Longstanding inequities exist in community colleges across the United States. To address these inequities, California Community Colleges educators have engaged in a variety of practices including the writing of equity plans and participation in equity data inquiry. However, there is an urgent need for greater focus on racial equity and for more…

Colleges across the California Community College (CCC) system have been preparing for changes to their assessment and placement processes associated with the required implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 705. While many initiatives were already underway to increase students' completion of their education, including Guided Pathways and the Student…

Guided pathways increases attention to individual student journeys through California's community colleges, intentionally addressing innovations to optimize student success in completing the students' educational goals. This report primarily concerns placement and success in English pathways, including reading, and mathematics pathways, including…