College Goals
College of the Desert has established standards of success with respect to student achievement in relation to the institution’s mission as required by accreditation standards. The Data Evaluation Committee, a subcommittee of the College Planning Council, evaluates data on these standards, including the sources of the data, and recommends changes or improvements to the College Planning Council on an annual basis.
Institution Set Standards
ACCJC Standard I.2 reads:
"The institution establishes meaningful and ambitious goals for institutional improvement, innovation, and successful outcomes for all students."
College of the Desert has established standards and goals for student achievement for successful course completion, certificate completion, degree completion, transfer rates, job placement rates, and licensure examination pass rates, at the institutional and program levels.
Vision 2030
Vision 2030 is a collaborative action plan from the state Chancellor’s Office that provides focus, equity, and direction to California community colleges. Vision 2030 focuses on the students and future learners impacted by increasing income inequality and poverty. These include veterans, people with low incomes, K-12 dual-enrollment students, foster youth, and students who are justice involved or justice impacted. The Chancellor’s Office has directed colleges to use data from the Vision 2030 on Data Vista to help monitor goals. Following is the PDF report for College of the Desert for 2024 year from Data Vista.
2024 Data Report from Data Vista
The data from the report is available by accessing the Data Vista website using the link from the first button below. Projections data is available in a power point form which can be downloaded via the second button below.
The following are Vision 2030 goals and outcomes.
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Goal 1: Equity in Access
Increase with equity the number of students attending a California Community College, with particular emphasis on the number of underserved Californians.
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- Outcome 1: Increase with equity the number of students attending a California community college by 25%.
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Goal 2: Equity in Success
Increase with equity, the number of California Community College students who complete a meaningful educational outcome.
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- Outcome 2: Increase with equity the number of California community college students completing a certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree by 30%.
- Outcome 3a: Increase with equity the number of California community college students who earn an associate degree for transfer by 30%.
- Outcome 3c: Increase with equity the number of California community college students who transfer to a 4-year institution.
- Outcome 4: Increase with equity the percentage of California community college students who earn a living wage for their region after exiting higher education by 10 percentage points.
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Goal 3: Equity in Support
Increase with equity the number of California Community College students receiving state and federal aid for which they are eligible to better support their educational journey.
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- Outcome 5: Increase with equity the number of California community college students receiving California College Promise Grants by 10%.
- Outcome 6: Reduce with equity the average number of units in excess of 60 units to complete students’ first Associate Degree for Transfer by 20%.
