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Western Association for College Admission Counseling Share, Learn, and Connect

Western Association for College Admission Counseling Share, Learn, and Connect. Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Jennifer Hughes Vice President, Student Services College of San Mateo. Do You Know This Man? . Admissions Information What You Already Know. Admit 100% of students No application fee

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Western Association for College Admission Counseling Share, Learn, and Connect

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  1. Western Association for College Admission CounselingShare, Learn, and Connect Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Jennifer Hughes Vice President, Student Services College of San Mateo

  2. Do You Know This Man?

  3. Admissions InformationWhat YouAlready Know • Admit 100% of students • No application fee • No test scores/ minimum GPA’s required • 18 years of age and older may attend regardless of graduation status But, given the budget crisis of 2008-09 and new legislation, community colleges are facing new challenges….

  4. What’s New? – SB 1456 Student Success Act –November 2012 • Student Success and Support Program (formerly Matriculation) • Mandated Services (orientation, assessment, counseling, student education planning) • Declaration of Course of Study • BOGFW Conditions • Other Regulatory Changes • Course Repetitions and Course Repeatability • Changes in funding formula

  5. SB 1456Student Success Act, Continued Enrollment Priorities – effective fall, 2014 • Active duty military, Veterans, Foster Youth in Good Standing • EOPS/DSPS in Good Standing • Continuing Students in Good Standing with Student Education Plans • New Students who have completed orientation, assessment, counseling and developed Student Education Plans Loss of Enrollment Priority • Earned 100+ units • Are on academic or progress probation

  6. Community CollegePrimary Mission What You Already Know – Reaffirmed in SB 1456 • Transfer Education • Career and Technical Education • Pre-collegiate Basic Skills

  7. SB 1440 – Transfer With A Guarantee Benefits: • More degreed students • Clear pathway to transfer/provides portability of degree • Reduce unnecessary units and time to degree • Aligns major preparation What SB 1440 Provides: • Guaranteed admission to CSU system as a junior • “The California State University shall grant a student priority admissionto his or her local California State University campus and to a program or major that is similar to his or her community college major or area of emphasis“ • SB1440 students admitted to CSU in a “similar” 120-unit BA/BS program are guaranteed to complete BA/BS in 60 semester units

  8. AA-T and AS-T Majors605 Developed Statewide • Administration of Justice • Anthropology • Art History • Business Administration • Communication Studies • Computer Science • Early Childhood Education • Elementary Education • English • Geography • Geology • Kinesiology • Mathematics • Music • Physics • Political Science • Psychology • Sociology • Studio Arts • Theatre Arts

  9. Pre-Collegiate Basic Skills What You Already Know • About 70% of students need some developmental education in English and/or mathematics What Can You Do to Help? • Community College placement tests DO matter • Early Assessment Program (SB946 – 2008)– 73 community colleges participating

  10. Help Stop “Senioritis” Take math through 12th grade!

  11. Instruction and Support Services What You Already Know • Concurrent Enrollment – A Great Way To Get Started • Helps students transition to college and it’s free! • Summer bridge, learning communities and first year experiences What’s New? • Increase in online courses

  12. Paying for College • What You Already Know • Enrollment Fee: $46 per unit plus books • Federal and State Aid, including work study • Board of Governors Fee Waiver Grant • Scholarships • What’s New? • Changes in BOGFW eligibility

  13. Take Away Messages • Students should take advantage of early registration and enrollment • Placement Tests – They Really Do Matter • Maintaining Good Academic Standing – It Matters • Finding the Right “Fit” - It Matters • Community Colleges – a good pathway to transfer • Concurrent Enrollment – great experience/no cost

  14. Community Colleges – Your Local Resource We Can Provide… • Presentations and Workshops • Campus ambassador programs

  15. Some Important Links • New Student Success Act: SB 1456: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/Matriculation/SB1456StudentSuccessActOF2012.aspx • SB 1440: http://www.sb1440.org/ • California Dream Act: http://www.csac.ca.gov/dream_act.asp • Dream Act – Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/cal_grant_dream_act_faqs.pdf • California Community Colleges: www.cccco. • California Community Colleges: Tools for Students: http://www.californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Students.aspx • Early Assessment Program (EAP): http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/EAP.aspx

  16. Pete Gianopolushelped put me on the right path. YOU do the same for thousands of students!! THANK YOU!

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