Friday, September 27, 2013

Bachelor's degrees at Cal community colleges?

California's Evolving Master Plan (Inside Higher Ed)
     Community colleges in a growing number of states are offering bachelor’s degrees. Now California and its huge two-year system may join that group.
     A committee created by Brice Harris, the system’s chancellor, quietly began meeting last month to mull whether the state’s 112 community colleges should be granted the authority to offer four-year degrees.
     While the process has just started and has many hurdles to clear, it’s certain to be an attention-grabber in California and beyond….

Most Students Are Unprepared for College, SAT Results Show (Chronicle of Higher Education)
     Less than half of the students who took the SAT in 2013 are ready to succeed in postsecondary education, according to a report released on Thursday by the College Board, which owns the SAT.
     Only 43 percent of the test takers this year met or exceeded the benchmark score of 1550 out of a  possible 2400, the same proportion as last year….

Bugsy, RIP

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...