| The California State University will meet the need for undergraduate education in California through increasing outreach efforts and transfer, retention, and graduation rates, and providing students a variety of pathways that may reduce the time needed to complete degrees. |
| Recommendations | Current Status | Constituencies | Priorities | Actions |
| 5a. A continuation of the current Trustee policy to strengthen the connection between the CSU and K-12.... | Specific partnerships established between CSUS and local school districts. | | High | |
| 5b. A commitment to expand programs of mentoring, course and program articulation, and adequate counceling and assessment. | Transfer students still find too many difficulties. | | High | |
| 5c. A commitment to continue and expand programs to reach traditionally underrepresented communities through increased efforts at outreach and retention. | | | | |
| 5d. A commitment to review the current pathways to the degree(s), with a special focus on developing more joint and shared degree programs, reviewing the preparation of students for the teaching credential, and eliminating unnecessary obstacles to the timely completion of degrees. | GE and graduation requirements are cumbersome. | | High | |
| 5e. ...a continued commitment to manage costs, and to maintain low student fees by any national standard, with sufficient financial aid to ensure that access for needy students is maintained. | This is a system-level responsibility. | | | |