Academic Senate

Shared governance, sometimes referred to as participatory governance, is the method in which campus constituent groups makes recommendations and participate in campus decision-making processes. As outlined in the statutory framework below, faculty have a specific role to play within the decision-making process as it pertains to academic and professional matters.

THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS

Faculty representation on committees is a vital part of shared governance. The SDCC Academic Senate has a Committee on Committees that appoints faculty to committees at the campus, district, or other affiliate level, which includes appointments to ad-hoc committees and to hiring committees for positions other than faculty. Per the Senate Bylaws, membership in newly-established committees as well as vacancies on existing committees are to be filled in this manner. A log of committee appointments is kept by the Academic Senate Committee on Committees. All faculty members on any committee are appointed by the Academic Senate (Part-time and Full-time). 

Please review the different types of requests before submitting your forms: 

• For faculty hiring committees: The department chair responsible for the faculty position being filled is responsible for completing this form: Request for Academic Senate Review of Faculty Assigned to a Hiring Committee.

Please have faculty interested in being on a hiring committee contact whomever is recruiting for that hiring committee (dean, chair of hiring committee, department chair, other designee) in order to be considered for the committee. All faculty need to have their EEO training completed before submitting their name to be in the hiring committee. 

The Academic Senate Committee on Committees will review the final list as submitted by the department chair of the faculty position in question. 

• • EEO REPRESENTATIVE

    Any Contract employee who has completed the EEO & Diversity Training for Screening Committee Membership within the past three years may volunteer to serve in the specific role as EEO Representative for any committee regardless of recruitment classification or campus location. We strongly encourage you to consider volunteering at least once per year for this important role on a screening committee.

    As you consider volunteering specifically in the EEO Representative role, please remember the following:

    1.     You may not serve as an EEO Representative on any screening committee for which your immediate supervisor, or their supervisor is the Chair of the Screening Committee.

    2.     You may volunteer with HR to serve as the EEO Representative only after you have obtained your immediate supervisor’s approval to serve on the committee.

    3.     EEO reps must be contract employees. Adjuncts are, however, welcome and encouraged to serve as screening committee members.

• For those chairs of committees (including search committees for positions other than faculty hires) seeking faculty appointees: go to our Committee Request Form to initiate the recruitment process.

Timeline: The Committee on Committees intends to fill your request within two weeks of your initial request date. A solicitation notice with the information you've included on the form will be sent to all City College faculty via email, usually on Mondays (holidays excepted).

• For faculty (full-time and part-time) wishing to be appointed to a committee (other than to a faculty hiring committee-- see above): watch for emails announcing the request for faculty to fill committee appointments. Usually these will go out on Mondays, except holidays. A link to a Google form application will be included in the email for you to complete and submit electronically, usually due by the end of the same week on Friday at 5:00 p.m.

Timeline: A decision should be made by the Committee on Committees within a week of the Google form application's due date.

• For administrators needing Senate Exec Representation: (not a call out for the faculty at large) - Executive Representation Request 

Curriculum Review Committee:
Chair: Jennifer Boots

Distance Learning Committee:
Chair: Aileen Gum

Elections Committee:
Chair: Erin Engstrom

Professional Advancement Committee:
Chair: Lisa Will

OTHER REQUESTS

• Questions or Concerns Associated with 10+1 for the Senate Exec Committee - Inquiry/Concern 
• Considering Agenda Items for Senate Executive and/or General AS Meeting - Agenda Request