1. C HANCELLOR ’ S O FFICE H OTTEST T OPICS Stephanie Low Dean, Curriculum & Instruction

2. L UKEWARM T OPICS Course Scheduling Issues Mission appropriateness Focus Transfer, Career Technical, and Basic Skills Noncredit Physical Education and Dance title 5, section 58130 Local Approval of Stand-Alone Courses Quick Survey from SACC http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G5CY3SN Some colleges missed the 9/30/10 deadline and were not certified Sunset date Dec. 31, 2012

3. W ARM T OPICS Curriculum Inventory implementation Course coding issues 2011(?) Review of credit and noncredit programs Credit certificates less than 18 semester units Need for data on repeatability and prerequisites 30-Unit limit on Basic Skills enrollment Title IV Review Focus of information requested was “regular effective contact” for students in a DE class and receiving financial aid USDOE is undertaking these reviews at numerous types of institutions around the country based on the amount of financial aid and DE classes

4. H OT T OPICS Course repetition and withdrawal Guidelines (version xx?) really are almost ready Proposed limit to number of enrollments allowed for apportionment Prerequisite validation Conversion of credit courses to fee-based offerings Community services offerings Contract education SB 1143 – Task force on student success and completion

5. H OTTER T OPICS Noncredit title 5 regulations Require CCCCO approval for all noncredit courses Continue to require approval for Adult High School and Career Development/College Preparation (SB361) certificates Delegate authority to colleges to locally approve all other noncredit certificates Program and Course Approval Handbook Revision to include Curriculum Inventory Module 3 on noncredit curriculum development

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7. SB 1440 Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act Discipline faculty from CCC and CSU systems developing Transfer Model Curriculum Community colleges must offer (and CSU must accept students who complete) an associate degree that includes: 18+ semester units / 27 + quarter units in a major or area of emphasis Completion of the CSU GE or IGETC pattern 60 transferable semester (90 quarter) units GPA of 2.0 No additional graduation requirements Approval process will be announced

8. H OTTEST T OPICS Limitations on Enrollment Legal Opinion O 10-07 Cohort of students enrolled in a section that is not open to other students “Reasonable percentage” of all sections is defined as the majority of sections Title 5 section 58106 allows exceptions Contracts with CTE Providers Title 5, chapter 6, subchapter 7, commencing with 55600 Sections 55602 and 55605 require annual approval by the Chancellor’s Office of contracts with CTE providers, i.e. cosmetology New form and process will be distributed in spring 2011

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