Higher Education

Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on April 4, 2017.  All members were present except Regent Norwood who was absent and excused.

Matters Not Requiring Board Action:

Explore Options to Establish a Computer Science Teaching Certificate.  Representatives from Hunter College presented their ideas on the educational program requirements and pathways to establish a new computer science teaching certificate title.  HE (D) 1

Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on March 13, 2017.  All members were present.

Action Items

Proposed Amendments to Part 80 of the Commissioner’s Regulations Related to the Elimination of the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST) for Teacher Certification and to Remove Unnecessary References to the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST)

Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on January 10, 2017.  All members were present except for Regents Cea and Norwood who were absent and excused.

ACTION ITEMS

Your P-12 Education Committee and Higher Education Committee held a joint meeting on December 12, 2016.  All members were present, except for Regents Cea, Johnson, and Reyes, who were excused. 

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on December 13, 2016.  All members were present except for Regents Cea, Cashin, Johnson and Reyes who were absent and excused.

Action Items

State Legislative and Budget Priorities
Your Committee approved the initiatives to be advanced during the 2017 legislative session and the proposals to be advanced during the 2017-18 budget cycle.  HE (A) 1 & 2

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD