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Impact Statement
In its commitment to social justice and diversity, UCLA Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP) works to increase transfer rates and success of underserved community college populations by holistically equipping students with skills and knowledge of available transfer pathways to empower them to become self- advocates and leaders in their communities.
UCLA CCCP contributes to the scholarship that focuses on transfer research issues (research, policy-making, publications, etc.) ultimately enhancing transfer sending and transfer receptive culture through the leadership and success of our peer mentors, and scholars and alumni and through the collaboration of staff and faculty at universities and community colleges.
Goals
- To promote awareness of and to increase the commitment to community college students from across the state;
- To create and administer innovative academic programs for first generation, low-income, immigrant and historically underrepresented students who enroll in community colleges;
- To make a UC education accessible to community college students from across California’s increasingly diverse populations; to support a diverse population of transfer students in their pursuit of academic excellence; and,
- To promote diversity and inclusion across UCLA’s academic programs and to advance a commitment to and understanding of diversity not only as a campus value, but also a national and international value.
Initiatives
STEM Initiative
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative focuses on access, transfer, retention and opportunities for economically, educationally disadvantaged and/or from geographically underserved communities interested in STEM.
Campaign for Transfer Excellence
The Campaign for Transfer Excellence is a two-year presidential initiative of the University of California and Bloomberg Philanthropies, dedicated to expanding academic, economic, and career opportunities for high-achieving, low-income students who are Pell Grant-eligible and/or from first-generation or historically underrepresented backgrounds. As part of this effort, CCCP remains committed to providing comprehensive transfer support services to students from our 69 targeted California Community Colleges.
CCCP at UCLA Downtown
Thanks to a generous gift from the UCLA Foundation in support of UCLA’s goal to become a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by 2025, CCCP has expanded its transfer efforts to UCLA Downtown. This expansion strengthens UCLA’s commitment to achieving HSI designation by providing Latinx and low-income community college students with transfer preparation, UCLA application support, and enrollment guidance. As one of 31 programs selected for the new UCLA Downtown site, CCCP serves as a vital bridge for transfer success, fostering community connections and growth.
Frameworks
Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Education
Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Education
“Accounts for the role of race and racism in U.S. education, and works toward the elimination of racism…eliminating other forms of subordination such as gender, class, and sexual orientation.”
Five CRT in Education Tenets
- Centrality of race and racism and other subordinations
- Challenges dominant ideology in higher education
- Experiential knowledge is valued
- Interdisciplinary and intersectional approach
- Commitment to social justice
Community Cultural Wealth (CCW)
Developed by Dr. Tara Yosso, CCW is an array of knowledges, skills, abilities, and contacts possessed and utilized by communities of color, and other minoritized groups, to survive and resist macro and micro forms of oppression.
Forms of Capital:
- Aspirational Capital
- Familial Capital
- Linguistic Capital
- Navigational Capital
- Social Capital
- Resistance Capital
- Cultural Capital
Both frameworks from “Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth” Tara J. Yosso, University of California , USA, Published online: 23 Aug 2006 which includes literature by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Daniel Solórzano from UCLA.
Transfer Receptive Culture (TRC)
Transfer Receptive Culture (TRC)
A transfer receptive culture is a commitment from a baccalaureate-granting institution to provide the support needed for students to transfer and graduate successfully.
The Five Elements of a Transfer Receptive Culture:
Pretransfer
1. Institutional priority
2. Outreach and resources
Posttransfer
3. Financial and academic support
4. Community and family support
5. Research and assessment
