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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED203957 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Missions and Functions of the California Community
Colleges. One in a Series of Staff Papers for Discussion.
Commission Report 81-14.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 30 p.
ABSTRACT: In an attempt to stimulate discussion on
directions and priorities for the California community
colleges (CCC), this monograph examines six issues likely to
affect the colleges during the 1980's. The monograph first
reviews recent literature pointing to an erosion of the
colleges' transfer, vocational, and general education
functions and then discusses the following concerns: (1)
overcoming the image of "two-year colleges" and assuming the
role of lifelong learning centers; (2) improving the
implementation of open-admissions policies through student
assessment, screening, and placement in courses and programs
appropriate to their skills and abilities; (3) improving
articulation with high schools and utilizing newly created
high school graduation proficiency exams as competency
standards for entering freshmen; (4) allocating affirmative
action funds to programs to recruit minority students into
transfer programs and programs for severely disadvantaged
minority adults; (5) determining the extent to which
colleges should provide remediation; and (6) maintaining the
transfer function in light of the declining number of
transfer students and the efforts of public four-year
colleges to raise academic standards. The report concludes
with a discussion of the growing number of nontraditional
students in the CCC system since 1960 and is appended by a
bibliography and a classification scheme of instructional
and community services. (JP)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Standards; Articulation-Education;
Basic-Skills; College-Transfer-Students; Educational
Counseling; Enrollment-Trends; High-School-Graduates;
Minimum-Competency-Testing; Nontraditional-Students; Open
Enrollment; Remedial-Programs; Screening-Tests; Student
Educational-Objectives; Transfer-Programs; Two-Year
Colleges; Vocational-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Role; *Community-Colleges;
*Statewide-Planning; *Two-Year-College-Students
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