The incoming chancellor of California’s community colleges wants to enact a major policy change for the system even before he takes office.
State Sen. Jack Scott will become the leader of the 109-campus system in January, as he exits from the Legislature. But right now, Mr. Scott is pushing a bill that would require the colleges to compile annual reports on everything from cost and diversity to graduation rates and job placement, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The bill would also apply to campuses of the California State University system, which supports the measure and already provides such information through the national Voluntary System of Accountability.
Mr. Scott’s bill has already been approved by the state Senate, where he is chairman of the Committee on Education, and by the state Assembly’s Higher Education Committee. —Eric Kelderman
