1 What is your college doing to promote diversity? What is the college in the next county doing? What are the best diversity practices?

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Diversity and California Community Colleges 8% 21% UC 23% 18% 24% CSU 65% 72% 47% CC 3 Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission: First time freshmen from high schools, 2000

Diversity and California: Hispanic 5-year-olds as a percent of all 5-year-olds 4 Source: Population Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:

How do we respond? 5

The Diversity Practices Manual è 30 case studies è Innovative è Replicable 6

How it works: Description The Diversity Practices Manual 7

How it works: Evidence of Impact/Success The Diversity Practices Manual 8

How it works: Implementation The Diversity Practices Manual 9

How it works: Funding The Diversity Practices Manual 10

How it works: Advice The Diversity Practices Manual 11

How it works: Contact Person(s) The Diversity Practices Manual 12

Methodology 1.Data Collection Survey Peer recommendations Data analysis Expert recommendations 2. Data Analysis Identifying promising practices 3. In-Depth Phone Interviews Interviews with project representatives Interviews with stakeholders 13

Best Practices Case studies are examples of best practices Many other projects could be added to the collection 14

1.Recruitment and hiring 2.Internal climate 3.External relations Identifies best practices in: 15

Finding projects of interest to you Type of Project Cost Type of cost Region Size Population Search by: 16

“We don’t have a lot of money. Can we still do a project? 17

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1.Review case studies in your area of interest 2.Make comparisons 3.Involve colleagues in the review 4.Call or visit the contact persons Tips for Practitioners 20

1.Ask key people to review the case studies 2.Host sessions to discuss the findings 3.Assign people to gather more information 4.Include the study in a FLEX Day activity 5.Engage the community 6.Host a PowerPoint presentation Tips for Decision-Makers 21

What does the big picture look like? What kinds of patterns did CCSF detect? Five themes ran across the case studies The Big Picture 22

Themes 1.Expansion of traditional recruitment methods Internships National advertising Community workshops 23 Examples: Internship & placement Southern California community colleges Internship Los Rios Community College District

Themes 2. Increase in college-community partnerships Community surveys, meetings and listening sessions Satellite locations Programs targeting different neighborhoods and groups 24 Examples: Listening City College of San Francisco City government East Los Angeles

Themes 3. Creation of diversity advocates bringing faculty, administrators, and staff together around specific project activities 25 Examples: Faculty Pasadena City College Museum of Tolerance staff Yosemite Community College District

Themes Funding issues Most important sources of funding: Partnership for Excellence Chancellor’s Office grants

Themes Weak evaluations Lack of hard data Limited documentation of outcomes Example: Data collection on underrepresented Southern CA internship program

Future Plans Conference presentations Promoting Diversity manual Interactive website 28

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