California Community Colleges aim to make transfering easier
In the spring and summer of 2009, California Community College Chancellor Jack Scott, California State University Chancellor Charles Reed, and University of California President Mark Yudof met to determine a common goal; they wanted to reinvigorate the state's historic commitment to the transfer of students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions.
The Community College Transfer Task Force released a report on March 8 highlighting major problems and possible solutions.
The California Community College System (CCC) is the largest higher-education system in the United States and the "[…] largest and most dynamic workforce development engine [...]" in the nation according to the taskforce's report.
With over 2.9 million students enrolled in CCC's per year, the task force found it invariably important to make sure that students still regarded community colleges in California as a viable option in continuing their education past an Associate's Degree.
Among the main goals were to make sure that students "are transfer ready, are offered and accept transfer, and subsequently succeed in the receiving four-year institution."
In order to do this, the task force agreed that certain barriers had to be overcome, such as funding, technology, coordination and staffing problems.
The taskforce made sure to mention that these were short-term measures, based on the current capacity of the 3 segments of post-secondary education in California.
Regarding capacity, the task force explained that with limited fiscal resources and budget cuts the goals and the solutions of the task force must be realistic.
The taskforce's report outlined eight major problems followed by their solutions.
In summary, the taskforce found that there was a lack of coordination among CCC, CSU and UC systems. The lack of
The Community College Transfer Task Force released a report on March 8 highlighting major problems and possible solutions.
The California Community College System (CCC) is the largest higher-education system in the United States and the "[…] largest and most dynamic workforce development engine [...]" in the nation according to the taskforce's report.
With over 2.9 million students enrolled in CCC's per year, the task force found it invariably important to make sure that students still regarded community colleges in California as a viable option in continuing their education past an Associate's Degree.
Among the main goals were to make sure that students "are transfer ready, are offered and accept transfer, and subsequently succeed in the receiving four-year institution."
In order to do this, the task force agreed that certain barriers had to be overcome, such as funding, technology, coordination and staffing problems.
The taskforce made sure to mention that these were short-term measures, based on the current capacity of the 3 segments of post-secondary education in California.
Regarding capacity, the task force explained that with limited fiscal resources and budget cuts the goals and the solutions of the task force must be realistic.
The taskforce's report outlined eight major problems followed by their solutions.
In summary, the taskforce found that there was a lack of coordination among CCC, CSU and UC systems. The lack of