Pasadena and Santa Barbara City Colleges are recipients of the 2012 Chancellor’s Student Success Award for their programs to support first-year and underserved students in community college.
“These are the types of initiatives our Student Success Task Force determined were extremely important in achieving equity and helping a greater number of students reach their educational goals,” said Community College Chancellor Brice Harris in a written statement.
First Year Pathways builds collaboration to encourage students to stick with the program. Courtesy of Pasadena City College. (Click to enlarge)
More than 800 new students are enrolled in the First Year Pathways program at Pasadena City College. Counselors in the program are available daily and are trained to help students identify and reach their academic goals in a reasonable amount of time, and to navigate the often complicated first year of college. Only 35 percent of the approximately 37,000 students at the college earn an Associate’s Degree, transfer to a four-year