As COVID-19 brings physical interactions to a halt, the Pierce College Academic Senate met on a Zoom conference call with faculty raising concerns about grading
Category: Academic Senate
LACCD Brief: Teachers to use Canvas shells
The District Academic Senate has approved a recommendation to provide all faculty with Canvas shells for their courses, and the AFT Faculty Guild has temporarily
Class Crisis, Confidence Shaken
Pierce College President Alexis Montevirgen announced Thursday that departments could restore their original fall allocations, reversing course on a proposal to cut 3-5 percent of
UC and CSU still accepting applications
Application deadlines for six University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses have been extended past the Nov. 30 deadline, according to Transfer
School safety concerns
Reported by Samantha Neff and Peter Villafane Captain Rodrick Armalin spoke to the Academic Senate meeting on Monday, Oct. 7 to speak on active shooter
Reserves depleted
For decades, the Pierce College budget has fluctuated, but remained in the black. That may soon change as a possible $5 million deficit may hit
Evaluating how online classes are run
Online courses are beneficial to students who can’t physically attend a college class, but some instructors are worried that the lack of interpersonal communication may
State law pushes free textbook initiative
A state law will go into effect in January 2018 that will give students the opportunity to choose classes based on open educational resources (OER),
Get active or get dropped; classes may get audited
Professors need to make sure students are active in their classes or drop them as soon as possible to avoid the school being audited, said
Enrollment not meeting projection
In August growth for enrollment was projected to be seven percent. Instead growth flattened and dipped to three percent for the current spring semester,