Lessons Learned from the Basic Skills Initiative (2006 to 2009)

While we have learned a great deal from the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) and basic skills data (which indicate room for improvement, sometimes overwhelming need for improvement within specific student populations), one thing is clear: the California Community College System has not failed in addressing student needs. Rather the overwhelming demographic shifts, the enormous diversity within those demographics, the major academic gaps in new students and the increasing needs for a skilled workforce have simply outstripped our resource capacity. READ MORE....... http://www.cccbsi.org/ 
POST SEPTEMBER 2012