OC Academic Senate Meeting
This is our regularly scheduled Academic Senate meeting which is open to the public and takes place on 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month of the academic year from 2:00pm-4:00pm in Condor Hall Room 308 (CH-308).
"Oxnard College is a place where we seek to honor dignity in all that we do."
Our Mission
Oxnard College amplifies our students’ ability to pursue their educational, career, and personal ambitions. Our caring culture promotes engaged learning through equitable environments and services. We value the rich backgrounds, lived experiences, and talents of those we serve and advocate for opportunities in partnership with the community.
OC Equity Definition
To dismantle systems that perpetuate injustice, Oxnard College actively takes an equity approach to all facets and operations of the college. Oxnard College defines equity as the actions we take to ensure that each student receives what they need to be successful and thrive through the intentional design of the college experience. The actions focus on centering the cultivation of inclusive and anti-oppressive pedagogies, self-reflective practices, and policies to provide direct support to students from historically marginalized groups.
Title 5 Section 53200 Definition
Academic Senate means an organization whose primary function, as the representation of the faculty, is to make recommendations to the administration of a college and to the governing board of a district with respect to academic and professional matters.
Academic and professional matters (often referred to as the 10+1) means the following policy development and implementation matters:
- curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines;
- degree and certificate requirements;
- grading policies;
- education program development;
- standards or policies regarding student preparation and success;
- district and college governance structures as related to faculty roles;
- faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes, including self-study and annual reports;
- policies for faculty professional development activities;
- process for program review;
- process for institutional planning and budget development; and
- other academic and professional matters as are mutually agreed upon between the governing board and the academic senate
Selected Sections from California Education Code (Ed Code) specifying roles of the Academic Senate:
- Section 70902 (b)(7): Governing boards delegation: Effective participation for faculty, staff, and students and academic senates assume primary responsibility for recommendations for curriculum and academic standards
- Section 87359 (b): Equivalency for minimum qualifications
- Section 87360 (b): Hiring criteria, policies, and procedures
- Section 87458 (a): Administrative retreat rights
- Section 87610.1 (a): Tenure evaluation procedures
- Section 87663 (f): Evaluation procedures
- Section 87743.2: Faculty service areas