Reports

From time to time, the Academic Senate—through the efforts of its members or committees—examines critical systemwide issues in depth or collaborates in the development of reports which are then formally received and/or approved by the body. Issues examined include curriculum, faculty recruitment and retention, shared governance, strategic planning, pedagogy (including technology), and facilitating student success. View reports below:

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• Baccalaureate Education in the CSU
  - November 1997
• Online Education White Paper - 2012
• Rethinking Graduate Education in the CSU: Meeting the needs of the People of California for Graduate Education for the 21st Century: Report of the Task Force on Graduate and Postbaccalaureate Education in the CSU - September, 2004
• Technology Mediated Instruction - May 9-10, 1996

• Cornerstones: Choosing our Future
  - January 1998
• The California State University at the Beginning of the 21st Century Meeting the Needs of the People of California
  - September 7, 2001 / Updated February 2007
  • Related Documents

• Response To ACR 73 (Strom-Martin): A Plan to Increase the Percentage of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty in the CSU - July 2002
• CSU Faculty Workload Study
  • CSU Faculty Workload Report - February 2002
  • Comparable Faculty Workload Report - January 2003
  • Findings and Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for the CSU and Comparable Faculty Workload Studies - January 2003
• Faculty Compensation
  • Faculty Compensation and the Crisis in Recruiting and Retaining Faculty of High Quality - May 5, 2005
    • Faculty Compensation Powerpoint Presentation - May 5, 2005
• Faculty Flow
  • Report of the Faculty Flow Committee - March 2003
  • CSU Faculty Flow Survey Report - January 2003
• Intellectual Property, Fair Use, and the Unbundling of Ownership Rights - March 2003
• Merit Pay Task Force Final Report - 1997
• Public Higher Education and Productivity: A Faculty Voice - January 9, 1997
• Service in the Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Process - - December 19, 2002
• Student Evaluations of Teaching - A report of the Joint Committee of the California Faculty Association and Academic Senate CSU - March 12, 2008
• Task Force Report on CSU Department Chairs
  • Department Chair Survey - April 2002
  • CSU Department Chair Survey Report - December 2002
  • Roles, Responsibilities and Rewards for Department Chairs - 2003

• Academic Senate CSU Accomplishment - 2009 to 2012
• Final Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Senate Budget - December 2005
• Principles and Policies: Papers of the Academic Senate - Volume II, 1999 (.pdf, 1.2MB)
• Shared Governance
  • Shared Governance Reconsidered: Improving Decision-Making in the California State University - March 29, 2001
  • CSU Study on System-wide Shared Governance: Executive Summary - May 10, 2001
  • Academic Senate Governance

• Academic Literacy: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering California's Public Colleges and Universities
  - Spring 2002
• A Review of the CSU Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) in 2002: A Report by the CSU GWAR Review Committee - August 2003
• Facilitating Student Success in Achieving the Baccalaureate Degree - April 17, 2003
• ICAS Statement on Competencies in Mathematics Expected of Entering College Students
• Information Competency: Final Report - December 1995
• Report of the CSU Textbook Affordability Task Force - September 2007