For more than 20 years, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) and Arizona State University (ASU) have had a collaborative agreement to have cross-institutional representation related to curriculum development. Maricopa faculty members have served on numerous ASU curriculum committees during this time; in turn, ASU has had a representative on Maricopa’s District Curriculum Committee. As of Fall 2007, there are a total of 20 ASU curriculum committees representing all of the schools and colleges across the university’s four locations: Tempe, West, Polytechnic, and Downtown.
Maricopa’s Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs has the responsibility to appoint faculty to the ASU curriculum committees. The process is facilitated and supported by the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation (CCTA) on behalf of the Vice Chancellor. Recruitment of Maricopa faculty representatives occurs each Spring semester. The CCTA Director sends an email to the relevant Instructional Councils requesting that they recommend two to three individuals to be considered for appointment to an ASU Council or Committee. The names are forwarded to the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs who makes the final appointments for the following Fall semester. College Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs will be informed about faculty members from their colleges who have been appointed.
Identifying Maricopa Faculty Representatives
- Representative is a residential faculty member, a member of an Instructional Council, and experienced with curriculum and transfer articulation issues.
- Representative meets the Maricopa hiring qualifications required to teach in the discipline that is part of the ASU school or college.
- There is representation from multiple Maricopa colleges.
- Representative has the availability to attend one meeting per month during the academic year at the location of the ASU school or college.
- Representative will work in the best interest of faculty and students district-wide.
- Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs makes final appointments.
- Representation will be revisited and evaluated annually.
Roles and Responsibilities of MCCCD Faculty Representatives
- Before meeting, review the agenda, minutes, and proposals.
- Represent Maricopa’s view and speak on behalf of Maricopa.
- Communicate proposed changes and solicit feedback from the appropriate MCCCD Instructional Councils. For courses that have general studies designations the Maricopa Faculty General Education Representative is copied as well. (One week turnaround time from when the form is submitted).
- Communicate Instructional Council(s) feedback to the appropriate ASU campus.
- Distribute outcomes of the ASU meeting with the appropriate Instructional Council and the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation.
- Communicate curriculum and articulation issues to staff in the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation.
- Review ASU curriculum proposals that may be processed during the summer months, or identify a temporary substitute to review curriculum proposals. This is a relatively small time commitment.