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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED234864 AUTHOR: Nussbaum, Tom
TITLE: Minimum Standards for Instructional Programs, Faculty
and Facilities.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 25 p.; Discussed as Agenda Item 6 at a Meeting of the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
(Millbrae, CA, October 27-28, 1983).
ABSTRACT: This report highlights recommendations to the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for
new minimum standards in the areas of instructional
programs, faculty and facilities. Part I describes prior
attempts to address the question of minimum standards in the
community colleges and responds to the Educational Policy
Committee's review and analysis of accreditation and the
scope of statewide standards. Part II provides a revised
analysis and recommendations concerning: (1) instructional
programs, which cover program objectives, course and program
approval, curriculum balance, program review, articulation
with high schools and four-year institutions, information
dissemination, academic calendar, criteria for credit and
non-credit courses, class size, and program priorities; (2)
faculty standards, which deal with the adequacy of education
and training, sufficiency of faculty numbers, faculty
evaluation, in-service training and professional growth,
academic freedom, compensation, terms of employment, faculty
role in governance, core faculty, and affirmative action;
and (3) facilities standards, including the adequacy of
libraries and learning resources and facilities planning.
Part III provides staff proposals for new minimum standards
in these areas. Appendices include current minimum
standards, criteria, and sample language for minimum
standards. (HB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: College-Programs; Facility-Planning;
Faculty-Evaluation; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *College-Instruction;
*Community-Colleges; *Educational-Facilities; *State
Standards; *Statewide-Planning
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