27th Spring Session Resolutions.

Documenting the 1995 spring session, this report provides resolutions considered by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges. The three sections of the report detail 72 resolutions that passed, 7 that were referred, and 9 that failed. The resolutions that passed are further divided into the following sections: (1) the Academic Senate and local senates, including roles and responsibilities and direct election of area representatives; (2) accreditation, related to training faculty to serve on accreditation teams and standards; (3) affirmative action/cultural diversity, including workshops and opposition to legislation to repeal affirmative action; (4) articulation and transfer; (5) budget and finance related to transfer services and growth funds; (6) counseling; (7) curriculum, including an integrated approach to multicultural education and academic freedom; (8) faculty development, including staff development and Assembly Bill 1725 workshops; (9) general concerns, such as facilities maintenance, civil action on discrimination, and an education effort between the Colleges and Thailand; (10) grading; (11) intersegmental issues of collaboration and cooperation; (12) matriculation; (13) professional standards; (14) students, including fees, grading, and appointment to the Board of Governors; and (15) vocational education. The second section provides the resolutions that were referred in the areas of the Academic Senate and its procedures; general concerns, such as equal education opportunities; and student funding. Finally, section 3 presents resolutions that failed in areas dealing with the Academic Senate, articulation and transfer, distance learning, faculty development, general concerns, and students. Lists of attendees, acronyms used, and policies on faculty nominees for the Board of Governors are appended. (KP)