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        <p>Porterville College President Rosa Carlson said class rationing resulting from major policy changes aimed at boosting graduation and transfer rates in community colleges will not impact students negatively, but will assist them to seriously consider and plan what they want to study from the beginning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We will continue doing more with less,&rdquo; she said after California community college leaders signed off on the changes for the 112 community colleges, resulting in 22 recommendations that will go to the state Legislature for review following Monday&rsquo;s endorsement of the measures by the California Community Colleges&rsquo; governing board, as recommended by the state-appointed Student Success Task Force.</p>
<p>If implemented, those supporting the changes believe the proposals will help more students complete degree and certificate programs and transfer to University of California and California State University campuses &mdash; reducing the number of dropouts and creating a more educated workforce.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re really doing all that we can to ensure student success,&rdquo; Chancellor Jack Scott said Tuesday. &ldquo;We want to have as few casualties as possible.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Measures endorsed by the board will offer priority registration to first-time students and students making progress toward their academic goals, take priority registration or fee waivers from students who fail to make adequate progress, and require all incoming students to develop education plans shortly after matriculating. In addition, campuses can offer priority to courses needed for degree and certificate programs over enrichment courses catering to older adults, and will be required to keep scorecards to track completion and transfer rates of students of different backgrounds.</p>
<p>Critics say the reform plan will move California&rsquo;s community college system away from its tradition of offering nearly universal access to higher education. Some say without additional funding for student counseling and services, the proposed changes could hurt low-income students who need extra help to reach their academic goals.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;If students have an educational plan in advance and follow their plan, students will complete their basic skills, general education courses and be better prepared to transfer as a junior to a four-year college and/or university,&rdquo; Carlson said.</p>
<p>As far as the recommendation of capping a student&rsquo;s education at 110 units, the changes will benefit students with less units. Currently students with 110 units have priority in registering, resulting in new students not able to take certain courses.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Students should be able to transfer to a four-year college or university as a junior taking 60 units,&rdquo; Carlson said. &ldquo;Why would a student want to take an additional 60 units that may or may not count towards a major?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Kern Community College Board Trustee member John Corkins said he is also in full support of what the Student Success Task Force is doing and feels it will be good for the college, creating a student-success initiative and giving a greater measure of academic success at the community college level.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Most of these [recommendations] are very good for the system and will assist in cleaning up some abuses that have occurred over previous years,&rdquo; Corkins said. &ldquo;In the short term, change is assumed to be painful, but in the long run, they will improve student success at our junior colleges, including Porterville.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Gary Reed, an appointed member of the Board of Governors through 2015 who also serves on the Foundation for California Community Colleges, was part of the team endorsing the recommendations.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Some will require legislation, others the board will need to adopt and some won&rsquo;t take place for another year,&rdquo; Reed said.</p>
<p>Diagnostic assessments, declaring majors by the third semester, meeting certain standards of programs, working more with K-12 grades, and developing core standards are among some of the changes discussed.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We want to put a lot of effort into technology to make all of the schools equal across the board,&rdquo; Reed said.</p>
<p>An emphasis will be placed on basic skills to make certain that students taking classes will be successful as they move on in program development. An emphasis will be placed on career technology, making certain students get certificated.</p>
<p>&ldquo;One problem we&rsquo;ve seen is that students will take classes they are not qualified to take, then drop out because they are afraid they will fail,&rdquo; Reed said.</p>
<p>With an estimated 2.6 million students in the community college system &mdash; the largest higher-education unit in the United States &mdash; an approximate 130,000 students will be affected when a number of classes throughout the state need to be cut back.</p>
<p>Contact Esther Avila at 784-5000, Ext. 1045 or eavila@portervillerecorder.com. Follow her on Twitter @Avila_recorder. The Associated Press contributed to this story.</p>    </div>
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