Whereas, In Spring 2021, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopted resolution 19.01 S21 Create a Paper on Part-Time Faculty Equity [1], which recognized the need to address the inequitable treatment of part-time faculty in the workplace across the full range of academic and professional matters and the consistent challenges faced by them in California community colleges; and
Whereas, While the California Community Colleges system has transformed in the post-pandemic era with the rise of distance education becoming a significant modality of instruction [1], for some colleges half or more of their courses are offered online, and as the system looks to the future to answer the Chancellor’s call in Vision 2030 to bring “instruction through flexible modalities, like short term and online classes, for all students,” this trend is likely to continue;
Whereas, The California Mapping Articulated Pathways Initiative was initially developed in 2017 at Norco College to support credit for prior learning (CPL) for veterans, it has since expanded to include CPL for working adults as well, by allowing colleges to compare their courses to military courses, professional experience, and industry credentials to create equivalencies based on industry/faculty recommendations [1];
Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Memo ESLEI 24-15 [1] from February 27, 2024 was not co-signed by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges;
Whereas, A basic transfer admission requirement of the University of California is the completion of at least seven courses (21 semester units minimum) of coursework approved by the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) for inclusion in the five University of California Transfer Eligibility areas [1] (the so-called “seven-course pattern”) [2], for which the standards for inclusion of California community college courses in the five areas of the seven-course pattern are neither posted on the UCOP
Whereas, The California State University [1] and University of California [2] require first-year students to complete the A-G subject requirements with grades of “C” or higher;
Whereas, High school students may use transferable college courses to supplement their A-G subject requirements through dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment; and
Whereas, Assembly Bill 928 (Berman, 2021) [1], Section 2, establishes The Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) to support students in high unit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors that meet admissions requirements to the California State University and the University of California (UC) [2], and the December 2023 Final Report from The Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Committee specifically recommends an allowance for “general educational flexibility” in STEM ADT pathw
Whereas, The singular lower division general education pathway that determines academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer to both the California State University and the University of California, the California General Education Transfer Curriculum [1], requires a minimum of 11 courses and 34 semester units and is a barrier to creating high-unit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Transfer Model Curriculum due to the number of general education units required to be completed before transfer;
Whereas, The singular lower division general education pathway that determines academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer to both the California State University and the University of California, the California General Education Transfer Curriculum [1] requires a minimum of one course in physical sciences and one course in biological sciences, where at least one of the courses must include a lab, Subject Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences, which can limit student course choices when fulfilling Subject Area 5 for all maj
Whereas, The new California General Education Transfer Curriculum Area 1C Oral Communication, with new standards, will become effective the beginning of Fall 2025;
Whereas, The “Cal-GETC Administrative Implementation Guidance” memo [1] dated February 14, 2024 provides catalog rights guidance (Appendix A) regarding when students will be expected to complete the California General Education Transfer Curriculum pattern;