Quick Updates from March 2019 to Summer 2019

From February 2019 to May 2019, we were bogged down by more aversive racist behaviors from our campus leaders. This included in being misinformed to attend meetings where we were supposed to be witnesses of a complaint to us being defendants accused of "coaching students to harass faculty." The assumption appeared to be that our … Continue reading Quick Updates from March 2019 to Summer 2019

Statement from Our Coalition

As the Coalition Against the E0s/Student & Faculty Committee to Restore Democracy at CSUN: We emphatically reject the implementation of EO 1100R and EO 1110 We refuse to participate in the framing of solutions or options, which have been presented as ways of “lying” about compliance while making exceptions We refuse compliance in any form … Continue reading Statement from Our Coalition

Last Week’s events 9/26/2018 & 9/27/2018

A lot happened last week. Students staged a boycott of University eateries and had their own groups such as Revolutionary Scholars, to sell food. Thursday at 12:30 pm was a Walk-Out followed by a press conference at the University Hall. Then the students, faculty and staff marched to the quad, library and then to the … Continue reading Last Week’s events 9/26/2018 & 9/27/2018

A Quick Summary about CSUN GE Task Force

Introduction Between late August and late September 2017, CSUN faculty were informed by CSUN administrators about Executive Orders (E0 1100R and EO 1110) mandated by the CSU Chancellor’s Office. Faculty opposed the EOs for an array of reasons including: The mandated EOs violated and undermined faculty roles in shared governance Faculty, who should play a … Continue reading A Quick Summary about CSUN GE Task Force

Update on GE Task Force and Admin push on aligning with the EOs

Given that CSUN Faculty Senate had voted to not implement Revised Executive Order 1100 and Executive Order 1110 in November 2017, President Harrison created a GE Task Force in November to deal with EO 1100R and EO 1110. Here is a sample of the GE Task Force invitation letter sent to faculty. On December 12, … Continue reading Update on GE Task Force and Admin push on aligning with the EOs

EO 1110 – On Math by CSUN Professor Katherine Stevenson

Most studies that the CSU CO references have been addressing Dev. Math at Community Colleges,  not at comprehensive 4-year universities like the CSU campuses.  The CSU CO posts references on their Academic Preparation website. The point is that Dev Math is an urgent problem at the community colleges.  Sequences can be as long as 4-5 courses culminating in something that is irrelevant … Continue reading EO 1110 – On Math by CSUN Professor Katherine Stevenson