Completed projects

AB1417 Performance Framework for the California Community Colleges (ARCC)

Framework outlining an approach for annually evaluating  community college performance, which became the basis of Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC).

Academy of College Excellence Longitudinal Research Study

Longitudinal research study of the long-term impacts of the Academy for College Excellence (ACE) on students’ academic and employment outcomes.

Assessment of Online Education Initiatives

Research study focusing on (1) who participates, persists, completes, and succeeds in the online setting and (2) what makes these online approaches work for students and faculty.

Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in the California Community Colleges (Poppy Copy)

Report with literature review identifying effective practices in basic skills, an institutional self-assessment, and an electronic tool to calculate return on investment.

Basic Skills Research Project (2009-2013)

Analysis of how to transform basic skills instruction as observed at 20 California Community Colleges.

Bay Area California Community Colleges Consortium (BACCC) Data Profiles

Technical assistance to the Bay Area California Community Colleges Consortium (BACCC) to create data visualizations for workforce related data from the LaunchBoard and other sources to support the region’s planning efforts.

Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative Bridge Program (BAWFC) Evaluation

Multiphase evaluation of the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative’s (BAWFC) investment in community college career technical education (CTE) bridge programs.

Beyond Financial Aid

Toolkit featuring a literature review, a framework of strategies, and an institutional self assessment designed to assist two- and four-year institutions in strengthening financial stability and closing attainment gaps for low-income students.

Bridging Research, Information, and Culture Initiative (BRIC)

Strengthened cultures of inquiry and evidence in the California Community College system through a combination of onsite technical assistance, statewide professional development, and online resources.

Cabrillo Student Equity Convening and Focus Groups

Facilitation of a series of student focus groups and sharing findings at a practitioner convening to understand the educational experiences of student populations identified in Cabrillo College’s equity efforts.

California Acceleration Project (CAP) Evaluation

Evaluation of the effects of curricular redesign on the progress of students who placed into the remedial English and math sequence at 16 California Community Colleges.

California Community College Student Success Analysis

Evaluation of MIS student success data for a set of California Community Colleges.

California Community Colleges Common Assessment Initiative Evaluation

Evaluation of initiatives designed to advance the effectiveness of the entire California Community College system including the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Common Assessment, Education Planning​, Online Education, and Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiatives.

California Community Colleges Education Planning Initiative Evaluation

Evaluation of the California Community Colleges Education Planning Initiative (CAI) designed to provide feedback on the development and implementation of an education planning and degree audit system for the state.

California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative (OEI) Evaluation

Evaluation of the California Community Colleges Education Planning Initiative (CAI) designed to provide feedback on the development and implementation of an online course exchange and related student support services for the state.

 

California State University (CSU) Compass Evaluation

Quantitative analysis of the impact of GE courses incorporating high-impact practices at the community college level on student performance, and guidance on, and dissemination of, the final report.

Completion by Design

Series of four inquiry guides documenting approaches and insights emerging from the Completion by Design initiative, focused on developing guided pathways to improve student completion and success.

Contextualized Teaching and Learning

Instructional strategy and multifaceted resource for practitioners — particularly CTE, math, English, and ESL instructional and counseling faculty — for teaching basic skills in a context that is meaningful and relevant to students' lives.

Dual Enrollment Toolkit

Online toolkit offering a suite of resources to assist secondary and community college partners in launching or strengthening dual enrollment programs.

Effective Practices for Promoting the Transition of High School Students to College

Report on effective practices for the successful transition of students from high school to college entry as documented in research-based literature.

Effective Use of Labor Market Information (LMI)

Research brief that identifies the skills and competencies needed to effectively use LMI resources and assist practitioners in gathering local LMI.

Enrollment Forecasting

Research on methods for improving weekly student contact hours forecasts for the CCCCO.

Environmental Scan: Key Issues Facing California Community Colleges

Overview documents that outline internal and external trends shaping the system’s future as part of the statewide strategic planning process for California Community Colleges.

EOPS Impact Study

Study on the effectiveness of the EOPS program in serving students with economic and/or social disadvantages.

Focusing Accreditation on Quality Improvement

Findings that assist in optimizing the accreditation process for true quality improvement.

Hewlett Leaders in Student Success Recognition

Awards program recognizing seven California Community Colleges that demonstrated success with basic skills populations through strategies that support systemic improvement.

Investigating Completion through the Lens of Student Course-Taking

Facilitation and dissemination of practitioner-informed recommendations for changes at the system and classroom levels, looking at the question of completion through the lens of course-taking behavior, based on a study by University of Michigan’s Peter Riley Bahr.

Tags > CTE, completion, Completed projects, Nontraditional students, CTE students, Student Success, Course-taking, Pathways, Skills-builders, Cluster analysis

Long Beach City College’s (LBCC) Trade Adjustment Act Training Program

Evaluation of Long Beach City College’s Alternative Pathways to Engineering Education and Careers, a TAACCCT-funded project.

Metro Academies Cost-Efficiency Study

Assessment of the Metro model collaboratively designed and implemented by City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and San Francisco State University (SFSU) faculty to examine the question of how and if colleges could restructure pathways to transfer and completion in order to improve student outcomes and reduce costs.

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) and Competency-Based Education (CBE)

Research conducted on prior learning assessment and competency-based education through a partnership between the RP Group, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, and the Moran Technology Group.

Promising Practices for Transitioning Students from Adult Education to Postsecondary Education

Literature review identifying a set of 18 promising practices that enable the successful transition of students from adult education to postsecondary education.

Serving Foster Youth in California Community Colleges

Study and findings that resulted in the foundation for the creation of the Community College Pathways for Foster Youth (CCP), a million dollar initiative funded by The Walter S. Johnson Foundation, the Stuart Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to assist campus programs in improving college and career outcomes for former foster youth at 10 California Community Colleges.

SJSU Major Advisor Research Study

Evaluation assessing the effectiveness of San Jose State University’s faculty advisory pilot program.

Student Support (Re)defined

  Timeline 2011-2014

Student Transcript-Enhanced Placement Study (STEPS)

Study piloting and evaluating the utility of high school transcript data in predicting students' abilities to pass college-level English and/or math coursework.

Student Transfer in Professional Pathways Project (STP3)

Multi-year, comprehensive study focused on helping California Community Colleges grow their capacity to utilize high school transcript data to improve the assignment of recent high school graduates to English and math coursework.

 

Transfer Velocity Project

Most comprehensive study of community college to four-year transfers in California of its time — resulting in increased understanding of the full spectrum of factors, interventions, strategies, and practices that have a positive impact on transfer.

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