Spring 2013
Committee:
External Affairs, Relations with Local Senates
Whereas, The Student Success Task Force created by SB 1143, Chapter 409 of the Statutes of 2010, proposed twenty-two different recommendations regarding the California Community Colleges. Recommendation 2.2 states, in part, “...requires students to participate in diagnostic orientation and development of an educational plan” by 2014. The Student Senate supported this in 22.01 Fall 2011;
Whereas, Retention, success, and persistence of students is directly correlated by their contact with a counselor and their creation of an educational plan. Students who fail to meet with a counselor and establish an educational goal are unprepared, causing their time in college to lengthen or possible drop out;
Whereas, The Student Success and Support Program, formerly known as Matriculation, has decreased by 52% from $101,893,000 in 2007-2008 to $49,183,000 in 2012-2013; and
Whereas, California has the highest ratio of student per counselor ratio in the United States, from 800 to one to more than 1800 per one student in the California Community Colleges;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocates for an increase in funding for matriculation by collaborating with a lawmaker to sponsor legislation to increase funds for hiring additional counselors and providing additional services to improve student success; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourages all California Community Colleges to explore the advantages of implementing a peer to peer counseling program on their respective campuses to create an additional support network for underserved and struggling students who have a decreased access to counselors.
Whereas, Retention, success, and persistence of students is directly correlated by their contact with a counselor and their creation of an educational plan. Students who fail to meet with a counselor and establish an educational goal are unprepared, causing their time in college to lengthen or possible drop out;
Whereas, The Student Success and Support Program, formerly known as Matriculation, has decreased by 52% from $101,893,000 in 2007-2008 to $49,183,000 in 2012-2013; and
Whereas, California has the highest ratio of student per counselor ratio in the United States, from 800 to one to more than 1800 per one student in the California Community Colleges;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocates for an increase in funding for matriculation by collaborating with a lawmaker to sponsor legislation to increase funds for hiring additional counselors and providing additional services to improve student success; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourages all California Community Colleges to explore the advantages of implementing a peer to peer counseling program on their respective campuses to create an additional support network for underserved and struggling students who have a decreased access to counselors.