YES. OKAY WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
HERE. FIRST BEFORE WE START.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE OUR
PRESIDENT. GIVE US A WELCOME AND
START US ALL. YES YEAH, WELL, WE
ARE KIND OF TELEVISED TOO. SO
MAYBE GO TO THE MIC JUST BECAUSE
THERE MAY BE HUNDREDS OR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
CALIFORNIA WATCHING WONDERFUL.
WELL FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY NAME
IS MELANIE DIXON. I HAVE THE
GREAT LUXURY OF SERVING AS
AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE PRESIDENT
, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO
MUCH OF YOUR TIME. I JUST WANT
TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE
TO HOST THIS PARTICULAR
GATHERING. UM AND REALLY WANTED
TO JUST THINK THE COMMITTEE ON
BEHALF OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
BEEN DOING. WE'VE BEEN
BENEFACTORS OF SOME OF THE GREAT
DECISION MAKING THAT'S TAKING
PLACE AS COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
SO ON BEHALF OF A R C AND ALL OF
THE SISTER COLLEGES ACROSS THE
SYSTEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND
WITH THAT, I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY
THE MEETING. AND THANKS SO MUCH
FOR THINKING OF A R C FOR THIS
GATHERING. THANK YOU. WELL THANK
YOU, PRESIDENT DIXON AND
CHANCELLOR KING FOR WELCOMING US
HERE AND THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR ME. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS
WHERE I WENT AS A 18 19 YEAR OLD
FOR A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE I
TRANSFERRED DOWN BIÂU TO LONG
BEACH STATE AND MY BROTHER WENT
HERE TRANSFERRED TO SAN DIEGO
STATE. MY MOM WENT HERE AS A
SINGLE MOM WITH FOUR KIDS. AND
SO THIS IS UM, PUT HER ON HER
WAY TO GO TO SEX STATE AND
BECOME A LAWYER IS A SPECIAL
PLACE AND GREAT TO BE BACK HERE,
AND THIS IS ALSO PART OF MY NEW
DISTRICT OVER HERE. SO, UH,
GREAT TO BE IN THIS PART OF
SACRAMENTO. TODAY'S HEARING IS,
OF COURSE, ABOUT HIGHER
EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
ENROLLMENT. UM. WHAT THE TRENDS
ARE BEFORE COVID 19 AND POST
COVID 19. WE HAVE SOME ISSUES TO
ADDRESS. I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD
BECAUSE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AREN'T ONE LIKE YOU SEE YOUR CSU
WHO AREN'T REALLY ONE EITHER,
BUT IT'S MORE WE HAVE 100.
FORGET 13 16 1 15 1 15 CAMPUSES
IS CALIBRATE, ACTUALLY CAMPUS.
KIND OF DEBATABLE. THAT'S
ANOTHER HEARING. UM THAT WE HAVE
, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT,
UM UM, RESULTS AND I'LL EVER
CANVASES. BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AND
TALK ABOUT, AND IT'S CONFUSING
SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THE SOARING
PROP 98 FUNDING ARE GOING TO BE
RECEIVING MORE MONEY OVERALL IN
THE PIE FOR COLLEGES, AND THEY
WERE HEARING AT LOBBY DAYS. WHEN
YOU COME TO VISIT DR CHOI AND I
AND OUR COLLEAGUES LIKE OH,
WE'RE LOSING. WE'RE YOU KNOW,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LESS MONEY. AND
WE'RE LIKE, HUH? DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE. YOU'RE GETTING MORE MONEY
FOR FEWER STUDENTS OVERALL, BUT
THERE ARE REGIONAL VARIATIONS.
NOT TO MENTION JUST WHAT
STUDENTS ARE DOING AN ADULTS IN
GENERAL IN 2022, BEYOND WITH
HIGHER EDUCATION. AND UM, WHAT'S
HAPPENING VIRTUALLY AND SO FORTH
. SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THE WORKHORSE OF OUR
STATE, HIGHER EDUCATION, TWO
MILLION STUDENTS COME HERE
THROUGH WHETHER THEY'RE SCARCE
OR CERTIFICATE, SPECIFIC JOB
TRAINING OR OPPORTUNITY TO
TRANSFER. UM SO WE HAVE A LOT TO
DIG IN HERE TODAY, AND I WON'T
GET TOO MUCH INTO THE DETAILS
JUST YET. I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE
BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE
PRESENTATIONS. WE DID HAVE, OF
COURSE, RECORD FUNDING THIS PAST
YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
BOTH ONGOING AND ONE TIME AND
REALLY FOCUSED ON PROGRAMS THAT
WE KNOW ARE SUCCESSFUL. LIKE 20
AND EMOJI, NEO PS AND A NEW
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM WE HAVE
IN FOCUSING ON BASIC NEEDS,
REALIZING THERE ARE SO MANY
OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT
FOCUSED ON STUDENT SUCCESS. SO
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION
TODAY FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS. UM,
WE HAVE SEVERAL PANELS AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO GET GOING. RIGHT
HERE BEFORE I REALLY DIG INTO MY
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN
PERSPECTIVE. AND ALSO I HAVE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM ORANGE COUNTY.
JOINING ME. THANK YOU. DR CHOI,
A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE AS
WELL AS A LOT OF LONG TERM, UH,
MEMBER OF HIGHER EDUCATION
POLICY IN THE ASSEMBLY. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US WOULD LIKE TO
SAY ANYTHING. DR. CHOI THANK
YOU. CHAIR I'M SEVEN CHOI
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S REPRESENTING
68TH DISTRICT. UH AND I HAVE
BEEN SERVING ON THE HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE AS A VICE
CHAIR AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HAS BEEN MY, UM. UH HOME TO
TEACH, UH IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR
17 YEARS KOREAN LANGUAGE BEFORE
I CAME UP HERE AND THEN I HAVE
BEEN TEACHING IN THE HIGHER
EDUCATION. AH INSTITUTIONS SUCH
AS THE U. S. C AND THE U. C. I
UH AND AFTER THAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING AS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY OF
THE COASTLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND THEN AS A LIFETIME EDUCATION
EDUCATOR, EDUCATION IS ALWAYS IN
MY HEART, AND THAT'S MUCH AS I
CAN. I WANT TO HELP THE STUDENTS
WHO'S ATTENDING AND THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS REALLY
BACKBONE OF AMERICA. ALL THE
STUDENTS CAN ATTEND AT THE VERY
LONG COST OR EVEN VERY MINIMAL
COST. UH AND TODAY'S TOPIC IS
WHY DOWN HERE OF THE ENROLLMENTS
THAT THAT'S A BIG CONCERN.
THAT'S THE REASON I CAME HERE TO
LISTEN. AND I CAN HEAR ABOUT I
BELIEVE THIS COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SHOULD BE REALLY TO LARGE TRACTS
ON ONE SIDE IS, UH UH,
PREPARATION FOR FOUR YEAR
COLLEGES, TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER
STUDENTS AND THE OTHER SIDE WILL
BE VOCATIONAL TRAINING. BUT MY
TELLING, UM, TODAY IS MORE OF A
TRANSFER PROGRAM IS JUST WRONG
FOCUSING AND BUT KIND OF
NEGLECTING ON THE VOCATIONAL
SIDE, AND THAT'S THE AREA. WE
SHOULD REALLY FOCUS AND RECRUIT
THE STUDENTS, AND NOW WE'RE NOT
HERE. MAYBE YOUR OPINION. SO WHY
IN ROSEMONT THERE, SO WHICH SIDE
WHICH TRACK IS THAT? WE ARE
LOSING STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
PERFECT THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO
OUR CONVERSATION. AND, UM, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME
TODAY, SO I'M NOT ONLY UP HERE,
BUT WE WANT THIS TO BE LESS OF A
HEARING AND MORE INTERACTIVE,
WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE YOU UP HERE
TODAY. HERE SO THE FIRST PIECE
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STATEWIDE
AND DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
ENROLLMENT DECLINE ISSUE WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST THAT
NAVARETTE, UM FROM OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. I
DON'T I FORGET YOUR TITLE. I
KNOW YOU'VE GOT A NEW TITLE THAT
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE
CORRECT HERE WITH JOHN HATS, UM
, ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR AND
OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND DATA
AND MARIO RODRIGUEZ WITH THE LOS
RIOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
WAS THE VICE CHANCELLOR, FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATION. OKAY?
SEVERAS START WITH YOU. WE SET.
YES. REMIND US AGAIN. YOUR
DESIGNATION. THANK YOU. SO GOOD
AFTERNOON. LIZETTE NEVER READ
INTERIM DEPUTY CHANCELLOR FOR
THE CALIFORNIA FOR ME, COLLEGES
. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, FOR
HAVING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING
AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY DELVE INTO SOME OF THE
KEY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE
HAVING AT THE STATE LEVEL
REGARDING ENROLLMENT,
PERSISTENCE AND SUCCESS. SOME OF
THE AREAS WHERE WE THINK WE ARE
RESPONSE HAS BEEN REALLY
EFFECTIVE. UM HOW WE'RE DEALING
WITH THE DISRUPTIONS THAT WE'VE
SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD ACROSS OUR
COLLEGES NOT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA
BUT ALSO NATIONALLY AND THEN
SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD
, INCLUDING WHERE WE CAN PARTNER
TOGETHER. SO, UM. 11 KEY PIECE
THAT I WANT TO FIRST MENTIONED,
AND I'D BE REMISS WITHOUT IT. UM
IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE'S
ACTIONS IN 2020 2021 THROUGH THE
COVID RESPONSE BLOCK GRANTS THAT
CAME IN EARLY THAT ALLOWED US TO
THEN, UM, PROVIDE EMERGENCY
SERVICES PROVIDE NOT MARKETING
BUT OUTREACH, DIRECT OUTREACH TO
COMMUNITIES. UM AND THEN, UM,
THAT CONTINUED URGENCY BY WHICH
THE LEGISLATURE ACTED AND THEN
LONG TERM STRATEGIES TOWARDS
FINANCIAL AID REFORM, BASIC
NEEDS AND OTHER KEY SERVICES HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL. AND I SAY
THAT BECAUSE ACROSS THE BOARD
WITHOUT THOSE QUICK ACTIONS THAT
STARTED FROM THE STATE LEVEL
TRANSLATED INTO IMPLEMENTATION
AT OUR COLLEGES, WE LIKELY WOULD
HAVE SEEN DECLINES THAT WERE
MUCH DEEPER AND SO, UM, WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IS THAT PAY OFF.
AND SO FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
WE HAVE 116 COLLEGES WITH 73
DIFFERENT BOARDS, UM, AND THEIR
EFFORTS MEANT THAT THEY REALLY
NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH
GUIDANCE RESOURCES TO ENSURE
THAT THEY COMMUNICATED. QUICK
CHANGES. UM AND THEN, UM, BOTH
RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL
AS WELL AS THE STATE. AND SO.
RATHER THAN JUST RELEASING
DOLLARS AND THINKING THROUGH.
HOW DO WE, UM, USE THESE ONE
TIME DOLLARS TO STOP GAP? WHAT
WE'VE SEEN OUR COLLEGES IS
REALLY THINK THROUGH. HOW DO WE
MAKE THESE RISKS DISRUPTIONS AND
TURN THEM INTO OPPORTUNITIES
AROUND WHAT STUDENTS AFFECTIVELY
NEED. AND THE STATE WITHIN THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. WE'VE TAKEN
THAT ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY IN
TERMS OF LOOKING AT BARRIERS AND
MAY HAVE EXISTED SO DURING, UM
THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WE DID IS WE
PASSED IT. UH THE MOST, UM, THE
LARGEST AND MOST AGGRESSIVE
REGULATIONS PACKET THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN MANY YEARS. AND THAT
REGULATIONS PACKET MEANT THAT AS
A SYSTEM, WE WERE ENSURING THAT
STUDENTS HAD THINGS LIKE AN
EXCUSE WITHDRAWAL, SO THAT MEANT
THAT A STUDENT COULD STOP OUT
DURING THE PANDEMIC DEAL WITH
ANY EMERGENCIES AND THEN COME
BACK TO OUR COLLEGES WITHOUT
THAT AFFECTING THEIR GRADES.
WITHOUT THAT AFFECTING THEIR
FINANCIAL AID. LONG TERM. THIS
HELPS YOUR PERSISTENCE. WE ALSO
ENSURE THAT COLLEGES HAD, UM
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS THAT MEANT
THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON
DEPLOYING KEY RESOURCES. HEALTH
GUIDANCE. OTHER UM, EMERGENCY
RESPONSES WHILE NOT HAVING TO
WORRY ABOUT THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
THAT MEANT THAT THAT STRESS AND
THINKING THROUGH ABOUT THE
BUREAUCRATIC BARRIERS IN MEG'S
IST WAS NOT THERE. AND SO, UM,
NOW IS WE'RE COMING BACK TO A
CADENCE THAT IS MORE. ALIGNED TO
WHAT WILL BE NORMAL MOVING
FORWARD. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT
HIGHER EDUCATION AS A WHOLE HAS
BEEN DISRUPTED FOREVER. WHAT
WE'VE OPENED UP AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO
REALIZE THAT THEY LIKE THE
FLEXIBLE MODALITIES THAT WE'VE
MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM THAT FOR
A WORKING STUDENT AND ACROSS
CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE OVER 65% OF
OUR STUDENTS WORK MORE THAN PART
TIME. 65% OF OUR STUDENTS WORK
MORE THAN PART TIME. SO THE FACT
THAT WE MADE IT POSSIBLE WE GAVE
A TASTE OF WHAT A FLEXIBLE
ADAPTIVE EDUCATION MEANT IS THAT
AS CONSUMERS AS CALIFORNIANS AS
TAXPAYERS, THEY WILL NO LONGER
WANT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE
THE EDUCATION THEY RECEIVED
BEFORE. AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT
ENROLLMENT STRATEGIES AND WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT, THAT MEANS THAT WE
NEED TO TALK TO STUDENTS. WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WORKED
IN OUR RESPONSES. UM HOW DID WE
CONNECT THOSE CORE SERVICES THAT
HELPED THAT PROVIDED THAT
STOPGAP FROM MORE STUDENTS
LEAVING AND THINK ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING THAT LONG TERM AND
SUSTAINABLY INTO THE FUTURE. WE
NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT
FLEXIBILITY THAT WE PROVIDED AND
TAKE IT TO SCALE BUT ALSO ENSURE
THAT THE QUALITY LEARNING AND
EXPERIENCES ARE THERE AND IN THE
GREAT INVESTMENTS THAT THIS
LEGISLATURE PROVIDED TO US, WE
NEED TO CONNECT THEM. SO THAT A
STUDENT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, ASKING
EVERY SINGLE WINDOW FOR
RESOURCES, BUT INSTEAD THAT THE
EXPERIENCE THAT THEY GET FROM
THE POINT THAT THEY VISIT OUR
WEBSITES GO TO OUR CAMPUSES OR
WHEREVER THEY MIGHT FIND US
WHERE THEY CALL US. UM, THEY
KNOW WHAT RESOURCES COURSES AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT PATHWAY
THEY CAN TAKE THAT WILL ALLOW
THEM TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
TO GET CAREER MOBILITY. UM AND
SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR ROLE
MOVING FORWARD, AND I WON'T
DELVE INTO DATA. DR. JOHN HATS
HERE WILL SHARE SOME EXTENSIVE
DATA THAT WILL SHARE NOT ONLY
HOW EDUCATION HAS BEEN DISRUPTED
FOR CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, BUT ACROSS THE NATION
AND HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH US
IN ENSURING THAT WE REMAIN
RELEVANT TO CALIFORNIANS THAT WE
REMAIN COMPETITIVE. AND THAT WE
EFFECTIVELY USE RESOURCES THAT
WERE PROVIDED TO US IN FUTURE
YEARS IN THIS YEAR, SO THAT IN
FUTURE YEARS WHEN YOU ARE
INVESTING IN OUR COLLEGES, YOU
DO SO WITH CONFIDENCE THAT, UM
STUDENTS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO AREAS
WHERE YOU CAN HELP IS, UM,
SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS AS WE
THINK ABOUT SCHEDULING
FLEXIBILITY. HOW DO WE USE THE
SEMESTER CONSTRUCT IN A WAY THAT
WORKS BETTER FOR STUDENTS
RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITIES OF
THEIR LIVES? THE FACT THAT THEY
HAVE DEPENDENT CHILDREN THE FACT
THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO CARRY
EXCESS UNITS FOR MANY YEARS. HOW
DO YOU HELP US? THINK ABOUT
BETTER SUPPORTING THE ONBOARDING
EXPERIENCE AND CONNECTING CORE
RESOURCES LIKE BASIC NEEDS. FOOD
PANTRIES. FINANCIAL AID CAL
FRESH INTO ONE SEAMLESS
EXPERIENCE, UM AND THEN ALSO, UH
LASTLY. ASK US TO EVALUATE OUR
PRACTICES SO THAT WE DON'T NEED
ANOTHER PANDEMIC TO ALLOW US OR
OR FORCE US TO REFLECT HAVING
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE
THESE PRACTICES ENSURES THAT
WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING TO OUR
STUDENTS, BUT BUILDING IN
ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S WORKING SO
THAT WE CAN ADJUST TO WHAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE SEEKING THAT THEY
NEED AS CALIFORNIANS SO I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
THIS BODY HAS DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR COLLEGES
. AND I URGE YOU THAT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT
FOR CALGARY RANTS AS YOU ALWAYS
HAVE, AS A KEY PIECE THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE PIVOTAL FOR OUR
STUDENTS. OUR SYSTEM NOT ONLY
FOR THEIR SOCIAL ECONOMIC
MOBILITY, BUT THEIR LONG TERM
SUCCESS. WITH THAT ALTERNATE TO
MY COLLEAGUE, DR. HEADS HEADS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS
JOHN HATS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE
VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE OFFICE
FOR INNOVATION, DATA, EVIDENCE
AND ANALYTICS AT THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. AND I JUST
WANTED TO START BY SAYING THANK
YOU TO ALL OF YOU BOTH FOR
HOLDING THIS HEARING ANY
ATTENTION FOR THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, I
THINK IS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR
STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE STATE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU. I CAN'T IMAGINE A HARDER
TIME TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPRESENTATIVES OR STAFF WORKING
FOR THOSE REPRESENTATIVES THAN
THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. I KNOW
IT'S HARD AND SO I APPRECIATE
THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF YOU DO
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US. UM SO I
WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME TO GIVE YOU UH, YOU KNOW,
AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE STUDENT
POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE IN THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ARE, AS YOU'VE ALREADY NOTED.
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE
STATES, BOTH WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION, BUT
ALSO THE TRANSFER PIPELINES TO
OUR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS ALL
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. TWO
THIRDS OF THEM WILL BE LOW
INCOME AT SOME POINT DURING
THEIR TIME WITH US AT THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ABOUT 40% OF THEM WILL RECEIVE
PELL ABOUT 60% OF THEM WILL
RECEIVE A BLOG FEE WAIVER OR THE
COUNT OF THE COLLEGE. PROMISE UM
60% OF THEM ARE HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS OF
COLOR ABOUT 35% OF THEM ARE TRUE
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS. THAT MEANS NEITHER
PARENT OR, IN SOME CASES, THEY
MAY ONLY HAVE ONE SURVIVING
PARENT HAS IN COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
. SO IT'S NOT WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FIRST
GENERATION WHERE THEY HAVEN'T
FINISHED A DEGREE. THEY HAVE ONE
THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NO
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR
IMMEDIATE FAMILY. WE HAVE
125,000 STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES IS ABOUT 78% OF OUR
STUDENTS. 40,000 VETERANS 35,000
FOSTER YOUTH. 8000 STUDENTS ARE
HOMELESS BY THE FEDERAL
DEFINITION AND THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS MORE THAT OUR FOOD AND
HOUSING INSECURE, SO WE SERVE
SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED
AND HEROIC OF THE STUDENTS AND
CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA ARE
STUDENTS TRAINED FOR AND WORKING
MOST OF THE FIELDS THAT SUDDENLY
ALL THE DURING THE PANDEMIC
BECAME ESSENTIAL WORKERS. SO
FROM HEALTHCARE TO PUBLIC SAFETY
TO FOOD SERVICE. FRONTLINE
CULINARY TRANSPORTATION
PERSONNEL MANUFACTURING. THAT
WORKFORCE THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
OF CALIFORNIA. THOSE ARE THE
STUDENTS THAT WE TRAIN IN THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
UM, IN THE PANDEMIC HAD
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THEM.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OVERALL
HEADCOUNT HEADCOUNT WAS DOWN
ABOUT 19% SINCE 2018 2019 WITH
THE STEEPEST DECLINES AMONGST
OUR VERY OLDEST STUDENTS THAT
STUDENTS 50 AND OLDER THEY
DECLINED OVER 35 30. AND AMONGST
ARE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS OF
COLOR, PARTICULARLY NATIVE
AMERICANS, AND BLACK AND AFRICAN
AMERICANS AND PACIFIC HONORS.
THE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF STUDENTS FROM DR
RODRIGUEZ IN A MINUTE, BUT WE
JUST SEE ACROSS THE BOARD
DECLINES ALONG WITH SIMILAR
EQUITY GAPS THAT WE'VE SEEN
HISTORICALLY IN OUR SYSTEM. UH
AMONGST ALL THE ONGOING EVER
SYSTEM SHIFTING CHALLENGES OF
THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE PANDEMIC
HAS ARRIVED AT A VERY
INOPPORTUNE TIMES FOR OUR SYSTEM
. SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THE SURGE,
THEY'VE LINED UP VERY WELL WITH
OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS, AND
SO YOU'RE INTRODUCING THIS
REMARKABLE UNCERTAINTY INTO THIS
MOMENT WHERE STUDENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE A
LONG TERM DECISION. AND IN THAT
TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, IT'S VERY
HARD TO SEE LONG TERM WHEN
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT REALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY WORRIED ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND
SO THAT'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGE FOR OUR INSTITUTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID WANT
TO SHOW YOU AND I THINK YOU GUYS
HAVE THAT IN A PACK, AND IT'S
ALSO IN YOUR FOLDER. EVEN DURING
THE PANDEMIC. WE'VE STAYED ON
TRACK FOR A LOT OF OUR MAJOR
GOALS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR
EARLY MOMENTUM OR FIRST YEAR
INDICATORS FOR HOW WELL STUDENTS
ARE DOING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR
THERE ARE FOUR BIG ONES THAT WE
REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT
THEIR SUCCESS RATE IS IN THEIR
FIRST YEAR. SO IT SHOULD LOOK A
LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS, UH, AND
THERE'S A COLOR ONE IN YOUR
FOLDER IF THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
EASIER TO TRACK. UM UH, SUCCESS
RATE IN THE FIRST TERM. WE HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED SUCCESS
RATES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC. PERSISTENCE FROM
STUDENTS FIRST TRIM TO THE
SECOND TERM. THAT'S A BIG LOSS
POINT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND
SO GETTING THEM TO COME BACK IN
THAT SECOND TERM. WE'VE KEPT
THAT FLAT AND ON SOME OF OUR BIG
PUSH IS GETTING MORE STUDENTS TO
BE FOR FULL TIME IN THEIR FIRST
TERM, GETTING MORE STUDENTS TO
COMPLETE TRANSFER LEVEL ENGLISH
AND MATHEMATICS IN THEIR FIRST
YEAR, WHICH IS A MASSIVE
INDICATOR OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IN
HIGHER EDUCATION. WE HAVE MADE
CONTINUED PROGRESS. UM AND BUT I
WANT TO JUST FOCUS IN ON THAT
BOX, WHICH IS PERSISTENT FROM
THE FIRST TO SECOND TERM, AND
I'M GOING TO USE THAT TO THINK
ABOUT THAT. IN THE KIND OF
REVERSE OF THAT. RIGHT SO VERY
CONSISTENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 69 TO
70% OF STUDENTS, PERSISTENT FROM
THEIR FIRST TO SECOND TERM, BUT
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT ALSO MEANS
THAT YEAR SEMESTER FIRST TO
SECOND SEMESTER SPRING WELL,
FATHER SPRING, BUT WE'RE ALSO
TRACKING FOR STUDENTS WHO START
IN SPRING WHO THEN COME TO
FAULT. UM WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT
IS OF EVERY STUDENT THAT COMES
TO OUR COLLEGES. A THIRD OF THEM
WILL NOT COME BACK IN THE SECOND
SEMESTER. RIGHT AND SO ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TRUE
ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES FOR A VERY LONG TIME IS
OF THE STUDENTS THAT TAKE THAT
STEP. BUT TAKE THAT CHANCE. WE
LOSE A THIRD OF THEM RIGHT AWAY.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST
IS THAT WE'VE HAD SO MANY
STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA THAT THAT
HAS BACKFILLED ALL THE STUDENTS
THAT WE'VE LOST, AND SO ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT THE PANDEMIC IS
MAKING CLEAR IS HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS FOR OUR COLLEGES AND OUR
SYSTEM TO PIVOT. AND REALLY
FOCUS ON WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP
STUDENTS STAY IN SCHOOL ONCE
THEY'RE THERE. RIGHT FOR ANYONE
WHO'S EVER BEEN IN THE SALES JOB
AT ANY POINT IN THEIR LIVES. ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY TEACH
YOU IS THAT IT'S MUCH EASIER TO
WORK WITH A CUSTOMER WHO'S
ALREADY IN THE DOOR. THEN YOU GO
OUT AND GET A NEW ONE. AND WE
HAVE BEEN LOSING CUSTOMERS. WE
HAVE BEEN LOSING OUR STUDENTS
WHO HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE, RIGHT
HAVE COME TO OUR INSTITUTIONS
AND SAID YES. I WANT A CHANCE AT
SOMETHING BETTER AND THE THIRD
OF THEM LEAVE SEMESTER YEAR
AFTER YEAR, AND SO THAT'S A CORE
PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
ENROLLMENT IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF
THIS, BUT MAINTAINING THE
RELATIONSHIPS OF OUR STUDENTS
STORY INSTITUTIONS SO THAT THEY
STAY AND COMPLETE ABSOLUTELY HAS
TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION, AND ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
IS BECAUSE WHEN STUDENTS STAY,
THEY FINISH AND WHEN STUDENTS
FINISH, THEY TELL OTHER PEOPLE
ABOUT HOW POWERFUL THAT
EXPERIENCE WAS. BUT WHEN YOU
LOSE A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS
EVERY YEAR, THEY ALL TELL THEIR
FRIENDS, RIGHT. I TRIED
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I
TRIED THE LOCAL COLLEGE AND
DIDN'T WORK FOR ME, AND SO IF WE
WANT TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE TO CHANGE
THAT DYNAMIC. UM SO WE'RE DOING
A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY AND
ADDRESS THIS BUT ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF
REALLY FANTASTIC STORIES. I'VE
HEARD SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS
BY THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING
LATER, SO I DON'T WANT TO STEAL
ANY OF THEIR THUNDER. THEY'RE
GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME
FANTASTIC THINGS THAT THEY'RE
DOING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS
THE SYSTEM LEVEL IS ACTUALLY
DOING A BETTER JOB OF TALKING
DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS. AND ASKING
THEM. WHAT IS IT THAT SERVES AS
A BARRIER FOR YOU ENROLLING?
WHAT IS IT THAT WE COULD DO
DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD LEAD YOU
TO ENROLL AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU SEE QUITE OFTEN BOTH IN
OUR WORK AND ELSEWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY IS THAT EVEN THOUGH
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ARE ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE
EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS THAT THERE
ARE IN THE COUNTRY, POSSIBLY
ANYWHERE. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS
STILL FEEL IT'S HIGHLY DIFFICULT
TO AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEGE.
RIGHT YOU HAVE THE COST OF
LIVING THAT YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT
WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF
GOING TO COLLEGE. AND SO ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU SEE RELIABLY. IS
THIS TRYING TO BALANCE THE FACT
THAT I HAVE TO WORK AT LEAST
PART TIME, IF NOT MORE. CAN'T I
FEEL LIKE I CAN'T MAKE IT WORK
IF I GO TO SCHOOL, AND THEN
ANOTHER THING THAT COMES UP A
LOT IS A VERY LARGE PROPORTION
OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE DEPENDENCE
THAT THEY'RE CARING FOR. VERY
CHALLENGING TO DO THAT AND GO TO
COLLEGE, AND IT'S NOT ALL
CHILDREN. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE
RANGE OF STUDENTS THAT ALSO CARE
FOR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OR
OTHER OLDER ADULTS IN THEIR
FAMILY, AND SO ABOUT A THIRD OF
OUR STUDENTS WILL WHEN WE ASKED
THEM WILL SAY. I'M STRUGGLING
BECAUSE I AM CARING FOR SOMEONE
ELSE IN MY LIFE, AND THAT WAS
ENORMOUSLY EXACERBATED DURING
THE PANDEMIC WHEN YOU NOW HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT EVERYONE BEING IN
YOUR HOUSEHOLD TRYING TO MANAGE
MAYBE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE
SAME TIME. IT WAS VERY
CHALLENGING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS
YOU ON THOSE THINGS AND THEN
DRAW ATTENTION TO HOW THAT
CORRESPONDS TO WHAT WE SEE.
TYPICALLY IN NATIONAL SURVEYS OF
STUDENTS WHEN YOU ASK STUDENTS
NATIONALLY, STUDENTS WHO HAVE
EITHER LEFT EDUCATION OR HAVE
SOME COLLEGE. WHAT ARE THE
BARRIERS TO YOU GETTING MORE
COLLEGE? THEY SAY THE SAME TYPES
OF THINGS. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BALANCE
MY LIFE. UM THERE ANOTHER SET OF
THINGS THAT COMES UP A LOT. IS
THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT COLLEGE IS GOING TO BE WORTH
IT? RIGHT SO IF I COME AND MY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE JOB
THAT I WANT AND I GOING TO GET
TO TRANSFER WHERE I WANT TO, SO
THIS UNCERTAINTY IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT KEEP STUDENTS FROM
ENROLLING WHEN THEY COULD AND
THEN WHEN YOU ASK THEM, WHAT
WOULD IT TAKE ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY SAY VERY LIVELY IS I NEED
FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCHEDULE. AND
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
SEEN AS WE'VE COME OUT OF THIS,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT OF THIS FROM SOME OF
OUR PRESENCE AND CHANCELLORS IS
THAT FINDING WAYS TO PROVIDE
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES TO STUDENTS
SO THAT IF THEY ARE WORKING,
THEY CAN STEP OUT AND GO TO
OFFICE HOURS TO TALK TO SOMEONE
WITHOUT HAVING COME ALL THE WAY
TO CAMPUS. AND ALL THE WAY BACK
RIGHT SO THEY CAN JUST DROP INTO
ONLINE OFFICE HOURS OR ONLINE
COUNSELING, OR THEY CAN TAKE A
COURSE REALLY EASILY DURING THE
DAY WHEN THEY HAVE A BREAK
RATHER THAN HAVE TO REALLY
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
GET SOME PLACE AND THEN GET BACK
TO THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. SO
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING. ANOTHER
THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS
STUDENTS. VERY MUCH DON'T WANT
TO REALLY REDO THINGS THAT
THEY'VE ALREADY DONE. RIGHT?
MANY MANY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT
THE EDUCATION PIPELINE ARE
FORCED TO RETAKE COURSES THAT
THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
, FORCED TO REDO THINGS THAT
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE SKILLS FOR
TO DEMONSTRATE LOCALLY AND SO
THINGS LIKE CREDIT FOR PRIOR
LEARNING IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND
THEN YOU CAN SEE FINANCIAL AID
COMES UP A LOT AND AGAIN
CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT THE CHOICE
I'M MAKING IS GOING TO MATTER
FOR ME. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? FOR US AS THE COLLEGES?
HOW ARE WE TRANSFORMING
OURSELVES? SO ONE KEY SET OF
THINGS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
A LOT OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE
OTHER PRESENTATIONS IS WE HAVE
TO SHIFT THE BURDEN OF EDUCATION
FROM STUDENTS TO THE
INSTITUTIONS. AND THAT'S BEEN
THE COURT OF SOME OF THE
FOUNDATIONAL TRANSFORMATION THAT
OUR SYSTEM IS GOING THROUGH.
THAT AND PATHWAYS IS ABOUT DOING
THAT HELPING STUDENTS HAVE CLEAR
EASY TO NAVIGATE ROUTES TO WHERE
THEY'RE TRYING TO GO. SO IT'S
ABSOLUTELY EASY TO UNDERSTAND
EASY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO A B 75 80
17. OH, FIVE ARE ALSO ABOUT THIS
RIGHT? TO STOP FORCING STUDENTS
TO PROVE THAT THEY BELONG TO
TAKE THAT BURDEN TO THE
INSTITUTION AND SAY WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO TELL WHICH OF YOU AND
WHICH COURSES YOU CAN GET TO
SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT FORCING YOU
TO GO THROUGH A VERY LONG
ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND THEN
RETAKING COURSES AGAIN. UH
ADDRESSING STUDENT BASIC NEEDS
MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FULL COST
OF ATTENDANCE. WE'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. THIS UH,
A NUMBER OF OUR VICE CHANCELLORS
WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ARE WORKING HARD ON THINKING
CAREFULLY ABOUT THE SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESS.
THINKING ABOUT STUDENTS
HOLISTICALLY ALL THE THINGS THAT
THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
HAVE THE SUPPORT TO SUCCEED NOT
JUST THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT, BUT
THE SUPPORT FOR THE WHOLE
STUDENT. CAL GRANT REFORM IS A
BIG PART OF THIS, MAKING SURE
THAT STUDENTS NOT JUST HAVE THE
FINANCES TO PAY FOR SCHOOL, BUT
THE FINANCES TO SURVIVE WHILE
THEY'RE IN SCHOOL AND NOT JUST
SURVIVE. REALLY, WE WANT THEM TO
THRIVE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT
STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR A TEXTBOOK OR
BUY RAMEN TO EAT THAT WEEK,
RIGHT? WE NEED TO MOVE THEM OFF
OF THOSE DECISIONS SO THAT THEY
CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR
THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE. WE
WANT STUDENTS ABLE TO ENROLL IN
COURSES THAT FIT THEIR SCHEDULE
RIGHT THAT SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE
THE COURSES IN THE TIME THAT
THEY HAVE, SO IT WORKS FOR THEM,
AND THEY CAN GRADUATE ON TIME.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ACROSS A
WHOLE LOT OF WORK THAT WE DO IS
THAT STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS GET
FAIR CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY'VE DONE. ABSOLUTELY AND SO
THIS APPLIES TO A B 758 AND 17
OR FIVE BUT ALSO APPLIES TO
CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING. WE
HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
DEVELOPED TONS AND TONS OF
SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE, MAYBE
IN THE MILITARY AND THEY DESERVE
TO NOT HAVE TO FORCE THEIR WAY
THROUGH SETS, OF COURSE, IS TO
PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SKILLS THAT
THEY ALREADY HAVE. RIGHT. THEY
SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR THAT UP
FRONT. UM AND TRANSFERS THE SAME
THING, RIGHT? WE HAVE LOTS OF
STUDENTS IN THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM WHO
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET CREDIT FOR
THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN
OUR SYSTEM WITHOUT A CONSTANTLY
BEING SECOND GUESSED AND
UNDERMINED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEM BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS
CREATE BARRIERS TO STUDENTS,
NATURAL PROGRESSION AND REALLY
STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO START
FROM WHERE THEY ARE. AND
CONTINUE FORWARD RATHER THAN
HAVING TO REPEAT AND GO
BACKWARDS. AND REALLY AT HEART.
ALL THIS IS ABOUT RESTORING THE
CORE VALUE PROPOSITION OF
EDUCATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
BELIEVE AND LOOK AT ONE OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND NO IF I GO THERE, THIS IS
GOING TO MATTER. THIS IS GOING
TO CHANGE MY LIFE. IT'S GOING TO
CHANGE THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY AND
THE TIME AND RESOURCES THAT I'M
INVESTING. THIS ARE WORTHWHILE.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE HEART OF
THE VISION FOR SUCCESS HAS BEEN
ABOUT. IT'S WHAT CHANGING THE
FUNDING FORMULA WITH THE STUDENT
CENTERED FUNDING FORMULAS ABOUT
IT'S WHAT THE ROADMAP FOR THE
FUTURE FOR OUR CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ABOUT AND
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE TRANSFER
REFORM PROCESSES ABOUT. IT'S
BEING ABLE TO TELL STUDENTS THAT
IF YOU DO THIS WORK IT'S GOING
TO BE WORTH IT. AND IF THEY
BELIEVE THAT THAN THE STUDENTS
WILL COME BUT BECAUSE WE'VE
SPENT SO MUCH TIME WHERE
STUDENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE
COME NOT FELT LIKE THEY BELONG.
NOT FELT LIKE THEIR SKILLS
MATTERED AND WERE VALUED THAT
THOSE STUDENTS HAVE LEFT. AND SO
WHAT? ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT IS
TRANSFORMING OUR COLLEGES, SO
STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.
SO STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
CAREER MOBILITY THAT'S
GUARANTEED AS A FUNCTION OF
COMING. AND THAT ULTIMATELY THAT
IN EDUCATION WILL PAY OFF FOR
THEM. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANKS,
PRESENTER. CHAIR MCCARTY,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
MARIO RODRIGUEZ AND THE
EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR
FINANCE ADMINISTRATION. SO I'LL
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND ON UM HOW BUDGETING
DURING A DECLINING ENROLLMENT
WORKS FOR US. I'LL ALSO NOTE
THAT, UM, I AM NOT A BELIEVER
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
NORM FOR US GOING FORWARD. I
THINK WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC. WE'RE COMING OUT OF
IT. BUT WE ARE. WE'VE HAD, UH
INCOMING STUDENTS THAT HAVE DONE
A MAJORITY OF THEIR WORK FOR THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ONLINE WERE
IN ONE OF THE BEST ECONOMIC
TIMES THAT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF DECADES. AND SO I
THINK, UM, WHILE THERE ARE
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS ACROSS THE
STATE IN OUR LOCAL REGION, THOSE
AREN'T AS IMPACTFUL OR HURTFUL
FOR US. WE ACTUALLY ARE NOT
SEEING A DECLINE IN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS. UM SO WHAT I'M HOPING
IS WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION
TODAY ABOUT HOW WE'RE BUDGETING
NOW, BUT ALSO I'M NOT SOLD THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW
NORMAL YET. WE BELIEVE THAT
THREE OF US THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RESTORE
ACCESS OVER THE NEAR FUTURE. SO
WITH THAT CAVEAT, SAID THE FIRST
LIGHT. I HAD TALKS ABOUT THE
LINKAGES BETWEEN ECONOMICS.
INFLATION IN THE STUDENT
DEMOGRAPHICS ARE STUDENT DEMAND
FOR US. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW,
WHEN THE ECONOMY IS DOING REALLY
WELL, WE HAVE ABOUT ABOUT A
THIRD OF WHAT WE DO AT GENERAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND
PARTICULARLY HERE AT LOS RIOS IS
IN THE CAREER EDUCATION WORLD.
THOSE CLASSES TEND TO TAKE A HIT
WHEN STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO GET JOBS AT 18 1920 IN
THE LOW TWENTIES PER HOUR. IT'S
REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR
HAS TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE
PROPOSITION. IT'S REALLY HARD TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. YOU
KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A
CAREER, NOT JUST A JOB FOR NOW,
WHEN THEY CAN GET A JOB THAT
PAYS SO WELL GOING IN THE
IMMEDIATE SO THAT'S THAT THAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE SEEING US WITH THESE
REALLY LARGE, UH ALLOCATIONS
FROM THE STATE AND ALSO NOT
BEING ABLE TO RETRACT ALL THE
STUDENTS THAT WE HAD IN THE
PAST. ANOTHER THING THAT'S THAT
OCCURS IS THAT HIGHER INFLATION
UH, IS REAL RIGHT NOW. IT'S REAL
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO WHEN THE
STATE'S GIVING US RESOURCES YOU
KNOW WE'RE ABOUT 90% PEOPLE IS
WHAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON. IT'S
VALID FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR
EMPLOYEES MAKE THAT RENT
PAYMENT. WE WANT TO HELP THEM.
MAKE THAT GAS PAYMENT.
EVERYTHING'S ACROSS THE BOARD IS
INCREASING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO
WE ARE SPENDING A GOOD CHUNK OF
OUR MONEY OF THE INCREASE IS TO
BE ABLE TO HELP OUR PEOPLE GET
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND GET
THROUGH THE INCREASES WE'RE
SEEING WITH THE INFLATION. I PUT
A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS HERE DOWN
BELOW. UM WHEN THERE'S A OPTION
A IS WHAT WE'RE LIVING WITH
RIGHT NOW. GROWING ECONOMY MEANS
PROBABLY NEED IT'S GOING
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. THERE'S
ALSO HIGH INFLATION, SO IT'S
THERE'S A REAL COST PRESSURES
LOCALLY FOR US, NOT ONLY IN OUR
OPERATIONAL, BUT IT'S BUT THEN
ALSO OUR PEOPLE. AND THERE'S
LITTLE STUDENT DEMAND IF THAT
WAS THE NORM FOR US. AS THE CFO,
ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE.
I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. THAT'S NOT
BAD. WHAT WHAT'S CONCERNING TO
ME IS WHAT I THINK WE SEE
BREWING MORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE
, WHICH IS A DECLINING ECONOMY.
UH WE'VE REVENUE NUMBERS JUST
CAME OUT FROM S C O AND THEY
WEREN'T AS BAD AS WE MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT. BUT WE DO SEE WE HAVE
SEEN RECENT DECLINES THEIR HIGH
INFLATION STILL, MOST ESTIMATES
FOR NEXT YEAR'S INFLATIONARY
NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGH. UM AND
THEN HIGH DEMAND WHERE OUR
STUDENTS DO WANT TO COME BACK.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE
SCENARIO THAT IS THE MOST
CONCERNING AND TAKES THE MOST
PLANNING. IF WE KEEP GETTING A
LOT OF MONEY, AND WE, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE REALLY DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO MAKE OUR INSTITUTIONS
MORE LIKE THE WAY THAT THE
DOCTOR HAD SAID THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S EASIER FOR SOMEONE IN MY
POSITION. IT'S HARDER WHEN WE
HAVE THE DEMAND FOR STUDENTS,
AND THERE'S NO MONEY FOR THEM,
SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT OF ON
THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT WE DO
DURING THAT KIND OF TIME PERIOD.
WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE
PANDEMIC HAPPENED. WE'VE
RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES FROM THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE'VE DONE I
GOT TO TELL YOU, THE CHANCES
COMING UP ARE GOING TO TELL YOU
SOME REALLY GREAT STUFF THEY'RE
DOING. MOST COLLEGES ARE DOING A
LOT OF THAT STUFF. WE'VE ALL OR
FOR THE MOST PART, ALWAYS. FEES
ARE GIVEN OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF
MONEY AND AID. MASKS TESTING.
THERE'S OUTREACH IN REACH. RIGHT
NOW. IT LOOKS RIOS. YOU WILL
HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO YOUR
INSTRUCTOR. BECAUSE WE'RE
CARRYING CLASSES WITH LOWER
ENROLLMENT IN THEM THAN WE'VE
EVER HAD BEFORE. YOU HAVE MORE
ONE ON ONE TIME WITH YOUR
TEACHER YOU'LL HAVE WE HAVE MORE
COUNSELORS AND SUPPORT SERVICE
PROFESSIONALS PER STUDENT THAN
WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. WE HAVE
MORE TUTORING HOURS. YOU NAME IT
WE HAVE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE
BEST EXPERIENCE YOU CAN AT LOS
RIOS MAYBE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD
BEFORE IN HISTORY, SO IT'S WHAT
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WITH
THOSE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS IS
NECESSARY AND CRITICAL FOR US TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS UM,
AREN'T THOSE THIRD THAT ARE
LEAVING US EVERY YEAR AND EVEN
WITH THOSE REALLY SMART
INVESTMENTS. WORSE STILL HAVING
A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH
ENROLLMENT DECLINE. THE NEXT
THING WILL HAPPEN IS IF THE
STATE RIGHT NOW THE STATES
HOLDING IS HARMLESS FOR ROMAN
DECLINES, AND THAT'S REALLY
APPROPRIATE. WE'RE BIG FANS OF
THAT. UM BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT,
UM IT'S THE QUESTION WILL BE.
CAN THE STATE CONTINUE TO DO
THAT? AND SO IF THE STATE ISN'T
ABLE TO DO THAT, WHAT TO START
PRIORITIZING CLASSES THAT WERE
HOLDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE TO THE
GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE FOR
THEM OR WITH THE RESOURCES THE
STATE GIVES US AND THEN BECAUSE
OF, YOU KNOW, DECLINES. IF YOU
SPEND LESS IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND A
CORRESPONDING AMOUNT LESS
OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM TO SEE
WILL MAKE REDUCTIONS OR
ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD IN
OUR BUDGETS. SO THAT'S KIND OF
HOW WE WOULD LOOK AT BUDGETING
DURING DECLINING ENROLLMENT
PERIOD. THE LAST SLIDE THAT I
INCLUDED IS JUST SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER, UM YOU KNOW? AT LOS
RIOS. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN YOU HEAR FROM CHANCELLOR
KING IN A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
WORK WE'RE DOING TO CLAW BACK
ENROLLMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM LIKE I SAID, IF THERE'S A
PROMISING PRACTICE OUT THERE, UM
I'D BE WILLING TO BET WE'RE
ACTUALLY DOING IT. AT LEAST ONE
OF OUR COLLEGES. UM BUT AT A
CERTAIN POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE
WANT THE STATE TO CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN COLLEGES THAT ARE
SERVING STUDENTS, SO THERE ARE
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. TO
NOW. DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED.
PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THE PLACES
THEY LIVE. STUDENTS IN CERTAIN
PARTS OF THE STATES, LIKE OURS
ARE CHOOSING NOT TO, NOT TO.
WE'RE HAVING SEEN AS LARGE OF A
DECLINE AT LOS SYSTEM WE HAVE IN
OTHER PARTS OF STATE. SO WE'RE
IN FAVOR OF FOR THE FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME OF MAKING SURE THAT
EVERY HELP COLLEGES HELD
HARMLESS, BUT AT A CERTAIN
POINT, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE
STATE REALLY INVEST IN
INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE
DOING A BETTER JOB OF ATTRACTING
AND RETAINING THEIR STUDENTS.
AND THEN WITHIN THE ELSE OR
WITHIN THE SCF F, UM ADDITIONAL
FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT PURSE
STUDENT RATE GOES UP FOR FTS
RATE. IF THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT
WE'RE TACKLING THIS HEARING
SUPER IMPORTANT THE RESTORATION
OF ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
ACROSS OUR STATE. WE THINK NO
BETTER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
STATE KNOWS THAT THAT'S
IMPORTANT AND INCREASING THE FTS
OR PER STUDENT RIGHT AND WITHIN
THE MAIN MAIN FUNDING FROM AND
THE FUNDS US. AND THEN ECHO, UH
, DEPUTY CHANCELLOR, LIZETTE ARE
NAVARETTE POINT ABOUT ONE TIME
RESOURCES, THE STATE'S DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB OF PROVIDING US TO
BLOCK GRANTS ONE IN THE EARLY
YEARS AND THEN 11 THIS LAST YEAR
THAT HAVE REALLY A LOT OF TO
MAKE THOSE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS
. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO PUT, UM
A LOT OF NEW GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES OUT THERE TO SUPPORT
STUDENTS. BECAUSE OF THE 50% LAW
HAS, YOU KNOW IT DICTATES THAT
WE CAN'T SPEND TOO MUCH OUTSIDE
OF THE CLASSROOM. OR ELSE WE RUN
A FOUL WITH THAT LAW. BUT WHEN
YOU GIVE US CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS
TO DO THAT WORK, IT MAKES IT
MUCH EASIER FROM A FINANCIAL
PERSPECTIVE. SO HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY I'LL OF A
SERIES OF QUESTIONS, AND BY THE
WAY YOU CAN JUMP IN WHENEVER YOU
WANT. DR CHOI, THE FIRST IS ON
START WITH WITH WITH WITH YOU
AND THE LOS RIOS EXAMPLE. SO
YOU'RE SAYING ON THE YOUR SECOND
SLIDE IF WE HAD DECLINING IN
RURAL ECONOMY, HIGH INFLATION
WOULD BE HIGH DEMAND FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. YOU THINK
THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK HERE?
I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION IS
WHERE DID THEY WANT TO? WHERE
WHERE ARE THEY COMING BACK? OR
WERE THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? IS
THIS ONE? YEAH WE'VE DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB OF RETAINING THE
STUDENTS HERE. IT'S NOT. THAT'S
NOT THE QUESTION. I THINK I
THINK STUDENTS WILL SEE THE
VALUE. I THINK WHAT SOMETIMES IS
WE IT COULD SEEM LIKE WE'RE
OVERSIMPLIFYING THE ACTUAL
PROBLEMS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.
I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
LATER ON FROM SOME OF THE
OTHERS, AND I FROM HEARING AND
GRAND. THERE'S 100 PLUS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS THAT
STUDENTS ARE JUST CHOOSING
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE WE SAID,
SAID. THIS IS THIS IS A
DIFFERENT WORLD TO THINK IT'S
LIKE WE USED TO DO IS LIKE YOU
KNOW NONSENSE. AND SO THERE EVEN
THOUGH IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE,
THEY'RE GOING OVER THERE LIKE
YOU'RE GIVING US FREE COLLEGE
HERE AND FREE EVERYTHING AND
YOU'RE GOING WHERE IT COSTS
MONEY LIKE THEY'RE DOING THAT
FOR A REASON, BECAUSE MAYBE ARE
THINGS THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
ISN'T WHAT THEY WANT. AND SO
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE SECOND HALF OF HEARING
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU THINK
AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE
LAST 50 YEARS IS JUST PERFECTLY
FINE. THEY WOULD COME BACK FALL
RIGHT IN LINE. YEAH SO I
WOULDN'T SAY THAT. WHAT? WHAT?
WHAT WHAT? WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR
THE LAST 50 YEARS IS WHAT WE'RE
DOING NOW. WE'VE GOT. WE'VE HAD
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING. WE HAD WE
HAVE A 16 WEEK SCHEDULE WE HAVE
WE HAVE EIGHT WEEK SESSIONS.
WE'VE HAD A PROGRAM AT AMERICAN
COLLEGE THAT SERVICES THAT'S A
ONE MONTH A CLASS SECTION THAT
GETS ADULTS THROUGH FASTER, SO I
THINK IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT EACH
FOREVER. CAMPUSES TO BETTER LINE
TO STUDENT NEEDS, BUT BUT AYE. I
FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WILL BE BACK
AND THEN JUST GO TELL THE
FUNDING PIECE AND THIS IS A
PERPLEXING THING. AND YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU COME ON YOUR FEBRUARY,
LOBBY DAYS IN THE LEAGUE COMES
OF PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. THEY SAY. OH, WE'RE
HAVING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND
WE'RE ALL NERVOUS, AND I'M JUST
PERPLEXED BECAUSE TO ME, I'M A
VERY SIMPLE GUY. LIKE WHAT IF I
HAD IT? WHAT IF I WAS A COUNTY
OF SACRAMENTO? AND I PAID THE
SACRAMENT OF FOOD BANK $10
MILLION A YEAR TO FEED PEOPLE.
AND THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS GOING
TO INCREASE BY 10% BECAUSE
THEY'RE WHATEVER IT IS. THEY'RE
GETTING 10.2 MILLION AND THEY'RE
LIKE WE'RE HAVING FEWER PEOPLE
COMING IN AND GETTING FOOD.
LIKE, OKAY, BUT WE'RE GIVING YOU
MORE MONEY TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE
AND THEY KEEP, BUT THERE'S FEAR
OF PEOPLE COMING, SO I FEEL LIKE
IT'S THIS. IT'S THIS BOY VOICE
THAT KEEPS GOING AROUND AND
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO LOGICAL
FOLKS BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NOT
GOING TO BUILD PRISONS. IT'S NOT
GOING TO SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT.
BY LAW. IT'S DAYS IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EDUCATION, SO I THINK THAT
THERE'S A MESSAGING PROBLEM
THERE AND IT'S LIKE CRYING WOLF
AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND
SO HELP SIMPLE SIMPLETON.
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DYNAMIC
HERE HAPPENING ON THE K 12 SIDE
AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SIDE
TO YOUR POINT? YEAH. DECLINING
ENROLLMENT. AND WE NEED MORE
RESOURCES. AND I THINK IT'S
HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU'RE MISSING
. YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT. THE
KEY POINT, THOUGH YOU'RE GETTING
MORE RESOURCES WHILE YOU'RE
DECLINING ENROLLMENT. YEAH, AND
WE WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO ASK
MORE RESOURCES, GIVEN THE
STUDENT DEMAND THAT OUR STUDENTS
THAT WE ACTUALLY SERVE. SO WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENT
DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO WE SERVE,
AND YOU KNOW THIS, I DON'T NEED
TO REPEAT IT. BUT WE, YOU KNOW,
MOST EMANCIPATED FOSTER YOUTH,
MOST IN VETERANS, MOST CURRENTLY
ENROLLED IN THE MILITARY SERVICE
AND YOU GO ON AND ON DOWN THAT
LIST. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS THE EFFORTS WERE MAKING NOW
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME
REALLY SMART, INTELLIGENT
EFFORTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT. BECAUSE THEY FEEL PROUD
OF THEM. WE WANT TO DO MORE OF
THAT WE WANT TO BE. WE WANT TO
BE BETTER AT DOING THE WORK.
WE'RE DOING THE CFO AND YOU'RE
ONE DISTRICT AND MAYBE THE
QUESTION IS MORE FOR OTHERS WHO
ARE DON'T HAVE YOUR ISSUE. IS IT
THAT WE KEEP FOR YEARS WE CAN
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
WE NEED MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE
HAVE COSTS ON THIS AND THAT AND
NOW WE'RE GETTING CRAZY AMOUNT
OF MORE MONEY THAN WE'VE EVER
SEEN. AND THERE. YOU'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT MORE MONEY. YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT LOSING STUDENTS,
AND WE'RE LIKE WHAT? WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR
FOREVER, WHICH IS MORE MONEY,
AND I AND I GRANT THE PROBLEM IS
IF THERE IS 100 COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS. AND LET'S SAY
YOU KNOW, 90 90% ARE DECREASING
BY THIS. LET'S SAY 10. AND
THERE'S 5% ARE DECREASING BY 25%
AND THERE'S FIVE THAT ARE LIKE
INCREASING THE FIVE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE OUTLIERS
. THEY BE IN TROUBLE. BUT LIKE
THAT'S WE'RE HEARING WE'RE NOT
HEARING FROM THAT WE HEAR FROM
ALL OF YOU SAYING THE SAME THING
LIKE IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
YOU'RE ALL LIKE HAVING THE SAME
SOFTENING. YEAH SO I THINK I
UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST QUESTION A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. I THINK IT'S
ESSENTIALLY YOU'VE BEEN ASKING
FOR MORE MONEY PER STUDENT. NOW
YOU'RE GETTING IT. IS, IN
ESSENCE. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
CORRECT. IT'S HALF OF IT. YEAH
SO I THINK FOR US, YOU KNOW, IT
DOES COME DOWN TO. WELL, IT MAY
BE IN MY EYES. I WANT MORE MONEY
FOR STUDENTS, BUT WARMER WINNER.
WE'RE WHEN WE'RE IN OUR
MEETINGS, TALKING ABOUT
PROGRAMMING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO. MONEY PER STUDENT ISN'T THE
NUMBER ONE THING THAT COMES UP.
IT'S HOW DO WE SERVICE OUR
COMMUNITY? NOT JUST BECAUSE
THERE'S A PORTION AND IT'S LIKE
WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 98 POT. WE
HAVE A PIE 11% COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND GRAD DOESN'T DOLLAR
FOR DOLLAR MATCH OF THINGS, BUT
LIKE IT GOES IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. WORLD, SO IT DOESN'T
SEEM IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S LIKE
A INFLATED PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T
EXIST UNLESS YEAR OF COLLEGE.
IT'S REALLY ON THE EXTREME AND
YOU'RE FACING MASSIVE DECREASES
. BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS THAT'S
ONLY THAT'S ONLY A FEW OF THE
OUTLIERS. AND THAT'S WHY YOU
HEAR ME ASKING FOR TO INVEST IN
COLLEGES THAT ARE SERVING
STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO KEEPING
THE WHOLE PARLIAMENT. UM ONE
PIECE TO YOUR QUESTION. UM IS
THAT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
OUR COLLEGES ARE ALSO PROVIDING
SERVICES WITH INCREASED
COMPLEXITY. SO YOU KNOW IF YOU
LOOK BACK AT, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR
SIX YEARS AGO, MANY OF OUR
COLLEGES DIDN'T HAVE THE
COMPREHENSIVE BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE NOW,
RIGHT. YOU KNOW. NOW EVERY
CAMPUS HAS A BASIC NEEDS. CENTER
OF FOOD PANTRY. UM OUR VETERANS
PROGRAMS HAVE EXPANDED. AH AND
SO. IN MANY WAYS OR COLLEGES ARE
DOING A LOT MORE THAN THEY WERE
IN PRIOR TIMES. SO THAT'S WHERE
THAT PERSON FUNDING REALLY IS
CRITICAL. AT THE SAME TIME, I
THINK YOU KNOW THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE
OF INVESTMENTS THAT NOT ONLY
HELP US ADDRESS THOSE ADDITIONAL
SERVICES THAT WE'RE NOW
PROVIDING, BUT BUT STILL ASK US
TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE KEY
REFORMS THAT ALLOW US TO USE
THOSE DOLLARS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
THINGS THAT ARE KEY TO THE
VISION FOR SUCCESS LIKE GUIDED
PATHWAYS, PROVIDING CLARITY OF
THE PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS WANT
TO GO TO YOUR KEY QUESTION. WHY
WOULD A STUDENT GO SOMEWHERE
ELSE? WELL THERE ARE GOING TO
MAKE, UM, SUBSTANTIAL CHOICES
BASED ON UM THEIR TIME. TIME AS
AN INVESTMENT, THEIR VALUE
PROPOSITIONS. AND SO IF WE CAN
CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR THOSE
RESOURCES AS PERSON COST TO SHOW
STUDENTS THAT IF YOU COME TO US
FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU WILL
LEAVE WITH THE DEGREE THAT GETS
YOU EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS IF YOU CHOOSE TO CHANGE
YOUR CAREER TRAJECTORY. THAT'S
REALLY WHAT UM STUDENTS WILL BE
ASKING FOR AND ARE AND SO THE
EXAMPLE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS HOW
COLLEGES ARE USING THAT PER
STUDENT INVESTMENT. TO ADDRESS
INCREASED COSTS, BUT ALSO THINK
ABOUT EDUCATION, MORE
HOLISTICALLY AND VERY
DIFFERENTLY, WHICH HAS DRIVEN
COSTS UP. LISTENING TO YOU, UM.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALREADY ANALYZED
AND IDENTIFIED ALL THE PROBLEMS
OF FOR AH, DECLINING IN NORMAL
PROBLEM. AND ALSO. YOU ARE
PROVIDED THE OLDER SOLUTIONS.
AND UM, WHERE IS THE PROBLEM?
ACTUALLY. FOR THE DECLINING
ENROLLMENT. DO YOU KEEP ON
ASKING MORE DOLLAR DOLLARS ISH
SHORT? IS THAT THE REASON? OH OR
I WONDER IF THIS TREND IS, UH
AH. IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ONLY OR ANY OTHER FOUR YEAR
COLLEGES. SO FROM WHAT I KNOW
FOUR YEAR COLLEGES. THEY OVER
CRIMEA. YOU KNOW A LOT OF
STUDENTS. APPLY LIKE USUALLY OR
WHATEVER 44,000 PEOPLE APPLY. SO
TO ME, THIS IS A BARGAIN. AND
THAT THEY CAN TRANSFER AND THEY
CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR TWO
YEARS AND THAT YOU KNOW THEY
ONLY PAY FOR TWO YEAR COLLEGES
AT THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY IF
THEY WANT TO. ATTAIN THE
BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND THAT THEY
SHOULD KNOW THAT AH! I DON'T
THINK AFFORDABILITY. IS THE
ISSUE. FOR CHILDREN'S OR FOR NOT
ENROLLED IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. UM WHILE AGO YOU
MENTIONED, UM THE AH. SKILLS
THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, OR WE
NEED TO GET THE CREDIT ONE OF MY
BILLS. UH I THINK COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO PASSED AND SIGNED INTO
LONG WAS TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS.
WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE JOINT
SERVICES CREDIT UNITS, SO WILL
BE ALLOWED IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND THE FOUR YEAR AH
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SYSTEMS SO THEY CAN UTILIZE AS
THE SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE
ATTAINED IN THE CREDITS. EARNED
IN THE MILITARY SERVICE. SO
THAT'S A SMALL AREA THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO RECOGNIZE AND HELP.
AND FOR THEM TO SAVE TIME AND
MONEY. BUT IN AND SPEAKING OF
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I KNOW
PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED A LOT OF THE
DYNAMICS OLDER. EVOLVING
ACTIVITIES ONGOING IN THE
SUDDENLY STOPPED. AND THEN
LEARNING TRIED TO RECOVER. FROM
ONLINE TO IN PERSON. AND THE
PEOPLE. SOMEHOW. THEY HABIT. HAS
SHIFTED FROM ONLINE PRESS AND IN
PERSON PRESENTS THAT THEY FIND
IT MORE. AH! CONVENIENCE IN
ONLINE AND THAT THEY WANT TO
STAY AWAY FROM COLLEGES. SO
WHETHER THAT'S BEHAVIORAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL RECENT. SO MANY
ARE STILL NOT RETURNING. AND
THEN I WONDER WHAT NUMBERS IF
YOU HAVE ARE NOT THE RETURNING.
AH THIS DATE I S S SINCE THE
PANDEMIC TWO YEARS AGO, RIGHT?
SO UM, WHETHER PANDEMIC IS TO
BLAME. AND I CANNOT REALLY
PINPOINT THE WHERE. THIS, UH AH!
THE DECLINING TREND. AND THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE UH, ALL
THE SERVICES THAT THE YOU THINK
YOU NEED OF THOSE STUDENTS TO
COME BACK AND TO STAY ON. THEY
ARE DOING. YOU ARE DOING
EVERYTHING. AND, UH, TUITION
MATTER. SO YOU PROVIDE US
SCHOLARSHIPS, ALL KINDS OF
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. AND THEY
HAVE NO REASON NOT TO. COME BACK
TO CAMPUS IS OR DESIRE TO ATTEND
THE ACADEMIC DEGREES. UM SO I'M. I CANNOT SUGGESTION. WHY
AREN'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T
YOU DO THIS? AND NOT TO ATTRACT
MORE PEOPLE. SO I THINK THERE
HAS TO BE FOR THEM TO AH
REALIZED THE VALUE. OF A TWO
YEAR DEGREE COLLEGE. AFTER THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO TRANSFER TO FOUR
YEAR COLLEGES. EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT THAT OPTION IS THERE. BUT
AS I SAID IN MY OPENING
STATEMENT. THE VOCATIONAL
TRAINING, I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING. WE NEED EVERYWHERE
PROFESSIONALS AND LIKE THE
ELECTRICIANS OR PLUMBERS OR
CARPENTERS. THEY ARE STRUGGLING.
TO RECRUIT. AH THEY'RE
PROFESSIONALS TO SUCCEED. AND
THEY HAVE THEIR PROGRAM PROGRAMS
APPRENTICESHIP. UH ARE WE LOSING
STUDENTS ARE FROM COLLEGE. TO
THEIR PROFESSIONAL. EACH EACH
CATEGORICAL APPRENTICESHIP. THEY
DON'T NEED COLLEGE AND THAT THEY
CAN STILL 10 EARN EQUAL OR EVEN
MORE. UH AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO
WHETHER THERE IS A TWO YEAR
COLLEGE INVESTMENT. ISN'T
NECESSARY. FOR THEM TO REALIZE
THAT THAT THE VALUE I THINK
THAT'S SO THE KEY IS IF THEY
FEEL TWO YEAR COLLEGES.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW VALUABLE,
IT EARNED ME SIX FIGURE SALARY,
WHEREAS IF I DON'T GET THAT A B
A. AND THEN IT'S NOT GONNA BE
POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ACHIEVE THAT.
SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME
DISTINCTION. BUT WITH IT OR
WITHOUT IT IF THERE'S NO NO NO
VALUE DIFFERENCE THAN THE
MOTIVATIONAL DISAPPEAR. PART OF
YOUR QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DR
HEADS TO TACKLE THE PIECE ABOUT
WHY THERE IS A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS
THAT HAVE AN ADMISSIONS PROCESS
VERSUS HOURS. SO I THINK YOU
ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION AROUND
. YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS SUCH A
PERPLEXING QUESTION? UM WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE DYNAMICS AT PLAY AND
THE REALITY IS THAT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IS THAT AND YOU'LL HEAR
FROM OUR COLLEGES IS THAT ONE
SOLUTION ISN'T WORKING. IT'S A
COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE
STRATEGIES, ONES THAT YOU'LL
HEAR ONCE THAT, UM UH VICE
CHANCELLOR RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED
IT'S A IT'S A COMBINATION OF
VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT ARE
WORTH WHAT ARE ATTRACTING OR
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING
STUDENTS BACK. UM SAME GOES FOR
THE REASONS THAT STUDENTS HAVE
STOPPED OUT. AND ONE PIECE
THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. IS
THAT, UM, IN THIS TIME DURING
THE INVESTMENTS OF THE PANDEMIC
PERIOD, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK STUDENTS AND SURVEY
STUDENTS UNLIKE WE EVER HAD
BEFORE, BECAUSE WE GOT DIRECT
INVESTMENTS FROM THE LEGISLATURE
TO HELP US THINK THROUGH BOTH
OUTREACH AND IN REACH. UM AND
ENRICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK
WITH STUDENTS ON YOUR CAMPUSES
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
WANT AS STUDENTS AS CONSUMERS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT ASK MORE
QUESTIONS THAN WE WERE IN THE
PAST. UM AND THAT'S HOPEFUL THAT
ALLOWS US TO ADAPT TO THEM AND
IN THE FUTURE AND BE BETTER.
STEWARDS NOT ONLY HAVE DOLLARS,
BUT ALSO THEIR EDUCATIONAL
JOURNEY. TO DO SOME KIND OF MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE SURVEY FOR NOT,
UH, RETURNING TO CAMPUS IS THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD.
STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE.
THEY ARE MOTIVATED ENOUGH THEY
ARE HERE. SO IF WE DO SURVEY
WITH THE STUDENTS ALREADY
ENROLLED IS NOT GOING TO APPLY
TO THEM THEIR QUESTION WHY, AND
TO COMING BACK. I'M HERE ALREADY
SO BUT GOING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY. THAT THE POTENTIAL
STUDENTS. HOW WE CAN REACH OUT
AND ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. AND
FOR THEM TO ANSWER RIGHT AT, YOU
KNOW, RIGHT REPLIES, RIGHT
REASONS WHY THEY ARE NOT COMING
BACK. I THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL.
SO I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE
STUDENTS THAT WE SURVEYED IN THE
RESPONSES YOU'RE SEEING, UM,
THOSE ARE THE RESPONSES OF
STUDENTS WHO HAVE SAID THEY'RE
NOT ENROLLING LARGELY, RIGHT. SO
WE ASKED ALL STUDENTS LOTS OF
QUESTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE SETS
OF QUESTIONS IN THAT SURVEY IS
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ASK
STUDENTS. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS
TO YOUR ENROLLMENT? WHY DIDN'T
YOU ENROLL? AND SO WE VERY
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AS
COLLEGES TO TARGET STUDENTS WHO
HAD APPLIED BUT NOT YET ENROLLED
RIGHT OR STUDENTS WHO HAD
PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED WHO ARE NOT
RE ENROLLED, SO WE WERE
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING NOT JUST
STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY
ATTENDING. WE ARE TARGETING
STUDENTS WHO HAVE EITHER
ATTENDED PREVIOUSLY IN STOPPED
OR WHO HAD EXPRESSED SOME
INTEREST. AND THAT'S NECESSARY.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THE CONTACT
INFORMATION BUT NEVER ENROLLED.
SO THE ONES WHO HAVE NEVER
EXPRESSED INTEREST WE CAN'T
SAMPLE THOSE THAT'S HARDER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT HOW WE CREATE THE RIGHT
SAMPLING FRAME FOR THAT, AND
WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
, BUT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE,
BUT SO FOR THAT THOSE QUESTIONS
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE
ASKING THEM STUDENTS WHO HAVE
EITHER TRIED HIGHER END AND
STOPPED. OR THAT HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT IT AND APPLIED BUT NEVER
ENROLLED. UH AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING
VERY CLEARLY IN THAT, AND IT IS
TRUE LIKE AND I TRIED TO SAY
THIS UPFRONT WE HAVE ONE OF THE
MOST AFFORDABLE HIGHER EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY. BUT STUDENTS DON'T FIND
IT AFFORDABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
THE TUITION AND FEES THAT ARE
THE PRIMARY COST DRIVERS FOR
THEM RIGHT SOME OF ITS BOOKS AND
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE
HAVE ALL THE WORK ON ZERO
TEXTBOOK COSTS AND ONLINE
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. I'M
SORRY. OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES. UM, BUT THE REAL COST
FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IS WHAT
IT COSTS TO GET BY. RIGHT AND
IT'S HARD TO MAKE TO MEET THAT
COST AND GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE
THE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA IS
EXPENSIVE. ESPECIALLY THE LIVE
IN CALIFORNIA NEAR A LOT OF OUR
COLLEGES, AND SO TO AFFORD THAT
YOU HAVE TO HAVE INCOME, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE MONEY COMPANY FROM
SOMEPLACE AND IN A LOT OF CASES,
IT'S CLOSE, BUT IT CAN BE, IT
CAN COST MORE TO ATTEND THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEN IT CAN TO
COST SOME OF THE PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC
FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE
OF THE INSTITUTIONAL AID THAT
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. SO WHILE IT
ON THE SURFACE APPEARS AT OUR
COLLEGES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY
AFFORDABLE. OUR STUDENTS DON'T
EXPERIENCE SO WE HAVE TO PAY A
GOOD SALARY FOR THEM TO ATTEND
THE COLLEGE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR SOME EXAMPLES TODAY OF
COLLEGES THAT ARE BEING
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW TO BETTER
INCENTIVIZE ATTENDANCE SO THAT
IT CHANGES THAT PROPOSITION FOR
THEM. ABSOLUTELY. UM YOU KNOW,
YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE VARIOUS
PLACES ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IF YOU
TIED THAT TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN
SOME WAY THAT WOULD MOTIVATE A
LOT OF PEOPLE TO THINK VERY
CAREFULLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
HIGHER EDUCATION WAS RIGHT FOR
THEM, WHO MIGHT NEVER HAVE
CONSIDERED IT BEFORE AND SO
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE YOU
TAKE OFF THE TABLE, I HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO EAT, HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE
SOMEPLACE. IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH
HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST COST OF
LIVING PLACES OF ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY. I'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT
OUT AND GO TO SCHOOL. RIGHT
THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES IN THE
COUNTRY WHERE SCHOOL IS MORE
EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S SO MUCH
CHEAPER TO LIVE THAT IT'S STILL
CHEAPER TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE.
UM AND SO THAT'S PART ONE AND
THEN UNDER DISTINCTION BETWEEN
FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND OUR
INSTITUTIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS
I THINK YOU REFERRED TO IT. IT'S
ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU
GUYS WROTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT IS TYPICALLY
COUNTERCYCLICAL. AND SO WE ARE
WHEN ECONOMY IS BETTER, AND
THEY'RE GOOD JOBS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE THAT ARE HIGH PAIN
WHERE THE PROPOSITION CHANGES
NOW I CAN WITHOUT TRAINING GO
WORK BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS SO
HIGH. I HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
WILLING TO TAKE ME WITHOUT ANY
REQUISITE TRAINING OR HAVE
LOWERED THEIR STANDARDS BECAUSE
THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR ANYONE.
RIGHT THAT THEN CHANGES WHAT THE
VALUE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EDUCATION IS BECAUSE I CAN GO
OUT WITH NO TRAINING AND GET
PAID $20 AN HOUR, MAYBE $25 AN
HOUR AND SO IT DOESN'T MAKE AS
MUCH SENSE FOR ME TO DO PUT IN
TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS TO GET
AN A IF I CAN ALREADY GET $25 AN
HOUR RIGHT NOW. AND SO TYPICALLY
WHAT YOU HAPPEN IN TYPICALLY
WHAT HAPPENS AND YOU CAN SEE
THIS IN OTHER WORK THAT PPC HAS
DONE IS IN THE FACE OF MOST
RECESSIONS. COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT GOES UP, AND WHEN THE
ECONOMY IS GOOD COMMUNITY,
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN. I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME
. BUT I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
SOMEONE IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
UM, THE SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY.
MEANING THAT I THINK, UH, NOT
ONLY DURING THE DAYTIME BUT
EVENING HOURS AND WEEKENDS. OR
ANY TIME THEY CAN ALL GO ON, UH
, IF THEY WERE NOT DOING ON THE
RISE, SO THAT'S A SEX. SECOND
QUESTION. SO FIRST QUESTION. UM
ARE YOU? PROVIDING ENOUGH
FLEXIBLE HOURS, WEEKENDS AND
EVENING HOURS IN PERSON CLASSES.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO
YEARS THAT I WAS SURPRISED,
SURPRISED, EVEN NOURISHING
PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE DONE
ONLINE. I THOUGHT THE NURSING
PROGRAM HAS TO BE REALLY IN
PERSON WITH THE DUMMIES THAT
THEY CAN PRACTICE, YOU KNOW,
GIVE THE SHOT YOU KNOW THAT MAY
BE NECESSARY. BUT THE. DURING
THE PANDEMIC AT THE NURSING
PROGRAM WAS DONE TEACHING WAS
DONE THROUGH ON ONLINE. IF A
NURSING PROGRAM CAN BE DONE
ONLINE. HOW MANY WHAT COURSES
ARE ARE NOT POSSIBLE. THROUGH
ONLINE. SO THAT. REALLY INVOKED
MY THINKING. IN THE FUTURE.
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WHY. WILL
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE FISCAL
CAMPUS. CAN WE CONVERT? UH
EVERYTHING TO ONLINE FOR MAXIMUM
FLEXIBILITY. AND THEN HAVE A
SMALL UH, QUARTER. FOR MUST HAVE
IN PRISON CLASS. I THINK THAT'S
A REALLY SHIFTING OUR YOU KNOW,
THOUGHT PROCESS. YES SO I CAN'T
SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. BUT
I CAN SPEAK FOR HERE DURING THE
EARLY PARTS OF THE PANDEMIC. A
LOT OF THE ACCREDITING BODIES SO
WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER
ALLIED HEALTH NURSING AND THEN
ALSO CAREER ED CLASSES SCIENCE
IS TO WHENEVER YOU HAVE, UM, A
BODY, AN OUTSIDE BODY THAT
REGULATES THE CURRICULUM YOU
TEACH. THEY GENERALLY REQUIRE
YOU TO HAVE IT ON GROUND. UM A
LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS LIKE
DENTAL HYGIENE, NURSING FOOT
BOTTOM ME DURING THE EARLY
PERSON PANDEMICS ALLOWED US
PROVISIONS TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE OUR STUDIES IN AN
ONLINE FORMAT. THAT WAS ONLY FOR
A PERIOD BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
SO UM, THEY STILL HAVE TO PASS
BOARDS, THEY STILL HAD TO GET
THEIR HOURS DONE OF LIKE
RESIDENCY OR INTERNSHIPS. BUT
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THEY DID.
MOST OF THOSE HAVE REPEALED
THOSE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS AND
NOW REQUIRES TO HAVE THEM. IN
PERSON. AND THEN ON ONLINE AND
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING FOR US, WE
LET STUDENT DEMAND DRIVE WHAT WE
OFFER IF PEOPLE WANTED MORE
EVENING CLASSES, AND IN FACT,
OVER THE YEARS PRE PANDEMIC TWO.
WE'VE SEEN LESS PEOPLE WANT
EVENING COURSES AND MORE PEOPLE
WANT ONLINE COURSES. SO AS A
SYSTEM BUT ALSO IS LOS RIOS.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD MORE ONLINE
CLASSES, EVEN PRE PANDEMIC AND
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW IF STUDENTS
ARE SIGNING UP IF THERE'S IF
THERE'S HIGH WAIT LIST IF
THERE'S UM IF THE CLASSES IN THE
FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OR IN THE
FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THE TERM
WE'RE FILLING UP FASTER THAN THE
16 WEEKS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
ADD THOSE CLASSES IN TO MEET
STUDENT MAN BEST. YEAH THAT WAS
ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WAS GOING
TO MAKE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT FROM THE OTHER. SOME OF THE
OTHER COLLEGES WELL, AND THAT'S
THE NIMBLENESS OF SCHEDULING. IS
THAT WHAT COLLEGES REALLY HAVE
TO LEAN INTO BEING RESPONSIVE TO
WHAT STUDENTS ARE DEMONSTRATING
THROUGH THEIR ACTUAL DEMAND? UM
AND I THINK FOR A VERY LONG TIME
COLLEGES WERE YOU KNOW ALL OF US
WERE USED TO JUST ROLLING OVER
OUR SCHEDULE FROM YEAR TO YEAR,
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS
STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES. AND SO
IF YOU'RE NOT ATTENDING TO THE
CHOICES THAT THEY'RE MAKING IN
REAL TIME, THEN COURSES WON'T
FILM. THE OTHER THING THAT I
WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I
FORGOT SO MUCH AN EARLIER AND
IT'S RELATED TO THIS POINT, BUT
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS. IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE COMPLEXITY OF STUDENT
OPINION THAT OUR COLLEGES ARE
FACING AS THEIR SCHEDULING AND
PLANNING. AND SO WHILE IT'S TRUE
THAT A LARGE PROPORTION OF
STUDENTS ARE SAYING I WANT MORE
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES, I WANT MORE
ONLINE. THERE'S A SLIGHTLY
SMALLER PROPORTIONS SET OF
STUDENTS IS LIKE HEY, HEY. NO,
NO, NO. I WANT TO GO BACK TO
FULL FACE TO FACE AND ALL THE
SERVICES ON CAMPUS AND SO
COLLEGES ARE FACING BOTH OF
THOSE SETS OF DEMANDS. I WANT
MORE FLEXIBILITY AND MORE
ONLINE, BUT I WANT TO COME BACK
FULLY FACE TO FACE AND BE ABLE
TO HAVE THAT FULL EXPERIENCE ON
CAMPUS AND THEY'RE GETTING THAT
AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE SEEING
THE SAME TYPE OF ECONOMY WITH
COVID RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? WE
HAVE ONE SET OF STUDENTS THAT
ARE STILL AFRAID OF BEING
EXPOSED TO COVID THAT THINK
THEY'RE COLLEGES AREN'T DOING
ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM. AND ON
THE FLIP SIDE THAT YOU HAVE AN
ALMOST EQUAL PROPORTION OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE SAYING THESE
COVID RESTRICTIONS, YOU'VE GOT
TO GET RID OF THEM OR I'M NOT
COMING BACK. THE COMPLEXITY OF
WHAT COLLEGES HAVE TO PLAN FOR
AND WHAT STUDENTS WANT HAS
GOTTEN MUCH MORE INTENSE, AND IT
MAKES IT MUCH HARDER FOR THE
COLLEGES AND FORCES THEM TO
REALLY BE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE AND
FLEXIBLE, AND THAT TAKES
ADDITIONAL WORK RIGHT. THAT'S
HARDER THAN THINGS USED TO BE.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL WE'LL GET TO
IT. I THINK THAT THE FOR PROFIT
COLLEGES AND THEN THE OTHERS.
THEY'VE LEARNED THAT BECAUSE
THEY OFFER CHOICES, CONSUMER YOU
WANT PIZZA. YOU WANT SUSHI? WELL
HOW ABOUT EVERYONE OFFERS THAT
YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS THAT OFFER
EVERYTHING IS PROBABLY NOT
ALWAYS REALLY GOOD. BUT PEOPLE
LIKE CHOICES. THEY'RE ALL THERE
. OKAY SO WE HAVE TWO MORE
PANELS. WE WANT TO BRING UP NOW
FROM E P I. C. OLGA RODRIGUEZ,
DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION
CENTER, HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER
AND SENIOR FELLOW, AND THIS
REALLY IS ABOUT COVID AND IN THE
DECLINE AND THE IMPACT FOR
TRANSFER STUDENTS AND WE KNOW
THAT WE NEED YOU KNOW, WE NEED
MORE COLLEGE GRADUATES FOR OUR
ECONOMY. YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE
PEOPLE WITH CERTIFICATES FOR THE
JOBS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT
IT'S ALSO HEARING THIS HAS A
GREAT IMPACT ON OUR UCS
ESPECIALLY SEE SUS WITH THE UM,
LOWER AMOUNTS OF THANK YOU. DR.
CHOI. THANK YOU, OKAY. GREAT
ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
GREAT SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY THIS
AFTERNOON. UM MY NAME IS OLGA
RODRIGUEZ. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
THE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER IS A
NONPARTISAN RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION AND WE DO NOT TAKE
POSITION ON LEGISLATION. UM AND
SO MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE BASED
ON RESEARCH. WE'VE JUST
PUBLISHED A C AND SO THE RE ON
CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND KIND OF THE LARGER REPORT
APPENDICES AND SOME FLIGHTS THAT
WERE USED IN A RECENT EVENT. ARE
AVAILABLE ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE. UM AND SO AS YOU VERY
WELL KNOW, UM, SO CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES PLAY A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEMAND FOR
IN HELPING MEET THE DEMAND FOR
COLLEGE GRADUATES. UM AND
PROMOTING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH ITS
TRANSFORMATION. COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ENROLL AS DOCTOR HAD
SET THE MOST OF THE STATES
UNDERGRADUATES, INCLUDING
STUDENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN
TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED
AMONGST COLLEGE GRADUATES LIKE
LATINO, UM BLACK, LOW INCOME
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS. UM AND
SO THE IMPORTANCE IN THEIR
CONTRIBUTION TO, UM UM,
BACCALAUREATE IS HIGHLIGHTED BY
THE FACT THAT 44% 44% OF ALL, UM
, BACHELOR BACHELOR'S DEGREES
AWARDED AT BOTH THE UC AND CSU
WERE ACTUALLY TWO STUDENTS WHO
TRANSFERRED FROM A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. UM SO THAT'S 44% ALMOST
HALF AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE
2020 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR. HOWEVER
OUR RECENT REPORT FOUND THAT, UM
UH, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT
ENROLLMENT DECLINES THAT WERE
INDUCED BY THE PANDEMIC,
INCLUDING FOR THE POPULATION OF
STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO COMPLETE
INTEND TO GO TO A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE WITH THE GOAL OF
TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR YEAR
UNIVERSITY AND FOR THIS
POPULATION, THEY REPRESENT 57%
OF ALL CREDIT STUDENTS THAT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WE SAW
THAT THE DECLINED 20. UM, UM,
BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. UM AND SO
THIS TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 150,000
STUDENTS THAT WERE LOST AT THE
DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. UM AND SO
IN THE SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE SO
FIGURE ONE, UM, SHOWS YOU THAT
THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY
ACCELERATED THE DECLINE THAT WAS
ALREADY UNDERWAY. UM AND AS AS
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UM SOME OF
THIS DECLINE IS DUE TO STOP
POPULATION GROWTH, UM, AS WELL
AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES IN K 12
AND A STRONG LABOR MARKET, AS
WAS JUST DISCUSSING, AMONG OTHER
FACTORS. IN THE SECOND FIGURE
THAT WE PRESENT WE SEE THAT THE
LARGEST IN CLIENTS WERE AMONG
THE ASIAN BLACK LATINO STUDENT
POPULATIONS WITHIN, UM,
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. WE ALSO SEE
THAT THESE DECLINES WERE STRONG
AND WHERE MOST SEVERE AMONGST
FIRST TIME STUDENTS, SO STUDENTS
WHO WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL OR THOSE WHO MAY
HAVE NOT HAD A PREVIOUS COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE. UM AND SO I WON'T GO
INTO THE REASONS THEY THE
PREVIOUS PANEL TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
REASONS WHY STUDENTS MAY NOT
HAVE DECIDED TO ENROLL. UM BUT
I'LL JUST SAY IF YOU WORDS SO WE
HAVE TALKED TO COLLEGE OFFICIALS
AND OFTEN THE ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY DURING THE PANDEMIC
, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND WORK
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS WERE
BIG FACTORS. AND SO OUR RESEARCH
SUGGESTS THAT ADDRESSING THE
ENROLLMENT DECLINES, UM AND WILL
BE KEY TO HELPING ENSURE THAT
THE STATE HELPS CLOSE THE DEGREE
GAP. UM AND SO THIS WILL REQUIRE
BOOSTING ACCESS AS WELL AS
ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS WHO
ARE ALREADY ENROLLED, PERSIST
AND TRANSFER UM AND SO, UM, IN
OUR WORK, WE'VE SEEN THAT
THERE'S SEVERAL POLICIES AND
INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
IN THE SYSTEM AIMED AT
STRENGTHENING THE PIPELINE INTO
AND THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
AND THAT PROVIDES SOME PROMISING
STEPS FORWARD. AND SO I WANT TO
START BY HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK
AROUND DUAL ENROLLMENT, WHICH
ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO
COMPLETE COLLEGE COURSES WHILE
ENROLLED IN IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND
SO, UM, WORK THAT WAS RECENTLY
SPOTLIGHTED IN THE IN THE
GOVERNOR'S ROAD MAP, BUT WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AS WELL AS
THE UC AND CSU COMPACT UM, UM,
KEYED IN ON KIND OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF DUAL ENROLLMENT.
UM UM, AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS PUTTING THE SYSTEM ON
TRACK TO HELP ADDRESS THE DEMAND
FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES. AND OUR
RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT ACTUALLY
, UM STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN
DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ALSO
KNOWN AS COLLEGE AND CAREER
ACCESS, PATHWAYS, OR C CAPS, ARE
ESPECIALLY MORE LIKE MORE LIKELY
TO ENROLL IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SO POTENTIALLY THROUGH DUAL
ENROLLMENT MEAT, WE MIGHT
ACTUALLY SEE MORE STUDENTS MORE
MORE DEMAND FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THROUGH THROUGH THIS
DOLAN ROMP PATHWAY. WE ALSO SEE
THAT SEE CAPS ARE ACTUALLY AND
ALSO ENROLLING A MORE EQUITABLE
SHARE OF LATINO STUDENTS IN DUAL
ENROLLMENT. AND SO IF YOU'RE
FAMILIAR WITH DOING, ROMAN, UM
OFTENTIMES, UM STUDENTS, UM
STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN
HIGHER EDUCATION WERE OFTEN LEFT
OUT FROM FROM THESE PROGRAMS. SO
C CAPTAIN'S HELPING CHANGE THAT.
UM SO SECOND. WE'VE ALSO FIND
THAT THAT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
PROGRESS MADE THROUGH ASSEMBLY
BILL 705, WHICH HELPED, UM
ENSURE THAT EQUITY CENTERED
REFORMS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PLACEMENT POLICIES. UM THEY HAVE
HELPED US SEE THESE DRAMATIC
IMPROVEMENTS IN SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF GATEWAY, MATH AND
ENGLISH, WHICH ARE ALSO KEY IN
HELPING ENSURE STUDENTS ARE
TRANSFER READY. UM AND SO ON.
OUR RECENT REPORT, FIGURE THREE
SHOWS THAT EVEN EVEN THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THESE TWO
GATEWAY COURSES. UM IN ADDITION
TO 30 TRANSFER CREDITS, WHICH IS
A KEY MILESTONE TO THE TRANSFER
PATHWAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE LATINO AND
BLACK STUDENTS HAD BEEN
HISTORICALLY OVERREPRESENTED IN
THE BELOW TRANSFER COURSES. AND
SO THIS LAW HAS HELPED TRANSFORM
THAT. UM SO, UM, WE ALSO IN
THIRD, UM, THE STATES, THREE
PUBLIC SECTORS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THE
TRANSFER. UM PATHWAY THROUGH. UM
THROUGH, UM, IMPROVEMENTS LIKE
THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE FROM
TRANSFER. AND NOW MORE RECENTLY,
WE'VE WE STARTED SEEING UM,
BOOSTING ACCESS AND ENROLLMENT
THROUGH THE TRANSFER PATHWAY. UM
NOW WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE U. C.
N C SUS ABOUT TO LAUNCH DOOR
ADMISSIONS POLICY, WHICH WE FEEL
IS ALSO GOING TO HELP STRENGTHEN
PATHWAYS INTO AND THROUGH
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. UM FOURTH,
UM, ENROLLMENT IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES COULD BE BOOSTED
THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN
CALIFORNIA'S FINANCIAL AID
SYSTEM. AND WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY
SEEN SEEN IMPROVED IMPORTANT
MOVEMENT THERE. UM AND
ESPECIALLY IN A RECENT CHANGE,
WHERE, UM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
ARE NOW REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE
FAFSA OR CALIFORNIA DREAM ACT.
HOWEVER AS HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED
IN THE PREVIOUS PANEL. TUITION
IS NOT THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO
ACCESSING COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
TRANSFERRING OFTEN. UM UM YEAH,
COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY IS A LOT
ABOUT THE COST OF HOUSING. UM
THE COST OF CHILDCARE,
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER BASIC
NEEDS THAT AND CHALLENGES THAT
STUDENTS FACE. UM AND THAT IS
INHIBITING THEIR ABILITY TO
GENERAL AND STAY ENROLLED IN
COLLEGE. SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM
HERE? SO MOVING FORWARD. I'M IN
ORDER TO HELP ADDRESS. UM UM THE
DEGREE THE CALIFORNIA HELPING
MEET THE DEMAND FOR COLLEGE
GRADUATES. UM IT'S GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT TO MONITOR TRANSFER.
UM COLLEGE ATTAINMENT IN
CALIFORNIA AND OUR WORK AT WILL
HELP ENSURE THAT THERE'S
INDEPENDENT AND NONPARTISAN
RESEARCH TO HELP INFORMED THESE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND WITH
WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING ENSURE
THAT WE MEET THIS DEGREE GAP,
AND ALSO THAT, UM NOT ONLY THAT
, BUT THAT THOSE GRADUATES ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIA'S
RICH DIVERSITY. UM AND SO THAT
WITH THAT I END MY REMARKS, AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. SO I THINK THAT WAS
REALLY GOOD, AND IT HELPED
FURTHER SET THE STAGE FOR OUR
LAST PANEL. KIND OF WHERE DO WE
GO FROM HERE? WE KNOW NOW WHAT
THE ISSUE IS AND YOU LAID IT OUT
AS LONG AS THERE WITH OUR FIRST
GROUP. AND SO NOW WE HAVE THE
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES OF FOUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES TALK
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND IN YOUR RESPECTIVE
DISTRICTS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING
TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE? HOW DO WE RETAIN
RECRUIT STUDENTS AND WHAT
STRATEGIES WE NEED TO HAVE IN
CALIFORNIA? POTENTIALLY ANOTHER
STATE LEGISLATURE AND OUR BUDGET
PROCESS TO ASSIST WITH THIS
PROCESS. SO WE HAVE BRIAN KING
CHANCELLOR. LOS RIOS, SONIA
CHRISTIAN CHANCELLOR, CURRENT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
MARVIN MARTINEZ, CHANCELLOR
RENTAL SANTIAGO AND CHANCELLOR
CARLOS CORTEZ FROM THE SAN DIEGO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
TIGHT. SO START WITH YOU,
CHANCELLOR KING. WELL, THANK YOU
AGAIN. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND I
THINK ALL FOUR OF US WERE
PROBABLY STRUCK BY WHAT AN
INTERESTING TIME IT IS THE
LEADER OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT IN 2023 AND, UH, I
BECAME CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA IN
2013 AND WAS NINE YEARS BEFORE
THAT, THE PRESIDENT OF CABRILLO
COLLEGE IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND
WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS LAST BUDGET
YEAR WAS THE BEST BUDGET YEAR IN
IN MY TIME BEING A CEO AT A
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SO
THANK YOU TO THE LEGISLATURE AND
FOR THE STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE A
HIGH PRIORITY. WHEN I LOOK BACK
ON THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE REALLY
HAD TO DEFINING CRISES. ONE WAS
THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008. AND
AS OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT AT
THAT TIME WHEN ENROLLMENT DEMAND
SOARED. FUNDING WAS DOWN, SO THE
FIRST THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT'S
NOT IDEAL POLICY WHEN DEMAND FOR
COURSES IS GOING UP, AND FUNDING
IS GOING DOWN. AND IN SOME WAYS
IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE 2022 IS THE
INVERSE OF THAT FROM A POLICY
QUESTION. THAT IS, THE
DISCUSSION HAS BEEN TODAY,
STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS SHRUNK
SYSTEM WIDE. THERE ARE
VARIATIONS AS NOTED ACROSS OUR
SYSTEM. BUT FUNDING WAS AN ALL
TIME HIGH, AND I WANT TO JUST
STICK PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL.
EXPLANATION OF WHY I THINK
THAT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT AND
WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT EVEN
IF PROP 98 DID NOT REQUIRE IT
FOR TWO REALLY IMPORTANT
REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, THERE HAS
BEEN SUBSTANTIAL LOST ACCESS FOR
A VARIETY OF COMPLICATED REASONS
AND REQUIRED READING AT LOS
RELEASED RIGHT NOW IS THE GREAT
UPHEAVAL BY LEVIN AND VAN PELT,
WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT A UNIQUE
TIME THIS HAS BEEN FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION. AND I THINK BACK TO
MARCH 13TH 2020 WHENEVER OUR
CLASSES AND SERVICES PIVOTED
PURELY TO REMOTE IN RESPONSE TO
THE PANDEMIC. MORE CHANGE HAS
HAPPENED AT MOST REAL, MORE
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS, THEN PROBABLY IN THE
20 YEARS BEFORE SO SOME OF THOSE
CHANGES WERE UNDERWAY BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A
DRAMATIC ACCELERATOR MORE FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAN ANY FOR
ANY OTHER SECTOR OF HIGHER
EDUCATION. SO FOR THE UCS, THE
IMPACT AS FAR AS THE NEED TO
CHANGE HAS BEEN LESS GREAT. AND
FOR CSU, THERE'S BEEN MORE
PRESSURE BUT MUCH LESS PRESSURE
THAN ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES. TO
MAKE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC AND SOME OF THE
TRENDS THAT WERE ACCELERATED. SO
THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING
FIRST OF ALL WILL HELP US
RESTORE THAT LOST ACCESS. THAT
KEY MISSION OF ALL OF OUR
DISTRICTS IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS
TO AS MANY STUDENTS IN THE
REGION AS WE CAN, AND THERE HAS
ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION. I WILL BE VERY
CANDID. I DON'T HAVE AN EASY
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. WHY ARE
STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE
NUMBERS THAT THEY SHOULD WE KNOW
THAT WE PROVIDE GREAT VALUE FOR
OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WELL, IT
WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THEIR
LIVES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT TO. I THINK
YOU HEARD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
AREAS IF YOU LOOK BACK 10 YEARS
AGO TO THE PERCENTAGE OF
STUDENTS WHO WERE COMPLETING AN
ASSOCIATES DEGREE OR A
CERTIFICATE WHEN WITHIN TWO OR
FOUR YEARS, THIS INVESTMENT
WILL. FIRST OF ALL HELP. MORE
STUDENTS RETURN TO OUR COLLEGES,
BUT ALSO WILL HELP US IMPLEMENT
SOME OF THE REFORMS ALREADY
UNDER WAY THAT WILL LEAD TO MORE
STUDENTS COMPLETING THEIR GOALS
AT OUR COLLEGES, SO IT'S A GREAT
TIME TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS,
BOTH THE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS
THAT WILL ALLOW ALL OF OUR
SYSTEMS TO MAKE SOME VERY
IMPORTANT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
AND HOW WE SERVE STUDENTS AND A
LOT OF DISCUSSION ALREADY TODAY
ABOUT THE LEARNING CURVE ABOUT
WHEN IT IS BEST TO PROVIDE
SERVICES REMOTELY FOR STUDENTS
IN COURSES AND WHEN IT IS BEST
FOR THAT TO BE IN PERSON, AND I
THINK OUR LEARNING CURVE IS
GOING TO BE VERY STEEP IN THE
NEXT YEAR AS WE RETURN TO A NEW
PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC PANDEMIC
ISN'T OVER. BUT AS WE BALANCE
THE DEMAND FOR ON GROUND CLASSES
AND SERVICES WITH THE DEMAND
THAT WE'RE NOW MEETING IN A WAY
THAT WE REALLY STRUGGLED TO MEET
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT ALMOST
ALL OF OUR SERVICES IN COURSES
AND SERVICES IN PARTICULAR
ALMOST 100% ON GROUND AND THEN
JUST LIKE THAT, ON MARCH, 13TH
OF 2020. WE WENT TO 100% REMOTE
SERVICES, SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
, WE HAD A LOT TO LEARN IN
PROVIDING REMOTE SERVICES IN THE
LEARNING CURVE IS REALLY STEEP.
SO I WANT TO NOW PIVOT TO FIVE
THINGS THAT LOS RIOS IS DOING
AND THEY'RE NOT PARTICULARLY
UNIQUE. YOU'LL HEAR ECHOES OF
THAT THEME FROM MY FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE STATE
AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE
DIFFERENT IN EACH OF OUR
DISTRICT. THERE ARE SOME
DISTRICTS THAT HAVE RECOVERED
THE LOST ACCESS FROM THE
PANDEMIC. THE MAJORITY OF
DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ARE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH RESTORING ACCESS
. WILL YOU LOOK AT THE STATEWIDE
MEMBERS WERE DOWN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. STATEWIDE
TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. AND THE FIRST STEP
THAT WE'RE TAKING. I THINK ALL
OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE TAKING IS
DOING THE RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND
BETTER BEYOND ANECDOTE. THE
EXPLANATION FOR WHY ENROLLMENT
IS DOWN AS MUCH AS IT IS IN THE
DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
DECLINING ENROLLMENT. A LOT OF
DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS FOR THAT
COMPETITION, AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
, MCCARTHY SAID, FROM OTHER
SECTORS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM
PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS FROM
INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE ONLINE
EDUCATION AT SCALE, BOTH PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE AND REALLY ONE OF
THE BIGGEST COMPETITORS AS
STUDENTS WHO ARE SIMPLY MAKING
THE CHOICE NOT TO DO ANYTHING.
WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT IN THE
WORKFORCE. THEY'RE NOT PURSUING
HIGHER EDUCATION, SO WE HAVE TO
WORK HARD TO GET THOSE STUDENTS
BACK. SO THE ANSWER WILL BE
DIFFERENT FROM REGION TO REGION
AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHERE THE
STUDENTS HAVE GONE, AND THE
SOLUTIONS WILL VARY SOMEWHAT
FROM REGION TO REGION, AND
THAT'S WHY THE BLACK GRANT AND
OTHER FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE
STATE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE
CATALYTIC AND ALLOWING US TO
FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE WHAT
STUDENTS ARE LOST AND WHERE THE
STUDENTS ARE. WHO WE WANT TO RE
ENROLL. DO ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATIONS, AND THAT'S A
FOCUS FOR LOS RIOS AND REALLY
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICTS. TO HELP MORE STUDENTS
GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN EXPOSURE TO HIGHER EDUCATION
AND ALSO WITH UNITS SO THEY CAN
COMPLETE THEIR ASSOCIATES AND
THEIR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN
LESS TIME. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THE DIFFICULTY OF NAVIGATING
STUDENT DEMAND THAT AT THIS
POINT MANY OF OUR COURSES IF
THEY ARE OFFERED ONLINE AND ON
GROUND ARE STILL FILLING UP
FIRST ONLINE, AND WE HAVE TO BE
HONEST THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
NECESSARILY THAT THAT'S THE
RIGHT CHOICE FOR EVERY STUDENT
BECAUSE THEY'RE CHOOSING ONLINE
FIRST, SO PART OF OUR ONGOING
EXPERIENCE WILL BE DETERMINING
HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING. IN
ONLINE COURSES AND WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE MIX. OF COURSE
OFFERINGS IS, IN ADDITION TO
DEMAND THAT IS, EXECUTIVE VICE
CHANCELLOR, RODRIGO SAID.
RODRIGUEZ SAID DEMAND IS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT IF WE OFFER
CLASSES AND THEY DON'T FILL, WE
DO HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
STUDENT DEMAND, WHILE ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT SOMETIMES
STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE
THE BEST CHOICE INDIVIDUALLY
ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE IN
AN ON GROUND OR AN ONLINE CLASS.
OUTREACH RECRUITMENT AND
ONBOARDING AS 1/4 PART OF OUR
STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT PLAN FOR
THE LOS RIOS COLLEGES. AND AS
YOU'VE HEARD, SOME OF THE DATA
IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION ARE
NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
IS NOT IS FAIRLY CONSTANT. WE
HAVE VARIATIONS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE REGION, BUT OVERALL
WE HAVE NOT SEEN A HUGE DECLINE
IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. WE
HAVE SEEN THAT CHALLENGE IN
GETTING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO
ENROLL AND THE LARGER CHALLENGE
THAT WE SEE IS THAT STUDENTS WHO
HAVE HAVE ENROLLED ARE NOT
COMING BACK IN THE FALL TO FALL
IN THE NUMBERS THAT THEY NEED
TO, SO THE RETENTION PIECE IS
GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT. AND ON BOARDING
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REDUCE
FRICTION FOR OUR STUDENTS HELPS
THEM BE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT
BASIC SKILLS. A STUDENT WHO IS
HUNGRY IS NOT LIKELY TO BE ABLE
TO FOCUS IN CLASS, A STUDENT WHO
DOESN'T HAVE A ROOF OVER HER
HEAD OR TRANSPORTATION TO GET
THE CAMPUS IS GOING TO STRUGGLE
, SO THESE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS
ARE ALLOWING US TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT WILL HAVE A
MUCH BETTER POSITION WHEN I
DON'T WANT TO BE A PESSIMIST.
BUT ALL OF US WHO HAVE LIVED IN
CALIFORNIA FOR ANY AMOUNT OF
TIME KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A
DOWNTURN IN THE BUDGET. PROBABLY
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YOU
KNOW, WINTER WILL COME AT SOME
POINT AND THESE DOLLARS THAT WE
HAVE NOW ARE ALLOWING US TO MAKE
REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS.
THAT WILL HAVE US BETTER
SITUATED TO SERVE STUDENTS
WHENEVER THE MAN DOES INCREASE,
HELP US MAKE A BETTER VALUE
PROPOSITION FOR THE STUDENTS WHO
ARE CHOOSING NOT TO GO TO
COLLEGE RIGHT NOW TO SEE THAT
THE TIME OUT OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGE IS A GREAT INVESTMENT IN
THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND ALSO
IN THEIR COMMUNITY. SO AS WE.
WIND DOWN IN 2022 LOOKED AT 23
24 BUDGET YEAR AND BEYOND. I'M
VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING
TO RESPOND TO THE GREATEST
CHALLENGE IS REALLY OUR SYSTEM
HAS EVER FACED. WE'RE GOING TO
BUILD COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
THAT IS MORE RESPONSIVE THAN
EVER TO THE NEEDS OF OUR
STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DOLLARS
VERY WELL AND WE WANT TO
APOLOGIZE FOR CONTINUING TO ASK
FOR MORE MONEY ON BEHALF OF OUR
STUDENTS. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT
THE LONG TERM PICTURE THE IF
WE'RE IF WE HAVE ADEQUATE
RESOURCES PER STUDENT, THE
OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS ARE GOING
TO BE BETTER SO BACK TO THAT
BROAD POLICY QUESTION, EVEN IF
WE ARE SERVING FEWER STUDENTS IN
THE FUTURE, IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE STATEWIDE
DEMAND WILL BE. IF WE USE THESE
RESOURCES WELL AS WE ARE USING
THEM WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
THE SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO LEAD
TO MORE GRADUATES. SO EVEN IN
THE SYSTEM THAT HYPOTHETICALLY
MIGHT SERVE MORE SERVE FEWER
STUDENTS SAY WHY IF WE ARE ABLE
TO REORGANIZE AND REFORM IN A
WAY THAT LEADS TO MORE GRADUATES
, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OUTCOME
FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. OKAY THANK YOU,
SONYA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO YOU'VE GOT FIVE SLIDES
WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO
QUICKLY TELL YOU THE STORY OF
CURRENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT. WE HAVE THREE COLLEGES
IN THE FIRST SLIDE WILL
INTRODUCE YOU TO THE THREE
FANTASTIC PRESIDENTS, DR. DATA
BOY, DR HABIB AND DR HANCOCK. I
WAS THE PRESIDENT OF BAKERSFIELD
COLLEGE BEFORE I BECAME
CHANCELLOR. OF KERN IN JULY OF
2021. THE COMMUNITIES. WE SERVE
UP POOR AND PREDOMINANTLY FIRST
GENERATION. OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA
COVERS 25,000 SQUARE MILES
TOUCHES FIVE COUNTIES TO LARRY
KERN, MONO INYO AND PARTS OF SAN
BERNARDINO. APPROXIMATELY 40,000
STUDENTS, WE HAVE METICULOUSLY
FOCUSED ON QUICK, SO I'VE HEARD
OF BAKERSFIELD. I'VE HEARD OF
PORTERVILLE. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
SARAH. OH YEAH. TURN EAST CORN.
OKAY THAT'S THE CITY. UM, RICH
CREST IS A CITY. SO IT SERVES
MULTIPLE CITIES. AND IF YOU'VE
SEEN TOP GUN MAVERICK THERE
RIGHT NEXT TO CHINA, LIKE DESERT
DESERT, YEAH. AEROSPACE AND
DEFENSE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES
THERE, OKAY. SO WE HAVE FOCUSED
ON OUTCOMES AND THE 16 METRICS
OF THE STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING
FORMULA WHICH ALIGNED FUNDING TO
BOTH EQUITY AND ACCESS AND
EQUITY AND SUCCESS, AND I LOVED
BRIAN'S EXAMPLE ABOUT REFRAMING
THE DISCUSSION FROM ONLY
FOCUSING ON ENROLLMENTS. TO HIS
FOCUS ON GRADUATES. ARE WE DOING
A BETTER JOB WITH GETTING MORE
GRADUATES OUT THERE? AND I WOULD
SAY THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ACROSS THE STATE ARE DOING A
PHENOMENAL JOB. AND KERN
CERTAINLY IS. THE S E F F WAS
DEVELOPED USING THE METRICS THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE VISION
FOR SUCCESS, WHICH WAS THE
FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS. SUCCESS
WITH EQUITY GIVE YOU FOUR
EXAMPLES OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING
AT KERN SLIDE NUMBER TWO. YOU
WILL SEE A BAR GRAPH SHOWING ARE
BASED, ENROLL MANSE. IT SHOWS
THAT CURRENT IS STRONG IN ITS
ENROLLMENT, RECOVERY FROM THE
PANDEMIC AND EVEN STRONGER WHEN
YOU LOOK AT RECOVERY WITH EQUITY
YOU WILL SEE THAT ENROLLMENTS
FOR FALL. 2022 IS CURRENTLY 10%
ABOVE FALL. 2021 IS PROJECTED TO
BE AT 12% WHEN DISAGGREGATED ARE
BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENTS HAVE
INCREASED BY 26% COMPARED TO
FALL 2021 IN LATINO STUDENTS BY
16. THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE
ADOPTED AT KERN RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION EFFORTS ARE MUCH MORE
SPECIALIZED. THEY'RE MUCH MORE
REFINED AND LOCALIZED WHEN
COMPARED TO THE MARKETING
EFFORTS OF THE PAST. FACULTY
COUNSELORS AND ED ADVISORS
FINANCIALLY SPECIALISTS WORK
TOGETHER IN WHAT WE CALL
COMPLETION COMMUNITIES WITHIN
EACH META MAJOR AREA THEY ACCESS
UNIT LEVEL STUDENT INFORMATION
WITH EASY TO USE DATA TOOLS TO
PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED OUTREACH AND
SUPPORT USING A QUOTE CASE
MANAGEMENT STYLE. IN COHORT
MANAGEMENT. A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
IS ABSOLUTELY A THING OF THE
PAST. ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE
WORK BASED LEARNING. WE TALKED
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND THAT
CURRENTLY HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON
WORK BASED LEARNING AS BEING
CRITICAL ASPECT OF OUR STUDENT
OUTCOMES STRATEGY. WE HAVE
EXPANDED WORKING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR OUR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. AND
INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS
BY PARTNERING WITH EMPLOYERS.
THE WORK OF OUR AFFINITY GROUPS
LIKE THE MOSHE PROGRAM, THE MESA
PROGRAM AND GOP N S HAVE AN
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN MOVING
THE DIAL ON THE SUCCESS METRICS
FOR OUR BLACK AND LATINO
STUDENTS AND THE NEXT SLIDE
SLIDE NUMBER THREE AGAIN.
CHANCELLOR KING MENTIONED EARLY
COLLEGE AND KERN HAS DONE A
REMARKABLE JOB IN OUR EARLY
COLLEGE METRICS. YOU WILL SEE IN
THE BAR GRAPHS THAT WE HAVE
SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OF
26% IN EARLY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
OVER FALL OF 2021, WHICH IN TURN
WAS A GROWTH OF 21% OVER FALL OF
2020. DISAGGREGATED THE DATA WE
SEE AN INCREASE OF 85% IN OUR
EARLY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT OF OUR
BLACK STUDENTS AND 28% OF OUR
LATINO STUDENTS OVER FALL OF
2021. SO I MAIN STRATEGIES HERE
HAVE BEEN THAT ARE DUAL
ENROLLMENT COURSES ARE ALWAYS
PART OF A CERTIFICATE OR A
DEGREE. THEY'RE NOT RANDOM. THEY
ARE NOT BASED SOLELY ON INTEREST
SHOWN BY INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS
. COURSES I SEQUENCED,
INCOHERENT PATHWAYS USING THE
PROGRAM PATHWAYS MAPPER AND
THANK YOU, BY THE WAY FOR THE 25
MILLION THAT YOU INVESTED IN
DOING COURSE, MAPPING. ALSO
EVERY NINTH GRADE STUDENT IN
HIGH SCHOOL AS A COLLEGE AT PLAN
, AND WE HAVE 55 FT OR HIGH
SCHOOLS. THEY TAKE AT LEAST
THREE COLLEGE CREDITS OF THE
NINTH GRADE AND AT LEAST 12
COLLEGE CREDITS BY THE TIME THEY
GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, AND OF
COURSE, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO
GRADUATE WITH 60 COLLEGE CREDITS
AND AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE THE
SAME TIME THEY GRADUATE HIGH
SCHOOL. I REALLY LIKED OUR PPC.
OLGA RODRIGUEZ EVEN TALK ABOUT
DOUBLING DOWN ON DUAL
ENROLLMENT. WITH SOME SPECIFIC
METRICS. ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR AT
CARN, YOU SEE OUR FOCUS ON ADULT
LEARNERS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
EARLY COLLEGE AS AN ON RAMP TO
COMPLETING A DEGREE FOR A HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS. BUT WHAT ABOUT
ADULTS? WE HAVE FOUND AT CARN.
FOR WORKING ADULTS WHO MIGHT BE
UNDEREMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYED, NON
CREDIT COURSES THAT ARE
EFFECTIVE ON RAMS WHEN USED FOR
CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTENTIONALLY
AND COLLEGE PREPARATION, WE CALL
IT FONDLY C D. C P S. SO YOU
WILL SEE AGAIN IN OUR BAR GRAPHS
THAT WE HAVE SHOWN PHENOMENAL
INCREASES. IN OUR NON CREDIT ON
RAMPS AND YOU'LL SEE A SPIKE
LAST SEMESTER BECAUSE WE
SUPPORTED OUR COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TO
PROVIDE CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR
THEIR TEACHERS WHO HAD TO SWING
TO ONLINE ONLINE CLASSES. AND SO
WE PROVIDED THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM. YOU WILL
SEE OUR MODEL FOR WORKER
EDUCATOR EMPLOYER AND THIS
REPRESENTS AND INTENTIONAL
PARTNERSHIP OF EDUCATORS WITH
EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE ADULT WORKERS
NOW BECOMING LEARNERS AT OUR
COLLEGES TO BUILD NEW SETS OF
ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR FUTURE
WORK. THE EXPANSION OF NON
CREDIT PATHWAYS AS WELL AS EARLY
COLLEGE WAS MUCH OF THE REASON
WHY THE CURRENT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT DID NOT NEED TO
INVOKE THE EMERGENCY CONDITION
FOR FUNDING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND THE VERY LAST SLIDE. WE MOVE
INTO THE SUCCESS METRICS, WHICH
IS THE PLACE CHAIR, MCCARTHY
THAT I THINK YOU KNOW, I WAS
WANTING TO REFRAME THE
DISCUSSION OR SERVICE METRICS
SHOW THAT WE ARE ON THE REBOUND
. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ITS REALLY
NOTEWORTHY THAT OUR CERTIFICATE
AND DEGREE COMPLETION RATES HAVE
BEEN EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC
HAS SHOWN AN INCREASE. SO HERE
IS A LITTLE BIT OF A F MATH
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE. SO WHEN THE QUESTION
WAS ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT
TERRIBLE THAT WE ARE IN AN
ENROLLMENT DECLINE? I WOULD SAY
THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'VE GOT TO
BRING IF WE'VE HAD 1000 STUDENTS
, WE'VE GOT TO BRING 1000 AND
MORE BACK, BUT HERE IS WHAT
WE'RE DOING RIGHT AT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WITH ALL OF
YOUR INVESTMENTS. SO IF YOU
THINK OF OUR SUCCESS RATES IF
YOU TAKE 10% 20% OF 1000
STUDENTS, YOU GET 20,000
STUDENTS GRADUATING, OKAY? WE
HAVE SEEN DOUBLE DOUBLE THE
SUCCESS RATES IF YOU GO FROM 20%
TO 40% EVEN IF YOU'RE
ENROLLMENTS GO DOWN FROM 1000 TO
900. BUT IF YOUR SUCCESS RATE IS
AT 40% WE STILL ARE GRADUATING
MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
. SO THE DOLLARS YOU HAVE
INVESTED, WE ARE SHOWING
INCREASES. IN THE GRADUATE.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE LOST
ENROLLMENTS AND I HAVE FAITH
THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY
BRING BACK THE ENROLLMENTS TO
WHERE IT WAS, AND MORE SO WITH
THE ADULT LEARNERS, BUT OUR
PERCENTAGES ARE GOING TO
INCREASE AS WELL. SO FINALLY,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
FAITH IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THANK YOU NEXT, MR MARTINEZ FROM
THE RENTAL SANTIAGO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN CARDIA. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COLLEGE. RIGHT COLLEGE, HUH?
JUST ONE RIGHT COLLEGES. SANTANA
COLLEGE IN SANTIAGO CANDIDATES,
RIGHT? YEAH THE GREETINGS FROM
SANTANA. AND I THINK I TRUST THE
HANNAH JOHN HANLIN. SAY HELLO.
DON'T KNOW. TRUSTEE HANNAH. HE'S
HAPPY CAMPER. YOU GOTTA
REELECTED, SO HE'S REALLY
EXCITED. UH YOU KNOW, SO LET ME
TELL YOU THE STORY OF FRANCO
CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT. WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING
REALLY GOOD WITH ENROLLMENT AND
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU
PROVIDED SOME SLIDES FOR YOU AS
TO DESCRIBE THE SUCCESS BUT ALSO
GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFICS AS TO
WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IF YOU GO
TO THE SECOND SLIDE, UH THE
SECOND SLIDE. ONE SECOND THERE
YOU GO. PAGE TWO. YEAH. SO WHAT
WE WANTED TO DO FOR YOU HERE IS
NOT GIVE YOU ALL THESE
STRATEGIES BUT JUST LIST SOME OF
THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE HAVING
A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH AND
HELPING GENERATE ENROLLMENT FOR
THE DISTRICT. UH YOU KNOW, JUST
IN A NUTSHELL. YOU KNOW, THERE
ISN'T ONE SILVER BULLET, YOU
HAVE TO TRY VARIETY OF METHODS
TO GENERATE ENROLLMENT. BUT FROM
LOOKING AT THIS WOMAN 50,000 FT
PERSPECTIVE. HERE'S HOW WAY THAT
WE LOOKED AT ENROLLMENT. FIRST.
HOW DO WE BRING YOU STUDENTS?
HOW DO WE BRING NEW STUDENTS WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE DISTRICT?
AND WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT KIND OF
STRATEGIES CAN WE DEVELOP TO
BRING NEW STUDENTS? THE SECOND
STRATEGY IS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT
STUDENTS ALREADY THERE? WE HAVE
A LOT OF SINCERITY THERE. WE
HAVE A LOT OF AS ALL OF YOU
KNOW, 70 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE
PART TIME. ONLY ABOUT 20. MAYBE
25% ARE FULL TIME. SO WHAT CAN
WE DO ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS WHO
ARE PART TIME SO THEY CAN BECOME
FULL TIME? SO HERE'S SOME
STRATEGIES AND YOU KNOW NOT TO
REPEAT. IT HAS BEEN SAID BY MY
COLLEAGUES. ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN
HUGE FOR US. HUGE, UM. AND YOU
KNOW, NOT ONLY WE'RE WORKING
WITH KIDS WHO TALK, BUT WE'RE
WORKING WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS AND
PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE BEEN
DOING DO ENROLLMENT WITH CITIES
LIKE THE CITY OF SANTA ANNA.
WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY LIKE
NORTHGATE. SO YOU'RE DOING
ENROLLMENT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, OR
THEY GO DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AT
THE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
DURING THE NIGHT AFTER SCHOOL OR
BEFORE, LIKE THE WAY WE USED TO
DO THE ENROLLMENT MANY YEARS AGO
THAT RARE LIKE IT HERE, CONGRATS
. SEX CITY IS VERY RARE THAT
THEY ACTUALLY GO TO THE HIGH
SCHOOL. NO, NO, IT'S NOT RARE
FOR US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT REQUIRES
US TO HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A
GOOD QUESTION. I THINK FOR A LOT
OF VARIETY OF DOING MOMENT, FOR
INSTANCE, PRESIDENT DIXON'S
AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE PROGRAM
IS HAS A FOCUS ON ONLINE
ENROLLMENT. SO THAT'S NOT VERY
RARELY GOING TO A HIGH SCHOOL
AND PROVIDING IT RIGHT, RIGHT.
IS THAT RIGHT? BRIAN? I THINK IT
DEPENDS. JAMIE YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT? JAMIE AND I DEPUTY
CHANCELLOR LOS RIOS. OUR
EMPLOYEES DO GO OUT TO THE HIGH
SCHOOLS AND TEACH IN THOSE
SETTINGS. UM A LOT OF TIMES
WE'LL HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ALSO MEAN
CALL FOR US. SO THEY'RE ALREADY
OUR EMPLOYEES. SO WE HAVE HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO TEACH FOR US
THE AMERICAN RIVER. COLLEGE
MODEL IS STUDENTS IN THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. AND THEY HAVE
A COORDINATOR AND SUPPORT IN THE
CLASSROOM, BUT THEY'RE BEING
TAUGHT BY AN INSTRUCTOR FROM
THOSE RIOS ONLINE. JUST THE
OTHER DAY I WAS I WAS TOURING A
HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S RIGHT NEAR
SEX. CITY PRINCIPAL DEAL
ENROLLMENT THERE AND I SAID, OH,
THEY HAVE THE CLASSES HERE AND I
KNOW THEY JUST WALKED DOWN THERE
AND GRANTED. IT'S VERY RARE. THE
ADVICE SCHOOL, YOU CAN WALK TO
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH LIKE
A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM THE
BLACK SHEEP OF LIKE THAT DOESN'T
WORK THROUGHOUT AND SO I THINK
THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE
NEED TO HAVE IT MORE IN THE HIGH
SCHOOLS BECAUSE STUDENTS DON'T
HAVE YEAH, AND SO FORTH, SO I'M
SORRY. GO BACK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE
BOTH. SO WE HAVE A MIDDLE
COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT CENTER
COLLEGE. THIS IS IMPORTANT SHE
WOULD SEND IN THE UNIFIED IT'S
GOT ABOUT 600 STUDENTS ON THE
CAMPUS, SO WE DO THAT AS WELL AS
GO UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND
WE OFFER A VARIETY OF SECTIONS,
ACTUALLY, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
BACK IN 2018. WE'RE OFFERING
ABOUT 750 UNITS. AND THIS FTS,
I'M SORRY. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE
WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 3500.
FTSE WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE
IT'S BECOME ALMOST 10% OF OUR
ENROLLMENT. AND SO WE ARE
GENERATING. OF COURSE, A LOT OF
FTS THERE. JUST TO MOVE ON TO
OTHER AREAS CONTINUE EDUCATION,
ADULT EDUCATION. THAT'S BECOME
ALSO HUGE FOR US, UH, BY THE WAY
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT
HERE'S A PROGRAM THAT'S ALSO
GROWING EXTENSIVELY FOR US INTO
AN EDUCATION. REMOTE
INSTRUCTION. REMOTE INSTRUCTION
. DISTANCE EDUCATION IS GROWING
A LOT WITH THE ADULT STUDENTS.
WHY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CALL
THEM WORKING ADULTS. SO WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WORKING
ADULT? IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE
WORKING. IT MEANS IT MEANS THAT
IF YOU IF YOU ARE OFFERING A
CLASS AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE
MORNING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE
IT BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING. SO WE
SO BECAUSE OF REMOTE
INSTRUCTION, THEY'RE ABLE TO
TAKE CLASSES ANYTIME. HMM AND,
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAD A
CERTAIN BELIEF THAT BECAUSE
THEY'RE ADULTS, THEY'RE
IMMIGRANTS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY. LOOK,
IF THEY CAN USE THE CELL PHONE
LIKE THESE THEY CAN. THEY CAN
FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE REMOTE
INSTRUCTION. AND THEY'RE VERY
GOOD AT IT. AND AS A RESULT,
THAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ON A
CAMPUS HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY
AND SEVERAL LEADS TO RAMON
INSTRUCTION FOR THE ADULT
POPULATION. AH! ALSO YOU KNOW, I
THINK PROVIDED FOR YOU THERE. UM
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION,
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO YOU, AS
IT RELATES TO WHAT OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES THAT WE'RE USING, IN
ORDER TO GENERATE THIS
ENROLLMENT, AND IT'S A MIX MIX
OF FEDERAL FUNDING AH STATE
FUNDING. IN ORDER TO GENERATE
ENROLLMENT. THERE'S A NEW
PROGRAM WE PUT TOGETHER. IT'S
CALLED CASH FOR CREDIT. SO WHAT
IS CASH FOR CREDIT? SO THERE IS
THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TARGETING
PART TIME STUDENTS. SO WHAT THAT
MEANS IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE
UTILIZE HER FUNDS. AS A WAY TO
INCENTIVIZE ENROLLMENT. WE
DIDN'T USE HER FUNDS JUST TO
GIVE A STUDENT HERE'S A $500
STIPEND. GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
HERE'S OUR BLESSING AND
HOPEFULLY USE IT WELL UTILIZED
HER FUNDING IN ORDER TO CENTER
VISE ENROLLMENT. SO WHAT IS THE
CASH OR CREDIT PROGRAM ME IF
YOU'RE TAKING THREE UNITS OR SIX
UNITS, AND IF YOU TAKE MORE THAN
THAT, YOUR CASH YOU $50 PER UNIT
TO TAKE ANOTHER CLASS. SO IF YOU
TAKE ANOTHER CLASS IS THREE
UNITS. THAT'S $150 IF YOU'RE
TAKING TWO MORE CLASSES. THAT'S
$600. SO WHY DID WE COME UP WITH
THIS PROGRAM? ONE IS TO
INCENTIVIZE ENROLLMENT. BUT ALSO
THE DATA HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT I
MEAN, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANOTHER
SURVEY THAT DOES NOT TELL ME
THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
STUDENTS DON'T GO TO COLLEGE
BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL ISSUES
THAT'S ALWAYS LIKE NUMBER TWO
NUMBER ONE. IT'S ALWAYS THE
REASON. SO HOW DO WE HELP THESE
STUDENTS FIND THE RESOURCES SO
THEY CAN GO TO COLLEGE? THIS IS
BECOMING REALLY SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM FOR US RIGHT NOW, BUT
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME STATS
JUST TO GIVE YOU THAT BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE
SLIDES. IN SPRING, WE SERVED UP
A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX FT. WHAT
WE SERVE 6703 STUDENTS THIS
SEMESTER. WE'VE ALREADY SERVED
12,367. ALMOST 100% INCREASE. IN
REGARDS TO YOU, AND IT'S EARNED
LAST SPRING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT
IN THIS PROGRAM GENERATED 42,796
UNITS. THIS SEMESTER. WE'RE
PROJECTING THEM TO GENERATE
71,741. SO THERE ARE GENERATING
MORE BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST
STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN THIS
PROGRAM. ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 3.5
UNITS. STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THIS
PROGRAM NOW ARE GENERATING
ALMOST 11 UNITS SO THEY ARE
BECOMING FULL TIME STUDENTS. SO
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YOU KNOW FOR
THOSE VICE CHANCES OF FINANCE.
THEY LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT MEANS
THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT. YOU HAVE A STUDENT
NOW THAT IS GOING FULL TIME WHEN
THEY WERE GOING PART TIME. SO IN
ORDER TO GENERATE THE FTSE
REGENERATING BEFORE YOU DON'T
NEED AS MANY STUDENTS AS BEFORE.
YOU CAN GENERATE THIS FTS. YOU
KNOW, HIT THAT SAME TARGET
BECAUSE NOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE
BEING FOR OUR FULL TIME AS
COMPARED TO PART TIME. SO WE'RE
SEEING A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH
THIS PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, WE'RE
SEEING SUCCESS BECAUSE STUDENTS
ARE TELLING US EVERY DAY. THAT
THE REASON THEY CAN'T GO TO
SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE
THE MONEY. SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE
. WE HAVE TO FIND NEW METHODS
AND THIS METHOD THAT WE'RE USING
HAS NO DOUBT BEEN REALLY
SUCCESSFUL FORCE. THE LAST READY
YOU WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS
CALLED THE YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT
ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND
MARKETING. SO WHAT DOES THAT
SPECIFICALLY MEAN? YOU KNOW, AS
AS CHANCELLOR KING WAS STATING A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER. I THINK
WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE ON THIS
LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE'VE DONE
IT ALL PREVIOUS 20. FOR US. WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE CHANGE THE CAMPUS, YOU
CAN'T LOOK AT THE CAMPUS FOR
EXTERNALLY. YOU SAID LOOK AFTER
LOOK INTERNALLY AND WHAT ARE THE
INTERNAL PRACTICES THAT WE NEED
TO CHANGE? SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE
CAN'T JUST THINK THAT WE'RE
GOING TO PUT AN AD AND RADIO PUT
AN AD ON THE BUS AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 5000
STUDENTS SHOW UP. IT'S JUST NOT
REALISTIC. SO HOW DO WE CHANGE?
SO WE THINK WE USED THE NINE I'M
CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT IS
BEING USED A LOT OUT THERE AND
WE HAVE TRAINED STAFF OBVIOUSLY
TO WORK MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH
STUDENTS. WE DEVELOPED THIS
PROGRAM CALLED IT AN IN REACH
PROGRAM WHERE WE CALL STUDENTS.
IF A STUDENT CALLS OUR CAMPUS
THEY GET A PHONE CALL BACK
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. A
COUPLE OF MINUTES FROM US.
INSTEAD OF HAVING LIKE 78
NUMBERS FOR STUDENTS TO CALL TO
REACH THE CAMPUS. WE NOT HAVE
ONE NUMBER THEY CAN CALL AND
THEY CAN GET HELP. MANY TIMES
WHO CALLS HIS STUDENTS TO ASK
THEM TO TAKE MORE CLASSES ARE
STUDENTS. WE HIRE OUR OWN
STUDENTS TO CALL OTHER STUDENTS
. I THINK ALL OF US, REMEMBER,
WE'RE IN COLLEGE THAT WAS CALLED
PEER MENTORING, PEER COUNSELING,
AND IT DOES WORK REALLY WELL.
AND SO IT'S HELPING STUDENTS.
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ENROLLING
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I
THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY
HELPFUL. ONE LESS THING THAT I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. WHEN
COVID HAPPENED. WE ACTUALLY CAME
BACK A LOT EARLIER THAN
EVERYBODY. WE'VE BEEN BACK ON
THE CAMPUS FOR 18 MONTHS NOW. SO
WHY 18 MONTHS AND WHY DID WE
COME BACK? FROM ALL THE SURVEYS
. WE SERVICE STUDENTS LIKE YOU
WILL NOT BELIEVE WE'RE SERVING
THEM ALL THE TIME, AND THIS IS
WHERE THEY BEGAN TO TELL US IN
THE LATTER PART OF THE LEAST,
2000, NO OF 2020 AND EARLY 2021.
THEY WILL BEGIN TO TELL US. WE
WANT TO COME BACK TO THE CAMPUS.
WE HATE BEING HOME. WE WANT TO
GO AND STUDY IN YOUR LIBRARIES.
I CAN'T STUDY MY TWO BEDROOM
APARTMENT. WITH SIX PEOPLE
LIVING IN THE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
I CAN'T STUDY IN THE PARKING LOT
SO I CAN GET ACCESS TO WIFI.
THAT'S NOT MY CAR. IT'S NOT A
LIBRARY. SO WHEN WE CAME BACK,
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF
RESISTANCE, BUT WE HAVE A BOARD
THAT THEY'RE NOT WAVER. AND THEY
KEPT MOVING ON A PATH SO WE CAN
OPEN UP. AND AS A RESULT, WE YOU
KNOW, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE
OPEN THE CAMPUS AND EVERYONE'S
BACK FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THEY'VE
BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER A YEAR
NOW. AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
WHEN THESE FAMILIES COME TO THE
CAMPUS, AND THEY WANT TO ENROLL
THEIR KIDS AND THAT CAMPUS AND
NOTHING IS OPEN. IS THAT FAMILY
GOING TO COME BACK? NO. THEN I
GOTTA COME BACK. THEY'RE GOING
TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO LET ME
MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NEXT SLIDES.
UM I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU
HAVE WITH YOU. I THINK YOU I'M
LOOKING RIGHT NOW. AT THE FALL
2021 VERSUS 4 2022 CREDIT AND
NON CREDIT FTS. SO IF YOU LOOK
AT, UH, AGAIN IN FALL OF LAST
YEAR THIS TIME WE WERE AT 5624
FTS. UH WE WILL BE HITTING 7000
FPS. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THE
CHART YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT
NOW. AH AND. YOU ALSO SEE THE
NUMBERS FOR THE NON CREDIT
PROGRAM. YOU ALSO SEE THE
NUMBERS FOR THE INTEL CAN IN
COLLEGE AND THEIR CREDIT
PROGRAM. AND ALSO, THEY'RE
THEY'RE FTS FOR THEIR NON CREDIT
PROGRAM AND AS A DISTRICT WE
WILL HAVE A DENTED THIS SEMESTER
AT 25% INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.
25% LAST YEAR. THIS TIME WE WERE
8050. WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE OVER
10,000. FTS FOR THE FALL
SEMESTER FOR THIS IS AGAINST
CREDIT AND NON CREDIT COMBINED.
AH RIGHT NOW. CREDIT AS YOU CAN
SEE, MIX UP ALMOST 30% OF OUR
ENROLLMENT. I THINK THE FUTURE
FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES SAYS
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A
BALANCE BETWEEN CREDIT AND NON
CREDIT. THE DAYS OF ONLY RELYING
ON CREDIT. RUN THE SHOW. I THINK
THOSE DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I THINK
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCE IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE THE
ENROLLMENT. UM IS YOUR DISTRICT
MORE NON CREDIT THAN OTHER
COMMUNITY CALLED A LARGE PROGRAM
? WE'VE MADE IT EVEN BIGGER. BUT
COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, ARE
YOU? YEAH I THINK THE LARGER
DISTRICT FROM SAN DIEGO HAS EVEN
A BIGGER PROGRAM THAN WE HAVE.
BUT IT'S A IT'S WE HAVE
INCREASED. EVEN THOSE NUMBERS
FOR THAT WE DO FOR THE GENERAL
FOR NON CREDIT. UM THE OTHER
CHARTER. I WANT TO SHOW TO YOU.
I THINK THIS ONE UH, THIS IS
COMPARING FALL 2019. TO FALL
2022. SO WHY FALL 2019? THAT WAS
BEFORE COVID. I'M SURE ALL OF
YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW WE'RE
DOING COMPARED TO PRE COVID. AH
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU
HOW WE'RE DOING THIS COMPARED TO
PRE COVID. RIGHT NOW IS A
DISTRICT WERE EXCEEDING THE
NUMBERS THAT WE GENERATED PRE
COVID. SO WHY IS THAT SO
SIGNIFICANT? ASSURE ALL OF YOU
REMEMBER THAT WE USED TO DO ALL
KINDS OF LITTLE THINGS SUCH AS A
WE COULD TAKE FROM ONE YEAR TO
ANOTHER AND IN ORDER TO INCREASE
THE BASE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR,
YOU CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE,
OBVIOUSLY, SO THE NUMBERS THAT
YOU'RE SEEING ARE PRETTY GOOD,
AND THEY'RE REAL, BUT I WANTED
TO SHOW YOU THIS INFORMATION.
BECAUSE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE
USING, WE ARE NOW EXCEEDING WHAT
WE DID PRE COVID, AND I THINK
THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE EVEN
BIGGER IN THE SPRING. OUR SPRING
SEMESTERS ARE BECOMING BIGGER
THAN THE FALL SEMESTERS. SO FOR
THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN
EDUCATION 25 YEARS. 30 YEARS.
YOU YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS THE
FALL SEMESTER. THAT'S WHEN YOU
GENERATE ALL THE FTS AND IN THE
SPRAY. JUST WANT TO SURVIVE AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LOSE
TOO MUCH. BUT BECAUSE OF THE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE
USING, WE'RE PROJECTING ONCE
AGAIN, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR THAT
OUR SPRING SEMESTER WILL BE
BIGGER THAN THE FALL. SO AGAIN,
YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE
SEEING IN TERMS OF OUR INCREASES
IN ENROLLMENT. WE BELIEVE
THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE AND
ACTUALLY, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
FROM LAST YEAR. FROM 2021 TO THE
PREVIOUS YEAR, WE SERVED ALMOST
7000 MORE STUDENTS. SO JUST TO
GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, WHAT
IS 7000 MORE STUDENTS ME EVER
BEEN TO THE STATE OF NEBRASKA OR
IOWA? THAT'S A MAJOR CITY THOSE
DAYS. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
SO OUR CHALLENGE REALLY IS NO
MORE. CAN WE BRING STUDENTS WE
KNOW WE CAN BRING THE STUDENTS
CHALLENGE IS HOW DO WE SUSTAIN
IT? SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF
WE NEED TO CREATE 50 MORE
SECTIONS, SO WE NEED TO FIND 50
MORE INSTRUCTORS. HOW DO WE FIND
THEM? AND HOW DO WE FIND THEM
QUICKLY? SO WE'VE COME UP WITH
OUR OWN INTERNAL WASTE WASTE
THAT WE CONDUCT RECRUITMENT. IN
ORDER TO BRING MORE FACULTY AND
STAFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE
PROGRAMS ARE GROWING, SO THEY
NEED MORE. NOT ONLY MORE FACULTY
, BUT THEY NEED MORE CLASSIFIED
STAFF, AND THEY NEED MORE
MANAGERS. WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING
ANYMORE IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST
PUTTING A JOB BULLETIN OUT THERE
IN OUR H R OFFICE AND HOPING
SOME PEOPLE APPLY. IT'S A LITTLE
BIT MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN
THAT. AND AS A RESULT, I THINK
WE'RE BEGINNING TO RESOLVE. OUR
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES, AND THEN
HOW DO WE FIND AND NOT
INSTRUCTORS TO KEEP PACE WITH
THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE FACING
RIGHT NOW? SO A GOOD PROBLEM TO
HAVE. IT'S NOT ABOUT. I'M NOT
COMPLAINING. DON'T GET ME WRONG,
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW
MORE. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
OKAY, THANK YOU. LAST BUT NOT
LEAST, IS R C AND DIEGO
COMMUNITY. COLLEGE. CHANCELLOR
CARLOS CORTEZ. YES THERE WE GO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CARLOS CORTEZ,
SAN DIEGO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT OUR DISTRICTS EFFORTS TO
RESTORE OUR PRE PANDEMIC
ENROLLMENT. MUCH OF WHAT YOU
HEARD. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT
CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING WORK
BASED LEARNING PAID INTERNSHIPS
. DUAL ENROLLMENT, FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULING. OUR EIGHT WEEK
CLASSES ARE BEYOND MORE
PRODUCTIVE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. ONLINE
EIGHT WEEK CLASSES IS THE MODEL
THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
EXPAND UPON BECAUSE THEIR
PRODUCTIVITY IS OFF THE CHARTS.
VERY VERY LARGE. NONSENSE. 100%
ONLINE EIGHT WEEKS OR HYPER 100%
PERCENT. SURPRISINGLY, HYBRID IS
OUR WEAKEST. THEY EITHER WANT
BRICK AND WATER. THEY WENT
ONLINE. WE THOUGHT THAT THE
MIXTURE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST
ATTRACTIVE BUT FULLY ONLINE
EIGHT WEEKS, SYNCHRONOUS OR
ASYNCHRONOUS IS OUR IT'S THE
BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK RIGHT
NOW, BUT BASIC NEEDS LITERALLY.
WE'RE PAYING STUDENTS CATCH THE
STUDENTS TO COME BACK TO
COLLEGE. WITH ALL KINDS OF
INCENTIVES THAT MY COLLEAGUES
MENTIONED GUIDED PATHWAYS IS
BEING IMPLEMENTED THAT MAPPER
MAPPER IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT TO US AND SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES IN MARKETING AND
OUTREACH. WE SPENT ABOUT A
DOLLAR PER STUDENT BUT $100,000
IN MARKETING WHEN I JOINED THE
DISTRICT IN 2015, AND NOW WE'RE
LITERALLY SPENDING SEVERAL
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
EXPONENTIAL EFFORTS AND
INCREASING OUR WORK AROUND
MARKETING AND OUTREACH. I DID
WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR DISTRICT
IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THAT WE
MADE A DELIBERATE DECISION WHEN
THE MISSION OF OUR SYSTEM
SHIFTED UNDER SKIFF. CFF CAME
FORWARD. WE MADE A DECISION TO
REDUCE OUR ENROLLMENT IN OUR
DISTRICT ARE TARGETS BY 10% TO
RIGHT THE SHIP TO FOCUS FOR THE
PARADIGM SHIFT BECAUSE OUR FOCUS
SHIFTED FROM ACCESS TO WHO WE
SERVE AND HOW THEY PERFORM. AND
SO THIS SHIFT REQUIRED THAT WE
RE BENCHED OUR EFFORTS TO FOCUS
ON PRODUCTIVITY. AND MAXIMIZING
OUR FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES
AND THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF
STUDENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN
FOR THE BENEFIT AND I CAN TALK A
GREAT DEAL ABOUT SKIFF. I WISH
THAT THE SKIFF FUNDING FORMERLY
HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH 100%
GUARANTEE OF OUR FTE S AND THEN
INCENTIVE FUNDING OR REWARDS FOR
DISTRICTS THAT OVER ACHIEVED
BENCHMARKS RATHER THAN HAVING US
IN THIS PRECARIOUS SITUATION.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA
GET 100% OF OUR DINNER EVERY
NIGHT AND FOR ONLY GET 70%
UNLESS WE'RE ABLE TO JUMP
THROUGH BELLS AND HOOPS, BUT I
THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THESE MISSION CHANGES
THAT HAVE HAPPENED REALLY, SINCE
THE MID TWO THOUSANDS HAVE
REALLY TRANSFORMED THE CHARGE OF
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SYSTEM, AND IT'S REALLY IN MANY
WAYS AT ODDS. WITH THE SYSTEM
THAT WAS DESIGNED IN THE MASTER
PLAN FOR EDUCATION IN THE 19
SIXTIES. AND SO I THINK A KEY
FOCUS WE NEED TO HAVE LONG TERM
IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
PURPOSE OF OUR SYSTEM IS AND
REDEFINING THAT AND CODIFYING IT
. AND IN A NEW DOCUMENT THAT I
WOULDN'T CALL A MASTER PLAN, BUT
SOME SORT OF STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
OUR THREE TIERED SYSTEM IN TERMS
OF KEY INITIATIVES IN OUR
DISTRICT ARE SAN DIEGO PROMISES
UNIQUE. IN THAT FROM THE OUTSET
, IT WASN'T LIMITED TO STUDENTS
GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WE
HAVE AN ADULT EDUCATION PATHWAY
. ANY STUDENT WHO GRADUATES FROM
OUR COLLEGE OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION WHICH IS ABOUT 20% OF
OUR DISTRICT, FDS 40,000
STUDENTS, HEADCOUNT IS
GUARANTEED. THE SAN DIEGO
PROMISED. WE'VE ALSO RAISED
FUNDING SUPPLEMENTED THE WITNESS
STATE PROVIDES TO PROVIDE
GUARANTEED PROMISE FOR FOUR
STUDENT POPULATIONS. ANYONE WHO
WAS IN THE CHILD FOSTER SYSTEM
ANY VETERAN OR MILITARY
DEPENDENT, FORMERLY INCARCERATED
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS. WE FIND
THE RESOURCES TO GIVE THEM THE
CALIFORNIA PROMISE AS WELL, BUT
ANY ADULT LEARNER CAN SIMPLY
TAKE A CAREER IN COLLEGE
READINESS. COURSE OF 40 WEEKS.
40 HOUR, ONE WEEK COURSE. AND
QUALIFY FOR THE TWO YEARS OF
FREE FINANCIAL AID WITH WITH
TUITION AND SO THIS REALLY HELPS
US TO HAVE A FREE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE GUARANTEED TO ANY
LEARNER WHO MEETS IN STATE
REQUIREMENTS. UM TODAY WE'VE
RAISED ABOUT $2.5 MILLION TO
MAKE THAT PROMISE TO OUR LARGER
COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE VERY
PLEASED TO SEE THAT THOSE
EFFORTS ARE PAYING DIVIDENDS
BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENTS AND OUR
APPLICATIONS HAVE INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY. ONE THING I WILL
. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
HERE TO THIS DISTRICT AND THE
CONSERVATIVES MODEL AND HOW
THEY'VE PACKAGED. THEIR PROMISE
PROGRAM IS A COHORT MODEL WHERE
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A YEAR 13. AS
OPPOSED TO THE WAY WE HANDLE
STUDENTS COMMUNITY COLLEGES BY
HANDING HIM A CATALOG AND SAYING
, FIGURE IT OUT. THIS ONBOARDING
PROCESS HAS HAD MARKET RESULTS
HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND WE'RE
IMPLEMENTING SIMILAR PROGRAMMING
IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE'VE HAD A
VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH A COMPANY
CALLED MOTOR MATIC, WHICH IS
HELPING US TO TRACK DOWN
STUDENTS WHO STARTED
APPLICATIONS ARE COMPLETED
APPLICATIONS BUT DIDN'T ENROLL.
FOR BOTH THE PROMISE AND JUST
GENERAL ENROLLMENT AND ALSO
THOSE WHO STARTED THE FAFSA OR
HAVING COMPLETED THE FACTS. WE
HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR LEAD, BUT
WE ONLY PAY THEM WHEN THEY
COMPLETE ONE OF THOSE TWO
ACTIVITIES. UM AND THAT THERE
CERTAINLY HAS ALREADY BEEN
PAYING DIVIDENDS IN TERMS OF
INCREASE OF ENROLLMENT. BUT THE
REASON I STARTED MY CONVERSATION
BY INDICATING THAT WE
DELIBERATELY SHIFTED. OUR TARGET
IS THAT THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY
DIDN'T BRING US DOWN. IT WAS OUR
DELIBERATE DECISION TO REDUCE
ENROLLMENT, WHICH HAPPENED JUST
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. ANOTHER
PANDEMIC LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD A
SIMILAR IMPACT. YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE NATION WIDE AND
STATEWIDE WE SEE IT'S ABOUT 10
TO 12. OF A REDUCTION. AND
THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE STAND
RIGHT NOW. I WILL SAY THE GOOD
NEWS IS THAT THE HEMORRHAGING
HAS STOPPED. THAT'S THE THAT'S
WHERE I CAN REPORT NOT JUST FROM
SAN DIEGO, BUT ALL THE COLLEGES
IN THE SAN DIEGO IMPERIAL REGION
WE'VE SEEN THAT THE ENROLLMENT
IS COMING BACK SLOWLY. IT'S
SLUGGISH. AND SO THAT CHALLENGES
TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE
ATTRACT STUDENTS BACK INTO OUR
COLLEGE, UM INTO OUR COLLEGES.
AND OF COURSE, ONE IS THE SAN
DIEGO PROMISE OF THE FREE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPTION.
COUPLED WITH ALL OTHER KINDS OF
SUPPORTS INCENTIVES TO ADDRESS
THE REAL COST OF COLLEGE. A
SECOND INITIATIVE HAS BEEN
SHORT, TERM INTENSIVE. NON
CREDIT CAREER EDUCATION. OUR
DISTRICT IS KNOWN FOR HAVING A
VERY LARGE NON CREDIT DIVISION
AND WE STARTED INVESTING IN 2015
TO DEVELOP THE FIRST FULLY
ONLINE COLLEGE. IT COST US ABOUT
$2 MILLION TO LAUNCH 39 SHORT
TERM INTENSIVE CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMS AND CAREER EDUCATION
THAT ARE HIGH THAT LEAD TO HIGH
WAGE HIGH DEMAND JOBS, AND
THAT'S WHAT CARRIED US DURING
THE PANDEMIC ARE NON CREDIT
DIVISION OUTPERFORMED OUR
COLLEGES, WHEREAS OUR THREE
CREDIT COLLEGES WEREN'T HITTING
TARGETS OR NON CREDIT DIVISION
WAS COMING IN 30% OVER TARGET.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT
IN TERMS OF THE MARKET AND THE
AUDIENCE. INCREASINGLY THE NEED
FOR EMPLOYERS IS NOT DEGREES AND
CERTIFICATIONS BUT SHORT TERM
INTENSIVE JOB SKILLS THAT ALLOWS
THEM TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE
DOOR. WE SEE THIS WITH GOOGLE
AND APPLE AND OTHER YOU KNOW OF
CORPORATE ENTITIES, CREATING
THEIR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMS
BECAUSE THEIR FOCUS MORE ON THE
SKILL RATHER THAN THE PIECE OF
PAPER THAT STUDENTS OBTAINED AT
THE END OF THE PROGRAM, AND WE
NOW HAVE OVER 75 SHORT, TERM
INTENSIVE NON CREDIT CAREER
EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT I CAN'T
SAY STATEWIDE SHORT TERM NON
CREDIT HIGH WAGE HIGH DEMAND IS
LESS THAN 2.5% OF THE TOTAL. FTE
S IN THE SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS,
I THINK THE MARVIN'S POINTS
SONIA'S POINT. THIS IS A REAL
MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN A WAY THAT
WE CAN REGAIN ENROLLMENT AND OUR
DISTRICT. WE FORM WHAT'S CALLED
ICON ACADEMY, THE INTERACTIVE
COMPETENCY BASED ONLINE MICRO
CREDENTIALING ACADEMY, WHERE ALL
STUDENTS SERVICES AND ALL
INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED DELIVERY
100% ONLINE. UM FULLY ONLINE
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES
ON FAST COMPLETION FREE OF
CHARGE TO ANYONE WHO ENROLLS BUT
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND
MOST OF WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE
DOING ONLINE IS THAT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM IN
THE COURSE SHELF HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT COSTLY. THAT'S WHY IT'S
COST US ABOUT $2 MILLION TO
LAUNCH THIS INITIATIVE. BECAUSE
OF COSTS ABOUT $50,000 TO BUILD
EACH COURSE ONLINE, BUT IT'S
HIGHLY INTERACTIVE. IT'S HIGHLY
INTUITIVE, AND IT REQUIRES FACE
TO FACE INTERACTION WITH FACULTY
AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN
STUDENTS IN BETWEEN CLASS
SESSIONS, WHICH MAKES THE DIET
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE MUCH
MORE DYNAMIC THAN MOST OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE STATE,
AND THIS IS NO CRITICISM TO OUR
PIERS. WE SIMPLY HAVEN'T HAD THE
RESOURCES TO BUILD OUT. DYNAMIC
DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING,
SO THAT'S THE SECOND POINT WE
REALLY HAVE TO INVEST, UM, TO BE
ABLE TO KEEP PACE WHEN YOU YOU
KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT IT OVER 20
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM TIER ONE INSTITUTIONS TO
PROPRIETARY ONES. AND I CAN TELL
YOU THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING VERSUS
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF
THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. IT DOES
. IT DOES NOT MEET THE MUSTARD,
AND THAT'S WHY STUDENTS ARE
WALKING WITH THEIR FEET AND
WILLING TO PAY 20 $30,000 TO
ATTEND ONE OF THESE OTHER
INSTITUTIONS RATHER THAN COME
INTO OUR INSTITUTIONS WERE
LITERALLY PAYING THEM TO ENROLL
, AND ALL THESE PROGRAMS CAN BE
COMPLETED IN LESS THAN FIVE
MONTHS, QUICK IN AND OUT FAST
AND DIRTY, AND THEN THEY'RE
STACKABLE. SO AFTER YOU GET A
SKILL SET IN PYTHON CODING, YOU
CAN COME BACK. AND UPSCALE AND
DO LEVEL TWO OR CYBER SECURITY
OR NETWORKING, ETCETERA. I'M A
THIRD INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN
EXPLORING IN OUR DISTRICT IN OUR
REGION IS BINATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
WITH CALIFORNIA BAJA REGION
SIMILAR TO YOU SEE IN LAKE TAHOE
, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO STUDENTS
IN THE VATICAN ENROLL IN
CALIFORNIA, AND WE CAN CLAIM
APPORTIONMENT FOR THEM AND THEY
PAY THE IN STATE TUITION RATE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SET UP
PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER THE
BORDER WITH IMPERIAL COUNTY AND
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND
LEGISLATION WILL BE BROUGHT
FORWARD BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID
ALVAREZ THIS YEAR TO CODIFY THIS
CHANGE, AND THAT THERE WILL
CERTAINLY BE JUST ANOTHER EFFORT
TO BOOST BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST
LOST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD
IS WORKING ADULTS. WE HAVE
SEATED WORKING ADULTS TO THE
PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS AND I
WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW IF
YOU'RE 30 YEARS OLD OR 40 YEARS
OLD AND YOU WALK INTO ONE OF OUR
ENGLISH ONE ON ONE CLASSES, I'M
ALL ABOUT THE DUAL ENROLLMENT
AND MOVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
INTO WORK SYSTEM, BUT YOU FEEL
AWKWARD. YOU'RE IN A ROOM WITH
30 OTHER STUDENTS AND YOU'RE THE
ONLY PERSON OVER 30 OR 35 YEARS
OLD AND THEY'RE ON THE PHONES,
AND THEY'RE NOT AS FOCUSED AND
THEY'RE NOT A SERIOUS THAT WANT
TO LUMP THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUT
WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO CREATE AN
EXPERIENCE THAT'S PALATABLE AND
THAT MEETS THE NEED OF WORKING
ADULT AUDIENCE AND IT HAS TO BE
IT HAS TO HAVE HIGH TOUCH. AND
I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WESTERN
GOVERNOR, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
, ARIZONA. ALL THESE FOLKS THAT
ARE HAVE COME INTO THIS SPACE.
THEY HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON
FLEXIBILITY THAN HIGH TOUCH AND
THAT I THINK IS THE DISCONNECT
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADULT
LEARNERS, WHO, FOR ONE REASON OR
ANOTHER NEVER COMPLETED A DEGREE
OR CERTIFICATE, THERE WAS A
REASON WHY THEY WEREN'T
SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. THE FIRST
PLACE AND SO TO EXPECT THEM TO
BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE PROCESS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH LOTS OF
FLEXIBILITY. AND THERE'S 11 OF
THOSE INSTITUTIONS. YOUR MATTHEW
COULD TAKE BASIC TRANSFER LEVEL
MATH OR ENGLISH. YOU HAVE SIX
MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S 300 STUDENTS IN THE
CLASS. AND YOU BASICALLY, YOU
KNOW YOUR MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN
NAVIGATING YOURSELF WITH THESE
FOLKS NEED THEY NEED SOMEBODY
THERE TO BELIEVE IN THEM UNTIL
THEY BELIEVE TO BELIEVE IN
THEMSELVES AND WHEN THEY
INVARIABLY HIT OBSTACLES TO BE
COMPASSIONATE, BUT THEN TO
REESTABLISH HIGH EXPECTATIONS
AND CHALLENGE THEM TO REALIZE
THEIR POTENTIAL, AND TO ME,
THAT'S THAT'S SHOOTING FISH IN A
BARREL IF THERE'S ONE THING WE
CAN DO IS A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TÂM. IS TO BRING THESE
FOLKS BACK. SO I HAVE CHARGED
THE FOUR COLLEGES AND ART
DISTRICT TO EXPLAIN TO ME IN THE
NEXT THREE YEARS. HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO GROW 1000 FT ES OF
WORKING ADULTS 30 30 TO 50 YEARS
OF AGE WITH THE REAL FOCUS ON
SINGLE PARENTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE
LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, THAT'S
WHO WE'VE LOST DURING THE
PANDEMIC ADULTS OVER 40.
STUDENTS WITH CHILDREN AND BLACK
AND BROWN MALE STUDENTS. UM AND
SO THOSE ARE OUR KEY EFFORTS. WE
ARE OPTIMISTIC. WE DO BELIEVE
THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
RESTORE. BUT I SEE ONE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS IN THE BACK IS WHAT
HAPPENS IF WE DON'T WE HAVE TWO
PLANS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU
KNOW? FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A
LARGE HIRING FREEZE, WHICH WE'RE
GOING TO MAINTAIN UNTIL WE SEE
ENROLLMENT COME BACK, BUT IF NOT
THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE
THE UNCOMFORTABLE DECISION TO
ELIMINATE THOSE POSITIONS TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN BE FISCALLY
SOLVENT. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD I
SAVED YOU FOR LAST. I THINK YOU
SUMMED UP SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
AND JUST THAT KIND OF ELEPHANT
IN THE ROOM, AND I THINK BACK TO
MY YEARS HERE 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN
I WAS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENT, AND IT'S VERY IT'S VERY
DIFFERENT NOW AND I THAT'S WHY
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE VOTING WITH
THEIR FEET GOING ELSEWHERE. SO
UM WHAT? WHAT? WHAT DO WE AND
LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK? I FEEL
LIKE WE HAD TWO PANELS. THE
FIRST ONE. TWO PANELS TALKED
ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS. YOU GUYS
TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS
LIKE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING.
WE'RE GOOD. WE SEE PROBLEMS
AROUND US. OKAY LET'S WRAP IT
UP. LET'S GO. BUT YOU KNOW, WE
NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT DO WE NEED
TO DO? SOMETIMES I THINK WHEN,
WHEN WE OUTLINED A PROBLEM,
WHICH HAPPENS ALL MY HEARINGS.
BY THE WAY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POVERTY AND
STUDENT HUNGER. THEY TALK ABOUT
ALL OF HOW MUCH FOOD THERE IS
FOR THE STUDENTS, AS OPPOSED TO
TALKING ABOUT HOW HUNGRY THE
STUDENTS ARE SO LIKE I WANT YOU
TO FOCUS ON RIP THE BAND AID OFF
AND NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IN THIS CRISIS, BUT
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE
WE SUCCEED. SO TO YOU. THE LAST
PIECE YOU'RE CHARGING YOUR FOUR
CAMPUSES, DO THESE THINGS AND
FOCUS ON THESE POPULATIONS. WHAT
DO WE NEED TO DO FROM THE STATE
TO HELP MAKE THIS A REALITY SO
WE DON'T FAIL. SO ONE EXAMPLE
WOULD BE ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR FTE S WITH THE
EXPECTATION THAT THIS FDS IS
ONLY GOING TO BE AWARDED TO
DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO
BUILD OUT. SHORT TERM INTENSIVE
CAREER EDUCATION, NON CREDIT
STACKABLE CERTIFICATES THAT LEAD
TO HIGH WAGE. I DEMAND JOBS
AGAIN. THAT'S LESS THAN 3% OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING STATEWIDE.
THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE
FOR US TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT
DISTRICTS NEED TO BE
INCENTIVIZED TO DO SO. I DON'T
THINK THAT A STICK APPROACH
WORKS THAT I SADDENS ME THAT IT
SEEMS THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE
APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN IN THIS
CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. I
PREFER INCENTIVES. HOW DO WE
INCENTIVIZE DISTRICTS TO DO WHAT
MY COLLEAGUES HERE FROM, UH,
CURRENT AND OF PUBLISHING
BAKERSFIELD IN RANCHO SANTIAGO
HAVE BEEN DOING WITHOUT THAT
INCENTIVE IN PLACE AND TO BUILD
OUT BECAUSE THAT TAKES
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. IT TAKES
FACULTY DOLLARS IT TAKES, UM UH
, MARKETING EFFORTS RECRUITMENT
EFFORTS, BUT THE PACKAGE PROGRAM
FOR WORKING ADULTS IN WAYS THAT
WE HAVEN'T THE OTHER ISSUE. I'VE
BEEN HEARING INCREASINGLY OVER
THE LAST YEAR, I MET WITH EVERY
SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SAN
DIEGO THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 85%
OF THEM HAVE IDENTIFIED
CHILDCARE AS ONE OF THEIR TOP
THREE NEEDS. AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T THINK
IT'S EVER BEEN ELEVATED IN THE
WAY THAT IT'S BEEN RECENTLY.
THAT I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO. AS
A STATE. IT JUST GIVES STUDENTS
A BLANK CHECK. HERE'S A BLANK
CHECK AND HOPEFULLY YOU USE IT
TO ENROLL IN CLASSES. WELL,
WE'VE LEARNED TO HAVE NOT WHEN
WE GAVE THE WE GAVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO STUDENTS IN REGARDS
TO HER FUNDS. I THINK OUR
DISTRICT COMBINED RECEIVE ABOUT
$40 MILLION.40 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WHAT WE DID, BASICALLY WITH
A LOT OF THAT MONEY THAT WE GIVE
TO STUDENTS AS WE GIVE THEM A
BLANK CHECK. WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE NEED TO CREATE THE FUNDING
THAT WE GIVE TO STUDENTS AS AN
INCENTIVE TO ENROLL IN CLASSES
AS AN INCENTIVE TO BE ABLE TO
ALSO HELP THEM WITH THEIR SOME
OF THEIR CAUSES WELL, AND
THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT. AND I
THINK THAT IF WE IF WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO MAKE
THAT WORK STATEWIDE, YOU WILL
GET MORE PART TIME STUDENTS TO
ROLL TO BE FULL TIME STOOD
REMEMBER CHAIRMAN KARTIK JUST DO
THIS ARE HERE ALREADY. THERE
HERE. WELL TWO THINGS ONE. YOU
KNOW, WE AND OUR OUR AS WELL. WE
HAD THE STUDENT SUCCESS AWARDS,
AND WE DID THE FREE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF FULL TIME STUDENTS.
AND BUT SHOULD WE BE THINKING
THAT SHOULD WE BE REALIZING?
OKAY IT'S OKAY TO BE A PART TIME
STUDENTS. IT'S OKAY TO JUST TAKE
SIX YEARS TO GET THROUGH YOUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE THAT'S
YOU HAVE A JOB. YOU'RE RAISING
YOUR KIDS. IN THE MEANTIME,
YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT IN A
RACE. YOU KNOW WHEN WE SURVEY
STUDENTS, AND WE ASKED HIM, YOU
KNOW, WHY ARE YOU A PART TIME
STUDENT AND IF WE CAN COME UP
WITH A WAY FOR YOU TO BE A FULL
TIME STUDENT? OVER 90% OF THEM.
SAY YES. WE WANT TO BE A FULL
TIME BUT THE REASON THEY'RE PART
TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK.
THEY HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE TO
MAKE A LIVING TO PAY FOR THEIR
BILLS. REALITY IS WE'RE PROBABLY
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW
THAT PERSON TO BE FULL TIME
BECAUSE MANY OF THEM HAVE JOBS
AND OBLIGATIONS AND YOU WANT TO
BE ABLE TO PAY RENT AND
EVERYTHING ELSE. YEAH, BUT BUT
ALL OF THEM WERE, THOUGH, WOULD
BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, WE CAN
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FACILITATE
SO THEY HAVE TIME TO GO FROM 3.5
UNITS TO AT LEAST 6.5 UNITS. BUT
WE'RE NOT EVEN DOING THAT, YOU
KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO GET TO
OTHERWISE LIKE THIS. THAT'S OUR
CLEAR THAT IF YOU'RE A PART TIME
STUDENT, THE PROBABILITY THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GRADUATE IS LIKE
SLIM AND NONE. SO I'M NOT SURE
WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. I THINK
THERE'S TWO ISSUES ON THE LINE
HERE. SO I WANT TO ASK MR CORTEZ
, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED FROM
THE STATE FOR US TO DO AND YOU
GIVE US IDEA. WHAT DO YOU THINK
WHEN WE NEED TO DO WHETHER IT'S
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE BUDGET
PROCESS OR POLICY FROM THE
HIGHER ED COMMITTEE BILLS, IDEAS
AND YOU HAVE ONE BILL IDEA JUST
TEXTED MR ALVAREZ AND I SAID,
GOOD IDEA, BY THE WAY,
CHANCELLOR AND HE'S SUPER
EXCITED AUTHOR THAT BILL, UM UM
, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO HELP
YOU SUCCEED? WELL I THINK THE
FIRST ONE I MENTIONED TO YOU. I
THINK THAT THE AGAIN HELPING
STUDENTS BECOME FROM GOING FROM
PART TIME TO FULL TIME IS A
MUST. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THAT
THAT HUGE, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUED
IN MANY WAYS I CALL IT THE YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE CONTINUED
TO FACE. SO YOU KNOW, WE THINK
THAT WE'RE FINDING A WAY TO DO
THAT. AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE
USING FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE'RE
LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN
UTILIZE STATE FUNDS AND GETS TO
LOOK IN THE STATE FUNDS THAT
WERE LOOKING TO UTILIZE. TO
CONTINUE WITH THIS PROGRAM. IS
THE BEEF FAT MONEY THE FINANCIAL
AID DOLLARS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE
A 2% INDIRECT FUND THAT THAT
COULD BE UTILIZED FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THIS. SO YOU SO IF WE COULD
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FINE AND
FREE UP MORE STATE DOLLARS. I
THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN
HELP MORE STUDENTS TO BECOME
FULL TIME. IN REGARDS TO DO
ENROLLMENT. I THINK THAT THERE'S
STILL MORE WORK TO DO THERE. I
THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT WANT TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS TAKE MORE
CLASSES. WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS.
WE KNOW ALSO, THIS IS AN ANSWER
TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE
THE MONEY TO GO TO SCHOOL. BUT
IF THEY GO INTO DO ENROLLMENT,
IT'S FREE. IT DOESN'T COST, SO I
THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT BETTER
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE. BUT
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO LIKE MY
JOB? YOU HAVE A JOB RUN TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS IN A
DISTRICT. I HAVE A JOB TO
OVERSEE THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND
WHAT ARE THOSE? WHAT DO WE NEED
TO DO? I THINK ONE IS IN REGARDS
TO DO ENROLLMENT PROBABLY
PROVIDED AN INCENTIVE TO THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO
DO MORE DO ENROLLMENT. BECAUSE
IT WORKS. WE GAVE IT THE BIG,
YOU KNOW. WHAT DO WE GIVE? LAST
YEAR? A COUPLE $100 MILLION. 201
TIME. THEN WE JUST PUT
ENROLLMENT THAT AFTER THAT THE
MONEY WAS FOR YEAH, I THINK IT
WORKS. YEAH I THINK IT WORKS.
YEAH HELPS. YEAH GIVE ANOTHER
EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE
LINE BUT INCENTIVIZE ALTERNATIVE
SCHEDULING OPTIONS. BRIAN
MENTIONED DUCK AT THE BEGINNING
OF HIS PRESENTATION THAT THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HERE FOR
VICTIMS STUDENTS. SO WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS STUDENTS TAKE TO
EIGHT WEEK CLASSES AT A TIME
RATHER THAN FIVE CLASSES FOR 17
WEEKS, WITH THE WEEK OFF IN
BETWEEN EACH EIGHT WEEK SESSION,
A STUDENT COULD TAKE TWO CLASSES
AT A TIME. IF THEY'RE GOING YEAR
ROUND. THAT'S 15 CLASSES. THAT'S
10 CLASSES A YEAR THAT THAT
THAT'S BASICALLY AS CLOSE AS
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A FULL
TIME STUDENT IS, YOU KNOW
BECAUSE? BUT HOW DO WE
INCENTIVIZE? THE UNIONS AND
LABORS AND DISTRICTS TO MOVE OUR
ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW DIRECTIONS
BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WORK
TO DO WHEN YOU'RE LEADING SOME
OF THE LARGEST BUREAUCRATIC
INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE, BUT
THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF
WHERE YOU CAN HELP A STUDENT
WHO'S FOUR UNITS OR SIX UNITS
BECOME NINE UNITS OR 10 UNITS
INSTEAD. TAKE A 16 WEEK SEMESTER
. BREAK UP TO EIGHT WEEKS. ALSO
YOU CAN BREAK THAT UP INTO FOUR
WEEKS. ARE THOSE THINGS ALL
SUBJECT TO LIKE BARGAINING AND
YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT? THEY
YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT IF IT
GENERATES MORE FTS, I THINK THE
UNIONS ALL FOR IT. MHM THERE WE
ARE. OKAY WITH THE WITH THE
EIGHT WEEK SEMESTER WORKS EVEN
AT AT CURRENT. IT'S BEEN
PHENOMENAL. THE PIECE I WANTED
TO INTRODUCE, UM, CHAIR MCCARTHY
IS THE YOU KNOW, I WAS STUDYING
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. AND THERE
ARE SUBCOMMITTEES. THERE IS ONE
SUBCOMMITTEE FOCUSED ON CLIMATE.
AND THERE'S SO MUCH
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK. THERE'S
WORK ON MICROGRIDS. THERE'S WORK
ON DECARBONIZATION. UM THEY
THERE'S WORK ON ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND IF THERE IS A WAY
FOR THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
TO REALLY INTRODUCE WHEN THE
MONEY IS BEING DEPLOYED FOR ALL
OF THE CLIMATE WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGH
APPRENTICESHIPS AND THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM CREDENTIALING THAT
CARLOS WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE
HAVE TO BE THERE. AND IF THERE
IS STRUCTURALLY THAT YOU COULD
INTRODUCE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND THERE'S BEEN A HUGE BILL
TALKING ABOUT BACCALAUREATE AND
IN POLICE SCIENCES. SO THERE IS
A WAY FOR THE HIGHER FOR THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW
YOU COULD INTRODUCE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AS BEING REALLY
CRITICAL IN THAT TRAINING, THE
SHORT TERM SKILLS TRAINING THAT
WOULD BE A WAY TO BRING IN MORE
DOLLARS AND THEN GET THAT
TRANSFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO CREATE. THOSE NON
CREDIT COURSES. NOW SAN DIEGO
HAS A FULL COLLEGE ON IT. WE ARE
JUST STARTING AT CAR. MOST OF
OUR CLASSES ARE CREDIT. MØT
WE'RE PUTTING IN. WE'RE
REPURPOSING OUR DOLLARS AND
TRYING TO PUT IT SO THAT WOULD
BE MY ONE ASK IS THE GOVERNOR'S
INVESTING SO MUCH, AND IF WE CAN
CREATE THAT NICHE FOR THE
TRAINING TO BE, YOU KNOW, HEY,
YOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES NEED TO
BE THE ONES AND WRITE IT INTO
THE STRUCTURE, LIKE EVEN WITH
THE SURF FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT IN YOUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. TWO VERY
BRIEF ASKS ONE WOULD BE ON ADULT
LEARNERS. AND THE VERY WELL
ARTICULATED BY MY FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES THAT UNMET NEED OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME COLLEGE BUT
HAVE NOT COMPLETED SO IN THE
SACRAMENTO REGION, THE NUMBERS
BETWEEN FIVE AND 700,000 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ENROLLED BUT NOT
COMPLETED A CREDENTIAL. THERE
ARE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE ADDRESSING THAT CHALLENGE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT FUNDED VERY WELL
. SO IN A CLIMATE OF PERHAPS
ANOTHER YEAR OF ONE TIME,
DOLLARS BLACK GRANTS THAT WOULD
GO TO GROUPS LIKE IN THE
SACRAMENTO REGION. IT'S PROJECT
DETAIN WHERE PRESIDENT NELSON AT
SEX STATE AND CHANCELLOR MAY
ANALYST RIOS IN AREA HIGH
SCHOOLS ARE INVOLVED. ALWAYS
TOUGH TO GET ONE OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS UP AND RUNNING SO
BLACK GRANTS TO SUPPORT
RETURNING ADULTS, I THINK WOULD
BE A GREAT USE OF ONE TIME
FUNDS. I'LL JUST GIVE A SMALL 12
THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON ALL
OF OUR DISTRICTS. FOR REASONS
THAT ARE ARCADE NOW THE FUNDING
FOR ONLINE COURSES ARE STILL
LESS THAN FOR ON GROUND. THE
THINKING A LONG TIME AGO WAS
WELL, IT'S CHEAPER BECAUSE YOU
DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS AND WE'VE
LEARNED OVER TIME THAT ONLINE IS
NOT LESS EXPENSIVE, SO THAT'S
JUST A LITTLE TWEET THAT I THINK
THE LEGISLATURE COULD HELP US
WITH TO HAVE FUNDING THE SAME
FOR ONLINE CLASSES IS ON GROUND,
SO THOSE ARE TWO ON MY WISH
LIST. HOW WAS THAT? HOW DOES
THAT WORK THE FUNDING LIKE
THERE'S A THERE'S LIKE
REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR LOWER FOR
ONLINE COSTS ARE NOT SO THERE'S
A STATE ALLOCATION PER CLASS AND
IT'S DIFFERENT. YES ALWAYS HAD
THAT. YES JAMES ATTENDANCE
FORMULA. 80 73 3 YEARS IN A ROW.
WE'VE HAD LEGISLATION ON THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK THAT CONTINUES
TO GET VETOED, WHICH YOU CHANGE
HOW WE WOULD TAKE ATTENDANCE AND
NON CREDIT COURSES TO MOVE US
FROM POSITIVE ATTENDANCE TO
CENSUS BASED ATTENDS IS WHICH
WOULD BE A HUGE INCENTIVE FOR
DISTRICT WHEN I TALKED ABOUT
INCENTIVIZING DISTRICTS. THIS
WOULD BE A HUGE INCENTIVE FOR
DISTRICTS TO BUILD OUT THEIR NON
CREDIT OFFERINGS, AND IT
WOULDN'T BE FOR ALL FOR THOSE
THAT ARE MANAGED AND ROLL. WHO'S
BILL WAS THAT WHOEVER AND THEN
WARD WAS BEATEN? BECAUSE IT GETS
CROSSED OUT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY'RE COSTING IT OUT. I MEAN,
WE'VE GIVEN OUR OWN MODELS AND
UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
THAT'S ANOTHER AND ALSO THE
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. SONIA
TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY, BUT TO
REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES IF WE CAN
RAMP UP BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN
10 YEARS, THAT COULD BE 2025% OF
OUR FTS. THERE'S A REAL GROWTH
OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S A REAL NEED
IN DEMAND PRESIDENT DEGREE
PROGRAM FOR YOUR DEGREE PROGRAMS
NURSING ON THE TOP OF THE LIST
OF THE TOP OF THE LIST. BE NICE,
BUT WELL, YOU MENTIONED
SOMETHING TO IS, UM, CHILDCARE,
NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING
TROUBLE GETTING CHILDCARE, YOUR
STUDENTS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE
DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
TO WORK IN THOSE FIELDS WHERE
YOU KNOW, MASSIVELY EXPANDING
PRE K AND E C PROGRAMS IN
CALIFORNIA. MY TOP BILLS OVER
THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND THAT'S
THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE PEOPLE
PROBLEM. SO YOU KNOW THOSE ARE
ISSUES. WELL, I THINK THIS IS
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THAT IS
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO HELP
MAKE WE KNOW THAT'S A PROBLEM WE
HEAR HEAR ABOUT IT, AND THERE'S
JUST PERPLEXING ISSUE WITH THE
CIRCLE OF THE YOU KNOW, MORE
MONEY AND FEWER STUDENTS AND
JUST THERE'S THE GOOD NEWS FOR
YOU ALL. IS THAT THERE'S A POT
OF MONEY THAT'S NOT GOING
ANYWHERE. WHEREAS PEOPLE WHO ARE
FIGHTING FOR LITTLE KIDS AND
CHILDCARE OR YOU SEE NCSU,
THEY'RE TERRIFIED THAT THAT'S
GOING TO GO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND SUFFERING ECONOMY IS GETTING
SO I MEAN, WE KNOW UNDER PROP 98
THE SPLIT IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND
SO I THINK THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT
YOU KNOW WHO LOOK OUTSIDE OF
THOSE LINES, BUT FOCUS ON HOW WE
CAN BEST SUCCEED, ER THOSE
PARAMETERS. SO. UM ANYTHING ELSE
YOU ALL WANT TO SHARE WITH? ME
HERE BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
PUBLIC. COMMENT POTENTIALLY
HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? ONE PERSON. OTHER
QUESTIONS. I MISSED Ó. ANYTHING
ELSE?
UH UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE
ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC
THAT WISHES TO PARTICIPATE YES.
HI. HI. YES, MARKET.
THANK YOU FOR THIS HEARING AND
HAVE HOSTING IT ON THIS
WONDERFUL CAMPUS, AND THAT WE
WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCED
FACULTY. AND THE SERVICES THAT
HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY MANY OF
THE SPEAKERS ABOUT OFFICERS
IMPORTANCE AND, UH AND HAVING
GREAT FACILITIES TO ONE OF THE
LAST COMMENTS MADE ONLINE
COURSES, OF COURSE, REQUIRE
WELL, PEOPLE THINK OF FACILITIES
IN TERMS OF JANITORS ARE
UNIONISTS CONSISTS OF MANY IT
PROFESSIONALS, AND THEY WOULD.
STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT ONLINE
COURSE TAKES MANY HOURS OF
SERVICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
EXPERIENCED FACULTY TO HELP
STUDENTS HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY WILL SHARE WITH THEIR
OTHER STUDENTS, AND SO THANK YOU
SO MUCH. OKAY THANK YOU. AND WE
HAVE A LIST OF IDEAS HERE THAT
WE WENT OVER. SO WE, YOU KNOW,
ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON SOME OF
THOSE WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
MCCARTHY MENU RODRIGUEZ ON
BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTE FOR
COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS.
TIKUS FIRST THANK YOU FOR HAVING
THIS HEARING AND FOR REALLY
UPLIFTING SOME OF THE BEST
BREAST PRACTICES BRIGHT SPOTS
HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE.
FIRST IN IN LINE WITH A
LONGSTANDING TEACHES PRIORITY.
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON
THE PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS AROUND FINANCIAL
AID ACCESS AWARD AMOUNTS BASIC
NEEDS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN MEET THEIR
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE. THE
CAL GRANT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENTITLEMENT AWARD. CAL GRANT
REFORM MAKES MAJOR STRIDES. UM.
AND THE RECORD INFLATION COST OF
LIVING RIGHT NOW UNDERSCORES THE
NEED TO GO DEEPER ON KEY ISSUES
SUCH AS OUR STUDENTS ACCESSING
ALL THE OTHER ELIGIBLE FOR HOW
CAN WE LAYER BASIC NEEDS
PROGRAMS ON TOP OF THAT, UM AND,
UH ARE THESE AWARD AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO COVER NON TUITION
COSTS, WHICH CAN OFTEN TIMES
EXCEED $20,000 FOR MANY
STUDENTS. YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM
A LOT OF COMMENTS ON ON FROM THE
CALL IN FOLKS AROUND
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS,
AND WE STAND ALIGNED WITH THOSE
COMMENTS OF HOUSE SAT POLICIES
CAN BE A BARRIER FOR STUDENTS,
PARTICULARLY BY APOCALYPSE
INCOME STUDENTS, AT LEAST JUST
ENROLLMENT LOSS OF AID AND MAKES
IT HARDER FOR STUDENTS TO RE
ENROLL, RETURNED TO COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY. SO WE HOPE TO WORK
WITH YOU THIS COMING YEAR ON
THAT. AND FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE
TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR KEY
PROGRAMS THAT HELP STUDENTS SUCH
AS E O. P S MOJO PUENTE MESSA,
WHICH REALLY CREATE THIS
ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTS SO THAT
STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY AND I THINK WE
HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE LINE AND
JUST TO REPEAT IF ANYONE'S
WATCHING THIS, AND THEY WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE, THE NUMBER IS
187769. AGAIN 187769. AND THE
ACCESS CODE IS 135. 18 50. 13 15
18 50. OKAY WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO
PARTICIPATE ONLINE. I MEAN, ON
THE PHONE. QUÊ MR CHAIR AND
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU
HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, YOU
MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN AT THIS
TIME THIS TIME. MINUS 11. YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD
OPEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON, SIR MCCARTHY AND
FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS MICHAEL RAMOS. JOHN
BURTON. ONE SPEAKER ALREADY
MENTIONED WHEN YOU SEE THAT IS
OFTEN OVER CONVERSATION
REGARDING ENROLLMENT,
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS
OR SAP. WHICH DISQUALIFIED
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MAINTAIN A
CERTAIN GPA OR COURSE COMPLETION
RATE FOR MOST FEDERAL AND STATE
FINANCIAL AID. IN FACT, A RECENT
STUDY FOUND THAT 24% OF ALL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS LOSE
THEIR FINANCIALLY DURING THEIR
FIRST YEAR BECAUSE OF SAD AND
THAT LOSS OF FINANCIAL AID OFTEN
LEADS TO THIS ENROLLMENT. WELL,
SOUTH IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL LAW
INSTITUTIONS HAVE FLEXIBILITY
WHEN CRAFTING THESE POLICIES,
BUT MOST FAILED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH
THEY CAN ALLOW STUDENTS FOR
STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY TO
MAINTAIN AIDS. JOHN BURTON
ADVOCATES FOR YOU, TIKUS UNITE.
L A YOU A YOU INSPIRE AND THREE
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS WILL BE
SPONSORING A BILL IN 2023 TO
HELP ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES POSED
BY FAT. AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANY
SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY TO INCREASE
ENROLLMENT RATES CANNOT IGNORE
THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. 9 17. YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
PUNISHED ON I AM WITH YOU ASPIRE
. UH AND I AM HERE TO ALSO ECHO
WHAT? MY UNDER COLLEAGUES BEFORE
ME SPOKE ABOUT REGARDING A
SATISFACTORY ACTING PROGRESS. UH
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF
ALL, WHEN I APPRECIATE YOU, MR
CHAIR FOR PUTTING THIS HEARING
TOGETHER TO SEE THE BIG ISSUE
THAT THEY DO NEED TO ADDRESS AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT DECLINE. I THINK YOU
KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT WILL BE
NEEDED TO DO TO KEEP THOSE FALSE
WHO ARE ARE THE IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO STAY IN ROAD AND AS
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED,
MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, YOU
KNOW, NEARLY ONE OUT OF EVERY
FOUR STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES LOSE THEIR FINANCIALLY
IN THEIR FIRST YEAR BECAUSE OF
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS
REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE YOU KNOW
WHO'S NEVER SAID NEARLY 40 YEARS
AGO THERE OVER DATED, UH,
THEY'RE NOT REALLY CAPTURING THE
TODAY'S STUDENTS AND CHALLENGES
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND WE
REALLY OUGHT TO LOOK INTO WHAT
IS HAPPENING THERE. AND SO WE
STAND AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE, UH
, SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS AND
CALLING TO ATTENTION THIS ISSUES
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU THIS COMING YEAR TOO
AGGRESSIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME. LINE. 18 AIRLINE
IS OPEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR. MCCARTHY MY
NAME IS ZAK, RIGHT? I WOULDN'T
HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT,
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE
STUDENT SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES REPRESENTING
1.8 PLANE STUDENTS AT 116
COLLEGES IN THE SYSTEM. THE
STUDENTS AND I APPRECIATE YOU
FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND
RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND IMPACT
DECLINING ENROLLMENT HAS ON A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS
AND BY EXTENSION OUR STATE THESE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND FULL OF
LARGE STRIDES TOWARDS MAKING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE MORE
AFFORDABLE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN BUDGET
BUDGET ALLOCATION, FINANCIAL AID
REFORM, TRANSFERRABLE COURSES
AND MORE STRIDES, WHICH WE ARE
DEFINITELY VERY APPRECIATIVE AND
THANKFUL FOR, BUT WE'RE ALSO
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
STATE LINE. DISTRICT LEADERS
TESTIFIED TODAY AND WOULD LIKE
TO EXPAND ON A COUPLE OF POINTS
. UM, STUDENTS AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ARE LARGELY
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
NON TUITION COSTS LIKE HOUSING
LIKE LIKE BOOKS. UM THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN A LITTLE
BIT CONTINUE CONTINUING.
ADDRESSABLE WILL WILL DO IT BEST
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS, UM, INVESTMENTS IN
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL MAKE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE MORE
AFFORDABLE AND REWARDING ITS
INSTITUTIONS FOR RETURNING AND
HOPEFULLY RETAINING THE STUDENTS
IN THE FUTURE. THIS POTENTIAL
POTENTIAL UPCOMING ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP THAT THAT HAS BEEN
TALKED ABOUT AT THIS HEARING
WILL NOT WORK COMMUNITY UNUSUAL
RECESSION EFFECTS ON THE SYSTEM
CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC. UM AS AS
AS WAS MENTIONED AGAIN. THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM IS
COUNTERCYCLICAL SO STUDENTS WILL
WILL LIKELY INVOLVED AT A TIME
WHERE, UH, ENROLLMENT WILL
LIKELY SEE AN UPTICK AS
STUDENTS. WE TRAIN RETURNING
STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW STUDENTS
, THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
OVER TRAINED TO BE MORE
MARKETABLE ON THE JOB MARKET. AS
OF RIGHT NOW, THE ESTROGEN IS
WORKING ON DEVELOPING POTENTIAL
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES BY SPORT
MEETINGS, UPCOMING SATURDAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE,
INNOVATIVE, LOW COST AND HIGH
IMPACT WAYS THAT ARE ENSURING
THAT THE FUNDS PROVIDED IN THE
CITY. THEM IN THE MOST RECENT
BUDGET ACT. ARE YOU SUSTAINABLY
WITH STUDENTS IN MIND WHETHER
THAT BE THROUGH BROADBAND
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, FINANCIAL AID
REFORM, CONTINUING ADVOCACY ON
THAT, AND BASICALLY USERS AND
HEALTH RELATED RESOURCES, AND
MANY MORE WHICH WILL HAVE
PUBLISHED HOPEFULLY VERY, VERY
SOON. WE HOPE THE SUBCOMMITTEE
SEMI HIRED COMMITTEE AND THE
LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE WILL
CONTINUE TO HEAR AND WORK WITH
THE STUDENT SENATE REPRESENTING
THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS
ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM AND CONTINUING
PROGRESS ON AFFORDABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION. IN THE
COMING LEGISLATIVE YEAR, MAKING
DECISIONS IN SPITE OF POTENTIAL
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
HARDSHIPS, RATHER THAN BECAUSE
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS IN CUBE FURTHER
COMMENTS AND QUÊ. ALREADY. OKAY
THAT IS IT. THANK YOU FOR
EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING
TODAY. MOST PEOPLE LEFT ALREADY.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING
AROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MARK. ALRIGHTY. WE'LL
SEE YOU ALL SOON.