1. Community College Welcome & Systemwide Updates September 2015

2. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Preview State Budget & Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Preview Initiatives and Updates

3. State Budget & Fall 2015

4. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 State Budget Context Increases in UC’s base budget No tuition increases for 2015-16, 2016-17 Growing California resident enrollment Re-committed to having 33% of CA class from Community Colleges

5. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 CA Resident Applications to UC, 1990–2015

6. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Fall 2015 Outcomes for CCC Transfers MeasureCount/RateChange Applicants29,821+397 Admits20,921+32 Admit Rate (Before Referral) 70.2%-0.8%

7. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Student Diversity and Access The proportion of admitted CCC students from underrepresented groups improved slightly (32%), but still lags new UC freshmen (34%). Proportion of transfers who are first generation is higher than freshmen: 49% versus 41%.

8. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 % of Low-Income Students

9. Fall 2016 and Beyond

10. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 New for Fall 2016 Optional questions on gender identity & sexual orientation UC Information Center universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter

11. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Waitlists The Good 1,961 transfer students admitted from waitlists The Not-so-good Only 25% of students who were offered a space on the waitlist Moving forward Holding waitlists until July

12. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Internal Review of UC Application Application Content Review Primarily affects Freshmen applicants Application Design Review Investigating how students interact with the application, language used Goal: make the application easier for students of all backgrounds to use

13. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 President’s Transfer Initiative Outreach to new CCC students Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC-TAP) ASSIST Next Generation UC Transfer Pathways

14. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Anthropology Biochemistry Biology Cell Biology Chemistry Economics Mathematics Molecular Biology Physics Sociology UC Transfer Pathways: Ten Majors 23% of CCC applicants

15. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Highlights course expectations Includes important caveats and details ucal.us/transferpathways

16. COUNSELOR CONFERENCE 2015 Next Steps Articulation UC needs to ensure articulation is consistent across UC for the identified course expectations General Education UC needs to develop guidance on how Transfer Pathways fit with General Education options Additional Faculty Engagement ICAS, CCC-CSU review of TMCs, C-ID

17. Thank you!