THE ACADEMIC SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

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THE ACADEMIC SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
But first, a word from our sponsor
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Upcoming Events

• Fall Plenary Session Oct 26-28, 2006
• Accreditation Institute Jan 5-6, 2007
• Teaching Institute Feb 16-18, 2007
• Vocational Education Leadership Institute Mar
  8-10, 2007
• Spring Plenary Session Apr 19-21, 2007
• Faculty Leadership Institute Jun 14-16, 2007
• Curriculum Institute Jul 12-14, 2007

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and now we return to our regularly scheduled
programming
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No Longer Undercover Noncredit Curriculum
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Curriculum Institute 2006

• Mark Wade Lieu
• Ohlone College

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Noncredit in the Spotlight

• Board of Governors
• Academic Senate
• Noncredit Alignment Project
• SB361 Discussions
• Local Research and Findings
• Last bastion of no-fee higher ed

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What is noncredit?

• Degree-applicable credit
• Non-degree-applicable credit
• Not-for-credit
• Noncredit

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How big is noncredit?

• 98 out of 109 colleges
• 91,884.07 FTES in 2004-2005
• 8 of system FTES
• 22 colleges serve 68 of noncredit students and
  generate 76 of the FTES

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The Noncredit Players

• Allan Hancock
• Butte
• Citrus
• Coastline
• Cuyamaca
• Gavilan
• Glendale
• Long Beach
• Los Angeles City
• Los Angeles Southwest
• Merced
• MiraCosta
• Monterey

• Mt. San Antonio
• Napa
• North Orange SCE
• Palo Verde
• Palomar
• Pasadena
• Saddleback
• San Diego Adult
• San Francisco Centers
• Santa Ana
• Santa Barbara CE
• Santiago Canyon

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What does noncredit cover?

• Elementary/Secondary Basic Skills
• ESL
• Courses for immigrants
• Parenting
• Courses for older adults
• Courses in home economics
• Courses for persons with disabilities
• Short-term Vocational/Apprenticeships
• Health and Safety Education

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Noncredit Funding

• 56 of credit rate
• 2,000 300 per FTES
• Other sources WIA, Title II, AEFLA

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The Students

• Female 125,773 (60.75)
• Male 74,323 (35.90)
• Unknown 6,952 (3.36)

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The Students

• Over 40 are 50
• Over 32 are white
• Nearly 32 are Hispanic
• Nearly 14 are Asian
• Over 15 are unidentified
• 23 are immigrants
• 15 dropped out of high school
• Over 16 receive financial aid

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What do they take?

• Elementary/Secondary Basic Skills 35
• ESL 17
• Courses for older adults 16
• Courses for persons with disabilities 3
• Short-term Vocational 16
• Health and Safety Education 7

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What do colleges offer?

• Elementary/Secondary Basic Skills 16
• ESL 19
• Courses for older adults 24
• Courses for persons with disabilities 6
• Short-term Vocational 20
• Health and Safety Education 10
• Apprenticeships (2.6m hours)

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Short-Term Vocational Courses

• Vast range in courses offered
• Five of the 21 colleges surveyed offer no
  short-term vocational courses

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• accounting, administration of justice,
  administrative hearings, agriculture, animal
  science, appliance repair, architecture
  technology, automotive technologies, business,
  career planning, clothing and textiles, computer
  networking, computer maintenance and repair,
  computer skills, construction and building
  trades, correctional science, court interpreting,
  culinary arts, custodial, customer service, early
  childhood education, electronics, engineering,
  fashion, financial planning, fire technology,
  floral design, front office, global information
  services, hazardous waste operations,
  horticulture, industrial technology, jewelry
  making and repair, manufacturing, meat cutting,
  medical assisting, parenting, pet science,
  pharmacy technician, printing and graphics,
  upholstery, vocational nursing, welding

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What does Noncredit Provide?

• No fees
• Open entry open exit can start at any time
• Can start at the lowest level
• Accessibility and flexibility

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Credit Students use Noncredit

• Statewide 17 of all community college students
  took noncredit courses (1 in 6)
• Statewide 25 of all AA and AS degree earners
  began in noncredit (1 in 4)
• Statewide 33 of credit students getting an
  AA/AS accessed noncredit at some point in their
  degree path (1 in 3) (does not count supervised
  tutoring labs)

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The Faculty

• 1542.96 FTEF
• Women outnumber men
• FT 334 to 214
• PT 2666 to1258
• ESL is 1 teaching area
• 434 FTEF in PT
• 129.49 FTEF in FT

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How old is the faculty?

• Largest group is 55-59
• Second largest is 50-54
• Third largest for PT is 65
• Third largest for FT is 60-64

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What is their ethnicity?

• Mostly white
• White/Non-Hispanic PT (70.54) FT (65.86)
• Hispanic PT (13.12) FT (12.77)
• Asian PT (8.18) FT (10.40)

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Part-Time and Full-Time

• Six colleges have no full-time noncredit faculty
• For those that have full-time faculty, the ratio
  is 120 or worse for most of them
• 18 have faculty that teach in both credit and
  non-credit

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FT Instructional Hours

• Two at 15 hrs/week
• 11 at 24 hrs/week
• One at the equivalent of 35 hrs/week

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Standards

• Most accredited in tandem with credit programs
• Four colleges use credit Minimum Qualifications
  where possible
• Remainder use noncredit Minimum Qualifications
  where possible

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Student Services

• Almost all offer matriculation services because
  of noncredit matriculation funds
• Counseling is offered through matriculation
  services
• Most provide services to students with
  disabilities
• Other services include book loans,
  transportation, and childcare

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Program Development

• Faculty and managers together
• Curriculum development same as for credit
• Program review is generally same as for credit
• Half are primary noncredit adult ed provider
  other half share with K12
• Half coordinate well with their credit programs

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Local Recognition for Noncredit

• Two have separate senates for noncredit
• Six have dedicated seats for noncredit on the
  senate
• Eight are explicitly mentioned in the mission
  statement
• Involvement in strategic planning varies

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Curricular Concerns

• Lack of understanding of noncredit
• Lack of understanding of the critical role of
  noncredit education for our increasingly
  undereducated, under prepared, and underemployed
  population
• Lack of understanding how noncredit can be a
  bridge to credit/higher education, the workforce,
  and the community
• Lack of integration/coordination with credit

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Mark Wade Lieu ? mwlieu_at_gmail.com

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