MEDIA ADVISORY - The California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force Reform Plan to be Presented to State Legislature Wednesday
Posted: January 31, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott will be at the state Capitol for the Senate Education and Assembly Higher Education committees’ joint hearing to review the Student Success Task Force reform recommendations package. The Education Budget Subcommittees from both houses have also been invited to participate. No action will be taken by the committees but the hearing is a requirement of Senate Bill 1143 (Liu) that says the recommendations must be presented to the Legislature no later than March 2012. read more...
California Community Colleges Board of Governors bestow 2011 Exemplary Programs awards to Cosumnes River College and Santa Ana College
Posted: January 10, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott today said that Cosumnes River College and Santa Ana College are models of what can be done for students when community colleges engage them and help them stay on course and reach their academic goals. The two colleges were honored Tuesday by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for winning the 2011 Exemplary Programs awards. De Anza College and Norco College each received honorable mentions. read more...
MEDIA ADVISORY - California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott to participate Wednesday in Community College League of California webinar on Gov. Brown’s 2012-13 budget
Posted: January 10, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Chancellor Jack Scott will participate at 1 p.m. in a webinar Wednesday to discuss the state of the system and the impact that Gov. Brown’s proposed 2012-13 budget will have on the 112 colleges. Topics also will include the impact of the mid-year budget cuts that totaled $102 million and the looming per unit fee increase to $46. read more...
California Community Colleges Board of Governors Approves Student Success Task Force Recommendations, Sends Report to State Legislature
Posted: January 9, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott today thanked the board of governors for adopting the critical Student Success Task Force reform package that has been a year in the making. The recommendations, Scott said, will go a long way in improving student graduation, certificate and transfer rates at the system’s 112 colleges. The plan, which was approved without a dissenting vote, will be sent to the state Legislature for review in accordance with Senate Bill 1143 (Liu). read more...
MEDIA ADVISORY - California Community Colleges Board of Governors to Take Action on Historic Student Success Task Force Reform Plan Intended to Increase Graduation, Transfer and Certificate Attainment Rates at the System’s 112 Colleges
Posted: January 6, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force, formed in January 2011 in response to Senate Bill 1143, has produced a comprehensive report for the board of governors and state Legislature that outlines recommendations to increase student graduation, transfer and certificate attainment rates at the 112 California community colleges. The board of governors will formally receive the Student Success Task Force plan and be asked to adopt the proposal before it is forwarded it to the state Legislature for review. read more...
MEDIA STATEMENT - California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott Reacts to Gov. Brown’s Budget Proposal; Support of Tax Initiative is Critical for the Future of Higher Education and the State’s Economic Recovery
Posted: January 5, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott today released the following statement on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2012-13 state budget proposal:
"The November tax initiative is critically important to higher education. A yes vote in November means more than $200 million will be provided to community colleges and will begin to reverse years of significant cuts to the nation’s largest system of higher education. These cuts have resulted in hundreds of thousands of Californians being denied an opportunity to pursue their educational goals. read more...