CAUP Unit Guidelines

A. The Cabinet shall continue to approve requests for new occupational degree and certificates and recommendations for placement of occupational programs following the procedures in the original Cabinet Agreements (May 1998). The Office of Educational Services will maintain regularly updated documents for:

• Assigned Lead Campus designations and program areas, including common programs authorized to be offered at each campus.
• New approved and rejected program proposals.
• Feasibility studies approved and rejected.
• New programs under investigation.
• CAUP executive summaries.

• Lead Campus Chair discusses issues with conflicted Campus Faculty.
• Faculty and Lead Campus Chair discuss issues with their Division Dean.
• Division Dean discusses issues with appropriate Campus CAOs.
• Unresolved issues appealed to appropriate Campus Presidents.
• The Office of Educational Services makes final determination and
• implements solutions

B. Costs and responsibilities associated with the relocation of a CAUP-designated program ends with the transfer of the last program in 2003-2004 as follows:

• Sending campus transfers all program related FTEs, and capital equipment as well as, specialized library holdings.
• Sending campus or receiving campus is made whole if both share capital
• equipment and staffing to support two or more programs.
• Receiving campus takes primary responsibility for the physical move.
• Physical moving costs will be deducted from the receiving campus's capital
• development project fund or from general allocated campus funds.
• Cabling and networking costs for existing facilities will be paid for by IT through 2001.
• Finance will make provisions for personnel costs regarding moves beyond the normal workday or workload.
• Excess costs for minor renovations/network upgrades to accommodate a
• program will be paid for out of the construction contingency fund (includes interim accommodation).
• The Senior Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Finance and
• Administrative Services must authorize additional personnel costs associated prior to the move.

C. Existing campus capital equipment dollars and dollars from the Classroom Capital Equipment Initiative are authorized to support the CAUP-designated program moves:

• The sending/ receiving campus administration first develop and approve a joint capital equipment plan phased over 3-5 years.
• Costs for a jointly approved list of capital equipment needs are shared on a 50/50 basis.
• Changes in the program mix across the campus administration which result from the relocation of CAUP programs will necessitate a reauthorization in the College district's campus allocation of capital equipment dollars by the Chancellor's Cabinet. The new College Resource Distribution Model will address the specific implementation of this item.
• In such cases that a designated CAUP program's specialized lab equipment is auctioned, proceeds will be retained for that CAUP program regardless of its campus location. These funds shall be used for the support of the program providing it retains its premier status.

D. CAUP FTSE adjustments will be recorded and distributed by Institutional Research based on reported actual enrollments for the program. FTSE reduction resulting from CAUP will require campus strategies to recoup FTSE loss within 3 years of the transfer of the program.

E. Each campus will have Lead Campus designations. Designations of Lead Campus will be limited to occupational education programs that offer primarily certificates and degrees for direct employment. Lead Campus responsibilities are delineated in CAUP SPG. Only one CAUP Lead Campus will be designated per program area and be held accountable to implement the requirements in the CAUP SPG, even when a program area is duplicated or replicated on a non-Lead Campus.

• With the guidance and approval of the Cabinet, Lead Campus program areas may be duplicated or replicated to facilitate the development of comprehensive educational programming at one or more campuses.
• In cooperation with the Lead Campus, any non-Lead Campus may offer the one entry-level introductory course (100 only) in support of the Lead Campus program.
• With the approval of the Lead Campus, a non-Lead Campus may offer selected core courses, including 200-level, when they support enrollment growth goals for the Lead Campus and the College District and are indicated by labor market demand.
• CAUP is a College discipline based program. It does not determine the campus department chair structure, the assignment of faculty to prefixes, or the allocation of FTSE to campus departments.
• Non-Lead Campuses will retain their FTSE for authorized lead campus offerings.

F. To support two or more comprehensive programs adequately, the Lead Campus and non-Lead Campus must collaborate and coordinate effectively to ensure that the following occur:

• Regular meetings and open communications between the campus Division Deans, Dept. Chairs/Lead Faculty.
• A common, high quality curriculum.
• A plan for enrollment growth with target goals based on enrollment data.
• Jointly scheduled class offerings for 100 and 200-level courses.
• Balance full-time Faculty /Adjunct Faculty 200 level courses.
• Development of new degrees and certificates.
• Phased-in introduction of courses in new degrees and certificates once enrollments have been built and stabilized.
• Parity in equipment and staffing.
• Opportunities for student internships and fieldwork experiences.
• One Occupational Education Advisory Committee.

G. The Cabinet will award premier program status when an occupational education program demonstrates high student enrollment, strong labor market demand, high job placement in the field, partnerships with business and industry, active faculty leadership and participation, and meets the following criteria:

• Offer two-year degrees and appropriate certificates.
• Research and compare curricula nationally.
• Ensure relevancy of curricula.
• Library holdings are current and relevant.
• Eliminate duplication and redundancy in courses.
• Ensure marketability of program title and prefix.
• Clarify definitions between related program/prefixes.
• Conform to Curriculum Classification System definitions for lecture/lab.
• Conduct benchmarking visits.
• Conduct DACUMs with employers and respond to labor market needs.
• Meet industry standards for direct employment and/or national
• certification.
• Meet university standards for transfer.
• Offer traditional and flexible scheduling formats.
• Accommodate student learning modalities.
• Develop high quality orientation and advising materials.
• Participate in high quality tutoring, mentoring, and retention of program students.
• Offer contract education for business/industry in cooperation with Community Campus.
• Provide COOP or Internship opportunities for students.
• Have an active occupational advisory committee.
• Participate actively in ATFs.
• Include industry representatives on faculty screening committees.
• Obtain donations of capital equipment from industry.

The CAUP SPG will be amended to include a process for awarding premier program status to include Cabinet approval.

The Chancellor's Cabinet may apply H-J Basic Agreements (May 1998) H-J at times when additional program moves are determined necessary.

H. RC administrators and designated program faculty who complete the Curriculum Unification process will have a special program cluster marketing package developed by the Office of Enrollment Services that is consistent with the allocation or replication of an existing program. Process is effective May 6, 1998.

I. The revised curriculum processes for workforce response, standard curriculum, and community education courses will be effective May 6, 1998.

J. The RC administrators will phase in the participation of SC program faculty and staff.

• Required attendance at appropriate meetings with Master Planning architects.
• Required attendance on appropriate benchmarking visits.
• Required participation in curriculum unification process.
• Voluntary attendance at RC department meetings.

• Required attendance at department meetings at RC.
• Required participation in actual planning for the move.
• RC required to send publications, notices of activities, faculty memorandum, etc. to the SC designated faculty.

K. Implementation Timeline