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Charge

Guided by the Senate approved Long Range Academic Plan and supporting documents, the Academic Planning Committee articulates academic priorities, examines their alignment with core functions and key resources of the university, evaluates the attainment on an ongoing basis, and recommends changes where appropriate. The Academic Planning Committee shall establish such subcommittees as necessary to carry out its charge.

• SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT (11/91)
• UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN (Draft 1.6) (3/3/08)
• Academic Affairs Division, Sonoma State University, 2005 Strategic Plan

• SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC LONG RANGE PLAN (LRAP) (2/5/04)
• Core Academic Priorities Require University-wide Solutions (4/27/06)
• A New Path for General Education at Sonoma State (May 5, 2003)

• Comparison of SSU and CSU Mission Statements
• Observations on the CSU Access to Excellence Summit (April 24-25, 2007, by Art Warmoth, Chair, APC)
• Draft Progress Assessment of the Core Academic Priorities Require University-wide Solutions Report

• President Ruben Armiñana at the University Convocation (8/17/07)
• Provost Educardo Ochoa Notes on SSU's Mission (8/20/08)
• Scott Miller Convocation Remarks (August 22, 2008)
• Mary Halavais & Art Warmoth The Liberal Arts as Pedagogy (2001)

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Academic Priorities Documents--3/06

Core Academic Priorities Require University-wide Solutions

Related Documents:

• A. COMPARISON OF MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS
• B. COMPARISON OF SSU PLANNING GOALS
• C. The Mission of the California State University

• Susan Moulton. SSU's Planning Process, our Current Crises, the Provost's "Strategic Plan," and Recommendations for the Future
• Elizabeth Stanny & Elaine McDonald. Core Academic Priorities Require University-wide Solutions
• Art Warmoth, APC Co-Chair. Implementation Recommendations for the Academic Affairs Strategic Plan

FACULTY RETREAT, Tuesday, January 28, 2003

FACULTY RETREAT PROGRAM

Copies of reviews of E. O. Wilson's Consilience:  The Unity of Knowledge will be available at the Faculty Convocation on Monday and are available now in the Academic Senate Office.

Art Warmoth. "Reflections on Consilience"

Structures of Knowledge and Structures of the University

Chair: Richard Senghas (Anthropology)
1. Richard Wikaus (Biology), The Role of Graduate Education at SSU
2. Sasha Van Mier (ENSP), Facilitating and Transmitting the Spirit of Knowing
3. John D. Wingard (Anthropology). The Paradox of the Small Liberal Arts & Sciences University: Between Teaching and Publishing.

Working and Task Groups

A. Community-Based Liberal Arts and Sciences

B. General Education: Integration or Smorgasboard: "The Mission, Goals and Objectives of General Education"

C. Freshman Year Experience: "Preparing Traditional-Aged Freshmen for a Liberal Arts & Sciences Education"

• Summary of the group discussion points

D. New Demands for SSU as a Residential Campus

E.  How can we maintain excellence in the light of the budget crisis?

F. Planning for the Future: Developing Planning Criteria and Priorities

G. Unifying the Liberal Arts and Sciences Through Writing and Critical Thinking

Shaping Arguments for SSU 
as California's Designated Liberal Arts Campus

Presenters/Discussants:
1. Robert Coleman-Senghor (English), On COPLAC and Designated Liberal Art Campuses
2. Elaine Sundberg (Academic Programs), Toward a Liberal Arts Identity: Living Up to the Image
3. Rose Bruce (Analytical Studies & Planning), Comparisons
4. Rick Luttmann (Mathematics), The Meaning of Designation
5. Art Warmoth (Psychology), The Politics of Designation

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SSU Planning Documents & Reports

• REVISED DRAFT ACADEMIC PLANNING COMMITTEE STRATEGIC PLAN 2006-2010(May 2006)
• GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR LONG RANGE ACADEMIC PLANNING (12/15/94, as revised 4/27/95)
• Currently Proposed REVISIONS of the above GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION . . . document
• Planning Assumptions and Principles (1993)
• DRAFT SPRING 2002 STRATEGIC PLAN
• Academic Planning at SSU: Documents prepared by/for the Academic Planning Committee by Carlos Benito
• Planning Documents regarding General Education
• Leslie Deming (Office of Analytical Studies). Are We Achieving Our Mission?
• SFR & Academic Planning (Art Warmoth, Chair, EPC)
• DRAFT PROPOSAL:A Strategy for Maintaining Sonoma State University as a Small, High Quality Liberal Arts & Sciences University in Times of Fiscal Crisis
• REPORT OF THE JOINT EPC-APC TASK FORCE ON LARGE ENROLLMENT CLASSEs
• APC/EPC DOCUMENTS on THE ALIGNMENT OF RESOURCES WITH MISSION (On Reserve in the Library, RES 8689)
• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents
• Carlos Benito. EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: AN INVESTMENT PROJECT
• Birch Moonwomon. SICK AND TIRED: A CASE STUDY OF FACULTY WORKLOAD AND HEALTH

• BOOKS ON RESERVE IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
• Kenneth A. Bruffee. CollaborativeLearning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge.  Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
• Scott H. Forbes. Holistic Education.Brandon, VT: Foundation fo Educational Renewal, 2003.
• Donald R. Gerth, James O. Haehn & Associates. An Invisible Giant: The California State Colleges.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1971.
• Debora Hammond. The Science of Synthesis. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado, 2003.
• Jean MacGregor, James L. Cooper, Karl A. Smith & Pamela Robinson, Eds. Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups to LearningCommunities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
• Maryellen Weimer. Learner-Centered Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
• APC RESERVE BOOKS & REPORTS LIST

WASC'S NEW ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
For the complete revised standards go to http://www.wascweb.org/senior/handbook.pdf

Standard 1. Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives

Standard 2. Achieving Educational Objectives Through Core Functions

Standard 3. Developing and Applying Resources and Organizational Structures to Ensure Sustainability

Standard 4. Creating an Organization Committed to Learning and Improvement

Academic Planning Committee

Committee Members List

E-Mail the Chair of the Academic Planning Committee, Art Warmoth
Last update 10/7/08