Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
Upcoming meetings and issues being discussed this fall:
ASCCC Fall Plenary Session | Irvine | November 7-9, 2013 | |
Academic Academy | Napa | February 21-22, 2014 | Focus will be on General Education and student success |
Accreditation Institute | La Jolla | February 7-8, 2014 |
Other issues that ASCCC is working on:
- Open Education Resources---based on CA legislation from last session (SB 1052 and 1053)
- ICAS (Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates, from CCC, CSU and UC) is putting the finishing touches on a grant to implement SB 1052.
- Accreditation
- City College of San Francisco
- Use of the word “recommendation” in the reports
- Several papers being worked on and will be discussed at Fall Session
- Multiple Measures
- Credit by Exam (credit for MOOCs being one of the topics explored)
- Distance Education Courses—both student and faculty preparation (based on resolutions from Spring 2013)