Collin County Community College District

Members:
Kim Washington
Elaine Fanini
Kim Parker
Chris Grooms
Kemal Moula
Levi Bryant
Sherry Rhodes
Mike McConachie
Shellene Foster
Martha Chaloub
Valerie Smith
Pam Love-White

Provide forums for discussion about the meaning of scholarly community

Review “scholarly community” as it relates to the “district restructured system”

TOPIC: Faculty Council position paper, “Academic Freedom, Closing the Gaps, and Course Redesign”

Note:

·Retention Subcommittee Chair: There is a district group so the FC sub-committee has been disbanded

·Academic Freedom Subcommittee Chair: This sub-committee has also been disbanded

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Committee on Technology

Address college technology selection, use, implementation, and review

Chair: Tebring Daly

Members: Linda Thompson, Patricia Pierson, Ann Cervantez, Cope Crisson, Pete Brierley, Sue Furnas, Susan Mahon, Tom Jones, Chris Grooms, Elizabeth Pannell, Mindi Bailey, Mary Weis, Rich DeRouen, Sharon Hirschy, Tebring Daly, and Mary Jane Tobaben.

Research past procedures for technology feedback from faculty and technology decision-making
Work with Collin administration and faculty to establish well-known published procedures for decision-making regarding technology
Enhance faculty awareness of technology use to accomplish college goals and meet accountability measures (e.g., student learning outcomes and retention).

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Committee on the Collin Community

Chair: Donna White

Members:
Kathy	Blust	NURS	CPC
Antoinette	Byrd	NURS	CPC
Elaine	Fanini	BIOL	CPC
Debra	Hurd	NURS	CPC
Mary	Wong	NURS	CPC
Lauryn	Angel-Cann	ENG	PRC
Levi	Bryant	PHIL	PRC
Ann	Cervantez	CIS	PRC
Tracey	Elliott	SOCI	PRC
John	Glass	SOCI	PRC
Wendy	Gunderson	HIST	PRC
Debra	St. John	GOVT	PRC
Julie	Turnbow	DE	PRC
Mark	Clark	BUSI	SCC
David	Garrison	GOVT	SCC
Greg	Sherman	PHYS	SCC
Lupita	Tinnen	PHOT	SCC
Debbie	White	SOCI	SCC
Donna	White	BIOL	SCC

Monitor changes in legislation and the impact they have on both the college community (faculty, students, and staff) and/or the greater community and make recommendations to the Faculty Council Executive Committee accordingly on a course of action.
Develop ways to encourage faculty and students to become more politically and civically active.
Consider community oriented practices (e.g., Adopt-A-Highway, etc.) that demonstrate our commitment to the local community.

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Committee on Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Position Paper.pdf

Chair: Kyle Wilkison, History, SCC

Members:

Levi Bryant, Philosophy, PRC
David Cullen, History, CCC
David Garrison, Political Science, SCC
Jon Hardesty, Chemistry, PRC
Joan Jenkins, History, SCC
Adam Miller, Philosophy, CPC
Kemal Moula, French, SCC
Jerry Smith, Art, SCC
Lupita Tinnen, Photography, SCC

Roger Ward, History, SCC

Review and recommend actions related to issues of academic freedom that affect the Collin County district

Faculty Council on Academic Freedom

A flourishing scholarly community requires academic freedom. In order for students and faculty to pursue shared inquiry and learning, there must be a free environment in which it is possible to discuss controversial issues, employ a variety of different pedagogical techniques, and explore a diversity of points of view. In such an environment, critical thinking skills are honed and enhanced, and students enter into an apprenticeship with faculty, actively contributing to the production and expansion of knowledge and learning rather than passively receiving information. For such a community to prosper it is necessary that students and faculty alike be able to explore ideas freely, frankly, and critically without fear of reprisal. The fruits of such an atmosphere encourage civil exchange of ideas and promote the goals of a free society.

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Ad hoc Committees

Online learning procedures

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