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Meeting Notes

Nicole Porter
Angela Milano
Melanie Ortega
BJ Snowden
Hannah Blodgett
Narinedat Madramootoo
Mikhail Drobot
Eliza Arata
Francisco Chima Sanchez
Marianne Harris
Brian Knirk
Laketa Johnson
Daniel Alexander
Caroline Prieto
Caterina Falli
Tera Reynolds
Arthur Jenkins
Anthony Carter
Kim Herrell
Brenda Valles
Liz Geisser
Dianne Cervantez
Maria Elena Pulido-Sepulveda
Soraya Amin
Catherine Murillo

NAME OF COUNCIL/TEAM: Student Success Council
OBJECTIVE OF MEETING:
DATE OF MEETING: 01/16/2024
TIME: 1:00pm
LOCATION/ROOM #: https://lrccd.zoom.us/j/89532800273
CALL-IN NUMBER:1-669-900-6833
CALL-IN CODE: 895 3280 0273 (Meeting ID)
FACILITATOR(S): Frank Kobayashi & Marianne Harris
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Welcome Frank Kobayashi
     
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NAGPRA - Update Frank Kobayashi Native American Graves Repatriation Action
- Defined as a federal act that works to return ancestors that are currently in colleges, museums, etc. to their respective communities

NAGPRA Campus Survey was conducted
- departments and areas audited in May - June 2023
- auditors included tribal leadership, and Bernstein and Associates (contracted by district)
- Second audit performed fall 2023 where additional ancestors were found in multiple areas
- Ancestors and cultural items found in audit have been placed in a secure location on campus

Next steps:
- Items will be placed in a federal registry
- Other LRCCD colleges are undergoing similar process

Q: Does the college need to come up with new ways such that the acquisition of remains isn't a consideration?

A: The college and district is engaging in conversations to develop new policies regarding the use of human remains and cultural items for teaching material

BJ serves on the district committee and will share updates with SSC as their arrive .
OER Printing Support for Students - Update Sarah Lehmann (1:30pm) Rescheduled due to illness.
AI Charter - Introduction of Draft Doug Herndon Doug has been charged with drafting a charter, in consultation with campus constitutes, for a Resource Panel* that will explore how to formalize AI institutionally.

Aims for the charter include:
- list of major AI issues to be addressed
- Resources for staff, faculty, and administrators to grapple with
- Building a lit review that will include practices at other colleges

Campus needs:
- Students first practices. Teach students how to use AI ethnically in academic and professional context
- Teach faculty how to engage in conversations with students related to AI use that are not punitive but explore
- Students from minoritized groups will be more impacted by policies that are not designed with a race consciousness
- Equity training on AI
- Increased awareness/understanding of AI (e.g. reliability of detection tools; what AI can/can't do)

Suggestions from the Council:
- In addition to faculty, counseling faculty, classified staff, students, invite industry leaders to serve on the panel, and a researcher to explore how policies are impacting different groups
- Request for PD to support preventative measures (e.g. What can help us, faculty, be more aware in how we form our polices; suggested policies, best practices, educational tools; how to inform students of their rights if accused, and how to engage, from the student perspective, in those conversations w/their professors

Q: How does ARC handle cases where students have been accused of using AI unethically? What happens when a students is reported to the Office of Conduct?
A: Faculty are allowed to give zeros where there’s evidence of plagiarism w/o opportunity to make it up. And faculty should report to office of conduct as a FYI to help keep track who might be plagiarizing in multiple classrooms
A: Consequences if there’s a serial problem may include: conversation, required completion of a library module, etc.

* What is a Resource Panel
- Over the course of 1-2 semesters, a group of constituents create a body of information for SSC
- Several strands will come from the panel, similar to an "air traffic controller" and will be used to point the college in multiple directions
- Academic Senate will field content related to 10+1 items
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