Student Success

Provided comprehensive planning, research, data, regulatory, and evaluation services to the Chancellor’s Office to support achievement of the Vision for Success through initiatives including Financial Aid Reform, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, the Student Equity and Achievement Program, direct assessment competency-based education programs, systemwide Guided Pathways implementation, and the Funding Formula Workgroup

Supported the acceleration of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Integration Plan by reviewing Title 5 regulations and developing a system-wide work plan to advance a total of 68 DEI recommendations and related tools by June 30, 2021

Launched the Student Centered Design Lab, a dedicated team focused on student validation of the design of technology tools, communication campaigns, and policy initiatives

Conducted student testing to refine the design of the statewide online Course Exchange and inform communication and outreach campaigns to students in partnership with the California Virtual Campus (CVC), a statewide initiative that allows students enrolled at one community college to take online courses at another

Partnered with the Chancellor’s Office to redesign the California College Promise Grant application to be more student-friendly and ultimately increase student access to tuition and fee waivers

Supported the first full year of AB 705 implementation, the community college system’s transformation of placement and curricula in English, math, and English as a Second Language, through professional development integration with the Vision Resource Center, data collection and analysis conducted in partnership with Strong Start to Finish, participation in policy convenings, and the development of research tools in partnership with the RP Group

Launched the California Community Colleges Trustee Fellowship to connect system leaders and support implementation of reforms associated with the Vision for Success 

Increased integration of colleges and districts into the Vision Resource Center, a systemwide learning management and professional development platform, onboarding a total of 58 colleges, 33 districts, and more than 101,365  professionals 

Helped launch the Chancellor’s Office COVID-19 Community on the Vision Resource Center which hosts over 2,500 members and provides faculty, staff, and administrators an opportunity to stay informed on developments relative to the pandemic, ask questions, and share and elevate promising response practices across the system

Published 38 new content pieces, developed 21 new statewide communities, and began promotion of all system events on the Vision Resource Center which increased the ability for professionals to collaborate and receive most updated guidance and information from the Chancellor’s Office

Supported the community colleges’ implementation of AB 705 through several California Acceleration Project initiatives, including through expansive professional development for college faculty and the publication of “Getting There II: A Statewide Progress Report” in partnership with Campaign for College Opportunity, a report which examined the law’s impact and provided solutions to identified challenges around implementation

Developed a Credit for Prior Learning Toolkit to increase adoption and expansion of best practices for assessing students’ prior learning, and aligned efforts to Adult Promise work to optimize community colleges for adult attainment and lifelong learning

Showcased Vision for Success reform efforts at the national level by participating in Jobs for the Future (JFF) Postsecondary State Network convenings and by acting as the California representation in the JFF Student Success Center Network, which connects community college representatives to facilitate collaboration and learning, build capacity, and share proven practices for implementing Guided Pathways

Through a project managed and overseen by the Educational Results Partnership, increased the number of participating Cal-PASS Plus member institutions and data uploaded, and launched two new dashboards to provide practitioners with actionable data to identify and close equity gaps: the STEM dashboard, which provides data on the effectiveness of STEM programs and curriculum, and the Foster Youth dashboard, with data showing the comparison between foster youth and non-foster youth success rates from high school and as they transfer into the community college system

Spearheaded by the California Colleges Guidance Initiative, received approval to integrate the University of California application into californiacolleges.edu, providing high school seniors with a singular platform to access enrollment, financial aid, and Dream Act applications for all of California’s public higher education systems in once place