Educational Planning and Coordinating Council

• Fall schedule guidelines
• Possible shift of enrollments to Petaluma
• Development of Friday/weekend offerings

Committee Membership for 2002-03: Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Abrahamson, Reneé LoPilato, Victor Cummings, Greg Granderson, Karen Kellam, Rosemary Ward, Anne O'Donnell, Joan Scarborough, Student representatives: Liz Bauer, and 1 additional

ATTENDING: Ed Buckley, Kris Abrahamson, Victor Cummings, Terri Frongia, Greg Granderson, Renee LoPilato, Karen Kellam, Anne O'Donnell, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward

1. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of October 10 were approved.

2. Draft changes to Policy 8.1.1- Access for Students With Disabilities

Carried forward to next meeting.

3. Resident Units for Certificates

Carried forward to next meeting.

4. Update on enrollment management issues

Ed Buckley reviewed the guidelines for the Fall schedule. Basically the program district wide will remain the same size, on assumption that there are sufficient courses and seats available to absorb anticipated growth. In addition, Academic Affairs is discussing ways to shift enrollments to Petaluma and also to Fridays and weekends.

5. Accreditation

There was general discussion of the recent accreditation visit and the key planning issues that the college now needs to address.

Committee Membership for 2002-03: Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Abrahamson, Reneé LoPilato, Victor Cummings Greg Granderson, Karen Kellam, Rosemary Ward, Anne O'Donnell, Joan Scarborough Student Liz Bauer, 2nd Student Representative -- to be determined

Committee Membership for 2002-03: Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Abrahamson, Reneé LoPilato, Victor Cummings, Greg Granderson, Karen Kellam, Peg Ellingson, Anne O'Donnell, Joan Scarborough, Student representatives: Liz Bauer, and 1 additional

ATTENDING: Ed Buckley, Kris Abrahamson, Victor Cummings, Terri Frongia, Greg Granderson, Renee LoPilato, Anne O'Donnell, Joan Scarborough, and Guests: Barbara Croteau and Ken Lofgren

1. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of Sept 26 were approved.

2. Follow up on Resident Units for Certificates

Greg Granderson and Barbara Croteau presented the "Policy Draft for Certificate Residency" passed by the Academic Senate. There was extensive discussion, largely focused on the degree to which residency should be either uniform or otherwise reflective of a college wide philosophy vs. a matter for each department to decide. Conclusion: Members of EPCC (Granderson, Buckley, LoPilato) will meet with Barbara Croteau with a proposal aimed at career certificates.

3. Technical Issues Associated with Limiting Cr/NCr Limitation

The upshot of this discussion was that there appear to be few or no technical obstacles to changing our practices and developing a policy allowing students with designated educational goals to take more than 12 units on a Cr/NCr basis. Conclusion: EPCC will develop a policy with the aim of implementing it beginning Fall 2003. Renee LoPilato bring back proposed language to the next EPCC meeting.

4. Report on Assessment/Learning Outcomes Conference

Greg Granderson, Victor Cummings, and Terri Frongia reported on the assessment conference they attended recently in Palm Springs. Assessment and learning outcomes will be topics of considerable discussion at the college over the next several months and years.