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Link of The Month: Closing the Door-Increasing The Gap: Who's Not Going to (Community) College? NEW! (# 12)
- 2011 College Report-Latino. College Board Latino Edition of College Completion Agenda NEW!
- A Report of the Commission on the Future of Community College League of California. (2020 Vision). The Community College League of California convened a commission of 33 college leaders to identify policy and practice changes that, if implemented, could increase meaningful completions in community colleges by 2020. The Commission was asked to constrain its recommendations within reasonably available state resources, a particularly difficult task given the magnitude of the current recession and associated decline in state revenues. This report specifically addresses the need to increase associate degree and certificate completions in California’s community colleges. (Concision)
- A Transfer Discussion Document. Revised July, 2005, by the Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates (ICAS) focuses the three segments of the California public higher education system which currently operate several programs intended to facilitate the transfer of students between the California Community Colleges and California State University and University of California systems. (ICAS)
- Accountability Cover Letter and Report for the California Community Colleges from Chancellor Scott, March 2011.-ARCC website. Please note that the web links may require a few minutes to download. (CCCCO)
- Assessing Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency in California Community College Transfer Advising. A Dissertation by Duane D. Short, North Central University, January 2009 on the effectiveness and economic efficiency of transfer advising programs. (GradWorks)
- Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students. The National Association for College Admission Counseling will support and advance the work of counseling and enrollment professionals as they help all students realize their full educational potential, with particular emphasis on the transition to postsecondary education. NACAC is committed to promoting high professional standards that foster ethical and social responsibility. (NACAC)
- Cal State system Outreach Report (08-09). Provides annual report of Student Academic Outreach Programs. In this report, specific activities and initiatives related to academic preparation and outreach (recruitment) are detailed. (.pdf) (CalState)
- Community College Transfer Task Force - Findings and Recommendations Aimed at Strengthening the Community College Transfer Process Interim Report, Sept. '09. (CCCCO, CalState and UCOP).
- California Community College Transfer and Articulation Reporting from 2005-06 through 2009-10. (CCCCO)
- California Community College Transfer Rates: Who is Counted makes a Difference! Recent research reports have concluded that students who enroll in California community colleges complete a degree or transfer at relatively low rates. (CCCCO)
- Community Colleges with Twenty Percent or More Hispanic Students Enrolled: What Works in Student Retention?
Fourth National Survey, 2010 (ACT)
- Closing the Door-Increasing The Gap: Who's Not Going to (Community) College? Center for HIgher Education. April 2012 NEW! (futureofhighered.org)
- CPEC's California Community College Community College Enrollment Demand Projections, 2009–2019-(CPEC)
- Crafting a Student-Centered Transfer Process in California: Lessons from Other States-08/09. A Report from the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy at CSU, Sacramento. (CSUS)
- Doctorate Nursing Programs in the New Millennium - a great resource for both aspiring nurses and current health care practitioners.
- High School to Community College. This report focuses on where California’s K–12 and community college systems meet and explores some of the potential opportunities currently under discussion for building better bridges between them. The report emphasizes the issue of students’ readiness for college-level academic work in English language arts and math. (EduSource)
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Examining the Data: Taking a Closer Look at Private Loan Borrowing at Individual Schools - Understanding the extent to which students at individual schools are taking out private loans is important because of concerns that some institutions might be steering students to take out private loans before exhausting their lower cost federal student aid options. (EdMoney)
- Excelencia in Education. By the year 2025, nearly one-quarter of the nation’s college-age population will be Latino, but not enough are earning college and university degrees. To ensure the high caliber of tomorrow’s workforce and civic leadership, Excelencia in Education links research, policy, and practice to inform policymakers and institutional leaders who in turn promote policies and practices that support higher educational achievement for Latino and all students. (EdExcelencia)
- Keeping Students Informed of the Transfer Process. This article resulted from an action research project conducted to explore ways in which California community colleges could increase student awareness of the university admission and major-course requirements, encourage student utilization of community college student transfer services designed to inform, advise, and guide students seamlessly through the transfer process, and increase student transfer success. (thefreelibrary)
- LAO: The Master Plan at 50. Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities. This report reviews how the Master Plan envisioned CSU’s place in the higher education system, and assesses how the university has carried out its role in the face of changing enrollment demand and funding limitations. (lao.ca.gov)
- Latino College Completion: California. This link is a framework for tracking Latino degree attainment in California. NEW!
- New America Foundation - The Federal Education Budget Project. The Federal Education Budget Project produces a continuous stream of rigorous, independent research on and analysis of all facets of federal education finance. FEBP is a non-partisan, authoritative source of information on federal education funding for policymakers, the media, and the public. (febp.newamerica)
- National Institute for the Study of Student Transfers (TransferInstitute)
- National Student Clearinghouse Research Center provides student outcomes data and more to higher education institutions, states, school districts, and educational organizations. (NationalStudentClearingHouse) NEW!
- Non-Traditional Transfer Student Needs: A Marketing Analysis. The Institute for College Access and Success (.pdf)
- Other Educational Links
- Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)
- California Community Colleges (CCCCO)
- California State University (CalState)
- CCCCO Board of Governors (CCCCO)
- Department of Education (ODE)
- External Reports: An index of reports created by other agencies. (CPEC)
- Legislative Analyst Office (lao.ca)
- UC Counselor Admission Information: Designed for high school and community college counselors who help students apply to UC's. (UniversityofCalifornia)
- University of California (UniversityofCalifornia)
- U.S. Department of Education (ed.gov)
- Pell Institute. The Pell Institute publishes research and analysis that address equal educational opportunity, particularly the outcomes for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students. Some Research examples that can be found on the Pell Institute website, include, but is not limited to:
- Moving Beyond Access: College Success for Low-Income, First Generation Students
- Straight From the Source: What Works for First-Generation College Students
- Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students (11/19/2009). A report from The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education highlights promising transfer practices at six community colleges in Texas. The six colleges were selected based on an analysis of the transfer rates of low-income and first-generation students, and site visits were conducted to learn more about best practices that led to these results. (PellInstitute)
- Proposed Title 5 Change on Apportionment Limit for Enrollment in Credit Courses (SECTIONS 55024, 55040, 55042, 58161, AND 58161.5). Counselors need to be aware of these changes to be able to advise students of the limit of 3 enrollments in credit courses so that students can make informed choices about their enrollment for fall 2011 and spring 2012 courses. (CCCCO)
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Reports adopted by CPEC
- Chronological Listing of Reports: Find a report published in a particular year.
- K-University Master Plan: Links to information about The California Master Plan for Education.
- Portfolio of Publications
- Recent Commission Reports: Reports, fact sheets, and updates published in the last five years.
- Search for a Report: Search for a report using keywords.
- Topical Listing of Reports: Find a report about a particular topic. Some reports are available on-line, others are summarized. (CPEC)
- Student Transfer in California Post-Secondary Education. The 2005-08 Student Transfer in California Postsecondary Education report, provides background and summary information on undergraduate student transfer in California’s postsecondary education systems. The report discusses the important role transfer plays in California’s postsecondary education system, and the many intricacies of the transfer function. (CPEC)
- The Hidden Costs of Low Retention Rates in Community Colleges. The American Institutes for Research just released a report on the hidden costs of low retention rates in community colleges and how to reduce those costs. (air.org) NEW!
- The Transfer Center Report and Articulation Addendum Report for 2008-09 have been posted on the following web pages:
- Transfer Data-2008-09 (CCCCO)
- Articulation Data-2008-09 (CCCCO)
Each report now presents graphical views for most responses, along with data from prior years for trending.
- Transfer Rate Study. This excel file contains three separate tables showing the transfer rates for three academic years – 1998-99 to 2005-06. (CCCCO)
- Transfer Velocity Project. (also known as Transfer Leadership Center Project) The Transfer Leadership Center (TLC) is the most comprehensive study to date of two-to-four-year transfer in California. Awarded in 2007 by the California Community College State Chancellor’s Office, the study investigates and increases our understanding of the full spectrum of factors, interventions, strategies, and practices that have a positive impact on transfer. TLC includes three components: a literature review, quantitative analysis, and qualitative research. (RPGroup)
- Trendiest Colleges. After comparing the New York Times' list of 2010-2011 application increases, Collegeprowler.com's "Top Colleges" list (which includes student rankings of academics, the student body, nightlife and campus facilities), Princeton Review's 2010 list of the "Happiest Colleges" and the "New Ivies" lists from Newsweek and unigo.com, we put together a group of schools that, as of 2011, are doing something right. (CollegeProwler)
- Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood. This report focuses on the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates the unauthorized immigrant population using the “residual method,” a well-developed and widely accepted technique that is based on official government data. For more details, see “Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010” by Jeffrey Passel and D’Vera Cohn (2011). NEW!