News and Facts 

The RP Group Welcomes New Board Members
August 3, 2018

The RP Group Board Shares April Memorandum...
May 8, 2018

Dr. Darla Cooper Selected... as New Executive Director
January 18, 2018

The RP Group Welcomes New Board Members...
June 30, 2017

A Recap of the 2017 RP Conference: A Year of Firsts
April 27, 2017

The RP Group Announces Change in Leadership
April 3, 2017

The RP Group Announces New Website and More
November 29, 2016

Dr. Matthew Wetstein Recommended for Cabrillo College Presidency
Times Publishing Group Article December 15, 2017 Matthew Westein, RP Group President from 2014-2016 will be “the next President/Superintendent of Cabrillo College, with a projected start date of February 1, 2018.”

“Multiple Paths Forward” cites RP Group, Published in EdSource Newsletter
EdSource Newsletter Spring 2018 RP Group cited in WestEd Report “Multiple Paths Forward,” which was shared in EdSource email updates, daily for a period of more than 30 days in Spring 2018.

New bill removes remedial classes by 2018
The Connection Article December 4, 2017 MMAP, led by RP Group and Educational Results Partnerships’ Cal-PASS Plus system, is used by Cosumnes River College to determine “how high school transcripts can be used to determine college competency.”

More Than $5.7 Million in Grants Awarded to CSUF During Last Three Months of 2016
California State Fullerton News Service
January 4, 2017
Director of the Social Science Research Center at Cal State Fullerton, Laura Gil-Trejo, received “$32,676 from the RP Group for the ‘Joyce Foundation Academy for College...

Four Finalists Announced for Lake Tahoe Community College President Job
South Tahoe Now November 9, 2016 In this article, former RP Group board member, Matt Wetstein, is one of “four finalists for the position of Lake Tahoe Community College's Superintendent/President.”

Easy Change Could Improve College Racial Equity
San Diego Union Tribune July 27, 2016 The article states that the process for assessing which students get to take college-level courses or remedial courses aids in the racial inequity within California Community Colleges. RP Group President,...

Community Colleges Sending Too Many into Remedial Math
San Francisco Chronicle May 29, 2015 The article states that California Community Colleges’ placement tests have unfairly placed students in remedial courses. The RP Group is referenced as estimating that “each year, nearly 50,000 students who...

Reworking Remedial Education
EdSource November 11, 2014 The RP Group’s 2014 report, Curricular Redesign and Gatekeeper Completion: A Multi-College Evaluation of the California Acceleration Project, was referenced in an EdSource article about restructuring the approach to...

CLU Professor Receives Fulbright
al Lutheran News May 27, 2014 Out of 1,100 candidates, RP Group senior researcher Diane Rodriguez-Kiino “received a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach at the University of Tokyo and Tsuda College in Japan during the 2014-2015 academic year.” She...

Public Campuses Mimic Private University Experience
San Francisco Gate June 24, 2012 Metro Academies Initiative is a program that provides students in public colleges with a private university experience for a small additional cost to each school. Researchers Jane Wellman, a college cost expert,...

All Things Transfer
Growing Inland Achievement Blog Post December 14, 2017 Blog post on transfer information where the RP Group’s Through the Gate: Mapping the Transfer Landscape for California Community College Students was referenced as “[investigating] why many...

Guided Pathways Library of Resources — RP Group Cited
RP Group referenced as a source multiple times in Chancellor’s Office Guided Pathways Library of Resources document.

Multiple Paths Forward Report — RP Group Cited
RP Group cited in WestEd / Just Equations Report and shared on Just Equations website.

A Brief History of California’s Changing Approach: Basic Skills and Beyond
Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness Blog Post by Rose Asera May 11, 2018 “Twelve years ago, when I was a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, we began planning a project on the “developmental...

Continuing Ed awarded Project of the Year by research and planning group
San Diego Community College District News Center Article April 9, 2018 The RP Group honors “San Diego Continuing Education, the largest provider of noncredit education in California, with the 2018 Research and Planning Group Project of the Year...

RP Group Cited in 2018 AIR report
2018 The RP Group is cited in this 2018 AIR report: Serving English Language Learners in Higher Education: Unlocking the Potential.

2018 Wheelhouse Fellows
UC Davis Announcement 2018 Former RP Group President and Board member Matt Wetstein selected to serve in second cohort of Wheelhouse fellows.

OEI Updates: Supporting Student Success Through Online Ecosystem
CCC Tech Edge Update October 19, 2017 The data gathered from the RP Group’s evaluation shows “colleges that have implemented the Online Education Ecosystem had success rates 2.9 percent above the statewide average.”

OEI To Release Outcomes Summary For 2015-16
CCC Tech Edge Update May 11, 2017 “The California Community Colleges (CCC) Online Education Initiative (OEI) will be releasing its Online Education Initiative Enrollment, Demographics, and Outcomes Summary 2015-16 report. Conducted by...

Two Applied Solutions Kits Are Live on the PLN
IEPI Newsletter April 2017 “The Applied Solutions Kit (ASK) was created out of a need for tools and practices that provide information for colleges on a variety of critical topics. The idea is simple: provide materials that dive deeply into...

Through the Gate: Mapping the Transfer Landscape for California Community College Students
College Futures Foundation Article 2017 Many California Community College students enroll with the “intent of transfering to a four-year college or university,” but the transfer rate is low. The RP Group’s Through the Gate report “aims to...

Kern Community College District
Spring 2018 RP Group work referenced in relation to KCCD committee Academic Senate Spring Session Resolutions item: Reduce Course Enrollment Maximums as Needed to Satisfy New State Directives.

Riverside Community College District
2018 Guided Pathways report has been included on the district’s Strategic Communications Workforce report list.

Modesto Junior College — New Student Day 2018
2018 Modesto Junior College integrates “the RP Group research findings related to the Six Success Factors of Student Achievement” to partner with their students and help them succeed.

De Anza College — Mission and Values
With information from the RP Group’s Student Support (Re)defined report, De Anza College provides support for their students to have direction, stay focused, feel nurtured, be engaged, feel connected, and feel valued.

Reedley College
2017 To determine how to best serve students, Reedley hired the RP Group to conduct focus groups with students.

Norco College
2015 Norco College used Completion by Design’s “Loss and Momentum Framework,” and the RP Group’s work that “focuses on six success factors that contribute to student achievement” to prepare its Equity Plan.

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