SASEI initiatives purposely focus on building an institution that represents a national model for serving historically and currently underserved students. Through federal grants and º£½ÇÉçÇøCI’s commitment to forging innovations that provide access to regional educational opportunities, enhance student success outcomes and increase equity in academic attainment, SASEI strives to empower º£½ÇÉçÇøCI’s student population.
Our program and its initiatives continually drive to produce strategic results on our campus, in the region, within the º£½ÇÉçÇø system and nationwide in the following areas:
- Outreach and Opportunity by increasing access to higher education through university programs and regional partnerships
- Retention, Degree Completion and Post-Graduate Outcomes through reducing equity gaps, bolstering student retention and completion, lowering time to earn a degree and reducing administrative barriers to students’ success
- Training and Development via capacity building, cultivating inclusive excellence and reducing equity gaps
Our initiatives aim to:
- Promote an understanding of the factors that impede access to higher education opportunities in the region and work to design an institution that seeks to diminish those barriers.
- Ensure students participate in culturally relevant curricular experiences that cultivate students’ interests in career and postsecondary pathways.
- Enhance º£½ÇÉçÇøCI student engagement, retention and persistence towards degree completion by supporting the development and use of high-impact, mission-based practices.
- Expand and enhance academic and student success programs to increase students’ use of services and facilitate retention and time to graduation.
- Provide culturally relevant programming that reflects our commitment to diversity and to serving historically and currently underserved students.
- Create collaborative partnerships that develop, expand and enhance comprehensive transfer models with regional community college partners.
- Serve diverse student populations and their families through holistic community engagement efforts in Ventura County.