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The Puente Project is a national award-winning
program that is co-sponsored by the California Community Colleges
and the University of California. For over 20 years, the Puente
Project has improved the transfer rate of thousands of California's
educationally underrepresented students. The Project has increased
the number of underserved students who enroll in four-year
colleges and universities, earn college degrees, and eventually
return to the community as mentors and leaders to future generations.
Begun in 1981 at Chabot College, the Puente Project has since
expanded to 45 community colleges and 34 high schools statewide.
CCCCO Puente Project Staff:
Cheryl Fong, Project Monitor (916) 323-5954
cfong@cccco.edu
Committee/Task Forces/Work Groups/Associations:
Puente Project State Advisory Board
Major Issues:
2003-2004 Budget: In FY 2003-2004, the Puente
Project was allocated $1,921,000 from Proposition 98 funds
administered by the California Community Colleges. Additional
funds supporting Project activities are provided by the University
of California Office of the President, participating community
colleges, and private foundations.
Expansion of Regional Centers and Training
Opportunities: The Puente Project is nationally recognized
for the quality of its staff development and training programs
that prepare community college instructors and counselors
with effective methodologies for improving the academic achievement
of underserved students, working collaboratively across academic
disciplines, and increasing community-based support for students
and colleges. The Project seeks to broaden its network of
programs to a total of 75 community colleges in the near future.
With the establishment of two regional centers
in Hayward and at Santa Ana College this year, the Puente
Project proposes to expand its staff development programs
by offering training opportunities to community college faculty
currently not involved in the Project.
Staff interested in obtaining more information about the work
of the regional centers, establishment of a new Puente program,
and staff development opportunities may contact: Felix Galaviz,
Executive Director, The Puente Project, at (510) 987-9552
or felix.galaviz@ucop.edu; Ernest Z. Robles, Northern California
Regional Director, (510) 987-9736 or ernest.robles@ucop.edu;
or Dennis Lopez, Southern California Regional Director, (714)
564-5216 or dennis.lopez@ucop.edu.
For more information about the Puente
Project, see www.puente.net.
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