Merritt College’s plan based on the principles Improve student access to college programs and services. Increase and balance student equity and diversity in college programs and services. Improve success by closing the performance gap and mitigating disproportionate impact for identified target groups. The plan includes goals followed by activities to accomplish the goals. Planned goals include the following:

A. STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR FOR ACCESS Goal A: Increase access of under-represented populations within the college service area to match the community served. African American from 35% to 37% (PBI) Disability Status from 5.3% to 10% Hispanic/Latino from 15% to 25% (HSI) Male, particularly African American and Latino populations

B. STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR FOR COURSE COMPLETION GOAL B: Increase overall college retention rate from 55% to 60% Improve course completion for African Americans in mathematics Improve course completion of “Other- non White” students Improve Fall to Spring course completion rates particularly African American and Hispanic/Latino students

C. STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR FOR ESL AND BASIC SKILLS COMPLETION GOAL C: Increase completion rates and ensure that students succeed at the same rate as the overall percentage of students who successfully complete courses with a grade of A, B, C or Credit ESL from 49% to 52% Basic skills English from 66% to 69% Basic skills mathematics from 47% to 50%

D. STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR FOR DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE COMPLETION GOAL D: Increase the number of students obtaining a degree or certificate Degree: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native Certificates: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino

E. STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR FOR TRANSFER GOAL E. Increase the transfer rate from 1.5% to 5% Focus on under-represented populations to CSU and UC – African American – Hispanic/Latinos