Fall 2014
Committee:
Governance & Internal Policy Committee, Relations with Local Senates Committee
Whereas, "Credit by exam" is a mechanism long in existence that can be used to award credit for demonstrated learning;
Whereas, National and state interest in decreasing time to degree completion and increasing degree production has resulted in an interest in finding novel ways to meet these goals;
Whereas, the paper "Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam" asserts the right of discipline faculty to establish the content of credit by exam processes, shares effective practices for implementing credit by exam processes with local academic senates, offers effective practices for using credit by exam, including ways to ensure that students are aware of mechanisms for earning credit by exam, while encouraging local academic senates to consider the needs of their local communities;
Whereas, In a Spring 2014 resolution, the Academic Senates for California Community Colleges adopted the paper "Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam."
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure the paper Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam is available to all local academic senates, emphasizing to the Academic Senates the importance of widely available credit by exam for core academic courses;
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure credit by exam is widely available for core academic courses;
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure credit by exam is a well publicized option available to students as an alternative to the traditional model of credit awarded based upon time spent on coursework.
Whereas, National and state interest in decreasing time to degree completion and increasing degree production has resulted in an interest in finding novel ways to meet these goals;
Whereas, the paper "Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam" asserts the right of discipline faculty to establish the content of credit by exam processes, shares effective practices for implementing credit by exam processes with local academic senates, offers effective practices for using credit by exam, including ways to ensure that students are aware of mechanisms for earning credit by exam, while encouraging local academic senates to consider the needs of their local communities;
Whereas, In a Spring 2014 resolution, the Academic Senates for California Community Colleges adopted the paper "Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam."
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure the paper Awarding Credit Where Credit is Due: Effective Practices for the Implementation of Credit by Exam is available to all local academic senates, emphasizing to the Academic Senates the importance of widely available credit by exam for core academic courses;
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure credit by exam is widely available for core academic courses;
Resolved, That the Regions of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges work with all local associated student organizations to ensure credit by exam is a well publicized option available to students as an alternative to the traditional model of credit awarded based upon time spent on coursework.