2024 Excellence in Placement
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The Campaign for College Opportunity is thrilled to recognize 20 exemplary and committed California Community Colleges as honorees of the 2024 Excellence in Placement Award. Community college campuses will be honored for implementing landmark equitable placement policy AB 705, championed by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and signed into law in 2017. Many colleges are also being recognized with equity designations for supporting Black and Latinx students to succeed in transfer-level math and English.
Students have historically faced significant obstacles in the transfer process between community colleges and four-year universities, including a lack of accessibility to transfer-level English and math classes required for transfer and confusing mazes of requirements to access the University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU). Research has shown that only 19% of transfer-intending community college students do so within four years of enrollment—with significant underrepresentation of transfer-intending Latinx and Black students.
For 5 years since going into effect, AB 705 has accelerated student success by ending antiquated remedial course placement practices that decrease students’ likelihood of earning a degree and prevent them from reaching their college dreams. AB 705’s equitable placement practices have been game-changers for students by increasing access to the vital courses that ensure their progress on the path to transfer and closing racial/ethnic equity gaps in completion rates. After gaining access to transfer-level English and math, the percentage of students successfully completing transfer-level coursework within a year of their initial course enrollment has increased dramatically for those of all racial/ethnic backgrounds, including for Black and Latinx students who were disproportionately impacted by remedial placement. We proudly celebrate the 20 campuses that are actively removing barriers for students at this critical moment.
Excellence in Placement Honorees
Top three California Community Colleges in supporting the highest percent of students completing transfer-level English within one year of their initial enrollment in an English course (academic year 2022-23).
Skyline College
De Anza College
San Diego Miramar College
Top three California Community Colleges in supporting the highest percent of students completing transfer-level math within one year of their initial enrollment in a math course (academic year 2022-23).
Foothill College
De Anza College
Ohlone College
Top three California Community Colleges with the highest percentage point growth of students completing transfer-level English since the previous academic year (2021-22 to 2022-23).
Citrus College
Lassen Community College
Imperial Valley College
Top three California Community Colleges with the highest percentage point growth of students completing transfer-level Math since the previous academic year (2021-22 to 2022-23).
Mendocino College
American River College
Madera Community College
Top three California Community Colleges supporting the highest percent of Latinx students to complete transfer-level English within one year of their initial enrollment in an English course (academic year 2022-23).
Lassen Community College
Porterville College
Antelope Valley
Top three California Community Colleges supporting the highest percent of Black students to complete transfer-level English within one year of their initial enrollment in an English course (academic year 2022-23).
Foothill College
Mission College
Clovis Community College
Top three California Community Colleges supporting the highest percent of Latinx students to complete transfer-level Math within one year of their initial enrollment in a math course (academic year 2022-23).
Coalinga College
Lassen Community College
Feather River College
Top three California Community Colleges supporting the highest percent of Black students to complete transfer-level Math within one year of their initial enrollment in a math course (academic year 2022-23).
Cuyamaca College
Canyons College
Crafton Hills College