January 2023: The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) disseminated a survey to all faculty in the California community colleges (CCCs) for feedback on the proposed CalGETC from May 9 to October 1, 2022. Over 2,169 responses were collected. The survey results informed resolution F22 15.01, where delegates voted to endorse CalGETC. Resolution 15.01 also directed the ASCCC to urge CSU include Lifelong Learning and Self-Development (LLSD) as a graduation requirement instead of an upper division general education requirement. The ASCCC leadership continues to advocate for LLSD opportunities for CCC students.
At the November 30, 2022 ICAS meeting, the Academic Senate for CSU reported that their faculty are in support of CalGETC per resolution AS-359-22, and that clear approval mechanisms for modifications to CalGETC will provide for significant input from Academic Senates of the CCCs, CSU, and UC. On December 8, the UC Assembly of the Academic Senate passed a resolution to create Senate Regulation 479 which includes CalGETC and how it will be implemented. The final details of Senate Regulation 479 are forthcoming.
Whereas, AB 928 (Berman, 2021) requires the Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates establish a “singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to both the California State University and University of California” [2] by May 31, 2023;
Whereas, The Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates (ICAS) formed a special committee on AB 928 (Berman, 2021) consisting of representatives from ICAS, system administrators, articulation officers, and students, and that committee created and recommended the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC) [3] that meets the requirements of AB 928;
Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, the Academic Senate of the California State University, and the Academic Senate of the University of California are vetting the proposed CalGETC among faculty within each system during fall 2022 to gather intersegmental support for and to inform the final determination of the “singular lower division general education pathway” [4] required of the Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates; and
Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) collected feedback from May through September of 2022 on the proposed California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC) via a survey that was disseminated broadly through the ASCCC listservs and posted on the ASCCC website home page;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges endorse the proposed California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC) [5] and urge that the California State University (CSU) change the “Lifelong Learning and Self-Development” area to serve as a CSU graduation requirement instead of restricting it to a CSU upper division general education requirement.
M/S/C
[1] Proposed CalGETC Pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-09%20at%204.07.52%20PM.png.
[2] AB 928 (Berman, 2021): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB928.
[3] Proposed CalGETC Pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-09%20at%204.07.52%20PM.png.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Proposed CalGETC Pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-09%20at%204.07.52%20PM.png.