Reedley in Fresno County, California, 30 miles southeast of Fresno. RC Main Campus Fall 2015 enrollment was 9,119 of which Hispanics comprised 69.5%. Reedley College also operates a rapidly growing college center in the city of Madera, located 30 miles north of Fresno and 60 miles north of the main campus of Reedley College. As the only higher educational opportunity in Madera County, RC’s Madera Community College Center (MCCC) enrollments climbed in Fall 2015 to 2,841 students with, 66% Hispanic. Reedley College - City of Reedley in the of San Although the main campus of RC and the growing Joaquin Valley, an area with the MCCC are divided by an hour’s driving distance, in highest agricultural production vast central California that is close enough for the rate in the United Reedley College Enrollment Profiles (2015) States. project team to work Demographic Number Student together, to jointly Students 9,119 Hispanic 69.5% Race/Ethnicity** infuse new practices FTES 4,171 20.2% into programs to better Credit 2,373 6.1% serve basic skills Student 587:1 African American 3.0% Sections students. Fresno and Demographic Percent Two or More Races 2.2% Counseling Madera Counties % of 59% Unknown Ethnicity 2.0% Ratio contain many Female 59.9% Filipino 1.2% Time Faculty Male 40.1% Amer. Indian/Alaska 1.0% Students Student Age Pacific Islander 0.1% Native communities with a Students Under 20 34.1% large number of farm 20 to 24 40.9% years old worker families who are 25 to 39 17.3% years old predominantly high 40 or more 7.7% years old need and Spanish *Data includes enrollment data for all Reedley old speaking. Middle and Campuses, including Madera Community College high schools in these Center. Source: State Center Community College small rural communities Institutional Researcher are often 90 percent Hispanic with over 70% qualifying as low-income. Rural communities suffer official poverty levels as high as 49.2% -a figure that more than triples the state poverty rate of 15.9%. Furthermore, 90% of the service area adult population has not completed a bachelor’s degree. PLACEMENT—Low placement of students in transfer level Mathematics and English.
Reedley in Fresno County, California, 30 miles southeast of Fresno. Reedley College - City of Reedley in the of San Joaquin Valley, an area with the highest agricultural production rate in the United States. RC Main Campus Fall 2015 enrollment was 9,119 of which Hispanics comprised 69.5%. Reedley College also operates a rapidly growing college center in the city of Madera, located 30 miles north of Fresno and 60 miles north of the main campus of Reedley College. As the only higher educational opportunity in Madera County, RC’s Madera Community College Center (MCCC) enrollments climbed in Fall 2015 to 2,841 students with, 66% Hispanic. Reedley College Enrollment Profiles (2015) Demographic Number Student Race/Ethnicity** Students 9,119 Hispanic 69.5% FTES 4,171 20.2% Credit Sections 2,373 6.1% Student Counseling Ratio 587:1 African American 3.0% Demographic Percent Two or More Races 2.2% % of Faculty 59% Unknown Ethnicity 2.0% Female Students 59.9% Filipino 1.2% Male Students 40.1% Amer. Indian/Alaska Native 1.0% Student Age Pacific Islander 0.1% Under 20 years old 34.1% 20 to 24 years old 40.9% 25 to 39 years old 17.3% 40 or more old 7.7% *Data includes enrollment data for all Reedley Campuses, including Madera Community College Center. Source: State Center Community College Institutional Researcher Although the main campus of RC and the growing MCCC are divided by an hour’s driving distance, in vast central California that is close enough for the project team to work together, to jointly infuse new practices into programs to better serve basic skills students. Fresno and Madera Counties contain many communities with a large number of farm worker families who are predominantly high need and Spanish speaking. Middle and high schools in these small rural communities are often 90 percent Hispanic with over 70% qualifying as low-income. Rural communities suffer official poverty levels as high as 49.2% -a figure that more than triples the state poverty rate of 15.9%. Furthermore, 90% of the service area adult population has not completed a bachelor’s degree. PLACEMENT—Low placement of students in transfer level Mathematics and English. Time
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