Multiple Measures Assessment Project 

Many California Community Colleges (CCC) administer student surveys to understand their students’ experiences and gather feedback to support local continuous improvement efforts. To support the CCCs’ with these efforts, The RP Group has implemented several statewide survey efforts to provide individual colleges, and the state with information about CCC students’ experiences, needs, and challenges related to, but not limited to, transfer, enrollment, and basic needs.

This research is focused on understanding the role university educational deserts (UED) (areas with limited higher education options) have on transfer and the demographics of the students who live in these areas. This study will include a mapping of the California landscape where UEDs exist, followed by a robust quantitative analysis to explore the relationships between students’ distance to broad-access universities and their likelihood of transfer with special attention paid to the roles of race/ethnicity and income status.