In response to a legislative mandate, this report presents a set of statewide minimum qualifications to be used by California community college districts as the basis for hiring faculty. Introductory material explains that the new minimum qualifications, which replace the previously required credentials, are discipline based. In one set of…

Assembly Bill 1725 requires that the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges, relying upon the advice of the Academic Senate, prepare and maintain a list of disciplines that are "reasonably related" to one another, as well as a list of disciplines in which the master's degree is not generally available or expected of…

Degree trends in 21 general fields of study and selected majors within the fields are reported for the University of California and California State University. Included are: changes in the number of degrees awarded from 1976-1977 through 1985-1986; the numbers of degrees awarded and percentage changes in specific majors; and changes in men's and…