Calbright Academic Senate
The Calbright Academic senate is the organization whose primary function, as the representative of the faculty, is to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees and the Administration with respect to academic and professional matters.
There are no current voting sessions scheduled for the Academic Senate: updates and more information on subsequent voting Academic Senate sessions are forthcoming.
Academic Senate Meetings Calendar
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| July 13, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. PT |
| July 27, 2023 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. PT |
Members of the public are invited to attend Calbright Academic Senate meetings:
Recognizing the Calbright Academic Senate
Establishing governing procedures to ensure faculty, staff, and students have the ability to participate effectively in governance of the Calbright College; and in accordance with Education Code section 70901, subdivision (b)(1)(E), the Calbright College Board of Trustees recognizes the right of academic senates to assume primary responsibility for making recommendations to the community college boards and administration in the areas of curriculum and academic standards. In accordance with Section 53202 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, by formal vote via secret ballot on October 19, 2020, the full-time faculty of Calbright College formed the Calbright Academic Senate; and the Calbright Academic Senate, by formal vote of its membership on May 6, 2021, has adopted its Bylaws that establish governance within the Academic Senate and set forth procedures for its meetings of the Academic Senate; and pursuant to the Bylaws of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, recognition by the governing board of the college of a local academic senate is a necessary component to a local academic senate’s application for status as a Member Senate of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.
The Calbright Board of Trustees wishes to formally recognize the Calbright Academic Senate, in accordance with the provisions of Section 53202 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, as the organization whose primary function, as the representative of the faculty, is to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees and the Administration with respect to academic and professional matters.
