University of California President, Janet Napolitano is pushing a guaranteed admission proposal for community college students and faster graduation process in the UC system. However, Citrus College is remaining actionless until further notice.
“(The proposal) is just in the very infancy stages — if it even goes anywhere,” Robin McBurney, a Citrus College guidance counselor said. “We’re not doing anything.”
“President Janet Napolitano’s call for UCs to guarantee admission to all qualified community college students is an exciting proposition.” Jessica Lopez-Jimenez said in an email. “We will remain abreast of any new developments.”
Both McBurney and Lopez-Jimenez said that qualified Citrus College students who are considering transferring to a UC can still use the Transfer Admission Guarantee, or TAG, system.
TAG ensures eligible students enrollment in participating UC’s.
“Currently, Citrus College has guaranteed admission to six UC campuses participating in the Transfer Admission Guarantee program,” Lopez-Jimenez said. “Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.”
Statistics from Citrus College’s 2017 Fact Book prove an increase by more than 80 percent in UC transfers from 2006 to 2016, while the California State University transfer rates have only raised by about 19 percent within the same amount of years, yet CSU’s still outrank the amount of UC transfers overall.
Although both university systems undergo change to improve admission rates, Napolitano’s request on behalf of the UC system can affect the outcome of Citrus students who are interested in transferring to a UC.
The move to guarantee admission to UC’s for community college students is a part of Napolitano’s effort to improve the UC system and connect with the State of California, and if implemented, these effects could be seen as early as Fall 2019, according to the University of California official website.
