Academic Senate aims to reassign catalogs
Academic Senate President Jeffrey Hernandez implored President Alberto Román to reassign catalog responsibilities to Dean Kerrin McMahan instead of Dean Djuradj Babic in an email sent September 14.
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Academic Senate discusses future plans while coming to a stalemate on issues
The District Academic Senate on Thursday remained uncertain of some changes on plans for next semester, while discussing future events.
Academic Senate contemplates adding new counseling tool ‘Starfish’
The East Los Angeles College’s Academic Senate discussed whether to implement Starfish— a tool that would be used for counseling to track student progress and success within one platform.
Academic Senate discusses possible return to campus
Inconsistent communication with academic members in returning this fall semester was the center of discussion at the Academic Senate Meeting.
Some classes will become in-person during Fall 2021
A select number of classes will be set to return to East Los Angeles College for the Fall 2021. Dr. Marcellino Morales, head of ELAC’s Comeback Committee, is among other faculty who are currently working on bringing back essential classes.
Future of in-person classes at ELAC
Plans for a return to in-person classes are being assessed for safety protocols and include unique plans for each different class coming back in the fall.
Academic Senate follows government guidelines in-person classes for fall
By: Raymond Nava The East Los Angeles College Academic Senate met last Tuesday and discussed a proposed process of reopening the campus for in person classes. The senate also took up a variety of other issues as well as taking action on them. Among some of the important actions and discussions at the meeting were whether to approve a shared governance process, whether to add back lost hours due to…
Academic Senate discusses possibility of returning to campus
Ideas on ensuring a focused learning environment on campus during risk of COVID-19 Infections was the main topic of the Academic Senate meeting.
Academic Senate honors the first native inhabitants
East Los Angeles College Academic Senate unanimously approved a motion to create an ad-hoc committee, to acknowledge the first native inhabitants that resided on ELAC’s present site.
Ethnic studies becomes graduation prerequisite
Ethnic studies as a degree requirement effective for all students fall 2021 was one of the topics discussed at an Academic Senate meeting on Nov. 10.