The pilot projects were unnecessary because the prerequisite change was made to Title 5 and implementation of content review for establishing prerequisites has begun.
Whereas, The Basic Skills Initiative has raised awareness about the large number of underprepared students in the California Community College System, where 70-98% of first-time entering students assess as having basic skills needs;
Whereas, Student success data indicate that students who are not college ready are less likely to succeed than students already at college level; and
Whereas, Title 5 Regulations demand local college-by-college, course-by-course statistical validation of prerequisites documenting student failure for courses outside of a discipline, and these requirements are perceived as onerous, resulting in a lack of prerequisites for the vast majority of general education courses;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges research potential pilot projects, easily replicable at all colleges, for applying basic skills prerequisites to general education courses.
MSC Disposition: System Advisory Committee on Curriculum, Local Senates