The Pre-College Learning Committee co-chaired by Ann Clark, Suzanne Korey, and Lorena Navas-O’Brien has delivered five approved recommendations:

Early Intervention for Pre-Collegiate Basic Skills Students addresses the need for students who place below transfer level to be assigned to a counselor/advisor for a one-hour Educational Planning conference to be followed by continuing interactions until they have successfully completed Math E and two English or ESL courses.  This recommendation will be reviewed by the Student Prep/Success Committee.

Mentors addresses the need to increase the support system for selected non-credit Basic Skills students.  This recommendation will be reviewed by the Non-Credit Issues Subcommittee of the Academic Policies Committee and the Student Prep/Success Committee.

Promoting Academic Literacy for ESL Students through Staff Development addresses the provision of support for general education faculty to develop teaching and learning strategies designed to improve the accessibility of their courses for ESL students.  This recommendation will be reviewed by the Staff Development Committee and the Academic Policies Committee.

English Lab Coordination addresses the assignment of a significant portion of a full-time faculty load for coordination of the Writing Lab, Reading Lab, Write Place computer lab, and computer classroom in ARTX 265 under the supervision of the English Department in coordination with the Learning Assistance Department.  This recommendation will be reviewed by the Basic Skills Subcommittee of the Academic Policies Committee.

Extending Matriculation Support addresses the development of a plan to systematically reduce the matriculation threshold from 9 to 6 units or less in a timely fashion given resource requirements with a closer link between Counseling and matriculation to reform the delivery of services to students.  This recommendation will be reviewed by the Matriculation Subcommittee of the Student Prep/Success Committee.