March 2015
Awards is the name of this issue's game! In addition to exploring the work of the 2015 RP Award winners, the California Department of Finance has just announced the recipients of its Awards for Innovation in Higher Education. These awards, totaling $50 million, have been awarded to California community colleges, CSUs and UCs that have innovated creative and cost-effective ways to increase the number of students who earn a bachelor's degree within four years and/or make it easier for students to transition from community colleges to four-year institutions--and, with models that could be replicated across the state.
We would like to highlight the community college recipients of these awards, especially the Leading from the Middle college team from City College of San Francisco who played a significant role in developing the Bridge to Success program as well as writing its submission for the Award.
You can read a page-long summary of each award-winning application here, or a tweetsized summary below:
• Hartnell College, for its CSIT-in-3, a program that enables students in a cohortmodel to earn a bachelor in computer science in three years, associated with CSU Monterey Bay
• Riverside Community College District, Riverside Community College, Crafton Hills College and San Bernardino Valley College, for the Federation of a Competitive Economy (FACE), a regional K-20 vision focused on college readiness in San Bernardino County in collaboration with local K-12 schools, UC Riverside and CSU San Bernardino
• Long Beach City College, for its Long Beach College Promise Program and close collaboration with local K-12 schools and CSU Long Beach, resulting in high rates of college preparedness
• Santa Ana College, for its Santa Ana Partnership, which provides a long history of structured pathways from high school to community college to CSU Fullerton and UC Irvine
• Shasta College, for its PACT (Promise for Access, Completion and Transfer) Program which supports participating high school students who enroll simultaneously at the college
• City College of San Francisco, for its Bridge to Success Program in collaboration with San Francisco public schools
• College of the Redwoods, for its participation in the Humboldt Post-Secondary Success Collaborative
• City College of San Francisco, Diablo Valley College and Skyline College, for the Metro College Success Program in collaboration with San Francisco State University
• Butte College, for its collaborative effort to improve student educational planning through its Student Progression and Completion Model
• West Hills College Lemoore, West Hills College Coalinga and the West Hills Community College District, for the design of REG365, an innovative approach to full year scheduling and registration for students
Congratulations to all of the award recipients! As a side note, most of the 2015 RP Award recipients will be presenting their work at the upcoming RP Conference.