MEDIA ADVISORY — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris to Hold Press Conference and Media Briefing June 19 on Release of Salary Surfer Website

June 12, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris and college and community leaders in Southern California will hold events and a teleconference to announce the groundbreaking new online tool that allows students and the public to view the aggregated median earnings of those who complete a certificate or degree in a specific community college program and then enter the workforce. The new Salary Surfer tool displays median incomes for those who complete 179 of the most widely enrolled programs and do not transfer to a four-year institution. The data shows the median earnings for someone two years before entering college and two years and five years after earning certificate or degree.

PRESS RELEASE —California Community Colleges Professor Receives International Award for Development of Open Educational Resource

May 22, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — De Anza College mathematics professor Dr. Barbara Illowsky has received the 2013 OpenCourseWare Consortium’s Educator ACE Award for her work in creating an open statistics textbook that is in use by more than 20 colleges in North America and for working to expand open educational resources throughout the world. Illowsky accepted her award recently at the consortium’s annual global conference in Indonesia.

PRESS RELEASE —California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Gains White House Award for Export Services

May 20, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The White House today conferred the president’s top award for export services to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office’s Centers for International Trade Development, recognizing the system’s contributions to the increase of U.S. exports.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Begin to Expand Summer Course Offerings after Years of Cuts Thanks to Proposition 30

May 16, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After years of scaling back or even eliminating summer sessions, many community colleges across California report that they will expand offerings for students this summer thanks in large part to the passage of Proposition 30 in November.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Announces Appointment of Vincent Stewart to Lead Governmental Relations Division

May 7, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris announced Tuesday that Vincent W. Stewart has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the position of vice chancellor for governmental relations, overseeing the legislative agenda for the 112-college system.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Board of Governors Honors Gov. Jerry Brown for Leadership and Support of Public Higher Education

May 7, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Board of Governors and Chancellor Brice W. Harris honored Gov. Jerry Brown Monday for his leadership in support of Proposition 30, the successful November ballot measure that significantly improved the budget climate at the state’s 112 community colleges.

PRESS RELEASE — White House names Ton-Quinlivan as a ‘Champion of Change’

April 29, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The White House on Monday announced that California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Economic Development Van Ton-Quinlivan will be honored as one of 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander women “Champions of Change.”

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Board of Governors Honors Five with 2013 Classified Employee of the Year Award

April 29, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Board of Governors named Cathie Browning, Kathy Chaika, Don Eckmann, Juan Patino and Rena Pheng as 2013 California Community Colleges Classified Employees of the Year and honored them at the May 7 board of governors meeting in Sacramento.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Board of Governors Announces Winners of Annual Energy and Sustainability Awards

April 19, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Board of Governors has selected Victor Valley College District, Santa Monica College and West Valley College as its three winners of the annual Energy and Sustainability Awards competition. Victor Valley Community College District, a one-campus district comprised of Victor Valley College in Victorville, won the district leadership award. Santa Monica College won for facilities and operations and West Valley College took top prize in the faculty/student initiatives category.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Releases Student Success Scorecards for all 112 Colleges

April 9, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris on Tuesday released Student Success Scorecards that detail student outcomes at all 112 colleges using a variety of metrics that are presented in a clear and concise way and make the nation’s largest system of higher education also the most accountable.

MEDIA ADVISORY — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris to Hold Community Forums and Media Briefing April 9-10 on Release of Student Success Scorecard

April 8, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris and college and community leaders in Northern and Southern California will hold events and a teleconference to announce the first-of- its-kind accountability tool designed to measure student achievement and increase the number of students who earn certificates, degrees or transfer. The new online Student Success Scorecard will allow students, parents, and the public to track student outcomes at all 112 colleges, making California community colleges one of the most transparent systems of higher education in the country.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Briefs Student Newspaper Editors on Upcoming Enrollment Priority Changes

March 27, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor for Student Services & Special Programs Linda Michalowski briefed members of community college student newspapers and their faculty advisors today on enrollment priority regulation changes set to take effect in the fall 2014 term. The teleconference today gives student newspaper writers and editors the opportunity to present information to current students who may be on probation or facing a unit cap so they can seek help to improve their academic standing over the next 18 months and carefully plan their remaining courses.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Partners with California Employment Development Department to Integrate CalJOBS into CACareerCafe.com Website

March 19, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the California Employment Development Department (EDD) have teamed up to provide California community college students with free, instant access to more than 82,000 jobs available through CalJOBS, EDD’s website of available positions and internships within the state. The Chancellor’s Office newly redesigned website, CACareerCafe.com, also will be a portal for employers looking to fill open positions.

MEDIA ADVISORY — California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to Hold Student Media Briefing March 27 on Priority Registration Changes

March 15, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor for Student Services Linda Michalowski will brief community college student newspaper staffs and faculty advisors via a teleconference on the priority registration changes that take effect in the fall 2014 term.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Board of Governors Honor Four Faculty Members with 2013 Gerald C. Hayward Awards for Excellence in Education

March 4, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three professors and a counselor were honored with the 2013 Gerald C. Hayward Awards for Excellence in Education today at the California Community Colleges Board of Governors meeting in Sacramento. Receiving awards were Shasta College counselor Carolyn Borg, Foothill College language arts professor Scott Lankford, Pasadena City College art history professor Sandra Haynes and Riverside City College humanities professor Richard Mahon. Each faculty member was awarded a commemorative plaque and $1,250.

MEDIA STATEMENT — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris Praises City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees for Recent Accreditation Action

March 1, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris today issued a statement regarding the recent actions of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees:

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Partners with United States Department of Agriculture for Economic Development Program

Feb. 26, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris announced today that his office has entered into a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development to increase access to training and higher education for rural citizens, support and enhance the agriculture industry and strengthen the state’s rural economy.

MEDIA ADVISORY —California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris to Sign Agreement with United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development

Feb. 21, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris and United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Dr. Glenda Humiston will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a partnership to strengthen the rural economies of California.

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges and California State University Leaders Brief Student Newspaper Staffs, Advisors on Associate Degree for Transfer Progress

Feb. 20, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Speaking with student journalists from colleges up and down the state, leaders from the California Community Colleges and California State University on Wednesday announced that 557 streamlined Associate Degrees for Transfer are now available at community colleges and CSU is welcoming the transfer students in greater numbers.

MEDIA ADVISORY — California Community Colleges and California State University Leaders to Hold Media Briefing with Student Newspapers to Provide Update on the New Associate Degree for Transfer Program

Feb. 14, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Deputy Chancellor Erik Skinner and California State University Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Ephraim P. Smith will conduct a media conference call on Feb. 20 for California Community Colleges and California State University student newspaper editors, reporters and faculty advisors to discuss the new Associate Degree for Transfer program, a joint effort of the two systems.

MEDIA STATEMENT — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris Praises University of California President Mark G. Yudof’s support for California Community Colleges

Jan. 18, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris today issued a statement about University of California President Mark G. Yudof’s announcement that he will retire in August 2013:

PRESS RELEASE — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris Lauds Gov. Brown’s Budget Proposal that Increases Funding, Improves Online Education

Jan. 10, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris today praised Gov. Jerry Brown for including in his proposed 2013-14 budget additional funding for community colleges and for his leadership of an initiative to help more students achieve their academic and career goals through improved online education.

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