Community College
Welcome & Systemwide
Updates
September 2015
Preview
State Budget & Fall 2015
Fall 2016 Preview
Initiatives and Updates
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State Budget &
Fall 2015
State Budget Context
Increases in UC’s base budget
No tuition increases for 2015-16, 2016-17
Growing California resident enrollment
Re-committed to having 33% of CA class from
Community Colleges
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CA Resident Applications to UC,
1990–2015
120,000
100,000
80,000
Freshmen
Transfers
60,000
40,000
20,000
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2015
2010
2005
2000
1995
1990
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Fall 2015 Outcomes for
CCC Transfers
Measure
Count/Rate
Change
Applicants
29,821
+397
Admits
20,921
+32
Admit Rate
(Before Referral)
70.2%
-0.8%
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Student Diversity and Access
The proportion of admitted CCC students from
underrepresented groups improved slightly (32%),
but still lags new UC freshmen (34%).
Proportion of transfers who are first generation is
higher than freshmen: 49% versus 41%.
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% of Low-Income Students
0%
University of California-Merced
University of California-Riverside
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Santa Cruz
University of California-Santa Barbara
Stony Brook University
University of California-Davis
University at Buffalo
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
University of California-Berkeley
University of Arizona
University of Texas at Austin
Michigan State University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Washington
University of Oregon
Ohio State University
University of Florida
Purdue University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Pennsylvania State University
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Fall 2016 and Beyond
New for Fall 2016
Optional questions on gender identity & sexual
orientation
UC Information Center
universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter
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Waitlists
The Good
1,961 transfer students admitted from waitlists
The Not-so-good
Only 25% of students who were offered a space on
the waitlist
Moving forward
Holding waitlists until July
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Internal Review of UC Application
Application Design Review
• Investigating how students
interact with the application,
language used
• Goal: make the application
easier for students of all
backgrounds to use
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Application Content Review
• Primarily affects Freshmen
applicants
President’s Transfer Initiative
Outreach to new CCC students
Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG)
UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC-TAP)
ASSIST Next Generation
UC Transfer Pathways
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UC Transfer Pathways: Ten Majors
Anthropology
23% of CCC applicants
Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Physics
Sociology
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ucal.us/transferpathways
Highlights course
expectations
Includes important
caveats and details
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Next Steps
Articulation
• UC needs to ensure articulation is consistent
across UC for the identified course expectations
General Education
• UC needs to develop guidance on how Transfer
Pathways fit with General Education options
Additional Faculty Engagement
• ICAS, CCC-CSU review of TMCs, C-ID
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Thank you!