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What is your college doing to promote diversity?

What is the college in the next county doing?

What are the best diversity practices?

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Diversity and California Community Colleges

8%

8%

21%

UC

23%

18%

24%

CSU

65%

72%

47%

CC

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Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission: First time freshmen from high schools, 2000

Diversity and California:

Hispanic 5-year-olds as a percent of all 5-year-olds

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Source: Population Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995-2025

2002 2005 2010

50.3

48.2

45.9

How do we respond?

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The Diversity Practices Manual

30 case studies

Innovative

Replicable

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How it works:Description

The Diversity Practices Manual

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How it works:Evidence of Impact/Success

The Diversity Practices Manual

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How it works:Implementation

The Diversity Practices Manual

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How it works:Funding

The Diversity Practices Manual

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How it works:Advice

The Diversity Practices Manual

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How it works:Contact Person(s)

The Diversity Practices Manual

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Methodology

1. Data Collection• Survey• Peer recommendations• Data analysis• Expert recommendations

2. Data Analysis• Identifying promising practices

3. In-Depth Phone Interviews• Interviews with project representatives• Interviews with stakeholders

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Best Practices

• Case studies are examples of best practices

• Many other projects could be added to the collection

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1. Recruitment and hiring

2. Internal climate

3. External relations

Identifies best practices in:

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Finding projects of interest to you

• Type of Project

• Cost

• Type of cost

• Region

• Size

• Population

Search by:

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“We don’t have a lotof money. Can we still do a project?

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1. Review case studies in your area of interest

2. Make comparisons

3. Involve colleagues in the review

4. Call or visit the contact persons

Tips for Practitioners

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1. Ask key people to review the case studies

2. Host sessions to discuss the findings

3. Assign people to gather more information

4. Include the study in a FLEX Day activity

5. Engage the community

6. Host a PowerPoint presentation

Tips for Decision-Makers

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• What does the big picture look like?

• What kinds of patterns did CCSF detect?

• Five themes ran across the case studies

The Big Picture

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Themes

1. Expansion of traditional recruitment methods• Internships

• National advertising

• Community workshops

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Examples:

• Internship & placement program @ Southern California community colleges

• Internship program @ Los Rios Community College District

Themes

2. Increase in college-community partnerships

• Community surveys, meetings and listening sessions

• Satellite locations

• Programs targeting different neighborhoods and groups

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Examples:

• Listening sessions @ City College of San Francisco

• City government partnership @ East Los Angeles

Themes

3. Creation of diversity advocates

• bringing faculty, administrators, and staff together around

specific project activities

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Examples:

• Faculty recruitment @ Pasadena City College

• Museum of Tolerance staff training @ Yosemite Community College District

Themes

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4. Funding issues

• Most important sources of funding:

• Partnership for Excellence

• Chancellor’s Office grants

Themes

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5. Weak evaluations

• Lack of hard data

• Limited documentation of outcomes

Example:

• Data collection on underrepresented minorities @ Southern CA internship program

Future Plans

• Conference presentations

• Promoting Diversity manual

• Interactive website

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