San Diego Community College District ( SDCCD ) is a public community college district in the city of San Diego, California. This district is one of five college districts in San Diego County; part of the larger California Community College system. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the Community College California system is part of a three-tier state public education system, which also includes the University of California system and the California State University system.
The San Diego Community College District is made up of three years and two years, the campuses receiving the degree: San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College; and six San Diego Continuing Education campuses: CÃÆ' Â © sar ChÃÆ'¡vez, CE at Mesa College, Educational Cultural Complex (ECC), Mid-City, North City, and West City. SDCCD is one of 72 districts containing 112 public community colleges in the state of California.
Three college colleges that finance a two-year, two-tiered degree are fully accredited by the Western School and Colleges Association (WASC), the Community Accreditation Commission and Junior College (ACCJC). At the end of 2010, the colleges were visited by the accreditation commission team in preparation for college credential updates. In January 2011, the accreditation commission will act on the recommendation of the team regarding the reaffirmation of college accreditation status for the next six years.
Serving over 100,000 students, it is the second largest college district in the state of California and one of the largest districts in the United States. City College became the third community college in the state and Mesa College is one of the largest in the state today.
The district is in the midst of $ 1.555 billion in new construction and renovations on three campuses and the campus of Advanced Education throughout the city.
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History
Community college education in San Diego can be traced back to 1914 when the San Diego City Schools Board of Education allowed postsecondary classes for San Diego youth. Classes open in the fall at San Diego High School with four faculty members and 35 students, establishing San Diego City College.
In 1921, City College moved from high school to sharing facilities with the State Normal School, a four-year college that, in 1898, became San Diego State University. For 25 years, the Junior College program remains at San Diego State University. During this period, in 1938, the San Diego Vocational Junior College was established to offer training in technical-vocational skills to post high school students. The following year, the San Diego Evening Junior College was established to provide evening classes at night for adults who can not attend classes during the day.
In 1946, City College moved back to San Diego High School and reorganized into three branches: San Diego Vocational High School, San Diego College of Arts and Sciences, and San Diego Evening Junior College. City College continued to flourish during the 1950s and 60s when land was acquired to allow expansion through various blocks from downtown San Diego to the northeast of today.
In 1964, San Diego Mesa College opened for 1,800 students. Five years later, in 1969, the San Diego Miramar College opened at 140 acres in an undeveloped area north of Naval Miramar Air Station, now known as Mira Mesa. Unlike the City and Mesa Colleges that offer a variety of general education classes, Miramar College begins by concentrating on law enforcement and fire science training. It has since expanded its curriculum to include public college education courses required by students in the rapidly growing northern areas of the city, as well as new transfer and vocational programs.
In November 1972, voters agreed to separate the San Diego Community College District from the San Diego Unified School District. The first election of the district college mayor was held in November 1973.
The year 1976 brings the opening of a unique district campus, the Educational Cultural Complex, dedicated to offering a lecture class and continuing education to the multicultural population around the Ocean View Boulevard location. In 1979-1980 the administration of the Evening College program was combined with day course programs in San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, and San Diego Miramar Colleges. With courses and Advanced Education, as well as an extensive education program at military bases across the country, the San Diego Community College District is the second largest college district in California, offering an unrivaled selection of educational programs in the region.
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All campuses have received extensive expansion and renovation in the last 20 years:
At City College, a larger Fitness Center opened in 1992. The Center for Educational Technology opened in 2000 along with the Learning Resource Center (LRC) in 2002. Harry's Western Gymnasium opened in 2005, the Academic Success Center in 2009 and the Center for Technology The career is unveiled at the end of 2010.
At Mesa College, the Learning Resource Center opened in 1998 and the Allied Health Education and Training Facility opened in late 2009 along with a newly completed parking structure in the same year.
Miramar College, Southern California Biotechnology and Advanced Transportation and Energy Centers opened in 2004. The last phase of the Complex Fields Park Hourglass Park of 32 hectares was completed in 2009 and the building of new Business and Mathematics in 2010.
Mid-City and West City campuses continue their education in 2009.
The latest projects are funded by bond size, Proposition S and N, passed in 2002 and 2006, totaling $ 1.555 billion. Further construction and renovations are ongoing and will continue through 2014 on three campuses and the campus of Advanced Education, including the development of Arts and Humanities, Mathematics and Science and Engineering Technology buildings at City College; Student Services and Building of Mathematics and Science at Mesa College; Police Station/parking structure and Cafeteria/Bookstore/Student Center building at Miramar College; and the construction of the new Cali Chavez and North City Continuing Education campus and the new Linda Vista Continuing Education campus and the expansion of the new building onto the ECC campus.
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Government
The San Diego Community College District is governed by five members, a locally elected Supervisory Council and three rotating student members representing each of the three universities. Trustee seated students have advisory voice on the Board. Collaborative governance activities involve faculty, students, and staff in the development of solutions to key policy and budget issues. The five guardians were chosen in the even years until the four-year period by the San Diego voters. The trustee candidate was first run in district elections only. The two top voters in each district run elections throughout the city.
Each SDCCD college, including Sustainable Education, is headed by a president and three vice presidents overseeing the instruction, administrative services, and student services, respectively. Each department of the academic school is led by a dean.
Administration
The San Diego Community College District has five major operational components: City College, Mesa College, Miramar College, Continuing Education, and District administration departments that support campus and overall operations. Administration departments include Business Services, Facility Management, Human Resources, Instructional Services, and Student Services.
The functions that are the responsibility of the District administrative department are intended to provide the efficiency and continuity of services and programs. Compliance and functions that are officially required are also the responsibility of District operations. The provision of educational programs, student support services, staff development, direct campus operations, and additional functions are the responsibility of each Higher Education and Continuing Education.
All administrative departments and operations in the District Office are under the final authority of the Chancellor and College/Continuing Education operations are under the ultimate authority of the President, who reports to the Chancellor. The Supervisory Board is the highest level of authority for all functions within the District.
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board is responsible for establishing a policy governing all activities related to conducting District business, Colleges, and Continuing Education. Development and review of policies and procedures is a collegial effort involving various participative government groups. For policies and regulations affecting academic and professional matters, the Council relies mainly on the Academic Senate; on matters that are defined as within the scope of bargaining interests, the Council follows the terms of the negotiations. For administrative matters, the Council relies primarily on staff recommendations with input from constituents in the development and review process. The general public may comment on a meeting of the Public Council on any policy considerations before the Council.
Board Members 2013-2014
District Chancellor
The Chancellor, is the Chief Executive Officer of the District and is responsible for implementing a policy approved by the Supervisory Board and to provide overall leadership for the District. The Chancellor maintains the Cabinet composed by the President of Higher Education/Continuing Education, five Vice Chancellors overseeing Department of Business and Technology Services, Student Services, Human Resources and Administrative Services, Facility Management, and Instructional Services; and Director of Communications and Public Relations.
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Latest Vice-Chancellor
President of the University
The President is the Executive Officer of the Institutional Head of Higher Education/Continuing Education. The President reports to the Chancellor. The President is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the total College/Continuing Education program and provides leadership and coordination for the College/Continuing Education community. The President and the Chancellor provide overall leadership and authority to all functional areas. Each President has a Cabinet of three Vice Presidents overseeing the Instruction, Administrative Services and Student Services and Deans of each School from each University including the Dean for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Development and Matriculation.
Current President
Finance
For the 2009-2010 academic year, SDCCD budgets totaled nearly $ 780 million including nearly $ 383.4 million from the size of the Proposition S and N bonds approved by voters. In response to the state and local financial crisis, the San Diego Community College District is cutting a $ 30 million budget for the 2009-10 academic year.
Salary
The District Chancellor gets a salary above $ 200,000. The Supervisory Board receives monthly compensation of less than $ 1000 each. For the 2009-2010 academic period, the annual salary is decided as follows:
Campus
The San Diego Community College District consists of three two-year community colleges and seven Continuing Education campuses. For the 2009-10 school year, all institutions serve 102,649 students. The three colleges offer associate degrees and certificates in work programs that prepare students for beginner jobs, and art and science programs are transferred to four-year colleges and universities. Continuing Education's Educational Cultural Complex (ECC) also offers classes that lead to the degree of association and certificate.
The Continuing Education Campus offers adults an opportunity to update their learning experience through vocational, basic, life skills, and noncredit enrichment classes in various locations across the city. A number of special programs are unique to the city, including FM-jazz KSDS-FM radio, Competitive and Applied Technology Center, and Workplace Learning Resource Center.
San Diego City College
Located in San Diego City Center as the city's first and third community campus in California, City College is located on 60 acres and offers over 100 majors to over 20,000 students. In addition to general education, transfer and AA/AS degree programs, some of the unique disciplines available in the City are:
San Diego Mesa College
As one of the largest and most successful of the 112 California community campuses, and as the largest college in San Diego Community College District, Mesa College focuses on high academic standards to maintain one of the highest student transfer rates in California. The college opened in 1964 and now serves more than 24,000 students on a 104-hectare campus offering over 150 teaching programs. Among the unique programs available on campus are:
San Diego Miramar College
Located on 120 acres in the suburb of Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch in San Diego along the I-15 corridor, Miramar opened as a training facility for San Diego law enforcement and firefighters in 1969.
Currently, Miramar College offers more than 120 certificates, associate titles and a comprehensive 4-year university transfer program and is home to the Southern California Biotechnology Center, the Center for Advanced Transport and Energy, and the San Diego Regional Public Security Institute that provides training for almost all law enforcement officers and firefighters in San Diego County and also trains EMT and offers the world's only open water guard level. Miramar has the only entry-level biotechnology program in San Diego County. Miramar offers a unique career training as follows:
San Diego Sustainable Education
San Diego Continuing Education is the first and remains the only sustainable college education institution in California that meets independent accreditation standards from the Western Schools and Colleges Association. SDCE is also one of the first in California to form a Joint Secondary School partnership with a local district school. San Diego Continuing Education is also one of the first continuing education programs in California that serves 100,000 students per academic year.
Currently, San Diego's Sustainable Education system consists of seven campuses and 56 partner locations across the city where instruction can be offered in collaboration with schools, community service providers, and other institutions. Instructions offered at SDCE include:
Ratings
There are no official ratings for community colleges in California or the United States. Community colleges vary greatly in terms of student population, faculty and classes available and student reasons for enrollment and commitment to their educational goals. All of this directly affects the total number of annual degrees awarded and transfers to the 4-year university at each college. In addition, the community college aims to provide educational opportunities to their nearby and local areas to enable local residents to extend their knowledge, education and prepare them for further education for those seeking a bachelor's degree of 4 years and over.
Among the various reasons locals look for enrollment in college is the flexibility they provide to accommodate everyday life with college education; their attendance costs are much lower than for nonprofit schools, and their open enrollment allows almost anyone to pursue higher education including those who must start from scratch and not immediately have the academic background needed to enter university.
For statistical purposes, the community college collects comparable information following the usual criteria such as demographics, size and attendance, number of degrees awarded, number of transfers to higher institutions, expenses, etc.
For comparison, for the 2009-2010 academic year, the San Diego Community College District has the same association level of appointment as the Los Angeles Community College District in relation to the annual student population of each district. For the same academic year, District Community College Beach provides nearly 3 times as many association titles in relation to the annual population of the two districts.
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* Combined land space from all SDCCD campuses including the district office space space. ** The combined land of all SDCE campuses. *** Vocational Certificate. **** Not applicable.
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San Diego Community College District has the largest continuing education institution of its kind in the United States. The district has the second largest operational expense in the state, excluding the size of the voter bonds. It is California's third-largest college district in terms of un-duplicated annual enrollment and in 2010 was the fourth highest-ranked recipient. San Diego Mesa College is the 16th largest community college in the state of registration.
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2009-2010 academic year
* First year of college was founded. ** Excludes money measuring bonds. (A) C = credit/NC = non-credit. (b) Excludes student workers and non-part-time affiliated non-college staff. (c) Approvals approved by the Chancellery Office only require 18 units of the semester only.
Reception
The San Diego Community College District enrolls openly in all three colleges and seven campuses of Advanced Education. With this in mind, acceptance is open to anyone who meets one of the following criteria:
College Community Reception
- A person who has a high school diploma or certified high school proficiency exam in California or GED with an average score of 45 or higher.
- Persons 18 years of age or older or minors who do not have a secondary or equivalent diploma may be admitted by a college in a temporary admission status.
- High school students requesting concurrent enrollment may be admitted as "part-time" students.
- Persons under 18 who have no high school diploma and are not enrolled in secondary school may be admitted as special full-time students under the Education Code 48800.5 subject to the approval of the college governing board and the President of the college where the student plans to attend. Special full-time students will be accepted under temporary admission status.
- People over the age of 18 are currently pursuing a secondary school diploma or GED on a secondary school diploma/GED-granting of an advanced education institution is also acceptable.
Advanced Education Acceptance
- People 18 years and over and California residents.
- A person younger than 18 who graduated from senior high school, married or in the military and California residents.
Matriculation
Matriculation is a state-mandated program to improve access to California Community Colleges and is a process whereby student education efforts are systematically analyzed, implemented and enforced. There are five steps in the matriculation process:
- Apply to college and become confess .
- Orientation to familiarize students with colleges, faculty, administration, academia, regulations, and other college/student related matters.
- Assessment to measure the current level of English articulation and mathematics students to enable appropriate placement in the course and determine which prerequisites should be met.
- Program Planning to provide comprehensive counseling and advice to set educational goals and to identify support services to achieve those goals.
- Development of an Education Plan to set student education goals (get a degree, transfer to a 4-year school, renew skills, learn new skills, etc.) and how to fulfill them.
Attendance Cost
Attendance to one of three community college districts will be charged and expenses. Some fees are mandatory and can only be waived on student eligibility and approval by the college. The following is a mandatory fee for all students seeking registration:
Registration Fee
As defined by the Community College of California, California residents and non-residents pay $ 46 per unit at one of 112 community colleges in the state.
Cost of Health Services
All students are assessed as compulsory fees for health care and accident insurance, whether they choose to use health services or not.
- $ 18 in City, Mesa, and Miramar Colleges per autumn and spring semester
- $ 14 at City and Miramar Colleges for the summer semester
- $ 15 at Mesa College for the summer semester
Non-Resident tuition
Students who are not California legal residents at registration, other than a $ 26 unit registration fee, will be charged as follows:
- $ 183 at City and Miramar Colleges per unit
- $ 190 in Mesa College per unit
Student Representation Cost
As required by California Education Code 76060.5 , all students will be assessed Student Representation Fee of $ 1 at enrollment.
Parking permit
Students wishing to park their vehicles on campus should display the necessary parking permits. The following applies to all three colleges:
- $ 5 for daily permissions
- $ 35 for semester license for car
- $ 17.50 for a semester license for a motorcycle
Additional Cost
The following fees are incidental and can only be withdrawn after student eligibility and college approval.
- The Associated Student membership fee is $ 8 per academic year in all three community colleges.
- Credits with exam fees are $ 20 per unit at City and Miramar Colleges and $ 26 per unit at Mesa College.
- The Liability Insurance Fee (if required) is $ 7 per semester in all three colleges.
- Record cost transcripts (the first two free transcripts) are $ 5 for each additional transcript in all three colleges.
Other costs associated with attendance include books, supplies, transportation to/from campus, food and housing. These fees vary widely depending on the student's academic workload and individual personal needs and requirements. On average, a full-time student should generally plan to spend around $ 312 for a registration fee and $ 420 for books and supplies each semester. A 3 course unit will cost $ 78 while a 4 course course will cost $ 104 and a less-common 5-unit course costs $ 130.
Financial Help
Financial assistance is available to those who qualify in all three colleges. There are several sources of financial aid available in all three colleges like the federal and state. Some sources of assistance are available only in one or two colleges but not all three such as grants or scholarships aimed at assisting students attending approved colleges or enrolled in specific academic studies agreed between colleges and institutions that serve. Students are advised to visit their financial aid office or college website for information as each financial aid program has its own requirements, procedures, and deadlines.
Some of the sources of financial aid available at City, Mesa and Miramar colleges are:
San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar Colleges are no longer participating in federal subsidized loan programs.
Academics
City College, Mesa College, and Miramar College as a two-year community college run by the San Diego Community College District offer credit programs leading to degrees, transfer, employment and skill enhancement along with the Seventh Continuing Education division of seven major campuses throughout San Diego.
As required by San Diego voters in 1972, the San Diego Community College District is to provide education for all high school graduates and adults aged 18 years and older in the service area. This includes providing basic adult education, including GED/High School Diploma, through a sophomore undergraduate degree program, with an academic and vocational curriculum.
San Diego Community Colleges offers over 130 individual disciplines with over 300 academic programs leading to Associate degrees or Performance Certificates. Academics are held in each school in each college which in turn is divided into separate departments that hold the areas of study and teaching:
School at City College
School at Mesa College
School at Miramar
School in Advanced Education
References 1. 2012-13 Annual Report to the Community
External links
- San Diego Community College District
- San Diego City College
- San Diego Mesa College
- San Diego Miramar College
- San Diego Continuing Education
- California Community College
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