Whereas Education Code Section 87107 mandates increased hiring of underrepresented faculty, and
Whereas the Academic Senate and local senates play a role in encouraging underrepresented students to consider careers as community college faculty,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges ask the Student Committee to prepare written recommendations for increasing the involvement of students, especially students from underrepresented groups, in Academic Senate statewide sessions, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges ask the Student Committee to consider including in its recommendations for increasing the involvement of students in Academic Senate statewide sessions such strategies as transportation and registration grants to students nominated by their local senates.