Purpose

Mission

The goal that has focused the Round Table for the last 20 years is:

All students will meet high academic standards such that they will be prepared for subsequent success in education or the workplace without need for remediation in core academic disciplines.

Role

Since its inception and despite interest in all students, the Round Table has focused on improving academic outcomes for all students from communities with historically low college-going rates. This focus is crucial especially at the nexus between public schools and higher education.

Guiding Principals

The following principles have guided the Round Table’s selection of issues and activities in which it has been engaged:

  • Intersegmental issues that involve more than one educational sector.

  • Collaboration, especially in encouraging and facilitating regional development and implementation of programs and activities at the local level.

  • Activities in which it can provide a unique contribution that is outside the purview of other state-level organizations.

  • Initiatives designed to enhance student achievement, particularly in closing the Achievement Gap between groups of students.

  • Concentration on middle schools due to their crucial role in preparing students for college.

 

The Round Table places responsibility for achieving its goal on the ICC. As such, the ICC is responsible for:

Fostering collaboration within California’s educational community at all levels through conducting activities and supporting strategies that link the public schools, community colleges, and baccalaureate-granting colleges and universities. The outcome is to ensure a coherent, high-quality educational experience for each learner – kindergarten through post-graduate programs.