1. Irvine Valley Community College Opening Day
Audrey Dow, Interim Co-President/ Senior Vice President 

2. University of Southern California
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3. Affordability
Completion
College access
Equity

4. James A. Garfield High School
1993
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5. Brown University
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6. Being Equity Minded Race Conscious
How racism is produced through everyday practices
Make racism visible and discussable
Center for Urban Education
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7. Racism is an individual act of discrimination
All students matter
It's too risky
We are over racism
Racism is an individual act of discrimination
Structural racism is hard to understand
Closed academic networks are closed to critical race perspectives
It's not what we know 
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8. The Racial Equity Challenge Before Us
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9. 89% of Black 19-year-olds have a high school diploma
GOOD NEWS
86%
of Latinx 19-year-olds have a high school diploma
More Latinx are graduate from high school, and more are prepared for college. 
86% of Latinx 19-year-olds had a high school diploma or equivalent in 2016.
39% of high school graduates had graduated from high school prepared for college.
89% of Black 19-year-olds have a high school diploma

10. A-G Completion
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11. 9 of 10 CA Latinx Attend a Public College or University
Overall
enrollment
This is in

12. Public Colleges are Critical for Black Californians
Overall
enrollment

13. College Attendance
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14. 18% (1.3 million) of Californian’s Latinx Adults Have an Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree

15. Community College Have Lower Completion Rates for Black
Students than White Students, and These Completion Rates are not Improving
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16. Community Colleges have Lower Completion Rates for Latinx Students than White Students but Gaps are Closing
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17. Remedial Education by Race
8 out of 10 Latinx students are placed in remedial education
9 out of 10 Black students are placed in remedial education
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18. Students Placed in Basic Skills Are Less Likely to Complete College
Enrolled directly into college-level courses
Enrolled into basic skills courses

19. TRANSFER MAZE @ADcollegeopp Connie Castelan
3 community college districts
7 campuses
2.5 years
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20. Community Colleges Only Transfer 35% of Black and 31% of Latinx Students After Six Years2%
Latinx
13%
16%
31%
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21. Longer Time to a Degree Average time 4.1 years Average time 4.8 years
6.4
years 7
years

22. Transfer Students Pay $36K-$38K More
Transfer to UC
Total Cost
$118,400
Transfer to CSU
$124,100
CSU Total Cost of Attaining a Bachelor’s Degree
$85,920
UC Total Cost of Attaining a Bachelor’s Degree
$82,410

23. FIXING TRANSFER

24. Associate Degrees for Transfer Awarded the
Academic Year
671 ADT Awards
411 ADT Awards
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25. Does College Leadership Look Like The Students They Serve?
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26. California Community College
Students vs. Faculty & Senior Leadership Demographics
68% of Students are Racially/Ethnically Diverse
62% of Faculty & Senior Leadership is White
White
AANHPI
Black
Latinx
Other
Unknown

27. California Community College Campus Demographics
NON-TENURED FACULTY
TENURED FACULTY
ENROLLMENT
White
AANHPI
Black
Latinx
Other
Unknown

28. California Community College Campus Demographics
CAMPUS ACADEMIC SENATES
ENROLLMENT
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
White
AANHPI
Black
Latinx
Other
Unknown

29. California Community College
System Demographics
White
AANHPI
Black
Latinx
Other
Unknown

30. @ADcollegeopp

31. What Can You Do to Promote Equity?
Connection
Entrance
Progression
Completion
Moving On
What Can You Do to Promote Equity?
What Can You Do to Promote Equity?

32. A Closing Thought: Trust

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