Nussbaum noted that this fall 1.57 million students will be enrolled at 108 colleges. He expects the system will add 185,000 new students in the next five years, speculating that most colleges will move to a year-around schedule to accommodate the growth. He also stressed the need for more full-time faculty. Finally, he noted the colleges role in economic development, technology training, and the need to build partnerships to business for workforce preparation. He ended his speech with a call for transformation and unity among the 18 different official community college organizations, saying only by cooperating and working together can we really help our students.
Students can use the lab to develop their language, math, reasoning and computer skills.
Career assessment and job retention training will also be available. Datatel Update Marygrace Salyers and Mojdeh Mehdizadeh addressed Datatel s implementation difficulties September 14 in the DVC Trophy Room. In a frank and positive exchange, the leaders of district Information technology met with concerned DVC staff and faculty. In an introduction to the session, DVC President Mark Edelstein reviewed the selection process for the Datatel system, noting that the choice was spurred by the need to replace our old system that was not Y2K complaint nor capable of meeting our future needs. He noted that there had been opportunity for all to participate in the testing and selection of the system.