Curriculum

Program Discontinuance Policies

Whereas economic pressures are causing widespread consideration of program elimination, and

Whereas data identifying programs eliminated and the reasons for elimination can be useful for development of strategies to address program elimination,

Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to collect data identifying programs eliminated by individual community colleges and the reason (s) for elimination, and

Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to research program discontinuance policies and procedures, and

Curriculum Committee

Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to prepare guidelines for local senates regarding model practices for curriculum committees which include, but are not limited to: standards for committee composition, role of department/division chairs, role of administrators, role of librarians, involvement in program review, and resource allocation, and to present such guidelines at a future session.

Noncredit Courses, Programs, and Awards

Whereas all noncredit courses must currently be approved by the Chancellor's Office in addition to the local review and approval process, and

Whereas no Title 5 Regulation provisions currently exist to establish noncredit programs, and

Whereas the importance of serving students through noncredit programs has been growing in addressing the educational needs of California Work for Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) recipients, the immigrant population, and many others,

Variations in Adopting Prerequisite Policies

Whereas the Chancellor's Office has sent a Model Perquisite Policy to all California community colleges with recommendations for adoption as local board policy, and

Whereas much confusion has come from this document as to what is law and what is recommendation, and

Whereas the Chancellor has issued an appendix that states that local senates may write their own policy and submit it for acceptance to the Chancellor's Office, and

Whereas that appendix has not been widely circulated to many curriculum chairs and local senate presidents,

Integrated Outline of Record

Whereas the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges has issued the 1994 Curriculum Standards Handbook which delegates several approval authorities to local colleges and significantly revises the criteria for course and program approval, and

Whereas the California State University in Executive Order 595, removed the ability of community colleges to self-certify general education courses and has begun a systematic review of all such courses using stringent criteria, and

Issues and Options for Associate Degree Levels In Mathematics and English

This paper was initially disseminated in Fall 2004 and is included here for your convenient reference.

This paper addresses a central question regarding the statewide associate degree requirements for mathematic and English: Are the present associate degree minimum course requirements for English and mathematics mandated by Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations appropriate for today’s students? If not, we must come to a decision of what change or changes the Academic Senate should recommend.

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