California State University, Fullerton
SCHEC Mission
The major purpose of SCHEC is to share information and provide channels of communication among the segments of higher education located within the South Coast region of Southern California. Segments include both public and private institutions.
SCHEC initiates and coordinates projects of mutual interest to member institutions and provides a vehicle for solving problems related to transfer credit, course equivalencies and major curriculum changes, all of which have great impact on secondary schools, colleges, and universities. SCHEC also helps to create and publicize student-facing transfer events, both at member campuses and virtually, designed to raise awareness among students around the various high-quality and unique opportunities available to them right here in Southern California.
SCHEC History
A 1975 UC Irvine student intern project to study the concerns and problems of community college transfer students demonstrated the need for closer cooperation efforts between university institutions and community colleges.
With the goal of facilitating transfer and enhancing the success of transferring students, representatives of the community colleges within Orange County and UCI established the Community College/UCI Council. The council then became a vehicle for better mutual understanding between the two segments of higher education in the area and a regional forum for handling articulation concerns, transferability of courses, and satisfaction of prerequisite requirements for specific majors.
From this beginning, the South Coast EOP/S Consortium was developed in 1976. In mid-1977, the name South Coast Higher Education Council (SCHEC) was adopted to reflect the wider and growing involvement of the California State Universities, private colleges, and additional community colleges within the California South Coast region.
The major purpose of SCHEC is to share information and provide channels of communication among the segments of higher education located within the South Coast region of Southern California. Segments include both public and private institutions.
SCHEC initiates and coordinates projects of mutual interest to member institutions and provides a vehicle for solving problems related to transfer credit, course equivalencies and major curriculum changes, all of which have great impact on secondary schools, colleges, and universities. SCHEC also helps to create and publicize student-facing transfer events, both at member campuses and virtually, designed to raise awareness among students around the various high-quality and unique opportunities available to them right here in Southern California.
SCHEC History
A 1975 UC Irvine student intern project to study the concerns and problems of community college transfer students demonstrated the need for closer cooperation efforts between university institutions and community colleges.
With the goal of facilitating transfer and enhancing the success of transferring students, representatives of the community colleges within Orange County and UCI established the Community College/UCI Council. The council then became a vehicle for better mutual understanding between the two segments of higher education in the area and a regional forum for handling articulation concerns, transferability of courses, and satisfaction of prerequisite requirements for specific majors.
From this beginning, the South Coast EOP/S Consortium was developed in 1976. In mid-1977, the name South Coast Higher Education Council (SCHEC) was adopted to reflect the wider and growing involvement of the California State Universities, private colleges, and additional community colleges within the California South Coast region.