Empowering Futures: Analyzing Outcomes for Umoja Students

Empowering Futures: Analyzing Outcomes for Umoja Students was presented to the California State Legislature by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and offers comparative profiles of Black Umoja students, non-Black Umoja students, and non-participating Black students who first enrolled in the California Community Colleges between 2014-15 and 2018-19. The report examines demographics and academic outcomes, analyzes effective program design elements from the 2023-24 Umoja programs that increase Umoja student success—measured by students’ perceived self-concept, sense of belonging within Umoja, and academic self-efficacy—and outlines strategies reported by Umoja college program core teams for aligning effective program design elements with broader core services and supports. Additionally, it highlights student support and engagement practices shared by Umoja college program core teams that can be scaled to community college districts statewide.