Contra Costa Times, February 16, 2009 by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_11717823
The task force, Edley said, hopes to improve upon past attempts, particularly a 1997 agreement between UC and the community colleges that laid out broad goals for improving transfer rates. “The earlier (pact) created a check-the-box culture based on meeting a head count target more than a culture of lifting up the whole education system,” he said. The goal of the new endeavor “is making sure students know where the on ramps are so they can get back on track.”