This study sought to find any difference between students' GPA at College of San Mateo and at 4-year institutions, to identify different characteristics among transfers and their relationship to academic performance, and to assess any relation between performance at a 4-year institution and choice of major in junior college. First-time transfers…

This paper presents the 1998-99 annual report for the California Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). This report includes the following items: (1) message from Commission Chair Leon Baradat; (2) message from Executive Director David B. Wolf; (3) Commission Actions: Member Institutions, which lists actions taken…

The report, prepared by the Academy for Educational Development as part of an extensive review of California's 1959 Master Plan for Higher Education, contains recommendations for the future governance of public higher education in California. Eight alternative systems of governance (including the present system) are examined in an attempt to…

Describes the debate over how and when the community college movement spread from the Midwest to California. Presents evidence that the University of Chicago's William Rainey Harper was working in 1900 to convince three California colleges to drop their upper division and become junior colleges. Considers the role of David Starr Jordan in the…

Contests the conclusions of Wattenbarger and Witt concerning the role of William Rainey Harper in the founding of the California community college movement. Argues that Harper's ideals differ sharply from the legislation proposed by Senator Anthony Caminetti to fund high-school-based junior colleges and the goals of Fresno Junior College. (MAB)

This annual report contains the text of the Council's resolutions on faculty salaries and benefits, on administrative salaries, and on librarians' salaries and benefits. It also contains comments by the Council staff, a summary of its findings, and background on the comparison institutions and data collection. The report examines only five…

The California Legislature approved a bill to reform the state's community-college system by transferring most of the Legislature's power over the colleges to the state board that coordinates their governance. The bill also makes major changes in the colleges financing, the courses they offer, and the tenure process. (MLW)

Questions whether William Rainey Harper was responsible for David Starr Jordan's and Benjamin Ida Wheeler's advocacy of the municipal junior college in California; whether Jordan and Wheeler introduced the idea to Senator Anthony Caminetti prior to his introduction of the bill permitting six-year high schools; and what constitutes sufficient…

The June 26, 1989 meeting of the California Postsecondary Education Commission considered a number of policy issues with direct implications for the state's community colleges. The major actions and discussions of the Commission's meeting focused on: (1) updated statistics on community college transfers to the University of California and the…

TWO PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS--(1) EVERY OFFERING OF AN INSTITUTION DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ADULTS SHOULD REFLECT THE STRENGTHS AND CAPABILITIES OF THAT INSTITUTION, AND (2) EVERY CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INTEGRATED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CAMPUS INVOLVED. THE JUNIOR…

The transfer rates of students in the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) are examined in the context of statewide and local transfer and enrollment rates. After introductory material citing the low transfer rate of California community college (CCC) students to California State Univeristy or University of California Schools (i.e., 2.6% of…

Recent articulation activities between the California community colleges and four-year colleges are summarized, and recommendations for a 1988-89 plan of action for continued improvement are presented. Part I discusses progress made by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in implementing a 1986-87 articulation action…

Intended as a conceptual framework within which to analyze accountability and governance, this paper by a joint task force of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges and the California Community College Trustees offers a model for establishing a new system of accountability for the colleges. Part I presents a statement on…

This report examines the flow of transfer students from Orange County community colleges to the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and regionally accredited independent colleges as reported to the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) and the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Data…

In 1989, a study was conducted of faculty salaries at California's San Joaquin Delta Community College (SJDCC). Salary results were compared with community college districts in the State of California, with two specially selected subgroups of colleges comparable to SJDCC, and with all of California's major public and private four-year…