March 3
What happened: The Academic Senate heard a presentation by Gregory Anderson, the director of the Student Success Center, regarding the Basic Skills Initiative, a “collaborative statewide effort to address the needs of community college students who begin their postsecondary education academically under-prepared to successfully complete their course work,” according to De Anza BSI team leaders Anderson and Dean of Student Development Michele LeBleu-Burns. Senators deliberated over how the BSI would be implemented at De Anza.
Why this matters: Some senators expressed concerns over what they said were the pejorative connotations of BSI class titles. Others worried about decreases in enrollment possibly resulting from De Anza converting to a more BSI-oriented institution.
