Academic Governing Council March 11, 2014

1. Expansion of Mandatory Placement for Developmental Education and English as a Second Language (ESL) Courses Academic Governing Council March 11, 2014

2. Team Members Lori Cook-Director Enrollment Vikki Cooper-Assoc. Professor English/ Dev. Ed Director Shanna Goff-Assoc. Professor Math/ Dev. Math Coordinator Fatima Nieves-Professor Counseling Julie Parks-Director MTEC Michelle Richter-Professor Nursing Raynard Ross- Assoc. Dean Student Success and Retention Jason Schuler-Enrollment Michael Vargo-Assoc. Dean School of Arts and Sciences

3. Current Issue Currently students who place into developmental courses are mandated to take those courses. These students are also able to enroll into 100 and 200 level courses before successfully completing developmental courses with a C- or higher.

4. Issue • Should we examine all college-level courses for developmental and ESL co-requisites or pre-requisites and enforce them?

5. Current Policy Statement: GRCC students whose Accuplacer scores indicate that they need developmental coursework (in English, Math, or Reading) will be required to enroll in and pass that coursework with a C- or better before taking college-level English and Math courses, and other specified college-level courses.

6. Recommendations Every department should establish a departmental review of all one hundred and two hundred level courses to determine if there are developmental or ESL prerequisites that must be completed prior to enrolling subsequent courses. Where there are developmental and ESL prerequisites attached to a 100 or 200 level course we should enforce the prerequisite.

7. Table Discussion Would your department want co-requisites or prerequisites that include completion of developmental and ESL courses? Are there courses in your department that would not need co- requisites or prerequisites? Please list the courses. What concerns do you have about this effort?