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Dreamscape Learn co‑founder and producer Walter Parks described immersive, narrative‑based modules (the demonstration used an intergalactic wildlife sanctuary scenario for biology) that place students in story‑driven problem‑solving experiences intended to build scientific reasoning, data analysis, collaboration and transferable skills. Parks said trials at Arizona State showed higher engagement, a sustained user satisfaction score (roughly 4.5 of 5 during a multi‑week deployment) and improved learning outcomes, with participating students earning higher grades in introductory biology than a control group. The technology can be packaged at multiple price tiers: a fully immersive, high‑fidelity lab installation (the most expensive, market‑quoted near a mid‑six‑figure classroom build), mobile pods that travel to campuses, lighter “cart” deployments, and 2‑D interactive versions intended for broader, lower‑cost distribution.

Board members asked about costs, scale, curriculum alignment and whether such work could be made affordable for community colleges in low‑resource areas. Deputy Chancellor Christian noted the chancellor’s office will pilot different approaches (including lower‑cost 2‑D pilots) and work with early adopter colleges (Glendale, Merced and Kern were mentioned) to evaluate outcomes. The chancellor’s office said some pilot deployments at ASU reached thousands of students and that districts have obtained state and local support to pay for immersive labs; staff said a mix of mobile and lower‑cost options can broaden access if funded.

The AI Council presented draft AI literacy guidelines intended as a concise, role‑based framework colleges can use to teach responsible and effective AI use. The document recommends six fundamental AI‑literacy competencies (understanding generative AI fundamentals, critical evaluation of outputs, ethical and privacy considerations, prompt and interaction skills, data and model limitations, and safety/mitigation practices). It also includes role‑based checklists for classroom faculty, counselors, library staff, classified professionals and administrators. The Academic Senate said the draft is a constructive starting point but asked for more faculty review and additional detail in several areas; the AI Council and Academic Senate plan continued iteration before wider publication.

Several board members and public commenters emphasized two persistent concerns: access and equity (ensuring low‑income students and underfunded colleges can use new tools) and data governance (who owns and trains models with student data). The chancellor’s office said it will publish the draft guidelines for field review, develop exemplar curricular modules, and pursue pilots with a mixture of high‑ and low‑cost deployments while continuing consultation with the Academic Senate and student groups.

Why it matters: AI and immersive learning tools are being tested as ways to increase engagement and learning gains in STEM and other fields. The draft AI literacy guidelines aim to create a common, systemwide baseline so students and staff learn to use AI responsibly. Board members emphasized the need to pair innovation with protections for students’ data and equitable access.

What’s next: The AI Council will post the draft AI literacy guidelines for field feedback, continue pilots of Dreamscape Learn at early adopter colleges, and the chancellor’s office will brief the board on pilot outcomes and recommended investments.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CCC Board of Governors Meeting | March 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board received a demonstration of Dreamscape Learn’s immersive, narrative VR for STEM education and reviewed draft AI literacy guidelines from the system’s AI Council, then discussed pilot deployments, costs and equity concerns.","taxTitle","California Community Colleges, Other State Agencies, Executive, California","taxId",15998,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6620402,"Board grants 'educational center' status to Rancho Santiago criminal justice academies amid objections from neighboring district",1168,5536000,6704000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029&start=5536&end=6704","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029/thumbnail_5536000.jpg","/articles/6620402/California/Board-grants-educational-center-status-to-Rancho-Santiago-criminal-justice-academies-amid-objections-from-neighboring-district","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6620402-336ba1d7509f2799d62b11af7df5f614/orig.mp4?Expires=1771056719&Signature=gC~3~wTPP8Pr8nQNs4AiyvdDqRt7yKNxjBxEp1tZNZJjHVJJGSH8Zqxy48wX9YtwVZecq81KffKKaNyQt3i1kvqhNibs1PhOAUUlgGZQ0pyyQb23WSNEEGDzJMkpU4nX4jhvCn~7duiSqiUJHSZthQReTXZeXAwyFkj3ugj5wkvF~tnYWjUN5NlrZNApbEv-1zCRrsjs1b~MvgDYiFbE936GQ3faZr8MOHmtJ0v3yuXKlr2xuDOuYeVmpWICQbwiILA5-rUhybMIzXlwtUC-SJZe~Igh4w9riZMQsIFwVie-qQzN35Mtzz5ZdHswhpWL9dZwm71FUyEpWLLOmH0Wrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Governors voted to approve educational center status for the Criminal Justice Academies operated by Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD), despite formal objections from neighboring South Orange County Community College District (SoCCD) officials and public commenters who warned the designation could shift enrollment and funding.

RSCCD representatives described a long‑standing partnership with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and said the academies train law enforcement, corrections, probation and related public safety personnel year‑round. Rancho Santa Ana College Chancellor Marvin Martinez and Santa Ana College President Annabelle Neri told the board the training program serves thousands of students annually and provides an expanded pipeline for law enforcement and related first responder jobs across the region. They said the campus’s academies operate extensive partnerships with local police departments and the county sheriff, run large cohort classes (some 600–900 hour academies), and provide mandatory community engagement and wellness training embedded in their curricula.

Opposing testimony came from SoCCD officials including Leticia Clark (chief communications officer) and Ann Marie Gable (vice chancellor of business services), who argued the center designation would allow Rancho Santiago to expand instruction beyond public safety and could duplicate nearby offerings. They also told the board that the center designation, under SB 361 rules, was intended for full satellite campuses that provide a wide breadth of instruction and student services and generate 500 or more FTES; they said the site in question was largely dedicated to academies administered under instructional service agreements and did not meet the original intent. SoCCD officials also said awarding the designation would change the statewide deficit factor and reduce funding for other districts.

Chancellor’s Office staff and the board’s reviewers said they had applied the statutory/regulatory criteria for center designation and that Rancho Santiago’s application met those technical requirements. Executive Vice Chancellor Chris Ferguson told the board the district’s materials showed the location met the regulatory standards used for prior center approvals and that he recommended approval on that basis. The board discussed whether staff should add explanatory narrative to the item to highlight intercollegiate objections, and President Aguinaldo invited a short staff response to the concerns raised.

After discussion, the board approved the center designation in a roll‑call vote. Joseph Williams recorded an abstention; the motion otherwise passed with recorded ayes from other members. The board’s approval will allow RSCCD’s criminal justice academies to be recognized as a state educational center, which can affect how services are catalogued and how some programmatic funding calculations are treated, according to staff.

Why it matters: Educational center designation changes how a college’s off‑campus site is treated under state funding and institutional recognition rules. For specialized training sites — such as criminal justice academies that serve multiple local agencies — center status can enable program growth and regional coordination. But neighboring districts argued the designation could reallocate FTES or allow expansion into non‑public‑safety programs that would duplicate existing offerings and affect the statewide funding distribution.

What’s next: Rancho Santiago may proceed with center‑status operations under state rules. SoCCD said it would request the chancellor’s office revisit the application and urged the board to reexamine the criteria. The chancellor’s office will incorporate the objections in the official record.","The Board of Governors approved educational center status for Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Criminal Justice Academies despite formal objections from the adjacent South Orange County Community College District, which warned that designation could duplicate nearby programs and affect funding.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6620407,"Board approves project management grant to reimagine CCCApply despite board skepticism",832,2191000,3023000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029&start=2191&end=3023","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029/thumbnail_2191000.jpg","/articles/6620407/California/Board-approves-project-management-grant-to-reimagine-CCCApply-despite-board-skepticism","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6620407-1759cec3466725a5d80590ef77d5ad8b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771056719&Signature=Vrw70ax41pWOkVQbrw-X~KCfX-5Uo9XsTZk4F9u51p4y0YBsCvnNXitfYs5~PaDygR~LdwIl8ulEU1XDRWoJg2jv5ZGZ8ZZQkIJRp~q948Wpit-vMmdJsLebMTa1VVCb~Ot6j-owFwasTxP8fONO6Y~3oKSVp0NNQ~BTeTqHs-Gpq8ktDxmvvGW09REeUu-XukzH2ee1rZfzLDisLwkvxmMCDwOF49wSHLHZkrw~qkHV20PXQoLCR-tkJKseptbtjhYyMMb9lEQyACkl0YBYNFkgj5kZD3XrPV3aKeYvQ~aOnY55IkOkGnSZU3X3tXiXo5vAjv7AZ~2a~jmIkOD35Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California Community Colleges Board of Governors voted to approve a contract to support a multiyear program management and implementation effort for a reimagined CCCApply, the systemwide college application portal.

Board members spent more than an hour questioning Chancellor’s Office staff about timeline, student-centered design, accessibility, data governance and whether the project would genuinely replace the existing CCCApply experience. The chancellor’s office said the initiative is a rebuild \"from the ground up,\" will include broad student participation and accessibility demonstrations by vendors, and is planned as a multi‑wave rollout beginning with college go‑lives in early 2026 and concluding onboarding by August 2027.

Board members emphasized urgency. \"Eighteen percent of African American prospective students stop halfway through CCCApply,\" said Member Pamela Haynes, arguing the portal is blocking access and should be rethought with student input. Several members called for student‑centered design, stronger vendor demonstrations and attention to data disaggregation and placement for students with disabilities. Member Joseph Williams pressed the project to be built to \"Amazon‑style\" standards — simple, fast and able to surface all course options statewide — and to allow colleges to market programs through the front door. Chancellor Christian and senior staff said students and the Student Senate have been involved during design and vendor selection, and that the project team has solicited broad proposals including from major education technology vendors.

The contract approved by the board funds the project management and technical assistance wraparound — the chancellor’s office said the headline $20 million figure covers project management, vendor procurement, and substantial college technical assistance and training, not just software licensing. Staff told the board an initial cohort of early adopter colleges will help govern governance and implementation; the final vendor selection was expected within weeks of the meeting.

Board members also raised operational concerns: whether dual‑admission and transfer interactions (for UC/CSU) are being designed in, how credit for prior learning will be handled, how colleges should align local marketing and enrollment goals, and whether the platform could encourage students to enroll across districts in ways local colleges fear would cannibalize enrollment. Staff said these intersegmental and local governance issues are part of the RFP constraints and that the project intentionally includes tools to surface programs by student interest and geographic proximity.

The board voted to approve the contracts and grants item. Board members recorded their votes in roll call; the motion carried.

Why it matters: CCCApply is the system’s primary online application and initial intake tool. Board members framed the approval as an opportunity to expand access, reduce abandonment at application, and create a single site where prospective students can find programs across the state — but they insisted the system must be truly student‑centered, accessible to learners with disabilities, and coordinated with local colleges so it does not unintentionally undermine district enrollments.

What’s next: The chancellor’s office will continue vendor demos, finalize selection and begin staged implementation with early adopter campuses. Staff said they will provide regular updates to the board and invite additional board members to join working sessions on procurement, accessibility and student outreach.

Speakers quoted (first reference includes role): Chancellor Vanessa Christian (Chancellor, California Community Colleges); Member Pamela Haynes (Board member); Member Joseph Williams (Board member); Assistant Vice Chancellor Sonia Hetz (presenting staff).","The Board of Governors approved funding to hire a program manager and support staff for a multi‑year rebuild of CCCApply, the California Community Colleges’ online application system, after extended board questions about timing, accessibility and student involvement.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6620397,"Chancellor’s office briefs board on Rising Scholars expansion; formerly and currently incarcerated students applaud new pathways",43,11167000,11210000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029&start=11167&end=11210","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2810747-5211c8e2690c8aa9b0b21c7611139029/thumbnail_11167000.jpg","/articles/6620397/California/Chancellors-office-briefs-board-on-Rising-Scholars-expansion-formerly-and-currently-incarcerated-students-applaud-new-pathways","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6620397-95758b5ae5fda10a31b05284713f1c34/orig.mp4?Expires=1771056719&Signature=gCYNfmxpI47XG0M0~4hFiQSLz~3iys3g2emxg8DpXbdyjoQ5muaPsUCcTyJA~NO2WpkPXBLG7E1MwvgLhMCiCaGpODUBTT2e~~LFiRnYlhxfx3lvApkzUffPeUWwUBqYScFw9uZZjdYJi7BsmNFLb8RdXv21Pq7CrvBOc~XibWiojT9wzgEfcF-keCXxFbnBq9vj-EN5vYwDoCOkltvPCoOIBHW2pQ33LJy-rTQ9ixWUBZYsgitb82jOrfomvQ7TdKgksAPyvebQ26~sFckxg7DNSK93q3lXk0AGMdS2xZlk71KjZ1EupTuJsLLoGNCJebGfiORnmj04dqavAscbkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Chancellor’s Office updated the Board of Governors on an accelerated expansion of the Rising Scholars Network (RSN), the system’s initiative to deliver community college courses and pathways to people who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

Deputy Chancellor Rowena Tomaneng and RSN senior advisor Chelsea Esquivel reported year‑over‑year growth across multiple measures: a 64% increase in formerly incarcerated headcount (from the 2020–21 to 2023–24 academic year), a nearly 17% increase in currently incarcerated headcount, growth from 45 to 93 colleges operating RSN programs, and a large increase in county jail programming (five sites to 32). The chancellor’s office also noted a substantial rise in awards conferred to formerly incarcerated students and said work streams are in place to accelerate workforce alignment and support post‑discharge transitions.

Staff described operational improvements under a three‑stream strategy: volunteer/credit for service learning and disaster recovery pathways; integrating Rising Scholars into LA region recovery and workforce needs after recent wildfires; and rapid expansion of skilled workforce pipelines (including building trades) that the chancellor’s office will seek one‑time funding to support. Staff told the board that CDCR (state corrections) has agreed to limit between‑semester transfers of students — a change intended to stabilize class rosters and learning continuity in prison-based programs — and that by 2027 every incarcerated student in state facilities would have laptop access and Wi‑Fi as part of the demonstration project investments.

The board then heard an in‑depth firsthand account from Judah (last name withheld in testimony), a student who took face‑to‑face Laney College courses inside the Alameda County juvenile facility. Judah described how English and communications courses, and a required wellness/designated training, contributed to his academic progress — he earned an associate transfer degree while detained, later transferred into an on‑campus program, and is on track to receive a bachelor’s degree from Cal State East Bay in May. He told the board that face‑to‑face instruction, community engagement, and the opportunity to carry academic work into life after custody were decisive in his rehabilitation and stated he intends to continue into graduate studies and social work.

Professor Roger Chung of Laney College, who teaches in juvenile justice settings, and RSN student advocates described partnership elements — probation, county education offices, universities and Project Rebound programs — that support transitions to college and careers. Staff and presenters stressed the RSN’s role in workforce development and post‑fire recovery in Los Angeles, noting examples in construction and environmental testing where trained fellows and rising scholars can support local rebuilding.

Why it matters: The RSN is a system response to support reentry, reduce recidivism, and connect vocational and academic training to local workforce needs. Board members praised student testimony and the network’s growth while asking how the chancellor’s office will sustain momentum and scale digital/IT infrastructure, counseling, and employer partnerships.

What’s next: The chancellor’s office will issue intent‑to‑award notices to RSN grant applicants for the 2025–28 round and continue to pilot demonstration projects focused on technology, transfer continuity, dual enrollment in county jails, and employer partnerships for wildfire recovery and other workforce demands.","The chancellor's office reported expanded Rising Scholars Network (RSN) activity: headcount of formerly incarcerated students rose 64% from 2020–21 to 2023–24, colleges offering RSN programs increased to 93, and county jail programming has grown. The board heard student testimony from Judah, a currently incarcerated student educated via Laney/Per","actionData","errors"]

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