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Download full textBrossman, Sidney W. – 1973
California's existing system of providing majority access to community colleges for all who desire to enter public higher education and limited access at the freshman level to the California State University and Colleges and to the University of California appears to be effective. The community colleges are well equipped to meet the needs that…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
Peer reviewedFeldstein, Donald – Social Policy, 1974
Discusses the findings of a study of the academic records of some 32000 students enrolled in five California community colleges which admitted anyone over 18 who applied in 1970 and 1971; the academic records of students with and without a high school diploma were compared. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth
Brown, Richard S.; Niemi, David N. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
While California community colleges are open to all students eligible and able to benefit, most students must demonstrate that they are ready for college-level academic work by passing the college's placement exam once they enroll. Because California does not explicitly define college readiness standards for high school students, the placement…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
Peer reviewedBernstein, Alison – Change, 1988
The chancellor of the California community college system has begun a controversial effort to achieve higher academic standards through governance reform. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Role, Centralization, College Presidents
Gooder, Glenn G.; MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1979
Cost accounting in California community colleges is considered in this study in terms of the mission of the colleges, the impact of the open enrollment policy, the economic benefits attributable to the colleges, and comparisons made with other segments of public higher education. The study revealed that statewide community college operating…
Descriptors: Average Daily Attendance, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Hayward, Gerald C. – 1981
Issues facing California's community colleges are reviewed in this response to the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) report, "Missions and Functions of the California Community Colleges." The paper first asserts that the most critical question facing the community colleges in the 1980's is whether they should and can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Harcleroad, Fred F.; And Others – 1981
Dedicated to the memory of Raymond E. Schultz, the essays in this monograph discuss the role of the community college in serving minority students. An introductory essay by Fred F. Harcleroad summarizes Schultz's contributions to community college education. John E. Roueche then discusses the provision of equal educational opportunity to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Conventional Instruction
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
The third in a series of reports examining the impact of student charges on the goals of open access and educational quality in California's community colleges, this report considers alternatives for maintaining access and quality, the conditions under which student charges should be imposed, and the structures and levels of student charges. Part…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
