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.
CCCP SCHOLARS PROGRAMThe 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:
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 RESOURCESUC Transfer Admission Guarantee (UC TAG) | Learn about UC TAG
UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) | Create and complete a UC TAP
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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:
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 PARTNERSHIPS1. 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)
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“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:
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:
1. Institutional priority
2. Outreach and resources
3. Financial and academic support
4. Community and family support
5. Research and assessment
LITERATUREPower 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.”
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