Ventura College Academic Senate
Agenda
Thursday, November 3, 2011
1:30-3:30 pm
Multidisciplinary Center West (MCW) – 312

I.	Call to Order
II.	Public Comments
III.	Acknowledgement of Guests
a.	Registrar Susan Bricker (1:35 pm – Time certain – 10 minutes)
b.	Trustee Bernardo Perez (2:45 pm – Time certain – 30 minutes)
IV.	Approval of minutes
a.	October 27, 2011
V.	Study Sessions
a.	Student Success
b.	Pros/Cons of the Efficacy and Use of Letters of Recommendations in Faculty Hiring 
c.	Fall 2011 Statewide Academic Senate Plenary Session Resolutions
VI.	President’s Report
a.	Board of Trustees Meeting report
b.	Consultation council report
c.	Administrative Council reports
d.	DCSL, DTRW, DCAS, DCHR reports
e.	Board Goals and Objectives Implementation Task Force (BGOITF) report
f.	Accreditation meetings report
VII.	Senate Subcommittee reports
a.	Curriculum Committee report
b.	Other Committees
VIII.	Action Items
a.	AP 5055 – Enrollment Priorities (Second Reading)
b.	Resolution on Establishing Deadline for Documents that Ventura College Academic Senate President Signature (Second Reading)
c.	Faculty Service Area (FSA) request through equivalency process (First Reading)
IX.	Information Items
a.	VC Academic Senate Program Review Rubric (Adopted May 3, 2011) and AP 4021’s program discontinuance metrics 
X.	Adjournment