For system data tools and dashboards visit the Data for College Professionals web page.
Curriculum Resources
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California Community Colleges Curriculum Inventory
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Curriculum Submission and Approval Technical Manual
This Manual provides information regarding the Annual Curriculum Approval Certification. The annual certification includes all credit and noncredit course proposals, modified credit programs, Career Technical Education (CTE) credit programs that are C-ID aligned, and local credit programs. -
Program and Course Approval Handbook 8th Edition
The Program and Course Approval Handbook (PCAH) assists California community college administrators, faculty, and classified professionals in the development of programs and courses and the submission of these proposals for review and chaptering by the Chancellor’s Office. -
Taxonomy of Programs Manual
This 7th Edition Taxonomy of Programs (TOP) is a California Community College system coding protocol used to track and report information on programs and courses. -
Classification of Instructional Programs
The CIP Code is located within the National Center for Educational Statistics (IES), the independent research, statistics, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. CIP Codes are used to organize academic programs into families, which is necessary for all required federal reporting—such as for IPEDS, Perkins, and Gainful Employment. Use the CIP program to search codes, access resources, and browse frequently asked questions.
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TOP to CIP Transition
The Chancellor’s Office is transitioning the system from the use of TOP codes to CIP codes for reporting and other purposes.
The crosswalk aligns California Community College system TOP codes to the federal government’s Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) coding. The selection of codes associated with curriculum is a matter of faculty purview and a college coding matter. The crosswalk provides a reference tool for those determinations.
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2020 CIP/SOC Crosswalk
The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is a federal statistical standard used by federal agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. The CIP-SOC Crosswalk matches the 6-digit CIP Codes of academic programs with the 6-digit SOC Codes for related occupations based on their descriptions and the skills and knowledge required for an occupation.
Measuring Disproportionate Impact
Percentage Point Gap Minus One (PPG-1) Methodology 2022 (PDF)
Chancellor’s Office guidelines for measuring disproportionate impact to identify equity gaps among student subgroups.
RP Group Using Disproportionate Impact to Identify Equity Gaps (PDF)
RP Group Disproportionate Impact Calculator Version 4.0 (Excel)
RP Group resources on methods of measuring disproportionate impact, including important considerations and limitations.
Management Information Systems (MIS) Resources
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Data Element Dictionary
Technical specifications for the data to be collected and reported to the Chancellor's Office. The dictionary contains detailed information for each data element, organized by domain. This page also provides details for data elements derived by the Chancellor’s Office, along with supporting information and documentation. -
Data Submission Applications and Resources
Details on the MIS data submission process, including requirements, submission schedules, and maintenance windows. Restricted resources are reserved for designated college and district staff authorized to submit and retrieve MIS data. -
Fall 2023 Zip Code by College ABCEFGH
The fall term aggregated headcount of students by college and resident zip code. This file historically included students with headcount statuses A, B, C, or F, but has been expanded to include headcount statuses A, B, C, E, F, G or H in alignment with DataMart.
Equitable Placement, Support and Completion
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Legislation and Processes
Detailed information on developmental education reforms within the California Community Colleges and efforts to encourage instructional innovation and reduce students’ time and cost to complete transfer-level courses.
