EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES

August 30, 2004

Present: Nellen, Goodman, Lessow-Hurley, Kassing, Greathouse, Thames, Van Selst, Ashton, Maldonado-Colon, Heisch, Van Selst, Bros, Donoho, Veregge, Rascoe

Absent: None

Guests: Bertain, Merdinger (for item #5 below)

1. The Executive Committee approved the consent calendar and the student appointments made by Associated Students.

2. The Executive Committee discussed the events for the upcoming Academic Integrity Week. The Executive Committee also discussed the Academic Integrity policy and the issue of plagiarismways to help faculty to be better aware of the topic. Senate Chair Nellen will follow up with Debra Griffith and Dennis Jaehne.

3. The Executive Committee discussed upcoming campus surveys e.g. DRC, RTP, Support Services (WASC), GE Guidelines/BOGS, NSSE, and Campus Climate. The Executive Committee discussed the need to issue guidelines regarding campus surveys.

4. The Executive Committee discussed whether students should be required to have an email account and have to share it with other classmates. Chair Nellen will follow up on this and related matters with the UnIT Board chair.

5. The Executive Committee discussed provided input to Dona Bertain on the possibility of doing Employee Background Checks before an employee is hired. Several questions were raised by committee members such as, "Who will pay the $12 fee? Will these background checks deter/attract people to SJSU? Shouldn't we have CSU system-wide guidelines? Several members expressed concern that as to whether SJSU should not be the only CSU campus that implements these procedures as it might adversely affect our hiring.

6. The Executive Committee discussed and approved bringing a Sense of the Senate Resolution on Creating a Task Fforce on a South County Satellite CampusInvestigating Campus Expansion to the Senate at the September 27, 2004 meeting. Vice Chair Donoho will bring the revised resolution to the Executive Committee for its September 13, 2004 meeting.