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Responsible for management,
policy development and implementation in the areas of instructional
resources and academic standards, including Credit Program and
Course approval, curriculum reporting and review, Noncredit
(adult education), Basic Skills and English as a Second Language
(ESL), Distance Education, and the California Virtual Campus
(CVC); in addition to administration of Funds for Instructional
Improvement (FII) as well as Mathematics, Engineering, and Science
Achievement (MESA) special project funding . This unit
reviews new community curriculum, provides direction on curricular
issues, and manages several grant funds that support instructional
initiatives. Responsible for approving new credit degrees and
certificates, credit courses not part of an approved program,
and noncredit (adult education) courses, this unit also maintains
inventories of approved programs and noncredit courses. Instructional
Programs and Services conducts research and provides policy
leadership in the areas of Basic Skills and ESL, Global/Immigrant
Education, and various areas related to distance education and
curriculum and instructional aspects of grading issues, probation
and dismissal, course standards, degree and certificate requirements,
and applications for approval of new educational centers and
new colleges. a
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