ENROLLMENT REPORTING PROBED AT MISSION COLLEGE.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer The state Controller's Office is investigating a complaint that Mission College gained more than $1 million in public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public by improperly reporting enrollment in a noncredit non·cred·it adj. Of, relating to, or constituting an educational course that does not offer credit toward an academic degree. computer course, officials said Friday. A spokesman for Controller Steve Westly Steven Paul Westly (born August 27, 1957, in Arcadia, California) is an American businessman and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top two candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. would say only that a report on the inquiry - triggered by a faculty member's complaint - is expected next week. But campus officials said they've been told the state is conducting a ``fact-finding'' investigation to determine whether the 7,000-student campus in Sylmar incorrectly reported noncredit enrollment in a computer course and improperly received state funds as a result. Noncredit courses are funded by the state at $2,000 per full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or a student's enrollment at an educational institution. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time. student. Darroch ``Rocky'' Young, senior vice chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. for the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. , maintains that Mission did not receive any additional funds for the disputed course. He said the state pays for a specific number of FTEs, and Mission educates more students than that already. The course has been offered at Mission College since 1996, and was approved by the state Chancellor's Office, Young said. It was designed to give Mission students - many of whom are poor - access to computers in a lab setting to go with course work for their for-credit courses, Young said. ``The students go in, use the computers, and there's a system that logs the usage by students,'' said Angela Echeverri, president of the Mission Faculty Senate. ``The state is questioning whether all those hours are really related to a course, or whether they're doing other things on the computer.'' Mission College President Adriana Barrera could not be reached for comment. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com |
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