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    Academic Senate

    Agendas and Minutes

    Effective September 2025, College of Alameda Academic Senate meeting agendas, minutes, and materials are housed on Peralta’s BoardDocs site.

    1. In the top-right corner of the BoardDocs homepage, click the small triangle next to the icon that looks like a picture of a building. A dropdown menu will appear.

    2. From the list, select “College of Alameda Academic Senate.”

    View the archive of past agendas and minutes

    About

    The College of Alameda Academic Senate represents all College of Alameda faculty (tenure, tenure-track and adjunct) on academic and professional matters. According to Title 5, Section 53200, Academic Senate means an organization whose primary function is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. Academic and Professional matters mean the following policy development matters:

    1. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites.
    2. Degree and certificate requirements.
    3. Grading policies.
    4. Educational program development.
    5. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success.
    6. College governance structures, as related to faculty roles.
    7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes.
    8. Policies for faculty professional development activities.
    9. Processes for program review.
    10. Processes for institutional planning and budget development.

    +1 Other academic and professional matters. 

    Meeting Schedule and Location

    • Dates: 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month in Fall and Spring semesters.

    • Time: 12:20 – 1:20PM

    • Location: L-237

    • Zoom link for exempted voting members, public observers, and guest presenters: https://peralta-edu.zoom.us/my/fowler

    All Academic Senate agenda requests are due Friday at noon before the preferred meeting date. Email President Fowler at jfowler@peralta.edu the following to submit an agenda request including:
    1. Name of the agenda item
    2. Brief description of the item and any accompanying documents/presentations/materials
    3. Whether it is a discussion item OR an action item*.
    *A first and second reading of action items is preferred unless the matter is time sensitive or requires emergency action.
    Mission and Responsibilities

    The Academic Senate promotes faculty primacy in academic and professional matters as established in statute and regulation. The Senate is the official voice of the California community college faculty in statewide consultation and decision making and, through leadership and empowerment, endeavors to make each local senate the voice of the faculty in college and district consultation and decision making.

    Committee Appointments:  All faculty appointments to any college body or district body dealing with academic and professional matters as defined in Title 5 are to be made by the Academic Senate.  Appointments to non-senate committees are made by the Academic Senate after consultation between the local senate president and the college president. For a complete list of college committees and their current membership, please visit the Participatory Governance webpage. Faculty interested in committee service are encouraged to submit the Committee Interest Form or contact an Academic Senator or the Academic Senate President. 

    Subcommittees and task forces of the Academic Senate:

    • Curriculum Committee
    • Professional Development Committee
    • Distance Education Committee
    Former subcommittee and task force archive:
    • Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Taskforce (archive below)
     
    Constitution, Resolutions, and Documents

    Current Constitution and Bylaws

    Past Constitutions

    2024-2025 Resolutions

    2023-2024 Resolutions

    2022-2023 Resolutions

    Other Documents

    ASCCC Newsletters

    Keep up to date with the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) by signing up for the ASCCC listerv.

    Other Academic Senate Resources
    Membership

    2026-2027 Academic Senators

    Officers

    • Jennifer Fowler, President (Division 2, Full-Time)

    • Carla Pegues, Vice President (Faculty At-Large, Full-Time)

    • Jody Campbell, Treasurer (Division 2, Full-Time)

    • Secretary (Vacant)

    Senators

    • Didem Ekici (Faculty At-Large, Full-Time)

    • Sue Altenbach (Faculty At-Large, Adjunct)

    • Diana Bajrami (Division 1, Full-Time)

    • Olga Fish (Division 1, Full-Time)

    • Long Nguyen (Division 1, Adjunct)

    • Inga Langford (Division 2, Adjunct)

    • Cynthia Lopez (Student Services, Full-Time)

    • Cynthia Virkkila (Student Services, Full-Time)

    • Francesca Mauricio (Student Services, Adjunct)