Academic Senate

Committee Charge: The Faculty Business Committee shall be concerned with matters regarding professional qualifications and equivalencies, full- and part-time faculty hiring procedures, academic rank, faculty emeritus status, faculty ethics and academic freedom, faculty roles in college governance structures, faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes, and other academic and professional matters related to faculty.

The Faculty Business Committee shall:

1. Develop, review and recommend appropriate Board Policies and Administrative Procedures.

2. Develop and recommend policies related to faculty ethics and academic freedom.

3. Mediate and take action in cases of alleged unprofessional conduct, consistent with the Academic Senate Faculty Ethics Statement.

4. Develop and recommend policies and procedures for hiring full and part-time faculty.

5. Develop and recommend policies and procedure establishing minimum qualifications and equivalencies for faculty.

6. Develop and recommend criteria for academic rank and faculty emeritus status, and employ such criteria to recommend to the Academic Senate applicants for such status.

7. According to established procedures, convene a Minimum Qualifications and Equivalency Review Team to ensure that minimum qualifications are met.

8. Review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate on program review policies, procedures, and outcomes. 

9. Review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate on faculty roles in accreditation processes.

10. Review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate on faculty roles in college governance structures.

MEETING INFO

Committee meetings are open to the public. Meetings will take place in Room 1770 on third Tuesdays at 12:30pm, with some exceptions. *Note: during Covid-19 campus closure, meetings will be held via Zoom and links will be available prior to each meeting.

These meeting will be conducted electronically pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e)(1)(A) and the Memorandum from Napa County Executive Officer Minh C. Tran and Public Health Officer Karen Relucio, M.D., dated September 27, 2021 regarding Recommendation for Continued Remote Attendance at Brown Act meetings.

Fall Meeting Schedule:

Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20

Committee Chair:

Committee Members:

​ Meeting Documents                                       

​Fall 2022
​November, 15,2022 FBC Agenda 15Nov22.pdf FBC Minutes 9.20.22.pdf
​September 20, 2022 FBC Agenda 20Sep22.pdf FBC19Apr22minutes.pdf
​Spring 2022
​April 19, 2022 FBC19Apr22agenda.pdf FBC29Mar22minutes.pdf
​March 29, 2022 FBC29Mar22agenda.pdf FBC15Feb22minutes.pdf FBCbylawsrevisionFeb22.pdf DE-related bylaws.pdf Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook.pdf SLO Handbook, Appendix.pdf
​February 15, 2022 FBC15Feb22agenda.pdf FBC19Oct21minutes.pdf AP 4XXX - Academic Rank.pdf AP7211revisedFeb2022.pdf BP 4XXX - Academic Rank.pdf CVC Exchange Info.pdf FBCbylawsrevisionFeb22.pdf
​Fall 2021
​October 19, 2021 FBC19Oct21agenda.pdf FBC21Sep21minutes.pdf BP 4XXX - Academic Rank.pdf AP 4XXX - Academic Rank (002).pdf Academic Rank Emeritus Policy Final RebFeb09.pdf Emeritus Application_rev S18_fillable.pdf
​September 21, 2021 FBC21Sep21agenda.pdf FBC11Aug21minutes.pdf
​August 11, 2021 FBC11Aug21agenda.pdf