Student Equity and Achievement Plan 2025-2028 Executive Summary
This Student Equity and Achievement Plan (SEP) for 2025–2028 outlines Cabrillo College’s deep commitment to achieving racial equity and servingness through a race-conscious, data-informed, and equity-centered approach. The plan’s overarching goal is to eliminate disproportionate impact and fully close equity gaps for all students, ensuring that every member of the campus community experiences belonging, access, and success. Cabrillo College ensures broad and meaningful participation from all campus groups in shaping and sustaining the SEP through collaborative processes guided by the Student Equity and Achievement (SEA) Committee.
As a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Cabrillo recognizes that servingness extends beyond representation, it requires intentional transformation in practice, policy, and culture. The plan embraces a framework of servingness that integrates culturally responsive practices, celebrates students’ assets, and uplifts the voices of racially minoritized groups. The SEP centers student voice through recurring surveys and focus groups designed to identify barriers and inform decisions about access, success, and completion.
The 2025–2028 plan advances accountability by aligning institutional resources, professional development, and governance structures with equity goals. Continuous review cycles ensure the plan remains dynamic and responsive through regular data analysis, semiannual progress checks, and annual reporting to the College Planning Council and Board of Trustees. Through shared responsibility and transparent evaluation, Cabrillo College cultivates a culture where advancing racial equity and student success is not only a strategic priority but a collective, enduring commitment.
Key Learning & Priority Areas from Previous Cycle (2022-2025)
Equity Goals
The SEA Plan establishes measurable outcomes across five state-defined success metrics:
Successful Enrollment - Increase equitable access and participation in higher education.
Completion of Transfer - Level Math and English - Support early academic momentum for degree and transfer.
Persistence - Improve retention from the first primary to the secondary term.
Completion - Increase degree and certificate attainment.
Transfer - Strengthen and expand transfer pathways to four-year universities.
Populations of Focus:
According to SEA Plan data derived from statewide annual reporting, disproportionately impacted student populations identified in this cycle include Latinx/e, Asian, Black or African American, non-binary, first-generation, LGBT, male, and economically disadvantaged students.
While the data identify which groups need specific gains to close disproportionate impact, students who consistently experience lower success rates, like Native American or Alaska Native students, remind us that equity work must always center them, addressing emerging gaps while sustaining focus on those historically and persistently impacted.
Key Strategies
To achieve these goals, Cabrillo will:
Focus and leverage First Year Experience (FYE) and learning communities such as Puente, Umoja, and MOCHA (Men of Character and High Achievement) to provide identity-affirming spaces that build belonging, academic confidence, and persistence.
Integrate comprehensive education planning within onboarding and student success programs to ensure that every new student develops a personalized, multi-term academic plan.
Enhance race-conscious and culturally responsive teaching and professional development across instructional and student services areas.
Strengthen basic needs, financial aid, and mental health supports to address barriers that disproportionately impact low-income and racially minoritized students.
Leverage partnerships with K–12 districts, regional employers, and the Central Coast K–16 Collaborative to align pathways from high school to college to career. Additionally, the college will expand Dual Enrollment & Early College Programs for the overall student population by developing and aligning curricula for CCAP courses in high-demand fields and launching Early College programs.
Evaluation and Accountability
Cabrillo will implement a continuous improvement model through the Student Equity and Achievement (SEA) Committee, which meets monthly to review disaggregated student data, monitor progress, and recommend adjustments. Semi-annual data reviews and annual reports to the College Planning Council
and Board of Trustees will ensure transparency and accountability.
Conclusion
The 2025–2028 SEA Plan reflects Cabrillo College’s collective commitment to equity as a shared responsibility. Through data-driven strategies, intentional resource alignment, and collaborative leadership, the college will advance equitable student outcomes and cultivate a campus culture where all students can thrive.