REL West is partnering with six higher education institutions within the northern region of California —Shasta College, Sierra College, College of the Siskiyous, the Yuba Community College District, California State University Chico, and California State University Sacramento—to advance their efforts to increase the number of individuals with “some college, no degree” or “near completers” who return to college and complete their credentials. Because this population is disproportionately composed of low-income, first-generation college students and people of color, improving degree completion can also help advance educational and workplace equity. Through coaching and applied research, REL West will support the partner institutions to identify and reengage adult learners, learn about evidence-based strategies, gather evidence about their progress, and identify ways to broaden the implementation of evidence-based adult reengagement and support strategies across the California State University and community college systems.
Current Projects
This study will help the California Adult College Completion Partnership (CACCP) achieve its long-term goal to increase the number of adults with a credential. The study will provide analytic support and applied research to California State University, Sacramento to help its staff use data to improve programming to increase completion rates for its students with some college/no credential (SCNC).
Completed Projects
This coaching project used a continuous improvement model to help each of the partnering higher education institutions review and update their baseline data on the characteristics of adult students who are near degree completers (that is, with some college but no degree); reviewed the adult reengagement and support strategies; implemented the strategies; measured progress; and identified successful student reengagement strategies that can be scaled across the California State University and community college education systems.