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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 02272007 - PR.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1�=6E L K Contra FROM: SUPERVISOR SUSAN A. BONILLA Costa DATE: February �'�•� - _ v�� 9, 2007 �sT --------- County '9 COUK SUBJECT: Resolution to Support the designation of the CSU East Bay Concord Campus As a 4-year CSU Undergraduate Institution. J 1 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION ADOPT Resolution No. 2007/81 in support of the proposed designation of the California State University (CSU) East Bay Concord Campus as a Four-Year CSU Undergraduate institution. FISCAL IMPACT This is a policy position only with no anticipated fiscal impact to the County. BACKGROUND The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) has statutory responsibility for, among other things, the review of proposals for new campuses and off-campus centers of the State's public higher education institutions. The Commission has periodically revised its guidelines for reviewing these proposals in order to streamline and clarify the approval process. The first publication of these guidelines occurred in 1975 followed by revisions in 1978, 1982, 1992 and 2002 when the parameters now in effect were published. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: ❑ YES SIGNATURE: ❑ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ❑ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ❑ APPROVE OTHER n SIGNATUR �v ACTION OF BOARD N h Z 2tb APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTTER ❑ VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND / CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND V UNANIMOUS (ABSENTIA � ) ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. AYES: NOES: r,, �J ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED: 1 &Y- Z7 =/ JOHN CULLEN,CLERK d&HE BOARD OF Contact: SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR cc: By: Deputy c Page 2 The Concord Campus of California State University, East Bay, is an "Education Center" as defined by CPEC (throughout this paper education center and branch campus will be used interchangeably). According to CPEC, an Education Center administered by the CSU normally offers courses and programs only at the upper-division and/or graduate levels. However, the policy allows a Center to offer lower-division courses under exceptional circumstances in collaboration with a community college, or by special permission of the commission. Exceptional circumstances can include unusual instances in which one or more of the community colleges located near a CSU Center fail to offer in a timely fashion lower-division course work required for transfer or in which demand for a given program of study exceeds available capacity within the community college or colleges. Absent these "exceptional circumstances", in order to offer lower division coursework, branch campuses must break away from the parent institution and become independent. The proposal at hand is to request a change in CPEC policy so that centers can offer lower division (freshman and sophomore) classes while remaining part of a larger, more mature, California State University. Such a step makes particularly good sense, educationally and economically, for the following reasons. 1. Students graduating from local high schools who are CSU admissible will have access to a full, four-year state university education. 2. State funded facilities at the Concord Campus will be fully utilized. 3. It will be possible to increase the breadth of degrees offered to include sciences, mathematics, and potentially other critical disciplines. 4. Time and distance to university level educational opportunity will be tremendously decreased. 5. The existing paradigm requiring branch campuses to break away from their parent institutions to become full-service schools beginning with the freshman year will be changed, eliminating the immense costs associated with the creation of an independent state university. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION The Concord Campus's likelihood to receive an exemption to become a 4-year undergraduate institution might be diminished without local support. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT Designation of the California State University (CSU) East Bay Concord Campus as a Four-Year CSU Undergraduate institution would improve public access to a higher education institution. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Resolution on February 27, 2007 by the following vote: �--- - ---- -- — - ------ - - --- - - ----- -—1 ��,,Jig---L AYES: GIOIA, UILKEMA, BONILLA, GLOVER, &PIEPHO NOES: NONE - - ABSENT: NONE o ABSTAIN: NONE " 4� IN THE MATTER OF SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED Resolution No. 2007/81 DESIGNATION OF CSU EAST BAY CONCORD CAMPUS AS A FOUR-YEAR CSU UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION WHEREAS there is no four-year California State University presence between the Cal State East Bay- Hayward Hills campus and Sacramento State University in the East, Sonoma State in the North, and Stanislaus in the South. Yet population growth in the Contra Costa, Napa, Solano and San Joaquin counties region over the past 15 years has been immense. Much of the growth has been in the form of underserved, first generation, place bound prospective students, many from low income families. These prospective students do not have access to a four-year CSU education; and WHEREAS a significant proportion of students graduating from ..high schools in the region described above are CSU admissible, yet they do not have access to a four-year state university opportunity. They must either leave the area to attend school (particularly problematic for many low-income,first generation students from Hispanic and African American backgrounds) or attend a local community college with concomitant retention and transfer challenges; and WHEREAS many students who do transfer to a four-year institution after beginning their studies at a local community college, leave the area for other Universities, never to return. A lower division program in Concord would enable them to remain in the area at the same institution for all four years of their Bachelor's degrees; and WHEREAS the Concord Campus has approximately 100,000 square feet of state constructed educational facilities that are tremendously underutilized during daytime hours. This is unlikely to change since branch campuses typically attract non-traditional students who pursue their educations in the evening. The advent of a full four-year program would attract more traditional students in to a day program filling the facilities now underutilized. WHEREAS programs restricted to upper division degree programs are unable to offer high priority fields of study(e.g., sciences, mathematics, etc.) since they are largely dependent on transfers from community colleges. No community college, or set of colleges, is likely to transfer sufficient students in a particular science, or mathematics, etc., to fill an upper division program at a branch. The numbers transferring are insufficient and students choose to transfer to a variety of institutions, not to just one that is nearby. Beginning at the lower division would allow the development of such needed degree programs; and WHEREAS consideration must be given to both time and distance when giving consideration to opportunity. While it is only 33 miles from the Concord Campus to the Hayward Hills Campus, commuting time between the two locations is 90 minutes in the morning and evening rush hours. This time is longer, and the trip even more grueling, for students from East and West Contra Costa County. Commuting to classes in Hayward is simply not an option. Coming to the Concord Campus would be; and WHEREAS the existing paradigm requires that branch campuses break away from their parent institutions to become full-service schools beginning with the freshman year. But establishing a separate CSU campus is a tremendously expensive proposition that is never fully funded by the State resulting in draw downs from other, established campuses to make up the difference. Allowing a branch to offer lower division coursework based on need would offer another alternative to breaking away. It would be a way to increase service using existing facilities without the millions of dollars in expense associated with creating a separate CSU campus; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby declares its support of the proposed designation of the California State University (CSU) East Bay Concord Campus as a Four-Year CSU Undergraduate institution. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown ATTESTED: February 27,2007 John Cullen, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors And County Administrator By � Deputy cc: Peter Wilson Dean, Concord Campus CSU East Bay 4700 Ygnacio Valley Road Concord, CA 94521 RESOLUTION 2007/81 IN.THE_MATTER OF SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION NO. 2007/81 PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF CSU EAST BAY CONCORD CAMPUS AS A FOUR-YEAR CSU UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION WHEREAS there is no four-year California State University presence between the Cal State East Bay- Hayward Hills campus and Sacramento State University in the East, Sonoma State in the North, and Stanislaus in the South, yet population growth in the Contra Costa, Napa, Solano and.San Joaquin counties region over the past 15 years has been immense. Much of the growth has been in the form of underserved, first generation, place. bound prospective students,many from low-income families.These prospective students do not have access to a four-year CSU education;and WHEREAS a significant proportion of students graduating from high schools in the region described above are,CSU admissible, yet they do not have access to a four year state university opportunity. They must either leave the area to attend school (particularly..problemattc fomany low income, first generation students from Hispanic and African American backgrounds) or attend`'a local commuritty�college with concomitant retention and transfer challenges,and x _lv WHEREAS many students,' ho do transf r"to a,four-year institution after beginning thea st�dies at a local community college, leave,.,the area'for otlrer Universities, never to return A-lower drvrsiori program in Concord would enable them to remainsrn the-area at the&same institution for allfour vears.:&,fheir Bachelbr's degrees;and V! WHEREAS the Concord Campus has approximately�100,000 square feet of state;constiucted educational facilities that are treiiiendouslya'undexutilized, during daytime hours T1iis-is .urilikely to change sinc6%branch campuses typically,,ittr,,ict non-traditional students who pursue their educations ins e even ing`;,The advent of a full four- year'program'would.attractmore traditional"students in to a day program filling the facilities now.underutilized; .. • n r .. yk �Y,�; .. _ � n and,":•; , n. r3 WHEREAS programs restricted-to upper division degree programs are unable�to offer highipnonty fieldstof study(e.g., sciences mathematics etc)-smce:..they are largely dependent 6fUti iansfers from commumtyl,colleges. No community college, or set of colleges is likely to ttarisfer seifficient,studeiits m a=.,#particular science, or mathematics, etc to fill an upper d>visiori program at a branch The numbers transferrin g are'insufficient and students choose to'aransfer to a varietyof institutions not to lust`one xliat is nea.qby Beginnuigat the lower division would a ,,OW_he, evelopment of such needed degree programs,and'fi r1 WHEREAS consideration must be.:given=to both time and distance when giving consxderation.1to jOpportunity. k�11v1e it is only 33 rniles from the Concord Campus to theHayward Hills,Campus,!commuting tirriebetween the two locations is 90 minutesrn tale morning and evening rushliours tune is longerAnd-,,-d16 trip even more grueling, for students from East and West ContraCosta CountyCommutuig to°classes inHaywaxd is simply r =� not an option' but comin to-the Concord Cam us:would be,and a ' 4 WHEREAS the existing paiadigin.,requires that branch campuses break away from their p ra ent restitutions to become full-service schools beguining with the freshman yeas._ But;establishing aseparate CSU campus is a tremendously expensivel proposition~that,is never fully,funded liy the,State resulting in draw downs from other, established campuses"to make up the difference llowing�a branchto offer lower division coursework based on need would offer another;alterriattve to"breakuag away It would be a=°way to increase service using e Fisting facilities without the millions of dollars�in.e pense-associated with cleating a separate CSU campus; W_: r 1 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby declares its support of the . proposed designation of the California Stat v rsi (CSU) East Bay Concord Campus as a four-year CSU Undergraduate institution. Y N. PIEPHO Chair District III Supervisor JOHN GIOIA GAYLE BAUILKEMA District I Supervisor .: District II Supervisor . SUSAN A. BONILLA FEDERAL D. GLOVER District IV Supervisor �l� 5E L 0 District V Supervisor = f I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of'Supenvisors on the date 0.n. shown:_. fill _ ATTES"I'F,D: February 27,2007 Jy O" C yti� JOHN CUUJ N, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County C. Administrator `4 c0Ux1'T`I ( � By— Tom_ /��,( �C Q�i Deputy Introduced by Supemisor Bonilla, District IV