Welcome and thank you for your interest in Contra Costa College!

Whatever your goal, CCC’s commitment remains unchanged: your success. Whether you are a current high school student, a high school graduate, or a working learner, Contra Costa College has a program for you.CCC’s academic and career pathways are designed with students in mind. Flexible schedules (online and in person; day, evening, and weekend classes), laptop lending, free hotspots, and free online and in-person tutoring are just a few of the academic supports CCC offers students. We also recognize the challenges that life presents and offer free telehealth services, a food pantry, a meditation room, a lactation room, and support housing insecure and unhoused students. And, our clearly articulated requirements for graduation make sure your time is well-spent in meeting your goals.

CCC provides a plethora of fun and enriching athletic, cultural, artistic, and fascinating activities throughout the year. The Music Department is a multi-year winner in the Small Vocal Jazz Group category from DownBeat Magazine. Our drama department has been awarded at the Kennedy Center. Our football team has helped launch the careers of numerous NFL players. Our journalism graduates have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News.

We have also long been a leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM, or STEAM) education. We were the first community college in the nation to receive a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to establish the Center for Science Excellence, which continues to thrive to this day. Our new, $68 million state-of-the-art Science Center just opened in 2022. And in June 2022, CCC was one of 30 colleges nationwide to participate in the Jurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative at Universal Studios, a brand-new program aimed at strengthening STEAM preparation and digital skills among low-income and first generation-to-college students.

As a proud Hispanic Serving Institution, CCC embraces and celebrates the diversity of all our students, staff, and community. We uplift our Puente, Per Ankh, and Unlimited Possibilities learning communities. We support our Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association, African American Staff Association, and our Latinx Faculty and Staff Association. And, last but not least, we stand with all students of every possible race, ethnicity, background, documentation status, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome ALL at Contra Costa College.

As you explore your college options, know that a true gem of an institution is located here in the East Bay. Allow us to partner with you on your educational journey. Let’s Do This!

Kimberly R. Rogers, Ph.D.
President

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Goals

1. Create one-, three-, and five-year enrollment recovery goals. (SD 5; CCC 1.3)

• Make data-informed scheduling decisions, allowing room for growth and recovery for key programs. Current FTES enrollment growth targets: of 3% increase in FTES and 5% in productivity each semester over the prior year.

2) Increase stability, transparency, and diversification of college funds. (SD 5; CCC 1.2, 2.2)

• Acquire grants that address a variety of areas across campus programs but align with current initiatives (no mission creep)
• Seek funding opportunities that will enhance SCFF student success metrics.
• Launch more community-focused programming (such as College for Kids). 
• Continue to fully integrate the program review and budget allocation processes.
• Increase fundraising by CCC Foundation to support co-curricular programs.
• Address funding, budget practices, and cash handling procedures. 

3) Improve completion while decreasing equity gaps for Black, Latinx, and low-income students (English, Math, transfer). (SD 1; SD 2; CCC 2.1, 3.2, 3.4)

• Monitor the continued implementation and operationalization of the Student Equity Plan and Guided Pathways, and college-wide strategies that center racial equity. 
• Build college-wide capacity in data training, usability, and analysis through participation in Achieving the Dream and the establishment of core and data teams. 
• Schedule professional development activities with ATD coaches and include them in All College Day Fall 2023. 

4) Improve community awareness of CCC as the preferred option for academic and career preparation in our service area. (SD 3; CCC 3.1)

• Continue targeted awareness campaigns in English and Spanish, add other languages.
• Expand successful events such as Comet Day and Technology Day with high school students to introduce CCC’s pathways and “Light the Fire” activities.
• Present how CCC programming meets current and emergent labor market needs to local city councils, workforce development boards.
• Connect with a greater number of local and regional employers to encourage their participation on CCC CTE program advisory boards
• Review possible expansion of Early College Credit offerings with WCCUSD for all six comprehensive high schools, as well as a 6-12 West County International Mandarin School with a dual enrollment component. 

5) Employ equity-based and “belonging” strategies to retain college employees. (SD 4; CCC 1.4, 2.4)

• Promote clear career pathways, professional development plans, promoting conference attendance, mentor-mentee matching, exit interviews and “stay” interviews, additional training for managers, regular forums to promote communication and feedback to leadership, remove fear from evaluation process.