ROUNDUP Prop. 30 debate heats up Equity plan on the way

Center aims to solve disparity on campus

Kevin Perez kperez.roundupnews@gmail.com

Within the week, Pierce College will finish and ratify its equity plan for the next two years, which aims to diminish the gaps in performance among different groups of students.

The equity plan looks at student success rates, transfer rates, completion of ESL and basic skills courses, course completion and retention, and degree and certificate completion.

The data is then broken down to measure differences between gender, ethnicity, and disability, said Crystal Kiekel, the Center for Academic Success Director and chair of the committee that wrote the new plan.

“What we do as an equity plan is plan to equalize those inequities,” she said.

Some of the data gathered from the plan included gaps in success between men and women, with men underperforming.

The new equity plan also made an effort to account for the differences among disabled students, rather than applying a single category.