CCCCO Strategic Alignment
The proposed degree sits at the intersection of the California Community Colleges' three Vision 2030 goals and all three strategic directions: equitable baccalaureate attainment, equitable workforce and economic development, and generative AI and the future of learning.
The July 2025 edition expresses its objectives through six outcomes, measurable benchmarks, three strategic directions, and twelve actions. This crosswalk follows that current structure.
Vision 2030 Goals
Vision 2030 calls for equity in access, success, and support, with outcomes measured across student populations. The proposed degree can contribute to those goals through its local 2+2 pathway, workforce focus, and implementation plan.
A community college bachelor's pathway gives students a local, public option for entering an emerging field without requiring relocation or departure from the community college system. The pathway builds from the Artificial Intelligence in Business associate degree and equivalent preparation.
Vision 2030 connection: Outcome 1, increasing enrollment with emphasis on underserved Californians.
The defined 120-unit pathway, upper-division leadership curriculum, and applied capstone are designed to move students from associate preparation to baccalaureate completion and into occupations with wages above regional living-wage benchmarks.
Vision 2030 connection: Outcomes 2, 3b, and 4 covering completion, community college baccalaureate attainment, and living-wage employment.
The proposed pathway pairs affordable upper-division tuition with Fullerton College advising, financial aid, tutoring, library, career, and student support infrastructure. A clear sequence can help students plan efficiently and avoid unnecessary coursework.
Vision 2030 connection: Outcome 5 addresses financial aid access. The clear program map also supports the broader efficiency intent behind Outcome 6, although that statewide measure is specifically defined for associate degrees for transfer.
Strategic Directions
Vision 2030 Action 6 calls for expanding access to community college baccalaureate degrees and increasing the number offered. This proposal creates a stackable associate-to-bachelor's pathway in a field shaped by rapid technological change.
The program responds to employer and regional workforce evidence, prepares students for AI-enabled management and analytical roles, and connects degree completion to occupations with strong openings and living-wage outcomes. This supports Action 7's focus on baccalaureate access where workforce shortages exist.
The curriculum advances the GenAI literacy identified in Action 12 while emphasizing human oversight, data-informed judgment, ethics, governance, security, bias mitigation, and responsible implementation. Students learn to apply AI while understanding its risks and limits.
Direct Outcome Contributions
The program cannot achieve statewide outcomes by itself. It can make a documented local contribution and use the same equity-centered measures to assess access, completion, support, and workforce results.
Accountability Commitments
If approved, program evaluation should use disaggregated data and transparent annual review to identify barriers and improve outcomes.
Track applications, enrollment, pathway entry, and participation across income, race and ethnicity, age, disability, and identified student groups.
Track persistence, course success, time to degree, capstone completion, and baccalaureate attainment.
Track financial aid participation, advising, tutoring, basic-needs referrals, and student use of academic and career supports.
Track employment, advancement, employer feedback, wages, and the relevance of program competencies to AI-enabled roles.
Why This Matters
The proposed degree expands an affordable baccalaureate pathway, responds to documented workforce demand, and prepares students to participate responsibly in an AI-enabled economy. Its central purpose is the same through-line that connects Vision 2030: equitable access to education that leads to completion, support, and economic mobility.
Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Vision 2030 and Vision 2030: The July 2025 Edition. Alignment statements describe how the proposed program can contribute to statewide goals; they do not claim that one program alone will achieve systemwide benchmarks.