Whereas a CPEC Ad Hoc Committee on the Financing and Future of California Higher Education has drafted a paper entitled Promoting More Productive Use of the High School Years, and
Whereas this strategy appears to advance a national discussion regarding the development of a three-year Bachelor's Degree, and
Whereas advanced placement courses in high schools and their acceptance in California higher education institutions play an important role in this discussion,
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to research local college policy on the acceptance of advanced placement (AP) for course and degree credit and report to a future session, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate direct the Executive Committee to explore with CPEC, ICC, intersegmental discipline groups and with our K-12 colleagues the potential impact of such an effort on current high school reform efforts.