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Annual Enrollments Airline & Travel Careers = 1127 Aviation = 430 Total = 1557 (+ 9% )

Full-time Equivalent Students Airline & Travel Careers = 111 Aviation = 54 Total = 165* *Based upon Spring 2011 projections until final numbers are available

Certificates and Degrees F07–S08=41F08–S09=52 F09-S10=71

Curriculum Updates State Approved Spring 2011: Basic Cruise Line Sales & Operations (15 units) Pending Board and State Approval: Aviation Management Certificate (35 units) A.S. Degree Aviation Management (60 units) Reduced Program Certificate and Degree Requirements to 35 units* Airline Customer Services Flight Attendant Pending Reductions for Fall 2012 Curriculum Proposal Commercial Pilot Travel / Tourism * Reduced requirements to be consistent with the spirit of SB1440 and AB 2302 on A.S. Degrees. Deleted all nontransferable courses.

Advisory Follow-up Recommendations being implemented: Promote the travel club Encourage students to attend travel and aviation shows and events Support credit by exam and advanced education (up to 12 units) Continue to expand hands-on training and simulations Train students in web resources and social media (added to ATC 101) Continue to improve technology skills with online/hybrid courses Add ethics in aviation/air traffic control (being added to new CRM class). Provide career alternatives in aviation such as airline management Expand job-shadowing and internships (added AVIA 295) Recommendations still being addressed: Add table-top scenarios (equipment recently delivered) Train in client relationship/sales scenarios, customer service role-playing Explore relationships with other schools in travel (CSU Fullerton/abroad) Research accreditation and best practices

Perkins Grant: Five-year Plan $70,500 for $87,350 for $87,754 for $68,522 for Industry/Education Collaboration Career Paths Advisory Boards Resources Conferences Government Initiatives Career Days (displays, wings) "Joy Ride" in Flight Simulator Flight Safety Workshops Interactive Website Paper Airplane Design & Contest Outreach Packages Workforce Development Strategies Internships Service Learning Job Placement Website Access to Advanced Technologies Equipment and Outreach Materials Career Technical Education Curriculum Improvements Articulation Certificates (new & updated) Portfolio Assessment Computer Based Training Career Paths for High-pay, High Technology Aviation Careers Cypress College ~Aviation ~Airline & Travel Careers ~Homeland Transportation Security –Cruise Line Sales & Ops Industry ~Airlines ~Travel Companies ( Disney, cruise, agencies) ~Flight Safety International ~Flight Schools Aviation / Travel Collaborative ~Two-year Colleges (CC, OCC, LBCC, Mt. Sac) ~Four-year Colleges (CSU LA, USC, SIU) ~High Schools, ROP ~Industry Outreach ~High Schools ~Middle Schools ~Kindercaminata ~Non-traditional ~Online ~ROP

Students Hired Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Vienna Valdez Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendant Joy Ayala ExpressJet Flight Attendants Karen Lee Jessica Vaughn American Eagle Flight Attendant Laurie Jacobson SkyWest Flight Attendant Asten Adams Aircraft Service International Group Jason Hamachai Cathay Pacific Flight Dispatcher/Load Control) Benny Shu (Hong Kong Based) Sunrise Aviation Flight Dispatcher Byron Head JetBlue Airways Customer Service Paul Gulino Contiki Holidays Alexandra Polwektow Kintetsu International Express (Tour/Travel) Megumi Okawara Tomoe Matsunaga Boeing, Contracts and Pricing Bianca Donate American Airlines Flight Attendant Gustavo Duenas Amtrak Reservation Sales Laura Hage Terranea Resort, Spa Coordinator Tonka Amundson SkyWest Flight Attendant Daniella Rodriguez Sendai Westin Hotels & Resorts Midori Ssaki China Airlines Ticketing/Reservations-LAX Katherine Cheng ANA--Hallmark Aviation-LAX CSA Misaki Tajima Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendant Sarah Cho SkyWest Airlines Flight Attendant Eun Jung Park Emirates Airlines Flight Attendant Alpha Pallorca Montrose Travel Stephen Robertson JetFlite International Supervisor Christopher Hicks JetFlight International Ciara Negron JetBlue Airways Flight Attendant Samantha Santos Hallmark Aviation CSA Kanok-On Wisaleewat Swissport/Taca ACS Jacqueline Avalos Vianeth Jimenez Eduardo Arias Aeromexico Flight Attendant Elsa Siordia Thai Airways, Customer Service Agent Kanok-On Wisaleewat Emirates CSA/Hallmark Aviation Myra Aguirre

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