Board of Trustees

• The Board will make teaching/learning and student success in line with the goals of the California Community Colleges Vision 2030 a top priority. (NOCCCD Strategic Direction – Student Experience & Success)
  • By January 2025 District Goals for improvement in the number of students receiving degrees, certificates, and becoming transfer-ready will be presented.
  • By June of 2025 progress on those goals will be reported to the Board of Trustees in their annual retreat.
  • Focus on reducing equity gaps for student success and provide the Board a report of progress at the annual Board retreat.
• The Board will emphasize access through enrollment restoration and growth.
  • Work to help students make informed decisions regarding CTE and Transfer pathways.
  • Make students aware of support services including tutoring, assessment, disabled student support and transportation.
  • Enhance marketing and communication with students and potential students to make them aware of educational opportunities.
  • Encourage dual enrollment and the Community College Baccalaureate.
  • Have the Chancellor present a report on enrollment at public Board meetings in October of 2024 and February of 2025.
• The Board will continue to support an inclusive environment in the District. The desired environment is sensitive to diversity, inclusion, and equity in every respect. (NOCCCD Strategic Directions – Student Experience & Success and Employee Experience)
• In light of the budget concerns for the State of California, and the potential for a negative impact on the NOCCCD budget, the Board will ask the Chancellor for a three-year plan for financial stability. This plan will be prepared for Board consideration in early 2025.
• The Board will encourage greater expansion of community partnerships especially with local K-12 school districts, business and industry and elected officials, non-profits, and cities. Individual Board members will become more involved with the leadership team in outreach activities. (NOCCCD Strategic Direction – Collective Impact & Partnerships)
• The Board will remain active in the continual accreditation process involving Cypress College, Fullerton College, and NOCE. (NOCCCD Strategic Direction – Student Experience and Success)

• The Board will complete the revisions of BP 2740 regarding Board Professional Development as part of the improvement of the new Trustee orientation program and will continue to refine the orientation of new student trustees.
• The Board will continue scheduling routine training including for the Brown Act, Sexual Harassment, and Board Ethics, as well as continue robust attendance and participation in external professional development and continuing education activities.
• During the first quarter of 2025 the Board will conduct a study session on collegial consultation.

The Board's student success goals will be in alignment with the aspirational goals established by the CCCCO's Vision 2030: A Roadmap for California Community Colleges which builds on the foundation of the Vision for Success (2017) and the governor's "Multi-Year Roadmap" (2022), which aims to increase by at least 20 percent, annually, the number of California Community College students who acquire associate degrees, credentials, certificates, or specific skill sets that prepare them for an in-demand job. Since the NOCCCD Board Student Success Goals are aligned with the CCCCO Vision 2030 Goals, the NOCCCD Board goals also take into account establishing and monitoring equitable outcomes for all students.

Our goal is to increase by 4%

• Among all students enrolled in Cypress and Fullerton Colleges in 2023–24, the number of students who earned any associate degree was 2,995. A 4% increase to 2,995 is 3,115.
• Among all students enrolled in Cypress and Fullerton Colleges in 2023–24, the number of students who earned a CCCCO approved credit certificate was2,939. A 4% increase to 2,939 is 3,057.
• Among all students who enrolled at NOCE in Basic Skills, CTE, or ESL courses in 2023-24, the number of students who received a CDCP certificate or High School (HS) diploma was 1,158. A 4% increase to 1,158 is 1,204.
• Vision 2030 has the goal of, over a five-year period, increasing by 35 percent (or 7% per year over a five-year period) the number of California Community College students transferring annually to a UC or CSU. The number of students who earned 12 or more credit units at any time and at any campus of NOCCCD, up to and including 2022-23, who exited the community college system, and who enrolled in a four-year institution in 2022-23 (2023-2024 data unavailable as of October 2024) is 2,142. A 7% increase to 2,142 is 2,292.
• Consistent with Vision 2030, and keeping equity as the main focus of the Board's student success work, all metrics will be disaggregated by underrepresented students of color, first -generation status, low-income status, gender, and students with disabilities. The ultimate goal is to fully close equity gaps for all students.