Dear
Academic Colleague:
We would like to request your participation
in the following initiative, please.
The Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated
Curriculum (IMPAC) project is an intersegmental,
faculty-designed and faculty-run project which
focuses on ensuring that students transferring
from California community colleges to UC and
CSU institutions will be properly prepared
for progressing in their chosen major immediately
upon transfer, (i.e., that they will not have
to repeat any course work at a minimum and
will be up to the same level as the “native” four-year
college students). The project, funded by a
grant, enables faculty from the state’s
three higher education systems to meet regionally
at intervals throughout the year in order to
address potential problems of established curriculum
requirements and procedures that may impede
the smooth progress of a transferring student.
These meetings provide a forum where faculty
may review and reconcile the prerequisites
of course work both within their particular
disciplines and between disciplines.
Some of your colleagues
may have attended the meetings held this past
year in San Francisco and Los Angeles. At these
gatherings in 2004-2005, the IMPAC project
brought together faculty from 33 different
disciplines, and this term six more are being
incorporated into the discussions. Please click
on "disciplines" on the left side
for a listing of all 39 of the specific disciplines,
as well as the subject clusters into which
they are grouped.
We ask of you the
following:
(1) Please urge representatives of your department or program to attend the
IMPAC statewide meeting to be held on May 6th at Radisson Hotel-LAX.
(2) Ask your representatives to share their IMPAC experiences with those colleagues
who are responsible for the baccalaureate education of transfer students in
their major.
(3) Encourage your department’s faculty to keep abreast of the IMPAC
project by regularly visiting our website.
Please be aware
that your department's participation is critical
to IMPAC's work, and ultimately to the ability
of California faculty to enhance the successful
transfer of community college students. So,
we are looking forward to having you and your
faculty attend our meetings this year.
Cordially,
IMPAC Lead Coordinators
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