The scope of this project is to design and implement an innovative organizational structure for the effective delivery of student services or design an innovative collaborative model between student services and instruction. Need A new model of service and instructional delivery is needed to address the rapidly changing student populations and technological advances occurring in California. These models will provide effective linkages among and between student services, curriculum, instruction and the community. The Student Services Think Tank explored a wide variety of principles and identified below are those thought to be fundamental to a new model of student development and learning. The entire campus community should be viewed as a learning environment.
Student development is central to student success.
Effective integration of educational services and instruction is pivotal to student learning and success. Effective integration of technology will increase quality and access to learning. Effective technology should not distract from the learning process nor hinder the human relation. Identify new linkages with other partners, e.g., community, divisions, programs. Design an institutional model based on student needs versus institutional needs.