A California community college degree designed to streamline students’ admission to the California State University is leading to clearer pathways for transfer. But efforts to fully implement this reform still face a number of challenges. The report finds that the California Community Colleges (CCC) have made significant progress in developing associate degrees for transfer, first offered in 2011–2012. These degrees are designed to streamline a complex, inefficient process that has led to low rates of transfer to four-year universities. The authors offer recommendations for legislators and leaders in the CCC and CSU system to improve the implementation effort.
