Santa Rosa Junior College
INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
Minutes
May 14, 2001
Present:
Robert F. Agrella, Ed Buckley, Lily Bergfelt, Alex Drake, Brenda Flyswithhawks, Joe Friedman, Curt Groninga, Jeanne Johnson, Jennifer Mann, Ricardo Navarrette, Ron Root and Leon WakefieldAbsent: Baba Adam, Craig Butcher, April Chaney, Kathleen Doyle, Toni Eaton, Doug Garrison, Andrew Glass, Charlotte Granderson, John Mercer and Deborah Sweitzer
Guest: Eileen Cichoki
- PLANNING COMMITTEE COORDINATION: Each of the Component Administrators and the Academic Senate President reviewed the final committee activities for the year. They were pleased by the overall performance and accomplishments of their respective planning committees.
- ACCREDITATION PLANNING UPDATE: Ed reported the standards committees met on May 4th for a review of their responsibilities and the descriptive summaries provided by committee resource liaisons. Ed reported that over one hundred (100) individuals are involved in the accreditation process thus far. He is impressed by their interest and enthusiasm. They will commence the bulk of their self-study oriented work in the Fall, 2001.
- REVIEW OF COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT: Led by the combined efforts and hard work of Jennifer Mann, Alex Drake and Leon Wakefield, IPC reviewed the final set of proposed changes to the preamble, the intent of certain values statements and the re-ordering of the statement itself. The final product is attached for College Community review prior to its being forwarded to the Board of Trustees.
- PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE UPDATE: Dr. Agrella and Ron Root provided a P4E update (see attached). They responded to several inquiries regarding whether
IPC had invited representatives of the Standard One Committee (College Mission) to clarify the College's periodic review process and to explain college-wide involvement. IPC wished to provide clarification as the College's planning process and the development of and revision(s) to the Mission Statement. Unfortunately there were no representatives present at today's meeting. Curt Groninga, the Standard One resource person will work with the committee in order to clarify roles and responsibilities.
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the funds were used as previously allocated (they were) and whether the College administrators felt a periodic evaluation of the P4E allocation and expenditure processes was in order as a protection to over-limiting uses of funds, etc. The Components have been discussing the allocation process and expect to review with IPC during the Fall, 2001. Since the inception of the P4E program, nine (9) net new faculty positions have either been added or committed to the faculty. Additionally, some fifteen (15) to twenty (20) classified staff positions have been funded under the P4E guidelines.
There was some discussion on how best to discuss and represent the P4E allocations and expenditures to the College community. Given remaining balances can fall into the general fund reserves, it was decided to be as straightforward and responsible as possible in the reporting of P4E funding and expenditures. This will be part of the next fall report.