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CSU REVIEW APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED AT CSU CAMPUSES - SPRING AND FALL 1997 ALL CSU CAMPUSES ARE CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING TERM, 1997, EXCEPT FOR BAKERSFIELD, LOS ANGELES, HAYWARD, POMONA, AND SAN BERNARDINO. FOR THE FALL 1997 TERM, ALL CSU CAMPUSES ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO, AND MONTEREY BAY. CSU's CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO TRANSFER CSU has a long tradition of according highest admission priority to qualified upper-division community college transfer students in compliance with the California Master Plan and Education Code that require CSU and UC to maintain an undergraduate student population composed of a ratio of upper division to lower division students of 60:40 percent. The chart below demonstrates the even when the State's fiscal resources declined, CSU maintained its commitment to accommodate all qualified upper-division California community college transfer students. Between 1989-90 and 1992-93, first-time freshman enrollment dropped about one-third from approximately 31,700 to 22,500 students. During this same period, lower-division community college transfer students were accorded lowest priority to ensure space for qualified upper-division community college transfer students and first-time freshmen. Lower-division transfer students have low priority for admission since these students can maintain progress toward their degree objective through continued enrollment at community colleges. The slight drop in the number of qualified upper-division transfer students between 1991-92 and 1992-93 should not be interpreted as a result of CSU turning away qualified students. During this period, all qualified upper-division community college students were admitted to CSU However, during this period, fewer qualified upper-division transfer students sought admission to CSU. In anticipation of "Title Wave II" projected by CPEC and the Department of Finance, CSU has a number of initiatives underway:
Adding capacity to CSU San Marcos as resources permit; Continuing to develop CSU Monterey Bay; Planning CSU Channel Islands in Ventura County; Four CSU campuses, under the leadership of CSU Stanislaus, are working with the University of the Pacific and San Joaquin Delta Community College to expand postsecondary education opportunities offered at the Stockton Developmental Center; and
Providing leadership for development of a California virtual university.
The CSU has entered the world of cyberspace!! All campuses and the systemwide office have Web sites for prospective students, counselors, and current students. To access the CSU systemwide home page, go to http://www.calstate.edu. From there, you can reach a specific CSU campus by hitting Campus Links. As part of the CSUMentorTM project, the CSU application for admission is available electronically to students interested in applying to the CSU at http://www.xap.com/xapWWW/Calif/csu.html. Counselors and prospective students are encouraged to review the application. Beginning in fall 1997, the CSUMentorTM will be expanded to provide outreach, financial aid, and admission information to prospective students, all electronically on the World Wide Web. The September 1996 issue of the CSU Review contains an extensive article on the CSUMentorTM project. During CSU mentor's first three months of operation, over 17,200 students accessed our web site and over 1,100 students submitted a CSU electronic admission application. During 1996-97, many CSU campuses will participate in CollegeView, an electronic multimedia presentation that allows students to find information about colleges in a fun and easy way. In California, CollegeView reaches over 500,000 high school students. High schools purchase subscriptions with CollegeView to look at viewbooks from participating colleges. Come review the Web sites, we think you'll find a world of information!!
SPRING COMMUNITY COLLEGES INSTITUTES ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS The California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California will offer special training sessions for community college counselors on Ensuring Transfer Success. The dates and locations are provided below:
March 10-11 South San Francisco Conference Center
March 13-14 Doubletree Hotel Orange, California
March 20-21 Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California The Counselor Institutes offer one-day training sessions providing information about the University of California and the California State University on topics such as transfer admission policy, transfer credit, general education, and evaluation of selected foreign transcripts. Registration materials and hotel information will be mailed by the California Community Colleges Office of the Chancellor to chief student service officers, counseling offices, transfer centers, articulation officers, disabled student services program directors, and EOPS directors.
IGETC Course Review: The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) was established in 1991 to facilitate the transfer of California community college students to CSU and UC campuses. The IGETC is a general education program that community college transfer students can use to fulfill lower-division general education requirements either in the CSU or UC system without the need to take additional lower-division general education courses after transferring to a 4-year college. Effective with the 1996-97 academic year 15,109 California community college courses have been approved to satisfy IGETC requirements in English communication, mathematics, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and physical and biological sciences. All 106 California community colleges have qualified a comprehensive list of courses that students can use to satisfy IGETC requirements. CSU and UC faculty are currently reviewing approximately 599 courses that have been submitted for addition to IGETC lists effective for 1997-98. The number of new courses submitted for review has declined slightly from the 650 courses submitted for 1996-97. Faculty expect to complete their review by mid February and notices of approved courses will begin being mailed in early March. IGETC Study: During the past few years effort has been expended in qualifying course for IGETC, preparing and distributing informational materials, and advising students about IGETC. Approximately 6 years has elapsed since transfer students first had the opportunity to use IGETC to meet lower-division general education requirements at CSU and UC campuses. The Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS) has established a subcommittee to review implementation of the IGETC. The subcommittee, composed of faculty from CSU, UC, and CCC institutions, plans to address such issues as involvement in IGETC, patterns of students usage of IGETC, certification of IGETC, counselor and student awareness of IGETC, and institutionalization of IGETC. Although details of the ICAS review have not been completed, this intersegmental faculty review is a welcome approach which should yield valuable information. CSU Fall 1996 Upper Division Transfers and Their Completion of the General Education English Language Requirements and Mathematics Requirement Prior to Enrollment
In compliance with a 1988 Board of Trustees policy, most upper division transfers entering the CSU in fall 1966 had completed all general education requirements in English and mathematics prior to enrolling. The vast majority of transferring students (92%) had completed the general education English composition course, while 83% had completed the Oral Communications requirement. Four out of five transfers (79%) completed general education requirements in Mathematics and Critical Thinking. TRUSTEES OK PLAN FOR MULTI-CAMPUS CENTER IN STOCKTON At its January meeting, the CSU Board of Trustees authorized Chancellor Barry Munitz to move forward with plans for the CSU Stanislaus Multi-Campus Regional Center. By approving the conveyance of the now-vacant Stockton Development Center to the CSU, the board has given the green light to an innovative project spearheaded by CSU Stanislaus, which will lead a team consisting of the University of the Pacific; San Joaquin Delta Community College; the CSU Fresno, Sacramento and Chico campuses; and several state, city of Stockton and San Joaquin County offices. The effort combines academic social and health services programs and allows the university and its partners to integrate coursework, service, learning, internships, research opportunities and field placements into the curricula at one site. The plans also offer an economical way to serve many students in one facility rather than building more facilities. Conversion of the 102-acre site near downtown Stockton is seen as a model for developing future campuses at reduced costs by converting unused facilities. "The regional center is a unique partnership of four public universities, a private university and a community college," said Marvalene Hughes, president of CSU Stanislaus. "By converting this unused facility, we are answering a loud call for greatly increased educational access in a way that saves the state millions of dollars." Initial enrollment at the new site, starting in 1997-98, is projected at 735 students. That number would nearly double within five years as lease revenue becomes available. Trustees are also continuing to review a proposal to acquire the Camarillo Development Center to serve as the campus of CSU Channel Islands. That campus continues in the planning stage to serve students in the greater Ventura County region. GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES TO MAINTAIN CURRENT CSU FEES The 1997/98 state budget proposal by Gov. Pete Wilson includes a $113.4 million general fund appropriation increase over last year's budget for the CSU, fully funding the entire request submitted by the CSU Board of Trustees. The budget provides sufficient funding to freeze student fees and funds enrollment growth of 2,499 FTE students. It is also in accordance with the four-year higher education compact. If approved by the Legislature and Governor, the State University Fee
for the academic year would remain $1,584 for students taking 6.1 units
of credit or more, and $918 for students taking up to 6 units. This would
be the third consecutive fiscal year in which student fees would remain
stable. General Education Requirements for Upper-Division Transfer Students Since 1988, California State University freshmen have been required to complete a 15 unit high school college preparatory course pattern to qualify for admission. You may recall that at that time the admission standard for upper-division transfer students who do not meet first-time freshman admission requirements was expanded to include not only a grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better in 56 or more transferable semester units (84 quarter units) but also completion, with a grade of C or better in each course, a minimum of 30 semester (45 quarter) units selected from CSU's General Education-Breadth or Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum requirements, including the completion of the CSU General Education-Breadth requirements in English language and mathematics. During the CSU Board of Trustees review of remedial education in 1995, the Board became aware of inconsistencies in CSU campus implementation of the General Education requirements for upper-division transfer students. In the Trustee policy adopted at the Board's January 24, 1996 meeting, the Trustees directed campuses as soon as possible to come into compliance with existing CSU policy that permits the admission only of those junior and senior transfer students who are eligible to enter the CSU directly out of high school or who have completed GE-breadth requirements in English language (at least 9 semester units) and mathematics (typically 3 semester units). CSU campuses have taken different approaches to phasing in this requirement. Some CSU campuses have been enforcing this standard for several years, others are implementing it for fall 1997, but all CSU campuses will be requiring completion of these courses for upper-division transfer students seeking admission for fall 1998 and beyond. A listing of CSU campuses and the implementation dates is printed below. CSU has evaluated the extent to which fall 1996 upper-division transfer students have completed the General Education English language and math requirements. Based upon data on fall 1996 upper-division transfer students provided by CSU campuses, most upper-division transfer students entering CSU in fall 1996 completed all General Education requirements in English language and mathematics prior to enrolling in the CSU. The pie chart provides the percentage of upper-division transfer students who completed English composition (92%), oral communication (83%), critical thinking (79%), and mathematics (79%). In anticipation of full implementation of the upper-division transfer admission policy, CSU representatives have consulted extensively with administrative representatives of community colleges, leaders of the California Community Colleges statewide academic senate, and the California Community College Chancellor's Office to determine a reasonable approach to increasing quickly the number of upper-division transfer students who have completed the General Education requirements in English language and mathematics. CSU campus representatives have conducted a series of meetings with their service area community college representatives to explore the steps needed to ensure that all upper-division transfer students applying for admission for fall 1998 are fully eligible for admission, i.e., have completed 9 semester units of English language and 3 semester units of math. On January 30, 1997, CSU representatives met with the Board of Directors of the Chief Executive Officers Organization of the California Community Colleges to discuss the necessity for upper-division transfer students to complete all of CSU's upper-division requirements. These discussions have yielded widespread support for CSU proceeding on the course of CSU's long-standing policy being implemented by all CSU campuses for upper-division students entering fall 1998. We recognize that some community college students may need a semester or two to take the prerequisite courses necessary to enroll in GE math. For students who can demonstrate that they have exhausted reasonable efforts to meet all CSU upper-division transfer admission requirements in English language and math, CSU campus presidents may consider admitting the student under special admission provisions based upon individual review of the student's circumstances. Questions regarding the upper division transfer requirements may be directed to Mr. Allison G. Jones, Senior Director, Student Academic Support, Academic Affairs, Office of the Chancellor at 562-985-2939 or at e-mail address "allison_jones@calstate.edu". IF COLLEGE DOES NOT SEEM AFFORDABLE - CHECK IT OUT!!!! Students and families who believe they may need financial assistance should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early as possible. Students applying for a Cal grant must file the FAFSA by March 2, the application deadline established by the California Student Aid Commission. While March 2 is the CSU financial aid priority application file deadline, students may continue to apply CSU campuses for financial aid after March 2 by compleng the FAFSA. |
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