Spring 2020
Committee:
Regional Affairs and Executive Committees
WHEREAS, students who are cast into larger ethnic groups that they have no cultural ties feel as if they are unrepresented at their local community colleges;
WHEREAS, students who are “identified” as Asian for data purposes at community colleges such as Laotians, Hmong, Cambodian, Vietnamese were determined least likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree compared to other ethnicities in the same “Asian Grouping” such as Indians, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, who were determined to be most likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree compared to all ethnicities that make up the California Community College system [1];
WHEREAS, different members of the same subgroup achieve much differently in terms of academics, and go through different experiences, yet when it comes to data they are inserted in the same grouping, which leads to those who have experienced many more struggles not getting the help they need due to them being grouped in an ethnicity who typically are amongst the highest performing ethnic groups;
WHEREAS, Middle Eastern students are typically made to identify as “white” for data purposes, even though the experiences and culture alone are vastly different compared to the white ethnicity which can lead to students not having a sense of identity, which in turn leads them to feeling as if they have no voice; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges request that the Chancellor’s Office update their data collection in an effort to make the data more representative of the students that are at the respective community colleges; and
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge that the data maintained and reported by the colleges is representative of student identities and is accessible for programming and resources in order to better serve students.
Citation 1: www.collegecampaign.org
WHEREAS, students who are “identified” as Asian for data purposes at community colleges such as Laotians, Hmong, Cambodian, Vietnamese were determined least likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree compared to other ethnicities in the same “Asian Grouping” such as Indians, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, who were determined to be most likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree compared to all ethnicities that make up the California Community College system [1];
WHEREAS, different members of the same subgroup achieve much differently in terms of academics, and go through different experiences, yet when it comes to data they are inserted in the same grouping, which leads to those who have experienced many more struggles not getting the help they need due to them being grouped in an ethnicity who typically are amongst the highest performing ethnic groups;
WHEREAS, Middle Eastern students are typically made to identify as “white” for data purposes, even though the experiences and culture alone are vastly different compared to the white ethnicity which can lead to students not having a sense of identity, which in turn leads them to feeling as if they have no voice; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges request that the Chancellor’s Office update their data collection in an effort to make the data more representative of the students that are at the respective community colleges; and
RESOLVED, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges urge that the data maintained and reported by the colleges is representative of student identities and is accessible for programming and resources in order to better serve students.
Citation 1: www.collegecampaign.org