III. Repeatability and the Core Mission

Our core missions are transfer, workforce and basic skills. Lifelong learning is no longer part of our core mission as per the State Legislature. As a result, the State is enforcing repeatability guidelines that have been in place for many years. These changes will definitely affect enrollment!

Students are already being turned away from classes they have, in the past, been able to enroll in endlessly. This problem is not just Foothill College, it's every college. Students can enroll in a class or group of classes, such as Class Piano (MUS 12A, 12B, 12C) no more than 6 times.

We have changed most of our repeatability requirements in our curriculum, and deactivated many courses that were clearly there to allow students to endlessly repeat. Thank you for your excellent work in this regard!

An important point to remember is a drop counts as an enrollment, as does an F.

How do we address lifelong learning? The easiest way is to move classes with repeatability problems into Community Based Ed., but that also carries with it the problem that they don't pay nearly as much as a regular academic class. Another problem is regular credit students cannot be in the same classroom as CBE students.

We are exploring all of our options, and your input for your area is greatly appreciated.