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OVERVIEW
The Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP) develops and strengthens academic partnerships between UCLA and California community colleges. Through a multi-faceted approach with efforts at the student, faculty and administrative levels, CCCP works to increase the academic preparation and competitiveness for community college transfer students, particularly those who are first generation, low-income or historically underrepresented. CCCP also helps community colleges to develop a transfer-sending culture and the university to develop a transfer-receptive culture.
LATEST
April 10, 2024 | LAist | What Support Do Community College Students Need To Transfer?
March 11, 2024 | UCLA Newsroom | Staff news: Claudia Salcedo named director of Center for Community College Partnerships
November 9, 2023 | EdSurge | Facing Pressure on Enrollment, Will Colleges Support More Transfer Students?
November 7, 2023 | UCLA Daily Bruin | Undocu Open House highlights support systems for students without legal status
August 30, 2023 | @cccp_ucla Instagram | CCCP 2023 Summer Experiences Video
August 8, 2023 | UCLA Newsroom | UCLA increase number of California residents and underrepresented students admitted for fall 2023
July 12, 2023 | Good News Radio Magazine | The Center for Community College Partnerships
June 20, 2023 | UCLA Newsroom | Celebrating Alfred Herrera and UCLA CCCP
May 29, 2023 | LACC Collegian | Program Offers Powerful Pathway to UCLA
May 16, 2023 | UCLA Daily Bruin | Transfer Bruin Day welcomes incoming students to campus through various events
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CCCP SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The CCCP Scholars Program is a year-long UC Transfer Prep Program from Summer 2024 through Spring 2025. The goal is to motivate, inform and prepare California community college students to transfer to a baccalaureate degree-granting institution, including selective top-tier research (R1 Doctoral*) universities such as UCLA.
CCCP Scholars participate in summer and year-long academic transfer preparatory activities which:
- Assist in maximizing the community college experience.
- Guide them through the admission and application process.
- Provide research and pre-graduate opportunities and career exploration.
The program is grounded on Critical Race Theory in Education as a framework to promote academic excellence, address social justice issues and improve educational access and equity.
To learn more or apply, visit our Program page. Click here to download the CCCP Scholars Program 2024-25 Handout
*Based on Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 2021 Update
UC AND UCLA TRANSFER RESOURCES
ASSIST | Establish a path toward transferring from a California community college
UC Transfer Admission | Understand UC Transfer admission requirements
UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (UC TAG) | Learn about UC TAG
UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) | Create and complete a UC TAP
UC Transfer Prep | Learn about UC Transfer Prep
UCLA Transfer Admission | Learn about UCLA’s application and admission process
UCLA Transfer Admission Guide (UCLA TAG) | Determine which courses to take for UCLA major preparation (Fall 2025 Coming Soon)
UCLA Transfer Admission Representatives | Contact a UCLA Transfer Representative
UCLA Transfer Alliance Program (UCLA TAP) | Learn about UCLA TAP and participating community colleges
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
| When will the application for the CCCP Scholars Program 2024-2025 open?
CCCP is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Scholars Program. To apply, visit our Program page. |
| I plan to reapply to CCCP as a returning Scholar. Where can I find my CCCP Profile ID?
Email a request to our office at cccp@college.ucla.edu, and our team will respond to you. |
CELEBRATING A QUARTER CENTURY
MISSION STATEMENT
CCCP at UCLA is responsible for developing and strengthening academic partnerships between UCLA and California community colleges, particularly those with large historically underrepresented student populations.
CCCP works closely with community college administrators, faculty and staff to:
- Create strong academic support programs.
- Improve students’ academic preparation and competitiveness for admission to the university.
- Increase the diversity of UCLA’s transfer admit pool.
IMPACT STATEMENT
In its commitment to social justice and diversity, UCLA CCCP works to increase transfer rates and success of underserved community college populations by holistically equipping students with skills and knowledge of available transfer pathways to empower them to become self-advocates and leaders in their communities.
UCLA CCCP contributes to the scholarship that focuses on transfer issues (research, policy-making, publications, etc.), ultimately enhancing transfer-sending and transfer-receptive cultures through the leadership and success of our peer mentors, scholars and alumni and through the collaboration of staff and faculty at universities and community colleges.
CCC PARTNERSHIPS
1. Antelope Valley College (AVC)
2. Cerritos College
3. Compton College
4. East Los Angeles College (ELAC)
5. Glendale Community College (GCC)
6. Long Beach City College (LBCC)
7. Los Angeles City College (LACC)
8. Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC)
9. Los Angeles Mission College (LAMC)
10. Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC)
11. Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC)
12. Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC)
13. Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC)
14. Pasadena City College (PCC)
15. Santa Ana College (SAC)
16. Santiago Canyon College (SCC)
17. West Los Angeles College (WLAC)
INITIATIVES
General STEM Initiative
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative focuses on access, transfer, retention and opportunities for historically underserved student communities interested in STEM.
HSI STEM Initiative
The Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) STEM Initiative works on improving access, transfer, retention and graduation for historically underserved student communities. With an HSI and intersectional approach, it specifically focuses on Glendale Community College (GCC) and Los Angeles Mission College (LAMC).
HSI Retention Initiative
The HSI Retention Initiative focuses on transfer receptive culture through an integration, empowerment, and preparation model (IEP). With an HSI and intersectional approach, it supports CCCP Scholars who have transferred to a bachelor degree-granting institution as well as UCLA’s university-wide HSI designation efforts.
Innovation Initiative
The Innovation Initiative leverages existing and new media and technology within a hybrid environment to provide support, improve retention and increase transfer rates. It specifically focuses on Antelope Valley College and Compton College, as well as on men of color and immigrant communities.
FRAMEWORKS
| Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Education
“Accounts for the role of race and racism in U.S. education, and works toward the elimination of racism…eliminating other forms of subordination such as gender, class, and sexual orientation.” Five CRT in Education Tenets:
Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) Developed by Dr. Tara Yosso, CCW is an array of knowledges, skills, abilities, and contacts possessed and utilized by communities of color, and other minoritized groups, to survive and resist macro and micro forms of oppression. Forms of Capital:
Both frameworks from “Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth” Tara J. Yosso, University of California , USA, Published online: 23 Aug 2006 which includes literature by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Daniel Solórzano from UCLA. |
| Transfer Receptive Culture (TRC)
A transfer receptive culture is a commitment from a baccalaureate-granting institution to provide the support needed for students to transfer and graduate successfully. The Five Elements of a Transfer Receptive Culture: Pretransfer 1. Institutional priority 2. Outreach and resources Posttransfer 3. Financial and academic support 4. Community and family support 5. Research and assessment |
LITERATURE
Power to the Transfer: Critical Race Theory and a Transfer Receptive Culture (perspectives on Access, Equity, and Diversifying Pathways in P-20 Education)
By Dimpal Jain, Assistant Professor of Education at CSUN and former CCCP staff member; Santiago N. Bernal Melendez, CCCP Assistant Director; and Alfred R. Herrera, former CCCP Director.
“This book aims to provide direction toward the development and maintenance of a transfer receptive culture, which is defined as an institutional commitment by a university to support transfer students of color. A transfer receptive culture explicitly acknowledges the roles of race and racism in the vertical transfer process from a community college to a university and unapologetically centers transfer as a form of equity in the higher education pipeline.”
Order your copy here.
POWER TO THE TRANSFER
ABOUT
CCCP is built on the principles of community: We move forward by uplifting each other. Our community of scholars is now twenty-five years strong, and our center continues to find ways in which we can facilitate connections, share our sources of knowledge and benefit not only current community college students, but also those who join the CCCP team: full-time staff, peer advisors and volunteers.
FULL-TIME STAFF
Adan Perez Program Coordinator, ELAC & Native and Formerly Incarcerated System Impacted Liaison (424) 259-5135 B.A., Native American Studies, UCR Minor in Media and Cultural Studies |
Ariana “Ari” Reyes-Ramirez Program Coordinator, LAPC (424) 259-5128 B.A., Ethnic Studies, UCB Minor in Education |
Brenda Garcia Social Media & Communications Coordinator (310) 267-4439 B.A., World Arts and Culture, UCLA Minor in Chicana/o Studies |
Briana “Bri” Rivera HSI STEM Coordinator, LAMC (424) 259-5131 B.S., Biology, UCLA Minor in Biomedical Research |
Carlene Francis Program Coordinator, LACC & WLAC (424) 259-5131 B.A., African American Studies, UCLA Minor in Food Studies |
Claudia Salcedo, Ed.D. Director Ed.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, CSUN M.A., Chicana/o Studies, CSUN B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA |
Frank Castorena Jr., M.S.W. Program Coordinator, LASC and LATTC & Former Foster Youth Liaison (310) 267-4442 Master of Social Work, USC B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA B.A., Sociology, UCLA |
Gabriela “Gaby” Abraham Program Representative (310) 267-4445 B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA B.A., Spanish and Community and Culture, UCLA |
Jessica Hall General STEM Coordinator (424) 259-5129 B.A., Anthropology, UCLA Minor in Digital Humanities |
Marilyn Martinez Program Coordinator, PCC mmartinez@college.ucla.edu (424) 259-5130 B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA B.A., Sociology, UCLA |
Nancy Ocana, M.A. Administrative & Office Coordinator nocana@college.ucla.edu (310) 267-4437 M.A., Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies, CSULA B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA Minor in African American Studies Minor in Education Studies |
Santiago “Santi” Bernal Assistant Director (310) 267-4438 B.A., English, UCLA |
Yridia Ayvar Program Coordinator, LAMC and LAVC & UndocuLiaison (310) 825-7248 Master of Education, Educational Counseling, USC B.A., Chicana/o Studies, UCLA |
PEER ADVISORS
CCCP Peer Advisors are the heart of the CCCP team. They are energetic student leaders who serve as role models for a diverse group of first-generation, low-income, non-traditional and underserved students who are enrolled in California community colleges and aspire to transfer to baccalaureate degree-granting institutions.
They are also community college stigma disruptors, transfer pride ambassadors and agents for social change and justice. All Peer Advisors are current UCLA students, and a majority of them are community college transfer students themselves. Some are CCCP Scholars Program alumni as well while others are transfer allies.
FULL-TIME JOB OPENINGS
Campus Requisition #2341
Application Deadline: 8:59 p.m. on 6/03/2024
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Positions
- CCCP Coordinator, Long Beach City College
- CCCP Coordinator, Santa Ana College
- CCCP Coordinator, Santiago Canyon College
PEER ADVISOR JOB OPENINGS
| Qualifications
Required
Preferred
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| Apply
New Applicants To apply for a CCCP Student Staff position:
New applicants must complete the entire application including short responses to the following essay prompts:
If the application does not appear, call or email our office. If you email us, include your name as it appears on your UCLA record, UCLA ID Number (UID) and cell phone number. Newly admitted students who have submitted their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) for the Fall will not see the application until after June 1st. Returning Applicants Returning applicants must complete all sections of the application EXCEPT where instructed not to. |
| Summer 2024 Positions
Office Assistant: all summer Assist the general office and all other projects. Communication Assistant: all summer Assist with creating publications and managing social media platforms. SITE Plus Peer Advisor: summer session A With a team, develop and implement a six-week commuter experience for a cohort of participants taking a UCLA Summer Session A course. SITE Lite Peer Advisor:
With a team, develop and implement a one-day commuter experience for a cohort of participants. P2TT-W Peer Advisor:
With a team, develop and implement a one-day webinar experience for a cohort of participants. Application and Data Support: all summer Support with processing applications and updating and maintaining a database. |
| Academic Year 2024-2025 Positions
Peer Advisor With a Program Coordinator, provide support to a cohort of students at an assigned community college. Office Assistant Assist the general office and all other projects. CCCP Scholars Program Assistant Assist in developing and implementing Academies and other activities and updating and maintaining a database. Communications Assistant Assist with creating publications and managing social media platforms. Events Coordinator Coordinate and implement events hosted by the center. High School Coordinator Coordinate and implement high school outreach efforts. Community Peer Advisor Provide support to a cohort of students from a particular community:
STEM Peer Advisor Provide support to a cohort of students pursuing a STEM major. |
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Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, all information is subject to change and deletion without prior notice.
2211 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7176
310.267.4441
cccp@college.ucla.edu
Last update: June 12,2024