Vision for Success

In 2017, a new statewide initiative, Vision for Success adopted by the Board of Governor, outlines six goals to meet California’s needs and calls for the California Community College system to achieve these outcomes by 2022.

Six goals focus on greater student attainment, the starred ones stand out in their direct relationship to the use of Strong Workforce Program dollars (according to Executive Vice Chancellor Van Ton Quinlivan):

• *Increase by at least 20 percent the number of CCC students annually who earn degrees, credentials, certificates or specific skill sets to prepare them for an in-demand job;
• Increase by 35 percent the number of CCC students transferring annual to a UC or CSU;
• Decrease the average number of units accumulated by CCC students earning associates degrees, from approximately 87 total units (the most recent system-wide average) to 79 total units – the average among the quintile of colleges showing the strongest performance on this measure;
• *Increase the percentage of CTE students who report being employed in their field of study from 60 to 69 percent – the average among the quintile of colleges showing the strongest performance on this measure;
• *Reduce equity gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements among traditionally underrepresented student groups, with the goal of cutting achievement gaps by 40% within 5 years and fully closing those achievement gaps within 10 years.
• *Reduce regional achievement gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements among colleges located in regions with the lowest educational attainment of adults, with the ultimate goal of fully closing regional achievement gaps within 10 years.
• Click on the document below to see the memo from the California Community College Chancellor's Office.

To see the full 57 page Executive Summary, click here.