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 visit the project’s website at
www.cal-impac.org 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 regional and
statewide meetings now scheduled for 2005-2006.
North, Central,
and Bay regions attend the regional meeting
scheduled on January 21st at San Francisco
Westin. Other regions and all attend the
Statewide meeting 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 |
