UC Systemwide Update Shawn Brick, Associate Director UC Office of the President May 2015
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 President Napolitano’s Transfer Initiative Technology Update Fall 2016 Preview Financing a UC Degree Agenda
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Applications: CA Resident CCC Transfers
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS to new CCC enrollees from President Redesigned website with input from users Presidential conversations on transfer Transfer and technology Presidential Transfer Initiative
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Technology and Data UC Information Center Replaces StatFinder ASSIST Next Generation Launch to colleges and universities Jan 2016 Public launch June 2016 Training and webinars between now and then
Updates to ASSIST Legacy ASSIST Home Page: ASSIST Next Gen Home Page:
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Fall 2016 Preview Application Opens August 1 More time for students to work on how to best present themselves on the application IGETC for STEM Available to students completing Biology and Chemistry ADTs
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Our Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan will cover systemwide tuition and fees for students who qualify. Blue + Gold
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Most families pay less than the “sticker price” 67% receive financial aid Over 50% pay no systemwide tuition at all Average grant award of $16,300 All students should apply for financial aid. There are lots of ways to finance a UC education. UC is affordable
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 How Families Finance UC
ENSURING TRANSFER SUCCESS 2015 Resources for AB540 Students Nonresident tuition exemption State and UC financial aid under CA Dream Act (CA Dream Act Application and a Cal Grant GPA Verification by March 2) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Entitles students to be employed legally No effect on eligibility for the AB 540 tuition exemption or financial aid Undocumented Students Website undoc.universityofcalifornia.edu Undocumented Students
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