Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: West Valley College student retention, recruitment and transition reports
Dates: 1989-1993
Collection number: Consult repository
Creator:
West Valley College
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
West Valley College Library
Abstract: This file contains a sample trio of student retention, recruitment and transition reports.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred Citation
West Valley College student retention, recruitment and transition reports, Consult repository. Courtesy of the West Valley
College Library.
Biography / Administrative History
The West Valley Joint Community College District was formed in January of 1963 when voters approved creation of the district
after a countywide master plan for community college education had been designed in 1962. At that time it was comprised of
the Campbell Union, Los Gatos-Saratoga high school districts and the Santa Clara Unified School District. Doors opened for
classes in fall 1964 at the Campbell campus. In early 1966, a 143-acre site in Saratoga was purchased for what would become
the permanent campus for West Valley College and the District offices. Groundbreaking for the first campus building began
in June 1967. The second campus in the College District, Mission College, began with the acquisition of 12 acres in Santa
Clara and eventually grew to be a 164-acre site. Mission College was temporarily located at Jefferson Intermediate School
from 1975 to 1979. With the completion of the first building phase in the fall of 1979, the new Mission College campus opened
its doors to students. In September 1985, the name of the District was changed from the West Valley Joint Community College
District to West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCD).
Scope and Content of Collection
This file contains a sample trio of Student Retention, Recruitment and Transition reports as follows: Minority Recruitment,
Retention and Transition Report and Recommendations presented by Minority Recruitment and Retention Task Force, May 1989;
Minority Recruitment, Retention and Transition Progress Report presented by the Minority Advocacy Committee, March 1992; and
Retention Strategies: Ideas to Improve Student Success compiled by West Valley College administration, faculty, staff and
students: a joint project of the Offices of Instruction and Matriculation, Spring 1993.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
West Valley College
West Valley College--Students
Minority college students--Recruiting--California--Saratoga
Community college dropouts--California--Saratoga--Prevention