Building Bridges Breaking Down Walls Chancellors Office Update

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Building Bridges Breaking Down Walls
Chancellors Office Update

• Dona Boatright
• Interim Vice Chancellor, Ed. Services
• CCCAOE/CIO Conference
• March 5, 2004

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Overview

• State Activities and Reform
• Budget Impacts and Issues
• Chancellors Office Activities

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Breaking Down WallsWhy Change Might Happen

• New Governor
• New Chancellor
• Tidal Wave II
• Economic Demands in State
• System Getting its Act Together

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California Performance Review
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California Performance Review

• Statewide Information Technology
• Performance Based Budgeting Revenue
  Maximization
• Personnel Management
• Acquisition and Procurement
• Customer Service
• Health and Human Services
• Education, Training and Volunteerism
• Public Safety
• Infrastructure
• Resources and Environment
• Business Climate
• General Government including agency
  reorganization
• Intergovernmental relations
• Job Retention and Business Development

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Chancellor Mark Drummond

• Service Oriented
• Politically Active
• Seeking Additional Funding
• Commitment to Quality in
• Economic and Workforce Development
• Up to date Vocational Programs
• Credit and Noncredit Programs

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Community College Status

• Present
• State agency with unequal status compared to rest
  of higher ed
• Inadequate split of Prop 98
• Role misunderstood or viewed too narrowly

• Future
• C.O. attains more flexibility
• Equal position to rest of higher ed
• Fair share of prop 98
• Colleges recognized as the major player for
  workforce and economic development

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Coordinating District

• Under leadership of BOG
• Bilateral Governance affirmed
• Funding Outside Prop 98
• More effective tools for leadership
• Authority to function as a district
• More flexibility with staff decisions
• Able to better access federal funds
• Able to better serve districts
• Prohibited from offering courses

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Change? Hah!

• Not Until Hell Freezes Over !!

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Issues to Grapple With

• Change the Agency Status
• Chancellors Office Review
• Executive Order
• Scott Bill
• Remove CCs from Field Act
• Seismic Review Process ala CSU
• Enhance CC Share of 98 Split
• Meetings with the Education Coalition

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Impact of Cuts
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C.O. Budget Impact

• Smaller Agency
• 40 Smaller than 3 years ago
• Forced Change
• Division Reorganization
• Lay Offs implemented

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I tell ya, I dont get no respect
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March in March 2003
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March in March March 15, 2004

• Missing Students
• Equity regarding fees
• Power in Numbers
• Power in Unity

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Missing Students
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2004-05 System Budget

• System Position Being Developed
• Major Issues
• 50 Differential Fee for BA Holders
• Access
• Growth
• Equalization
• Categoricals
• Noncredit FTES
• Health Fee
• Faculty and Staff Development

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Current/Recent Issues
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New Transfer Challenges

• CSU adds new requirements for Transfer
• CSU Impacted Campuses and Programs
• UC to reduce number of new students
• Redirected students more savvy
• Inadequate Service capacity at CCs
• Erosion of Transfer Infrastructure

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The Changing Workforce

• By age, in millions
• Group 2000 2010 in 2000 in 2010
• 16-24 22.7 26 16.1 16.5
• 25-54 99.9 104.9 71.0 66.6
• 55 18.1 26.6 12.9 16.9

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The Crisis in Youth Unemployment

• Category Nation
• Totals 16.7
• White 14.1 Black 32.9Hispanic 22.2
• California Youth Unemployment 18.9

Bureau of Labor Statistics and CA Employment
Development Dept.
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New Task Force Unprepared Workforce

• Expected 1,000,000
• Ages 18-24
• No High School Diploma
• Little or no work
• Few skills

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Curricular Priorities

• 2003-04 Budget Language required that criteria
  be developed and reported to legislature
• 2004-2005 Budget Language proposed requires that
  districts assure funds are supporting priority
  courses as a condition of receipt of funds
• There be an annual increase in no. of transfer
  students,degrees, certificates,course
  completion,workforce dev and basic skills
  improvement (PFE by District!)
• Funds not allocated until criteria approved by
  Dept of Finance

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BOG Approved Approach

• Cap of 2 on District credit activity that is not
  related to transfer, degree applicable, basic
  skills, ESL and vocational courses
• Compliance monitored thru MIS
• Excess workload would trigger a reporting
  exception
• District given opportunity to explain
• If necessary, district would be required to plan
  change
• Criteria would take effect for Fall 2004

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Federal Programs

• Perkins Reauthorization
• WIA Reauthorization
• Pell Reauthorization
• Workforce Development dollars

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W Symbol and Repeatability

• Q/A sent to the field
• Basic issue
• W is a symbol not a grade
• W means course was not completed
• Student can repeat course

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Special Admits

• Middle College and Early College Hi. Sch.
• Individual Student Enrichment
• Home Schoolers
• Non-credit instruction
• Credit remediation

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I think its time to go.