1. California Community Colleges www. cccco
California Community Colleges Presenter: Pam Brown Schachter, PhD
Partial list of well-know people who attended a California Community College
George Lucas
Amy Tan
Annette Bening
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Aaron Rodgers
Tom Hanks
Morgan Freeman
Billy Crystal

2. Today 114 Community Colleges in California
It all began with 22 colleges in 1960 with the development of the MASTER PLAN for HIGHER EDUCATION (Donahoe Act) in California
Designated different missions of University of California (research, PhD granting), California State Universities (vocational, technical, and teacher training), and Community Colleges

3. Who is likely to choose the community college path in California?
Have not decided on academic or career goals and want to explore
Have not met requirements for freshman admission and want additional academic preparation (math and/or language)
Are not ready to or able to leave home
Want the affordability of the community colleges
Unsatisfied with the four-year options available to them as a high school senior (increasing #)

4. Community College Goals
Offer the Associates – 2 year academic degree
Provide an “OPEN DOOR” to all high school graduates
Provide remedial instruction; workforce training (certificate programs);
AND, academic TRANSFER programs (THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT – CCC students given highest PRIORITY in admission to the UCs and CSUs with junior standing (60+ transfer units) – over 4 year college transfers

6. IGETC - Inter-segmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
1991 – development of a COMMON pattern for GENERAL EDUCATION courses that transfer students complete and apply to all 9 UC and 23 CSU campuses
See Advantages of CCC Experience (page 1)
Strategies for Community College students (page 1 back)

7. Associate Degrees for Transfer
Senate Bill 1440 in 2010
Joint effort of the CCCs and CSUs streamlining transfer process and A Degree with a Guarantee to complete Bachelor’s degree in 60 more units (top 37 majors) (page 3)
60 units at the CCC + 60 units at the CSU
Result = priority admission/streamlined process/GPA “bump”
Similarly UCs offer Transfer Pathways for top 21 majors

8. Associate Degrees for Transfer
In 2011, their first year, 703 CCC students received an Associate Degree for Transfer statewide
In 2017, over 38,000 students statewide received such “degrees with a guarantee”
Goal by 2020 is 42,000 students statewide

9. UC’s Transfer Mission
The University of California proudly enrolls more community college transfer students than any other university of its caliber.
UC President Janet Napolitano

10. CCC packets Important websites = www.assist.org