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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?. 1. 2. Diversity and California Community Colleges. 72%. 18%. 47%. 8%. 24%. Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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For more information orto request a copy of this PowerPointpresentation, please contact:
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