Please be advised that Wheeler North put forth this resolution at the recent Academic Senate mtg and it passed. Yeah, Wheeler! This then allows the next step which is for the Academic Senate to assign a lead to undertake the work. From there, it would be a fruitful partnership if my Division, the CCCAOE, the Perkins Collaboratives and Consortia, the EWD Initiative Directors, etc. could partner with the Academic Senate to get as many of our faculty and deans to partake in this professional development as possible. Please stay tuned, and our thanks to Wheeler for responding to the field feedback. Van Ton-Quinlivan ********* Whereas, Faculty continue to hear from the Chancellor's Office, the Legislature, industry, and others that California community colleges cannot respond to industry's curricular needs in a timely manner; Whereas, Community college interest in and ability to respond to the needs of business and industry vary, as do local curricular processes; Whereas, California's community colleges demonstrated their ability to expedite curricular processes as they sought to develop degrees to comply with the implementation of SB 1440; and Whereas, Many colleges could benefit by having knowledge of the variety of effective practices currently being used throughout the state as they respond to industry and business curriculum needs in a timely and efficient manner; Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges support the identification of ways to appropriately respond to the curricular needs of business and industry in a timely manner, including the identification of mechanisms to expedite local curricular processes and the use of not-for-credit contract education as a means of immediately implementing curriculum delivery; and Resolves, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges explore current practices, identify barriers, and promote effective practices in responding to the curricular needs of business and industry and present this information by the Fall 2012 Session.
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