The program is scheduled to start admitting students this Spring with classes to begin Fall 2000. Donna Bestock was asked to research honors programs and make a recommendation for Skyline. An honors program as described by the Transfer Alliance Program. Foothill and West Valley have successful programs of this kind. Individual honors courses as at CSM, and 3.
Honors contracts with individual students.
These proposals were reviewed by The Educational Policy Committee and then by the Senate Governing Council and College Council. We decided that a TAP program is best for Skyline. The Committee has planned the program using institutional research and planning techniques of the kind recommended by the Accreditation Commission. We investigated other honors programs, joined the Bay Area Honors Consortium and consulted with colleagues at several colleges. We held focus groups of current students with GPAs of 3.3 and above.