Academic Senate

Resolutions

2025-2025: October 28, 2024 Resolution on Preventing Mass Casualties through Improved Door Locks 2023-2024

2023-2024

November 20, 2023: COOL Resolution on Professional Development

June 3, 2024: Resolution for Conversations on Continuous Improvement of Teaching and Learning

Approved June 21, 2024: Constituional ammendment

Ratified June 21, 2024: Academic Senate By-Laws

2022-2023

 

August 15, 2022: Resolution on remote attendance 

October 3, 2022: Resolution for Kathryn Mauer

October 17, 2022: Resolution encouraging faculty adoption of simple syllabus

March 13, 2023: Resolution on discontinuance of TracDat

June 5, 2023: CS Resolution of calendar conflict with Jewish holidays

2021-2022

• September 27, 2021: Resolution for a Sustainable and Equitable Funding Model for the At-Large Part-Time Faculty Representatives (Senators)
• October 11, 2021 (Reaffirmed June 6, 2022): Resolution Authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Brown Act Provisions Included In Assembly Bill (AB) 361 (Rivas)
• October 25, 2021: Resolution on Vote of No Confidence in President of Foothill College
• December 6, 2021: Resolution on Ensuring Inclusive Academic Senate Meetings and Events Post-COVID Emergency Orders Allowing for Remote Meeting Attendance  
• January 10, 2022: Resolution on Curriculum Processes to Support Faculty Adoption of OER
• February 28, 2022: CCC Resolution to Approve Foothill College Meta Major Groupings and Names (endorsed by Exec)
• March 14, 2022: Resolution on Student Participation on Faculty Hiring Committees
• May 23, 2022: Resolution to Adopt the Online Equity Affirmation

2020-2021

• Februrary 8, 2021: Resolution in Support of Foothill College's Strategic Vision for Equity (a.k.a. Equity 2.0) 
• February 22, 2021: Resolution Affirming Guided Pathways Efforts
• April 5, 2021: Resolution in Support of Classified Professionals' Engagement in Shared Governance
• May 24, 2021: Resolution on Supporting the Mental Health of Black Students
• June 7, 2021: Resolution on Institutional Support for Including OER as an Action to Mitigate Equity Gaps and Increase Student Success
• June 7, 2021: Resolution on Online Proctoring Software at Foothill College

2019-2020

• June 22, 2020: Faculty Anti-Racism Leadership at Foothill College 
• June 22, 2020: Isaac Escoto Recognition Resolution

2016-2017

• Dec. 6, 2016: Resolution for Apprenticeship Curriculum Committee
• March 13, 2017: Resolution and Constitutional Amendment on Constitutional Preamble
• June 5, 2017: Resolution in Support of Apprenticeship Faculty Primacy in Determining Minimum Qualifications for Apprenticeship Disciplines

 

Approved Items 

2023-2024

 

 

 

 

• April 8, 2023 : point of order in Academic Senate
• March 18, 2023: 
• March 4, 2023: Resolution for adding by-laws to the constition was approved
• February 26, 2023: (joint meeting) approved addition of language to require training for faculty teaching online
• January 22, 2023: approved sending Equity-Minded Faculty Hiring Proactices document to all newly formed hiring committees
• December 4, 2023: approaved developing a Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program, and six $750 scholarships
• November 20, 2023: Senate reaffirmed the ISER, student conduct and griveance procedures, and COOL resolution for Professional Development.
• November 6, 2023: approved AP 4105 Distance Education and Correspondence Education 

2022-2023

 

 

 

 

• June 5, 2023: approved program review cycle - approaved summer senate committee
• May 22, 2023: approved the guiding principles, approved the working definitions, approaved the distance education plan
• May 15, 2023: approve the definition for educational program, educational support program
• April 17, 2023: joint meeting, removed text language from proposed J1
• April 10, 2023: Senate elections, vote by acclimation, executive vice proesident
• March 20, 2023: have J1s sunset, remove text language from proposed J1
• March 13, 2023: discontinue TracDat
• February 6, 2023: approaved administrative procedures
• August 15, 2022:  Approved the strategic vision for equity, vision for equity. Affirmation of resolution to continue to meet remotely.
• October 24, 2022: Equity 2.0 document approved
• November 7, 2022: program review template, approved six $500 scholarships
• November 21, 2022: approved program review template

2021-2022

 

• October 11, 2021:  Academic Senate Meeting Norms
• October 11, 2021: Formation of a College Website Redesign Steering Committee
• October 11, 2021: Interim Process Faculty Prioritization Updates for 2021-22
• October 11, 2021: Fall 2021 Interim Governance Structure Proposal
• October 11, 2021: Rejoin the Shared Governance Task Force
• November 8, 2021: Academic Senate Priorities for 2021-22
• February 28, 2022: Distance Ed Policy & Planning Workgroup Charter
• April 11, 2022: Mission (I'm) Possible Council Proposal
• April 11, 2022: Ensuring Learning Coordinator Position 
• April 11, 2022: Scheduling Task Force Spring 2022
• April 22, 2022: Foothill AS Letter in Support of the COLA 
• June 6, 2022: Mission I'm Possible Council (MIP-C) Draft Charter

2020-2021 

• October 12, 2020:  Academic Senate Meeting Norms
• October 12, 2020:  COVID Scheduling Taskforce Guiding Principles & Criteria
• October 12, 2020: Faculty Prioritization Interim Process
• December 11, 2020: Academic Senate Response to Student Letter
• January 11, 2021: Academic Senate Letter to President Nguyen in Response to Student Letter
• January 25, 2021: Academic Senate Constitution Workgroup Charter
• January 25, 2021: Academic Senate Program Discontinuance Workgroup Charter
• January 25, 2021: Academic Senate Action Plan in Response to Student Letter 
• January 25, 2021: Foothill College's Strategic Vision for Equity
• March 15, 2021: Educational Technology Tools Adoption Rubric (from COOL)
• April 12, 2021: 2021 AS Letter to President Nguyen in Response to Collegiality in Action and Decision-Making Concerns
• June 7, 2021: AP 4222 Remedial Coursework