Assembly presses higher‑education leaders for a timetable on common course numbering and transfer outcomes
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Members demanded a clear timeline to implement common course numbering and measures to improve transfers from community colleges to four‑year campuses; the systems committed to intensified faculty work and to report progress within a year.
Committee members told the three system leaders that transfer pathways remain a priority and that lack of common course numbering continues to create friction for students.
Chancellor Mildred Garcia said CSU is working with 37 community colleges on concurrent programs and that 92% of community college transfer applicants are admitted to at least one CSU campus. "We are continuing with the transfer success pathway," Garcia said, and described CSU programs that aim to admit more transfer students and to reduce time to degree.
Chancellor Sonia Christian told the committee that community colleges have expanded tools such as a pathways mapper and are partnering on housing and nursing programs to improve co‑location and clinical placements. Christian committed the CCC office to double down on common course numbering and to bring faculty and smart technologies to accelerate completion of the work.
President J. B. Milliken said increasing transfers is a UC priority and announced a system goal to admit one resident transfer for every two first‑time resident freshmen by 2026–27. When asked for a timeline for common course numbering, the systems did not provide a completion date, but both CCC and CSU pledged to intensify faculty‑led work and report back to the committee within a year.
Members requested measurable targets for degree attainment and transfer rates; the chair asked the segments to supply campus‑level data on targets and outcomes for the committee's review.