Courtesy of Politico
University of California President Janet Napolitano has called for guaranteed admission to all qualified community college students into the UC system, but not necessarily to students’ prefered campuses.
During a March 19 Town Hall in Los Angeles, held to commemorate the UC system’s 150th anniversary, Napolitano said this would be a “major leap” for the UC system.
Planning for this would be a combined effort with the Academic Senate and community college officials, according to Napolitano.
The UC Academic Senate, a systemwide governing body that approves and authorizes all courses and conditions for admissions, and other leaders would need to set standards for what courseloads potential students would need to take and the grades needed in order to receive admittance to a UC.
Shane White, chairman of the UC Academic Senate, said that faculty leaders would be allowed to adjust minimum GPAs and course requirements in order to keep the number of transfer students manageable.
Currently there approximately 216,700 undergraduates enrolled within the UC system, according to the UC website. Of those, about 41,900 are transfer students who transferred from a California community college (CCC).
Approximately 4,100 transfer students attend UC Santa Barbara out of a total of 22,180 undergraduate students according to Fall 2017 enrollment figures.
Six UC campuses currently offer a transfer admission guarantee (T.A.G.) to students from all CCCs as long as they meet the campus-specific requirements, according to the UC website. Only students who are directly transferring from a CCC are eligible for a T.A.G.
Students who have already earned a bachelor’s or graduate’s degree who have previously enrolled in a UC campus during regular term or who are currently enrolled in high school are not eligible for a T.A.G.
Some majors offered at UCSB, including all of the College of Creative Studies and College of Engineering majors, are currently excluded from a T.A.G. The Dance B.A., Dance B.F.A., Music B.M. and Theater B.F.A. are blocked off as well.
If the full guaranteed admission plan is implemented, guaranteed admission would be in place for fall 2019, according to Napolitano.
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There should be some sort of competency exam in place for all CC transfers so that they don’t waste spots that could be offered to highly competitive high school seniors. The gap between CC Zane most UCs in terms of difficulty is vast.
Also, why aren’t we addressing the influx of international students and out of state students who are wasting spots that should go to Californian residents? It’s done becausenof budget cuts, so shouldn’t Janet Napolitano be lobbying to secure additional funding so more spots can open up?
“international students and out of state students who are wasting spots”
that alone just discredited your entire comment lmao
UCSB isn’t a California resident exclusive school. Everyone is welcome here. If you’re not okay with that, you can kindly get the fuck out because it seems like you’re the one who’s wasting a spot.
^THIS
I don’t understand OP’s use of “wasted spots” as if any one type of student is better suited to go to UCSB than another. Whether they be transfer, international, CA HS senior, or out-of-state, UCSB is not a private school and would benefit from the contributations that any type of student could bring.
If anything, those “Hispanic/ minority” admissions initiatives should go. It’s not fair that a 3.25 Hispanic student gets admitted over a 4.2 white student. I say this because it actually happened, and that 3.25 who applied through whatever EOP minority initiative did not deserve a spot at UCSB.
Dear Anonymous,
In case you haven’t heard, the economic and social success of California depends on Latino students. I infer from your comment that you are non-Latinx White. If I were you, I would make common cause with this initiative, because it is literally your economic and social future. Also, racism is disgusting.
It’s disgusting that you call out “hispanic” people, amongst other minorities, when for the most part, race doesn’t play a huge factor; or at least it does way less than other factors such as socioeconomic background, parent’s education level, etc. Sorry your friend’s application wasn’t good enough and was beat out by a Latino kid who probably had to deal with barriers that comes along with being a first generation American.
And yet, the most recent numbers show that a transfer student is 4% more likely to graduate from a UC than someone who enters as a freshman.
That’s great but you know how that’s going to get paid for right? Another increase in student fees. Don’t worry about there being enough spots for students. You might be qualified but you won’t be able to afford it anyway.