Academic Senate meeting focuses on part-time students

BY SIENNA HENNESSY MACHADO-HILDAGLO

Staff Writer

The Academic Senate discussed resolution ideas for the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges’ Spring 2023 Plenary session on Mar. 3. The ASCCC website says the plenary sessions are used to inform senate officers and faculty of hot topics, receive training to strengthen effectiveness, select representatives and officers and provide the Executive Committee direction through state resolution and voting processes.

Academic Senate President Jeffrey Hernandez said he wrote a resolution for the ASCCC spring plenary that recommends reconfiguring state metrics of student success to remedy the lack of priority part-time students face based on recent reports. He said some part-time students’ goals may not align with the Guided Pathways two-year completion model.

Media Arts and Technology Chairperson Robert Aaron Lyle said he cautions the senate not to make