Articulation and Transfer

Whereas the common course numbering resolutions passed by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges were mistakes, and

Whereas the Fall Session1995 breakout on a common course numbering system revealed an abundance of problems with such a system, and

Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges proposed paper titled "Toward a Common course Numbering System" revealed an abundance of problems with such a system, and

Whereas student concerns with articulation are better served by means other than a common course numbering system,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the document, The CSU Policy to Eliminate Remedial Education for Entering Undergraduate Students: The Scope, Implications, and Impact, and

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopt the position paper Towards a Common Course Numbering System.
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Whereas articulation agreements and transfer programs are essential to community college students having access to upper division coursework at the University of California and California State University, and

Whereas the community college faculty have an inherent professional responsibility in development and implementation of policies and procedures governing the system's articulation practices, and

Whereas the California Articulation Number (CAN) System was authorized by SB 851(1983) to "develop a plan for a course numbering system to be used by public postsecondary educational institutions." and

Whereas CAN is directed by a Coordinating Council comprised of intersegmental representatives including a faculty member appointed by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, and

(a joint publication of the California Community Colleges System Office and the California Community College Transfer Center Directors Association)

The three segments of the California public higher education system currently operate several programs intended to facilitate the transfer of students between the California Community Colleges and California State University and University of California systems. However, too often these intersegmental transfer programs have been established without specific, clear plans for how they will interface with other existing programs.

This paper responds to plenary session resolutions directing the Academic Senate Executive Committee to prepare a background paper regarding faculty participation, evaluation and funding of the California Articulation Number (CAN) system.

The paper explores the background and purpose of CAN, examines the CAN-ing process, describes the criteria to qualify courses, discusses faculty participation and identifies systemwide issues in the evaluation and funding of the project.

The goal of this Statement on Competencies in Mathematics Expected of Entering College Students is to provide a clear and coherent message about the mathematics that students need to know and to be able to do to be successful in college. While this is written especially for the secondary mathematics teachers, it should be useful for anyone who is concerned about the preparation of California's students for college.

A document sponsored by California Education Round Table