Minutes of meeting 4/14/21

The Academic Senate Committee on Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness met on April 14, 2021 at 12:15PM via secure online meeting

Committee Members in Attendance:

Raul Armendariz (Physics, 2021), Thomas Byrnes (Admissions, 2023), Chukwudi Ikwueze (Social Sciences, 2022), Christine (Mi-Seon) Kim (Library, 2021, co-Chair), Kevin Kolack (Chemistry, 2022, Secretary), Manuel Martinez (English, 2022)

Absent: Amos Orlofsky (Biological Sciences and Geology, 2021, co-Chair), Barbara Rome (Nursing, 2023), Biao Wang (Math, 2023), TBA (student representatives)

Liaisons in Attendance:

Arthur Corradetti (Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, President's Liaison)

Absent: Stephen Hammel (Committee on Committees designee), TBA (Steering Committee designee)

Business:

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 PM

1. Approval of agenda, Approved without objections.
2. Approval of minutes from March 10^th, 2021. Approved without objections.
3. Report from the Chairs and Secretaries Meeting & Senate Standing Committee assessment survey
   1. General Committee Guide. Going forward, the Steering Committee wants to make Guides more uniform, reduce redundancy, and have them in HTML format. This Committee needs to generate the “online addendum” that is specific to it. Referring to the existing Guide on the Committee’s website, Committee members will provide feedback to Christine by the end of April.
   2. Senate Standing Committee Assessment 2020-21. The Committee discussed and responded to the survey prompts. Amos provided written comments as a springboard for discussion. Committee members will provide feedback to Christine by the end of April.
      1. How do you view the committee's work in relationship to the Senate and Steering Committee: a. Did you receive enough guidance to fulfill the charges of the committee? b. What other support might your committee have needed to improve its efficacy?
      2. Does your committee's work make a tangible impact on campus?
      3. Do you feel as if the committee needs to review/rewrite its bylaws and/or charges? (If you answered "yes," in what ways should the committee's work be refocused?)
      4. Assess committee’s overall work in meeting Bylaws Charges (Accomplished, In Progress, Not accomplished)
      5. Assess committee’s overall work in meeting Committee’s own goals (Accomplished, In progress, Not accomplished, Not applicable) and briefly explain a "Not Accomplished" or "In Progress" rating.
   3. Follow-up regarding reporting assessment committee annual report to the Provost. Christine and Amos hope to meet with Provost Lynch prior to our next meeting.
4. Meeting with invitees: 3 members of departmental assessment committees (Scott Litroff from Music, Gabriel Lataianu from Social Sciences, and Franca Ferrari-Bridgers from Speech) joined at 12:30pm and left at 1:00pm.
5. Old business
6. New business
   1. 3 members' terms end in May 2021 (Profs. Armendariz, Orlofsky, and Kim)
   2. New members will join the meeting and elect a new chair at the next meeting
7. Next meeting May 12^th
8. Meeting adjourned 1:15pm

Respectfully submitted,

Kevin Kolack, Ph.D.
Committee on Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness, Secretary

Minutes typed on 4/14/21

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