City College of San Francisco - California Competes
City College of San Francisco - California Competes
City College of San Francisco - California Competes
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2000 RESPONSE<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the services critical to students is the Learning Assistance Center (LAC) on the Ocean Avenue<br />
Campus, which provides tutoring services to thousands <strong>of</strong> students each year and is vital to student success.<br />
Previously, these services have been available to students only on the main campus. Currently, two<br />
new LAC labs are funded and planned to open in the new campuses at Mission and Chinatown. Each lab<br />
will have computers and tutors available. The institution is also exploring the possibility <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fering vocational<br />
education tutoring at the John Adams Campus.<br />
Finally, the <strong>College</strong> has made a significant investment in the development <strong>of</strong> web-based admissions,<br />
application, and credit enrollment capabilities, ensuring access for anyone, anywhere, anytime. Online<br />
admissions processes support both credit and noncredit students, with initiatives underway to translate<br />
noncredit admissions processes into Spanish and Chinese to support student access. Credit students now<br />
use e-STARS to register via the Web, with noncredit student online registration under development.<br />
Additionally, thousands <strong>of</strong> students are oriented through the web-based orientation program, with many<br />
students availing themselves <strong>of</strong> the cyber advisor to check courses and programs, policies and procedures,<br />
as well as services using the e-mail system. A web-based educational planning system is under development<br />
which interfaces with the web-based degree audit system, e-CAPP, and will soon allow students and<br />
their counselors to monitor their progress toward graduation and transfer.<br />
In concert with these developments, the Chancellor also organized a special task force to review student<br />
governance, an initiative which resulted in significant improvements in student access and participation.<br />
Previously defined by the Ocean Avenue Campus, the present structure <strong>of</strong> the Associated Students at CCSF<br />
is now modeled at other campuses and has improved representation <strong>of</strong> these campuses’ student bodies in<br />
policy decision-making processes. Likewise, the Student Trustee is chosen through a District-wide election,<br />
and is encouraged to get students from all <strong>of</strong> the campuses involved and participating on various <strong>College</strong><br />
committees and student councils. Throughout the <strong>College</strong>, support for the expansion <strong>of</strong> student representation<br />
is significant. At the request <strong>of</strong> the task force and with the support <strong>of</strong> the Chancellor and his<br />
Cabinet, the presidents and vice presidents <strong>of</strong> Associated Students on each campus receive appropriate<br />
scholarship support to sustain their leadership contributions to the <strong>College</strong> through the Associated<br />
Students governance system. To strengthen student access, the Associate Dean <strong>of</strong> Student Activities<br />
collaborates with campus deans and faculty advisors, encouraging and supporting student activities on<br />
all campuses. In that spirit, the Concert and Lecture Series now supports events at many <strong>of</strong> the campuses,<br />
and the Office <strong>of</strong> Peer Mentoring and Service Learning funds programs at multiple sites.<br />
Further information about the participation <strong>of</strong> all campus constituencies throughout the District can be<br />
found in the response to Minor Recommendations for Standard 10.<br />
Much progress has been made during the past six years, with all members <strong>of</strong> the institution ever mindful<br />
<strong>of</strong> the continuing need to increase the availability and impact <strong>of</strong> services to all students throughout the<br />
District.<br />
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