Whereas prerequisite regulations are effective November 4, 1993, and
Whereas the matriculation plans for 1994-1995 are not due until October, 1994, and
Whereas the matriculation plan submission requirements due October, 1994 allow the option of not having prerequisite policies in place, but to be completed by a date specified by the district, and
Whereas ongoing curriculum discussions will not enjoy the rigor of local district prerequisite policies, and
Whereas the Seymour-Campbell Matriculation Act of 1986 (AR 3) requires the Chancellor to evaluate the utility of matriculation services to students, and
Whereas the Matriculation Act authorizes the Chancellor to retain up to 5% of matriculation funds for enforcement of the Act, and
Whereas matriculation site visits have been an integral part of the implementation plan for matriculation services, and
Whereas such site visits have provided invaluable assistance to local college faculty in providing support services to students,
Whereas the Academic Senate has passed a resolution recommending that the Senate appoint the faculty to matriculation site visit teams, and
Whereas when the recommendation was forwarded to the Chancellor and the answer was "NO," and
Whereas there are reports from local senate presidents that the faculty serving on these teams do not understand the role of the local senates in the matriculation process, and
Whereas because of this lack of understanding, the local senates have not felt their concerns were heard or supported,
Whereas prerequisite development, validation, and student information processes are part of the Matriculation Act and Plans and the Chancellor's Office has decided to eliminate the review of the prerequisites from the site visit and has transferred that responsibility to another division to be done outside the context of the site visit, and
Whereas matriculation is included in the academic and professional matters [Title 5 Sec. 53200 (c)5]Standards and Policies related to student success and the revised consultation process indicates the Board's commitment to rely primarily upon the advice of the Academic Senate on academic and professional matters, and
Whereas Title 5 requires assessment instruments to be approved by the Chancellor's Office, and
Whereas a procedure for approving English, ESL, and math assessment instruments is in place but no such procedure exists or is contemplated by the Chancellor's Office for instruments in other areas, and
Whereas such instruments are needed by faculty to reasonably assess and place students,
Resolved that the Academic Senate endorse the changes in Title 5 proposed by the Chancellor's Office Task Force to Review Matriculation Regulations which are contained in the document "Regulations on Prerequisites, Corequisites, Advisories on Recommended Preparation and Other Limitations on Enrollment" (3/8/93) and endorse "The Model District Policy" recommended by the Task Force, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate work with the Chancellor's Office to conduct workshops to assist local faculty in implementing these two documents.
This model is written as a district policy for a multi-college district. Districts that have only one college may wish to edit accordingly. Indeed, even multi-college districts may prefer a policy that leaves more or less discretion to the colleges. Some parts of the model are specifically required by the regulations and, therefore, must be part of every district's policy. Such required sections are marked "Regulation" in the margin. Parts of the model are crucial to satisfactory implementation of the regulations and are marked "Crucial" in the margin.
A prerequisite is a measure of readiness for a course or program that a student is required to meet as a condition of enrolling in a course or program. A prerequisite may be a course, activity, audition, test, or similar measure of readiness.
Speech by Karen S. Grosz to the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium, relating current concerns about critical thinking, assessment, and matriculation to every student's desire to belong and to mature.