Los Angeles Harbor College: A Spotlight on Colleges Building Seamless Paths to Student Success (Pathway Champions)

The Campaign for College Opportunity is proud to spotlight Los Angeles Harbor College as a 2025 Pathway Champion of Placement Equity for their efforts in advancing Black student success in transfer-level math courses. This recognition reflects the Campaign’s mission to ensure equitable placement and completion policies deliver on their promise of expanding access to transfer-level coursework and closing racial equity gaps. AB 705 and AB 1705 are landmark polices requiring colleges to use multiple measures for placement and granting students direct access to transfer-level math and English courses that give them the best chance of completing a bachelor’s degree. By ending outdated remedial policies and investing in student-centered supports, Los Angeles Harbor College has advanced this mission by ensuring that more Black students enroll and succeed in transfer-level math during their first year.

Their achievements demonstrate how aligning policy reform with institutional commitment to equity can transform outcomes and reflect the evidence-based practices highlighted in the Campaign’s Equity, Inclusion and Action (EIA) publication series.