Section 1. The Senate shall consist of 15 members to be elected
at large, with the provision that in any business affecting a
specific department which is not represented in the Senate, this
department shall be called in for consultation.
ARTICLE IV ELECTIONS
Section 1. The President sh~ll call 2 general faculty meeting in
March for the purpose of h8ving candidates for the Senate nominated
from the floor.
Section 2. The election of Senators shall be held prior to the
second Wednesday in May, and the Senators shall serve from the time
of their election.
Section 3. The nominees reC€lVlng the highest number of votes for
the existing vacancies will be the elected. Nominees must receive
a simple majority to be elected.
Section 4. In case the number of nominees elected does not fill
the existing vacancies, a run-off election will be required. The
nominees shall be selected from those on the first election ballot
receiving the greatest number of votes but less than a simple
majority. The number to be selected will be twice that of the
required vacancies. The selection of nominees for the run-off
elections shall be made by the Nominating Committee.
ARTICLE V TERM OF OFFICE--SENATE
Section 1. Members of the Senate shall serve terms of three years.
The terms shall be arranged so that one-third of the membership is
elected annually. Term of office for the Senators originally
elected shall be m~ermined by the actual number of votes received
(i.e., the first five receiving the highest number of votes shall
be elected for a term of three years; the next five for a term of
two years; the remaining five for a term of one year.
Section 2. There shall be no limitation on the number of terms
which a senator may serve, however, he may serve only two terms
consecutively.
ARTICLE VI VACANCIES
Section 1. Vacancies shall be declared by the President; upon
direction of the Senate. New members shall be elected by the
faculty to fill unexpired terms.
Section 2. The President shall declare vacancies when a Senator
has been absent 3 consecutive times or 4 total times during the
academic year. Official school absences resulting in non-attendance
are not included.
ARTICLE VII REMOVAL OF SENATORS
Section 1. On the petition of 25 per cent or more of the faculty
members, a Senator may he removed from office by a two-thirds vote
of all members of the faculty (Senators included).
3.
ARTICLE VIII OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Senate shall include, but shall not
be restricted to, a president, a vice-president, 0 secretary, and a
treasurer. These shall be elected from among the Senators by a
simple majority vote of the Senate.
ARTICLE IX OFFICERS--ELECTION
Section 1. Members of the Senate shall elect officers for the
following academic year at the first meeting in May which follows
the election of Senators.
ARTICLE X·:.. TERM OF OFFICE,::,,':OFf.lGERS
Section 1. The term of office for an officer shall be one year, and
he may be re-elected once for a similar period.
ARTICLE XI OFFICERS--DUTIES
Section 1. President: The President shall preside at all meetings
of the Senate and all meetings of the Executive Committee. He shall
appoint members to serve on all Special Committees subject to the
approval of a majority of the Senate. He shall be a member, ex­officio,
of all committees except the Nominating Committee. He shall
have the right to call special meetings of the Executive Committee
and of the Senate. He shall be the official spokesman for the
Senate. The President must call a general faculty meeting once each
semester and may call other meetings at his discretion.
Section 2. Vice-President: The Vice-President shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the President
or the Executive Committee. In addition, he shall preside in the
absence of the President. He shall be responsible for a written
report to the faculty at large, concerning the actions and activities
of the Senate, follOWing each meeting of the Senate.
Section 3. Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the
meetings of the Senate. He shall be responsible for the corres­pondence
files and be in charge of communications between the
Senate and any other person or organization.
Section 4. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for
the collection of assessments, the keeping of all financial records
and of making periodic financial reports.
ARTICLE XII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the
officers of the Senate. It shall act as a steering committee for
the Senate by preparing the priority agenda for Senate meetings
and recommending actions to the Senate.
ARTICLE XIII DELEGATES
4.
Section 1. The Senate shall select from its number representatives
to administrative councils as they now exist or may be established.
Section 2. Membership in the district coordinating committees
shall be determined in the follo,ving way: 1\ simple maj ority of the
representatives shall be selected by the Senate from its number.
The remaining members shall be elected by the faculty from its mem­bership
excluding those \':110 Clre Senators.
Section 3. Representation to the District Senate shall be deter-mined
in the following ,wy: 1\ simple maj ority of the representatives
shall be selected by the Senate from its number. The remaining members
shall be elected by the focul ty from its membership excluding those
who are Senators.
ARTICLE XIV MEETINGS
Section 1. The Senate shall meet at least once monthly during the
academic year, or more often at the call of the President or by re­quest
of the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Senate meetings shall be open to faculty members only.
However, the President or Senate members may invite non-faculty
members in for official business.
Section 3. Faculty members may participate at any time as non­voting
members.
Section 1. A four-fifths majority of the elected Senate shall be
considered a q~orum.
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Section 1. The President of the Senate shall vote only in the
event of a tie.
Section 2. A voting record of each Senator shall be kept for
every matter requiring a vote in the Senate except for the elec­tion
of Senate officers, which shall be by secret ballot. Such
voting record shall indicate by name of the Senator either a "yes"
or a lino " or an "abstention. ll
Section 3. In the event the President of the Senate is required
to vote to break a tie, his vote of "yes" or "noll shall Dlso be
recorded.
Section 4. This record shall be a regular item in the Vice
President's written report to the faculty.
" . I
ARTICLE XVII PROCEDURES
Section 1. In all matters of internal functioning not otherwise
covered by the Constitution, the Senate shall be governed by
Robert's -Rul-es -of-Ord-er.
ARTICLE XVIII EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
Section 1. By unanimous vote of the Senators the Senate may resolve
itself into an executive session where only Senators may be present.
Section 2. In executive session no record shall be kept of debate,
except that which is ordered by the Senate, and no Senator shall
reveal the nature of executive proceedings to any person without
the permission of the Senate.
Section 3. No recommendations either to the administration or to
the trustees of the district shall be enacted during executive
sessions.
ARTICLE XIX COH~lITTEES
Section 1. There shall be no standing committees of the Senate
other than the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Special Committees may be established by majority
approval of the Senate.
Section 3. Special Committees shall serve at the pleasure of
the Senate.
Section 4. The size, purpose, and membership of a Special Com­mittee
shall be determined or modified by the Senate. Non-Senate
membership on Special Committees may be permitted by the enabling
action of tile Senate with specification concerning a Non-Senate
member's right to vote in Committee.
Section 5. The chairman of each Special Committee shall be
appointed by the President of the Senate subject to the approval
of the Senate membership.
Section 6. Hembership of continuing Special Committees shall be
reconfirmed or modified by the Senate prior to October 1 of each
academic year.
Section 7. Vacancies on Special Committees shall be filled by
the President of the Senate subject to the approval of the
Senate membership.
Section 8. Special Committees shall report and be responsible
to th e Sena te •
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ARTICLE XX JOINT COMMITTEES
Section 1. None of the above provisions shall restrict or limit
the power of the Senate to propose or participate in joint com­mittees
involving the Governing Board, the district administration,
the local administration, other colleges in the District, or the
students of Glendale Community College. The nature and extent of
participation of Senate members on the Joint Committees shall be
determined by the Senate as need or opportunity arises.
Section 2. Special Committees may be designated by the Senate
to represent the Senate in Joint Committee activities.
Section 3. Regular reports of the progress of Joint Committees
shall be made to the Senate.
Section 4. Recommendations of a Joint Committee shall be referred
to the Senate for approval; otherwise, such recommendations shall
not imply the concurrence of or be binding upon the Senate.
ARTICLE XXI AGENDA
Section 1. The administrative head of the college, any member
of the Senate, or 10 per cent of the members of the faculty may
place an item on the agenda of the Senate by signed written
notice to the President of the Senate. The Vice-President shall
provide the faculty with an agenda one week in advance of all
meetings except the executive sessions.
ARTICLE XXII PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITI~
Section 1. The Faculty Senate shall of its own determination
concern itself with any academic and professional matters which
it deems important to the welfare of the college ox to the en­lightened
self-interest of the faculty.
Section 2. The Senate shall be the agency of the faculty in
exerCISIng its primary responsibility for such matters as curri­CUlum,
subject matter and methods of instruction, faculty status
(including appointments, evaluations and dismissals), and those
aspects of student life which relate to the educational process.
Section 3. The Senate on behalf of the faculty shall actively
participate, directly or through its representatives, in the
determination of policies and procedures governing salary in­creases)
fringe benefits, sabbaticals, and general conditions
of employment.
Section 4. The Senate shall on behalf of the faculty, participate
in the selection of administrators of the college, bringing its
recommendations to the attention of the president and the govern­ing
board of the district.
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Section 5. The Senate shell work jointly \-Jith administration
officials on the appointment of faculty members to administn.l­tive
committees and to extra-curricular responsibilities.
ARTICLE XXIII REFERENDUN
Section 1. The Senate may request the administrative head of
the College to call CI general faculty meeting for consideration
of matters of general faculty interest.
Section 2. The Senate may request the advice of the general
facul ty through written ballots 01'.' other communication.
Section 3. Any matter considered by the Senate must be re­ferred
to the faculty for a secret ballot on petition of 10
per cent of the total faculty or on demand of one-third of the
senCltors.
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Section 1. Recommendations of the Senate shall be forwarded
through regularly established administrative channels. Ho\v­ever
the Senate may, after consultation with the Administration,
present its views and recommendations directly to the governing
bOEll-d.
ARTICLE XXV FINA~CES
Section 1. Faculty merr~ers will be asked to pay an annual
assessment not to exceed $5.00, for the support of the
Senate and the District F0culty Association. Non-payment
will disqualify a faculty member from serving as a Senator
and from voting in Senate elections.
ARTICLE XXVI AMENDMENTS
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds
vote of those present at any general or special meeting called
for the purpose or of those returning a written ballot pro­vided
that the proposed amendment shall have been presented in
writing to each member of the Senate at least one (1) week
preceding the voting.
ARTICLE XXVII RJ\TlFICATION
Section 1. This Constit~tion shall become effective by a
maj ori ty vote of the totol fueul ty by secret bullot in meeting
or by written ballot submitted to the total faculty.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE FACULTY SENATE
of
Glendale Community College
Revised December, 1972
PRfANBLE
WE HOLD THAT THE GOVERNING OF GLENDALE COlvIlvlUNITY COLLEGe IS THE
JOINT R£SPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVj~RNING BOAED, THE ADHINISTRATION, AND
THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. IN ORDt:R TO PROHOTE THE FULL PARTICIPA­TION
OF THt.: FACULTY IN THE DETERNIliATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND
THE EXECUTION OF THAT POLICY, THE ADOPTION OF THIS CONSTITUTION ES­TABLISHING
A FACULTY SENATE IS HEREBY ORDAINED.
PURPOSES
'f,IJ.i PRIHARY FUNCTIONS OF THE SENATE SHALL BE TO SERVE AS THE
EXCWSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FACULTY OF THIS COLLEGE TO THE LDCAL
COLLEGE OR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS AND TO THE GOVERNING BOARD WITH
RESPECT TO ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MATTERS, TO SELECT REPRESENTA­TIVES
TO SERVE ON ADHINISTRATIVE COUNCILS A.ND ON COORDINATING CON­NITTEES
OF THE FACULTIES OF THE COLLEGES OF THE DISTRICT, AND TO
PARTICIPAT£ IN THE FORHATIL NAND HIPLEllElJ1ATIlN OF t1JUCATION
POLICIES FOR THE LOCAL COLLEGE AND THt: DISTRICT.
ARTICLE I DEFINITION OF FACULTY
Section 1. 'Taculty," as used in this constitution, means full­time
certificated members of teaching departments engaged primarily
in teaching and/or research~ librarians, counselors, and certifi­cated
audio-visual personnel.
ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY
Section 1. All faculty members V!ho have paid the annual assessment
for the support of the Senate and the District Faculty Association
shall be eligible to vote in the election of Senators and, after
one semester on campus, to be elected to the Senate.
ARTICLE III COMPOSITION
Section 1. The senate shall consist of 15 members to be elected at
large except when the President is not a member of the Senate.
Under that condition the number of Senate members will be 16. In
any business affecting a specific department which is not repre­sented
in the Senate, that department shall be called in for consul­tation.
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ARTICLE IV £LECTIONS
Section 1. The President shall call a general faculty meeting in
Harch for the purpose of having candidates for the Senate nominated
from the floor.
Section 2. The election of Senators shall be held prior to the
second \vednesday in Nay, and the Senators shall serve from the time
of their election.
Section 3. The nominees recelvwg a simple maJority of the votes
cast for the existing vacancies will be the elected.
Section 4:. In case the number of nominees elected does not fill the
existing vacancies, a run-off election will be required. The nominees
for the run-off election shall be selected from those on the first
election ballot receiving the greatest number of votes but less than
a simple majority of the votes cast. The number of nominees selected
shall be twice the number of the existing vacancies. The selection
of nominees for the run-off elections shall be made by the Executive
Committee, which shall also be responsible for counting votes.
ARTICLE V T.t:RN OF OFFICE--SENATE
Section 1. Nembers of the Senate shall serve terms of three years.
Tha terms shall be arranged so that one-third of -the membership is
elected annually. Term of office for the Senators originally
elected shall be determined by the actual number of votes received
(i.e., the first five receiving the highest number of votes shall
be elected for a term of three years; the next five for a term of
two years; the remaining five for a term of one year.)
Section 2. There shall be ·no lilllitatlwl 0«1 the nurriber of terms which
a Senator may serve; however, he may serve only two terms consecutively.
ARTICLE VI VACANCIES
Section 1. Vacancies shall be declared by the President upon direction
of the Senate. New members shall be elected by the faculty to fill
unexpired terms.
Section 2. The President shall declare vacancies when a Senator has
been absent three consecutive times or four total times during the
academic year. Official school absences resulting in non-attendance
are not included.
ARTICL£ VII R£HOVAL OF SENATORS
Section 1. On the petition of 25 per cent or more of the faculty
members, a Senator may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote
of all members of the faculty (Senators included).
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ARTICLE VIII OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Senate shall include~ but shall not
be restricted to, a President) a Vice-president, a Secretary, and
a Treasurer.
Section 2.
at large by
a member of
as the 16th
The president shall be elcted from among the faculty
a simple maJority of the faculty votinr:;. If he is not
the Senate at the time of his election, he will serve
member of the Senate during his term of office.
Section 3. Officers, other than the president, shall be elected
from amonc the Senators by a simple ma~j ority of the Senators present.
ARTICLE IX OFFICERS--ELECTION
Section 1. The faculty shall elect the President of the Senate
during the first month of the second semester. Nominations for
the office shall be made at a special faculty meeting held two
to four weeks prior to the election.
Section 2. Officers, other than the President, shall be elected
by the Senate at the first meeting following the election of the
Senators.
ARTICLE X OFFICERS--TERM OF OFFICE
Section 1. The term of office for the President of the Senate shall
be two years and shall begin follmoJine the first Senate election
held after the President1s election. In the event a special election
for President is necessary, the newly elected President will take
office immediately.
Section 2. The term of office for offieers other than the President
shall be one year.
Section 3. All officers shall be eligible for re-election.
ARTICLE XI OFFIC£RS--DUTIES
Section 1. President: The President shall preside at all meetinss
of the Senate and all meetings of the Cxecutive Committee. He shall
appoint members to serve on all Special Committees subject to the
approval of a majority of the Senate. He shall be a member, ex­officio,
of all committees. He shall have the right to call special
meetings of the Executive Committee and of the Senate. He shall be
the official spokesman for the Senate. He shall be responsible for
the correspondence files and be in charge of communications between
the Senate and any other person or organization. The President must
call a general faculty meetin£ once each semester and may call other
meetings at his discretion.
Section 2. Vice-President:
duties as may be assigned to
or the Executive Committee.
absence of the President.
The Vice-President shall perform such
him from time to time by the President
In addition j he shall preside in the
Section 3. Secretary: The Secretary E£1a11 keep the minutes of the
meetings of the Senate. He shall be responsible for a written re­port
to the faculty at laree, concernin~ the actions arill activities
of the Senate, following each meeting of the Senate.
Section 4. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for the
collection of assessments~ the keeping of all financial records
and of makins periodic financial reports.
ARTICLE XII EXECUTIVE COHI'nTTEE
Section 1. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the officers
of the Senate. It shall act to select nominees for run-off elections,
to count votes, to preparc~ the priority asenda for Senate meetincs,
and to recommend actions to the Senate.
ARTICLE XIII D£LEGATES
Section 1. The Senate shall select from its number representatives
to administrative councils as they now exist or may be established.
Section 2. Appointll1ents to district coordinating committees will be
made by the Senate President. They may be Senate members or qualified
faculty. All appointments will be confirmed by the Senate.
Section 3. Representation to the District Faculty Association shall
be determined in the followinG way: A simple ma:Jority of the repre~­sentatives
shall be selected by the Senate from its number. The
remaining members shall be elected by the faculty from its membership,
excludinL those who are Senators.
ARTICLe XIV J"'IEETINGS
Section 1. The Senate shall meet at least once monthly durinG the
academic year or more often at the call of the President or by re­quest
of the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Senate meetinGs shall be open to faculty members only.
Hovvever, the President or Senate members may invite non-faculty
members in for official business.
Section 3. Faculty members may participate at any time as non­votinG
members.
ARTICLE XV gUORUH
Section L A four-fifths rna,) ority of the elected Senate shall be
considered a quorum.
ARTICLE XVI VOTING
Section 1. The President of the Senate shall vote only in the event
of a tie.
SectioD 2. A voting record of each Senator shall be kept for every
matter requiring a vote in the Senate except for the election of
Senate officers, which shall be by secret ballot. Such voting
record shall indicate by name of the Senator either a "yes or a
rrno" or an fl abstention. If
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Section 3. In the even-( the President of the Senate is required to
vote to break a tie, his vote of nyeslT or ITno " shall also be recorded.
Section lL This record shall be a reGular item in the Secretary f s
written report to the faculty.
ARTICLE XVII PROCEDURES
Section 1. In all matters of internal functionins not otherwise
covered by the Constitution, the Senate shall be governed by
Robert's Rules of Order.
ARTICLt: XVIII EXECUTIVE S.:;SSIONS
Section 1. By unanimous vote of the Senators the Senate may resolve
itself into an executive session where only Senators may be present.
Section 2. In executive session no record shall be kept of debate,
except that which is ordered by the Senate, and no Senator shall
reveal the nature of executive proceedi(lLS to any person without
the permission of the Senate.
Section 3. No recommendations either to the administration or to
the trustees of the district shall be enacted durine executive
sessions.
ARTICLE XIX COi'1HI'l"I'£ES
Section 1. There sball be no standin[, committees of the Senate
other than the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Special Committees may be established by ma:Jority
approval of the Senate.
Section 3. Special Committees shall serve at the pleasure of
the Senate.
Section 4. The size, purpose, and membership of a Special Com­mittee
shall be determined or modified by the Senate. Non-Senate
membership on Special Committees may be permitted by the enabling
action of the SenaJee with specification c(;ncerninf~ a Non-Senate
memberTs rit::ht to vote in Committee.
Section 5. The chairman of each Special Committee shall be
appointed by the President of the Senate subj ect to the approval
of the Senate membership.
Section 6. Membership of continuinG Special Committees shall be
reconfirmed or modified by the Senate prior to October 1 of each
academic year.
Section 7. Vacancies on Special Committees shall be filled by
the President of the Senate subject to the approval of the
Senate membership.
Section 8. Special Committees shall report and be responsible
to the Senate.
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ARTICLE XX JOINT COHtvlITTEES
Section 1. None of the above provisions shall restrict or limit
the power of the Senate to propose or participate in joint com­mittees
involving the Governing Board, the District Administration,
the local administration, other colle~es in the District, or the
students of Glendale Community College. The nature and extent of
participation of Senate members on the Joint Committees shall be
determined by the Senate as need or opportunity arises.
Section 2. Special Committees may be designated by the Senate
to represent the Senate in Joint Committee activities.
Section 3. Regular reports of the progress of Joint Committees
shall be made to the Senate.
Section 4. Recommendatiens of a Joint Committee shall be referred
to the Senate for approval; otherwise, such recommendations shall
not imply the concurrence of or be binding upon the Senate.
ARTICLe XXI AGEt\JDA
Section 1. The administrative head of the college, any member of
the Senate, or 10 per cent of the members of the faculty may place
an item on the agenda of the Senate by sit~ned \vritten notice to the
President of the Senate. The President shall provide the faculty
with an agenda one week in advance of all meetinGs except the exec­utive
sessions.
ARTICLE XXII PRIVILEGES ANn RiSPONSIBILITIES
Section 1. The Faculty Senate shall of its own determination
concern itself with any academic and professional matters which
it deems important to the welfare of .the college or to the en­liGhtened
self-interest of the faculty.
Section 2. The Senate shall be the aeency of the faculty in
exercising its primary responsibility for such matters as curri­culum,
subject matter and methods of instruction, faculty status
(including appointments, evaluations and dismissals), and those
aspects of student life which relate to the educational process.
Section 3. The Senate on behalf of the faculty shall actively
participate, directly or through its representatives, in the
determination of policies and procedures governinG salary in­creases,
frinLe benefits, sabbaticals, and Leneral conditions
of employment.
Section 4. The Senate shall, on behalf of the faculty, paxticipate
in the selection of adminstrators of the college, bringing its
recommendations to the attention of the President and the Governing
Board of the district.
Section 5. The Senate shall work Jointly with administration
officials on the appointment of faculty members to administra­tive
committees and to extra-curricular responsibilities.
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ARTICLE XXIII REFEREl\1DUM
Section 1. The Senate may request the administrative head of
the Colleee to call a general faculty meeting for consideration
of matters of general faculty interest.
Section 2. The Senate may request the advice of the general
faculty throut;h written ballots or other communication.
Section 3. Any matter considered by the Senate must be re­ferred
to the faculty for a secret ballot on petition of 10
per cent of the total faculty or on demand of one-third of the
Senators.
ARTICLE XXIV R£COMMIDIDATIONS
Section 1. Recommendations of the Senate shall be forwarded
through regularly established administrative channels. How­ever
the Senate may, after consultation with the Administration,
present its views and recommendations directly to the Governing
Board.
ARTICLE XXV FINANCES
Section 1. Faculty members will be asked to pay an annual assess­ment,
the amount to be determined by the requirements of the Senate
and District Faculty Asscciation budgets. Non-payment will dis­qualify
a faculty member from serving as a Senator and from votins
in Senate elections.
ARTICLI:; XXVI AMENDi"lENTS
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote
of those present at any general or special faculty meeting called
for the purpose or of those returning a written ballot provided
that the proposed amendment shall have been presented in writing
to each member of the faculty at least one (1) week preceding the
voting.
ARTICLE XXVII RATIFICATION
Section 1. This Constitution shall become effective by a majority
vote of the total faculty by secret ballot in meeting or by written
ballot submitted to the total faculty.