Check all that apply. Describe how goal applies to your program. X Advance Student Access, Success & PERSIST is designed to support financially and Equity educationally disadvantaged students who assess below transfer-level English, and to give them tools toward efficacy in college system navigation. PERSIST is in partnership with Berkeley Unified X Engage our Communities & Partners School District to concurrently enroll high school students; is in partnership with Gateway to College; will develop a relationship with Oakland’s Civicorps; and will begin to work with Berkeley’s YScholars program. PERSIST continues to show student semester Programs of Distinction ☒Build completion at a significantly higher than a standard control group of similar populations. Two semesters after enrollment, 12.5% of the students in the control group completed transfer-level English, whereas 79.2% of the ACE students completed transfer-level English. This represents an increase of 533%. a Culture of Innovation & ☒Create PERSIST uses the Academy for College Excellence Collaboration affective curriculum, and continues to train BCC instructors, administrators and classified staff in the same approach. Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission IX. College Strategic Plan Relevance Check all that apply program under development ☐New that is integral to your college’s overall strategy ☒Program Program that is essential for transfer. This program prepares students for transfer-level classes. XProgram that serves a community niche student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary ☒Programs external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc. X. Action Plan
Check all that apply. X Advance Student Access, Success & Equity X Engage our Communities & Partners ☒Build Programs of Distinction ☒Create a Culture of Innovation & Collaboration Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission Describe how goal applies to your program. PERSIST is designed to support financially and educationally disadvantaged students who assess below transfer-level English, and to give them tools toward efficacy in college system navigation. PERSIST is in partnership with Berkeley Unified School District to concurrently enroll high school students; is in partnership with Gateway to College; will develop a relationship with Oakland’s Civicorps; and will begin to work with Berkeley’s YScholars program. PERSIST continues to show student semester completion at a significantly higher than a standard control group of similar populations. Two semesters after enrollment, 12.5% of the students in the control group completed transfer-level English, whereas 79.2% of the ACE students completed transfer-level English. This represents an increase of 533%. PERSIST uses the Academy for College Excellence affective curriculum, and continues to train BCC instructors, administrators and classified staff in the same approach. IX. College Strategic Plan Relevance Check all that apply ☐New program under development ☒Program that is integral to your college’s overall strategy Program that is essential for transfer. This program prepares students for transfer-level classes. XProgram that serves a community niche ☒Programs student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc. X. Action Plan
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