Academic Senate

Governance & Mission

“The Legislature recognizes that joint decision-making and consultation between administration and faculty or academic employees is the long-accepted manner of governing institutions of higher learning and is essential to the performance of the educational mission of such institutions and declares that it is the purpose of this act to both preserve and encourage that process...” The Legislature promotes joint decision-making, robust consultation, and “the full exercise of the functions of the faculty in any shared governance mechanisms or practices” Taken From: The California Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA) Section 3561(b).

“Because the university's curriculum is of central concern to the faculty and because faculty have the primary responsibility in curricular decisions, it follows that faculty should have the major voice in academic policy decisions which closely affect the curriculum, access to the curriculum, or the quality of the curriculum.” Collegiality in the California State University System Academic Senate of the CSU (1985).


CSUDH Academic Senate Contact Information

Academic Senate

1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747

Welch Hall 420 -- Office Phone: (310) 243-3312


Sheela Pawar, Chair, Academic Senate 

spawar@zo23.com 

Sheela Pawar

Tracey McGuire, Senate Analyst 

tmcguire1@zo23.com 

Meeting Schedule

CSUDH Academic Senate

Academic Senate Meetings

AY 24-25

Hybrid Format. Zoom link sent out Friday before each meeting. 


Fall 2024

Meeting

Date

Room

Time

Notes

General Faculty Meeting

Monday, August 19

Loker Student Union

8:30am-10am

Livestream available

Retreat

August 21

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

In person—senators & chairs only

General Senate

September 4

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

Tools for Discord and

Discourse

September 18

Location TBD

Timeframe TBD

Senate will have an event instead of regular senate meeting . More info to follow.

General Senate

October 2

Location TBD

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

October 16

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

October 30

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

November 13

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

December 4

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

Spring 2025

Meeting

Date

Room

Time

Notes

Retreat- Senators Only

January 22

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

In person—senators & chairs only

General Senate

February 5

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

February 19

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

March 5

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

March 19

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

April 9

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

April 23

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid

General Senate

May 7

I&I 1300

2:30pm-5pm

Hybrid