The Future ASCCC Mission
While California debates the mission of its community colleges, now is a good time to review the mission for the Academic Senate, as it might be changing as well. The change of the community college mission raises questions about which communities we serve, how to expand and still keep the quality of all programs and services at the highest possible level, and how to do more with less funding. All those issues apply to the Senate mission as well. Given recent developments, there are two striking issues that warrant consideration of changes to our mission.