Three diverse community college students walk together on campus, smiling and carrying backpacks. The image reflects success through their confidence and progress, support through shared connection and belonging, and access through the welcoming campus environment that fosters opportunity for all. Graduates in caps and gowns smile proudly at their commencement ceremony. The image represents success through the achievement of earning a degree, support through the shared celebration of peers and community, and access through the opportunities education creates for the future. A professor in a lab coat guides a student wearing safety goggles during a hands-on science experiment. The image reflects support through mentorship and personalized instruction, success through the student’s active learning experience, and access through opportunities to engage in high-quality, real-world education. A student parent smiles while helping a young child with schoolwork at home. The image represents access through the ability to pursue education while balancing family, success through creating opportunities for both generations, and support through flexible pathways that make learning possible for every student. A graduate wearing a cap, gown, and flower lei smiles brightly during the commencement ceremony. The image represents success through the pride of achieving a milestone, support through the shared celebration with peers, and access through educational opportunities that open doors to future pathways. A student with braided hair and a shell necklace stands in front of an Admissions and Financial Aid office. The image represents support through access to resources and services, success through personal expression and confidence, and access through institutional pathways that help students achieve their goals. An adult student in a workshop carefully reviews notes while working on an aircraft engine. The image represents access through career education and technical training, success through building in-demand skills, and support through hands-on opportunities that prepare students for the workforce. Graduates in caps and gowns smile and laugh together at their commencement ceremony. The image represents success through celebration of achievement, support through community and shared accomplishment, and access through the pathways education provides to future opportunities. A student smiles while standing outside a Student Services and Administration building, holding books and a backpack. The image represents support through access to campus resources, success through confidence in navigating college life, and access through services that help students stay on track toward their goals.

VISION 2030 – The July 2025 Edition

Equity in Access

Shared Vision

Vision 2030: A Roadmap for California Community Colleges – The July 2025 Edition

Governor Gavin Newsom
All families, students, and workers deserve the freedom to succeed: to build real-life skills and pursue careers.
Governor Gavin Newsom
Chancellor Sonya Christian
The time is now to design the most vibrant, resilient and effective learning environment ever. And we do this work with equity at scale, not eventually, but right now.
Chancellor Sonya Christian

Message from Chancellor Christian to Californians

In July 2023, we presented to the Board of Governors (BOG) Vision 2030: A Roadmap for California Community Colleges. It was a call to action for our 116 colleges to lead with equity and excellence, act with urgency, and serve as a force for economic mobility, environmental stewardship, and community resilience.

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Board of Govenors

President

When I became President of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors in January 2025, I immediately focused on refreshing Vision 2030. Originally launched in 2023, the roadmap was always intended to evolve. Under my leadership, the Board has refined Vision 2030 to remain responsive to the changing needs of students, the workforce, and California’s communities.

The July 2025 Edition reflects both progress made and a deepening commitment to access, innovation, and student success. The Board views this report as a living vision that is continually shaped by collaboration, evidence, and the future needs of California’s students, workforce, and communities.

Hildegarde B. Aguinaldo, President

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Our Approach

We’re not waiting for students to find us. We’re bringing college to them.

Vision 2030 is a living plan to meet California’s learners where they are. With a commitment to working learners, first-generation students, and underserved populations, we aim to unlock opportunities for our 2.1 million students, and 6.8 million more adults ready to earn a credential.

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Strategic Directions

At the heart of Vision 2030 are three strategic directions that shape our efforts.

Equitable

Baccalaureate

Attainment

Baccalaureate degrees are powerful engines of economic mobility. Skills and credentials must be onramps — not dead ends — leading to degrees that expand opportunity, advance careers, and uplift workers, families, and communities.

Generative Artificial Intelligence and the

Future of Learning

Generative AI presents both opportunities and risks for higher education. Policy must prioritize human oversight, data security, and equity to ensure AI enhances learning, protects students, and narrows rather than widens the digital divide.

Equitable Workforce

and Economic Development

A worker-centered, industry-driven approach promotes workforce development by partnering community colleges with industry, agencies, and philanthropy to upskill workers and advance socio-economic mobility.

Core Actions

Twelve bold actions fuel our transformation. From Dual Enrollment and Credit for Prior Learning to Climate-Responsive Teaching and Justice-Centered Pathways.

These initiatives ensure all of our students — especially veterans, working adults, and those who are justice-impacted have real pathways to economic mobility.

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  1. Scale Credit for Prior Learning opportunities with a focus on military service, apprenticeships, and technical industry certifications, including service corps programs as detailed in the Vision 2030 Credit for Prior Learning Workplan.
  2. Integrate climate action work into our curriculum, facilities and infrastructure, workforce, and community engagement as detailed in the Vision 2030 Climate Action Workplan.
  3. Expand access to education in Generative AI for students, faculty, administrators, and staff to better understand the opportunities and challenges as well as how to appropriately integrate and leverage these new capabilities as detailed in the Vision 2030 Generative AI Workplan.
  4. Coordinate global and international education opportunities that provide students in California community colleges with rich immersive experiences in diverse cultural settings, broadening their perspectives and cultivating an understanding of local, national, and international socio-economic, cultural, and political histories and issues.

  1. Dual Enrollment students
  2. Justice-involved and justice-impacted Californians
  3. Foster youth
  4. Veterans
  5. Working learners such as apprentices, journeypersons, and student parents

Vision 2030 Online Teaching and Learning Workplan.

  1. ADT completion and opportunities for transfer to California State University, University of California, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities institutions, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
  2. Access to a California community college baccalaureate degree, including transfer within the California Community College system as outlined in the Vision 2030 Transfer Workplan;
  3. The number of California community college baccalaureate degrees offered as detailed in the Vision 2030 Baccalaureate Degree Program Expansion Workplan.

  1. Expanding “learn and earn models” like apprenticeship and work-based learning opportunities including College Corps/California Service Corps.10
  2. Increasing access to California community college baccalaureate degrees, especially for those communities where there is a workforce shortage as well as in a university desert11.

  1. Center students in the development of this work.
  2. Ensure all students, faculty, and staff have the fundamentals of GenAI literacy;
  3. Leverage innovative data infrastructure, including the Common Cloud Data Platform to apply GenAI and other big data solutions to enhance our ability to provide students with timely, proactive support, and guidance.
  4. Modernize system infrastructure to support online education delivery, enhanced learning services, and faculty access to emergent technology.
  5. Conduct analyses of the impact of GenAI technology and its potential implications for teaching and learning to inform necessary policy reform and system practices that will advance access, success, and support for our students.

Vision to Action

We’re turning strategy into change.

Through strategic Workplans and innovative Demonstration Projects, colleges are exploring, innovating, and scaling what works — Credit for Prior Learning, Nursing, Apprenticeship Pathways, and the Common Cloud Data Platform are just the beginning.

Featured demonstration projects.

Demonstration Projects WOrkplans Discussion Papers

Impact & Data

On the chart we show the Increasing with equity the number of students attending a California community college by 25%. Actual number of students vs Vision 2030 Target.

Vision 2030 sets bold goals for Equity in Access, Success, and Support, using clear metrics to drive progress and accountability. By disaggregating data across students groups, it highlights disparities, guides targeted actions, and informs policy. Grounded in equity, it ensures every student is seen and supported, so no Californian is left behind.

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EnrollmentAcademic Years Student Enrollment Data (2017-2030) An animated line chart showing actual and projected student enrollment numbers from the 2017-18 school year to 2029-30. 2,300,000 2,100,000 1,900,000 2017-18 2019-20 2021-22 2023-24 2025-26 2027-28 2029-30 2,284,712 students in 2017-18 2,272,430 students in 2018-19 2,216,955 students in 2019-20 1,926,534 students in 2020-21 1,932,532 students for 2022-23 2,113,478 students for 2023-24 1,845,540 projected for 2021-22 1,903,213 projected for 2022-23 1,960,886 projected for 2023-24 2,018,559 projected for 2024-25 2,076,232 projected for 2025-26 2,133,906 projected for 2026-27 2,191,579 projected for 2027-28 2,249,252 projected for 2028-29 2,306,925 projected for 2029-30

Student Enrollment Data (2017-2030)

Student Enrollment Counts from 2017 to 2030, Showing Actual and Projected Numbers.
Year Student Count Status
2017-18 2,284,712 Actual
2018-19 2,272,430 Actual
2019-20 2,216,955 Actual
2020-21 1,926,534 Actual
2021-22 1,845,540 Actual
2022-23 1,932,532 Actual
2022-23 1,903,213 Actual
2023-24 2,113,478 Actual
2023-24 1,960,886 Actual
2024-25 2,190,000* Projected
2024-25 2,018,559 Projected
2025-26 2,076,232 Projected
2026-27 2,133,906 Projected
2027-28 2,191,579 Projected
2028-29 2,249,252 Projected
2029-30 2,306,925 Projected

Figure 2: Increase with equity the number of students attending a California community college by 25%.

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Enabling the Vision

Our four interconnected spheres of engagement fuel innovation, foster growth, and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability.

People

Leadership, partnerships, and student voices

Systems

Scalable platforms and technology infrastructure

Policy

Aligned guidance at every level

Resources

Long-term investment that sustains innovation and growth